Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- paper and pen
- alone time or with a compassionate friend
- meditation tape
Step1
Begin transferring the emotional grief from the intellect (brain) into your Spirit (heart). Just like any skill this may take practice and time. Often, we like to discuss details and events like a Movie. This only disassociates us from the actual event and our personal feelings.
Step2
I'll give you an example from my own life. I was working in an office with a 24 year old individual who was highly intellectual. I was 34 and well not as smart. In short I discovered he was dying from Alcoholism and I was afraid. I told the President, a Harvard Grad, and he did not believe me. I was actually fired from the Job! I was Angry and wished that if only I could get him into Treatment my conscious would be clear. Six months later the highly intellectual 24 year old was found dead in his apartment from a supposed "heart attack". Yeah, right. Most people were still in denial and I was in even more pain.
Step3
I released and grieved by talking to other outside people. The inner circle did not want to listen. I expressed my anger and eventually it turned into Releasing my inability to control the situation. I was Right but I did not want to be right. Once I stopped intellectualize and moved the grief into my spirit I began to cry and the Guilt, anger and shame was released from my body.
Step4
Many times we may not be aware of our inner emotional grief. Join a support group or find a good Grief Counselor. Hah, how does one find a "Good" counselor? That in itself can be a challenge. Do not give up. Give your self permission to grieve.
Comments
2besure said
on 5/12/2008 Yes, the hardest thing I had to do was bury my mom. My first reaction was, I am not going to do this, then it was anger at mom for leaving day three months before he retired. Then it was shame, because, I could have done more to show her how I loved and appreciated her, and lastly sadness because I would miss her and never see her again. When mom died I wanted to talk about it, about her. Great article.