The Resurrection of the Self

At the core of the trauma response is the exclusion of the parts of us that are suffering. A well-designed Nature that allows us to survive and avoid, sometimes, feeling the depth of the pain.

Yet when we embark on a healing journey, very often we come with the intention to finally get rid once and for all of that pain.

But in reality, the path is a path of re-membering. Putting the “members” back together as the root of this word express so beautifully.

How do I do that? How do I include what I have excluded? How do I feel what I avoid feeling for so long?

Maybe I went at this with ceremonies, yoga, meditation, self-help books, Ancient wisdom, etc. And maybe I realized that nothing was ever to go away until it was felt, honored, included, revered…

What if in this abandoned part of me, the parts in exile, the outcast, there was wisdom waiting to be heard?

What if in what I consider the less spiritual parts of myself was the depth of my own Altar and the bridge into God, into Truth?

Those themes have come very often recently in our ceremonies and sessions and in my own life. So I want to honor them and invite this conversation. This different relationship with what we call brokenness, darkness, and shadows.