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Alchemize Fear
Lately, I’ve been feeling heavy and weighed down in energy. If your world is feeling heavy and you’re gripped in fear around the future, continue reading.
It is my intention through this Blog platform to not only share about sourdough, farmers markets, and toxic free living, but to sprinkle along inspirational messages via my own experiences. I mean, the name of this business has meaning you know… I aim to merge the natural world with the domestic.
Wild– untamed & natural environment (think seasonal beauty, unsterilized from chemicals castrating us from the innate wisdom that the natural world encompasses).
Charm– to lure & captivate.
Homestead– self sourced/locally sourced/self sufficiency.
How these ideas looks in practice.
1. I consider the energetic imprint from my own hands while I’m mixing dough. Food prepared in love has a remarkably distinct difference of resonance with our taste and subtle knowing versus food prepared in anger.
2. I prefer using animal proteins from pasture raised animals not only from the obvious health benefits of animals eating grass and getting sun, which means the fat contains vitamin D, which if you’re in the northern hemisphere, that’s just more difficult to absorb. But animals who are raised thoughtfully and lovingly have an energetic imprint that many would believe benefits our energy.
3. I use organic forged flowers to use in recipes not only because it’s charming, but because flowers have an energetic imprint ranging in different vibrations.
4. I score a distinct pattern into most of my sourdough bread. The Fibonacci Sequence. This is representative of harmony, balance and growth. It’s also the pattern seen throughout nature if you take the time to really look.
Now, considering those 4 principals that I mentioned, would you say that my business model is a.) Rooted in fear OR b.) Created in love and a little wonderment? *Hint- it’s not A.
But I cannot bring you into this world that I’m creating when my very consciousness lately is tethered to muck that is an accumulation of unrealized and un-attended to thoughts that are rooted in fear. So because of these late 3:00 a.m. anxiety riddled thoughts, I knew action on my behalf was required.
Personal history of metaphysical arts,
From the ages of about 27, 28 and 29, I was very deep into metaphysical work. With practices mainly in, but not limited to: Rider Waite tarot, manifestation, crystal healing, spiritual dowsing, astrology, and scripting. I was enchanted by the lightness and depth that metaphysical practices brought to my life. And oh, incase you’re astro-curious, I’m a Leo Sun, Sagittarius Rising, and Virgo Moon.
Going on a good year and a half now- I had pulled back from engaging intentionally in metaphysical work to my previous extent. I just haven’t been called to it as strongly. But lately, I’ve been noticing my energy take a downward spiral. What’s a woman to do when she has a mound of aspirations and no energy to focus on it? Back to the needle mover… Metaphysical arts.
Metaphysical practice is very real. And because I love a good metaphor, I will tell you that…
Deep seeded feelings which are rooted in low vibrations (think: fear, shame, worry, doubt, scarcity, unworthiness) that are watered daily via attention (where we place our thoughts) sprout up above ground (into our reality) as pesky weeds which clutter the could-be garden of bounty and beauty.
There are many creations swirling about in my luscious, manifestation abyss of a garden, and it is up to me to focus on the good, the abundant and the all powerful. I cannot do that when I have gnarly roots that need to be pulled. So here is what I have been doing…
1. Acknowledging them so they feel heard.
2. Releasing through ritual.
This morning I gloriously engaged in a Releasing Ritual (link at the bottom of this blog). On leaves of maple, mums, and sage- I wrote on them with permanent makers what feelings I’m ready to let go of. And out in the very dry garden, I buried those leaves.
Words I wrote on leaves,
1. Fear
Fear pulls us out of the present and all of the beauty surrounding us.
Fear = Future Events Appearing Real
2. Unworthiness
I cannot receive my true desires when my consciousness is back in middle school feeling unworthy.
3. Lack
Abundance doesn’t play where lack hangs out.
4. Heaviness
Tight, contracted, tired, weighted down.
Now, another powerful exercise to release fear and move forward with life is found in the book by Carolyn Elliott, PhD “Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power”. In that book, I learned that we can alchemize (transmute) any fear into power.
Story: The other night my boyfriend shared a fear of his. This fear is based in the future. I used a sprinkling of this books wisdom to aid him in alchemizing the fear. You see, when we shove down a fear by ignoring it, that fear doesn’t go away. And when we entertain a fear by spinning on it, it doesn’t go away. After he shared his fear I acknowledged the possibility of that coming true. And then I asked him to tell me what it would mean if it did come true, and how his life would look. When we acknowledge the fear, we look it in the face, and it doesn’t continue to bloom into something bigger. You purchasing the book and reading and engaging with the teachings yourself would, IMHO be truly worth your investment of energy.
In essence, fears will run our life if they go unchecked. I have too many cool things to bring forward and I know that you do too.
I hope you’ve found value in this post 🙂
Peace, love & blessings!
xo, Paula
Resources to the book and releasing ritual:
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