The Great Alchemist

Remember the alchemists who were magically gifted with the ability to turn base metal into gold? Well, we are gifted with that same capacity to transmute our pain or suffering into peace. How do we become alchemists? How do we transmute pain into peace?

About a week ago I was feeling the pain of many failed “relationships” (one after the other) along with the pain of experiencing “financial difficulty.” A dating situation that I was in, wasn’t working out, I was “struggling” financially trying to make ends meet, my cat (and friend) had “died” a month previously, everything seemed to be "failing" and I was in pain.

I went into the “victim” type of thinking. Why is all this happening to me? Why can’t I ever find a healthy relationship? Why do I have to struggle financially? Why am I alone? Why are things not working out? (Have YOU ever been to this pity party?)

Because I have studied spirituality for over ten years, I began thinking about how everything is “energy.” And how I had heard it said before that it’s never really a “money” problem, it’s a “consciousness” problem. It’s never a “relationship” problem, it’s a “consciousness” problem.

Then I began to suffer more…because I thought to myself, “I must have little or no self worth, and I must not be very conscious, if these are the type of “events” that I’m manifesting!” I know that the Universe gives you only what you have the capacity to receive. So therefore, I started berating myself for having little self worth, for not being able to accept the abundance and the love.

I had also heard it said before that if you want to find out the level of consciousness you have, look at the “things” that you attract or have in your life. "Oh boy, I have attracted disastrous romantic relationships into my life. I have attracted struggle and financial difficulty. YIKES!" I thought.

Again, I was belittling myself and angry with myself for not having self worth? Do you get what I just said? I was “belittling” myself for not having self worth?

Anytime you “fight” something, it expands, it becomes more real in your life. Remember that old adage “what you resist, persists?” Eckhart Tolle in the Power of Now says that all suffering is due to resistance. Resistance of what is…

What if I were to love that part of myself that felt unworthy or had little self worth? I repeated this affirmation to myself, “I love myself for feeling like I am not worthy of abundance or love.” Notice how I said “feeling” unworthy. Because intellectually and spiritually, I know that I am worthy, I just "felt" unworthy.

As I let this affirmation soak in, that unworthy "feeling" in me, felt honored. It felt loved. Instead of trying to “fight” my feelings of unworthiness by denying them or cursing myself, I instead honored and loved those feelings. When I honored that I felt unworthy, I sensed this little child in me using that feeling of unworthiness as a protective mechanism. And I love that part of myself that tries to protect me from getting hurt.

This is when I became the Alchemist. When I loved and accepted the part of me that “felt unworthy,” I didn’t feel unworthy! That little childlike girl inside of me (the “pain body”) that felt unworthy before, now felt truly loved.

Eckhart Tolle reminds us that the way to inner peace is through acceptance of what is. Whatever you love and accept, transforms!

Is there any situation or circumstance in your life that you are struggling with or feeling pain about? Can you love and accept it just the way it is? Can you create an affirmation that loves and accepts the situation?

Let’s say this is your situation. You are in pain because someone has hurt your feelings and said some bad things about you. Can you love and accept them for saying those things? Can you love and accept yourself? Maybe you could use this affirmation: I love and accept (NAME) for expressing his/her feelings.

Okay, what if you try that affirmation and really can’t love and accept (NAME) for saying such “hurtful” things. Can you love and accept yourself for not being able to love and accept (NAME) for saying those things to you? Now try this affirmation: I love and accept myself for “feeling” hurt by (NAME) comments. How does that feel?

If you can love and accept the situation, no matter how “bad” or “painful” it seems, you can then become the ALCHEMIST transforming pain into peace. The “bad” or “painful” experience no longer has any “power” over you.

If you move beyond your mind’s pattern of resistance, you will enter the portal of peace. Beyond ALL “pain” and ALL “suffering” there is a core, a center of peace. This is the “peace of God” that surpasses all understanding. This is your true self. You ARE the great alchemist!

***AFFIRMATION***

I love and accept myself for...(whatever feelings I have).
I love and accept (person, situation, experience) for …..

If your “mind” has a hard time “accepting.” You can use this affirmation: I love and accept myself for “feeling” like I can’t accept (person, situation, experience.)

*(Even if you said the second one, you will find that you eventually can "love and accept" what you originally thought you couldn't, just by giving yourself the "space" to love whatever it is that you are feeling.)

© Lisa Hepner
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