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<\/a>I communicated with Junior and found out how he damaged his leg\u2026he got the leg caught in a \u201cv\u201d made by branches in a tree as he was jumping down and all his weight hung from the leg causing the extensive tissue damage.\u00a0 I shared with him that we would be doing all that we could to help him heal and that he should not try to remove the leg himself.\u00a0 So far he has been cooperative but another complication arose.\u00a0 The pressure from the damaged tissue (lots of swelling) burst the skin on the paw.\u00a0 That\u2019s why you see the large bandage on him.\u00a0 If his leg is unable to recover from this trauma we may have to remove the leg so that he can survive.\u00a0 I know that he will do just fine as a tripod.\u00a0 He\u2019s been very brave and very cooperative.<\/p>\nAs I pondered the strong instinctual drive of animals to chew off a limb to survive I was struck by our own survival instincts\u2026instincts that have gone a bit askew\u2026where we are chewing off our limbs too<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Okay, maybe we aren’t\u2019 actually chewing off our leg or arm but there are ways we dismember <\/i><\/b>ourselves out of fear.\u00a0 These fears are born of our conditioning in this world and aren’t typically realistic.<\/p>\n Recently, I experienced a herniated disc in my back.\u00a0 It incapacitated me to the extent that all I could do was lie on my back or side for nearly two months.\u00a0 Standing for more than 5-10 minutes or sitting even for a few moments brought on excruciating pain.\u00a0 So what precipitated this?\u00a0 Why did my body choose to \u201cchew off my leg\u201d?<\/p>\n The back issue happened as I began writing my book with fervor.\u00a0 Why would writing my book bring on this issue?\u00a0 Because the little child inside of me, my four-year old self was terrified.\u00a0 She was terrified because to her writing my book was \u201ctelling\u201d and she learned very vividly that if she ever \u201ctold\u201d very bad things would happen to her and her animals.\u00a0 She lived this once and was absolutely terrified these bad things would happen again.\u00a0 Even though the adult me knows they can no longer hurt me or my animals (and most if not all of them are deceased), the child with the memories was not convinced.\u00a0 The back injury put a halt to my writing.\u00a0 I couldn’t physically write because I could not sit or stand.<\/p>\n This was no coincidence.<\/p>\n This was my unconscious survival mechanism.\u00a0 In order to heal I needed to address the fears of my younger self.\u00a0 I needed to listen within and help that part of me understand we would be safe.\u00a0 Now having done the inner work and the outer work of surgery and physical therapy I am able to write my book.<\/p>\n This is one example of how we dismember <\/i><\/b>ourselves based on our learned fears.\u00a0 Do you see yourself in any of these scenarios?<\/p>\n If you said yes to any of these you are not alone.\u00a0 All of these are ways we keep ourselves in the illusion of being safe.<\/p>\n The animal may actually be increasing their rate of survival by chewing off a limb.\u00a0 It may heal and allow them to go on to live a fairly normal life.<\/p>\n Our dismemberment is different.\u00a0 It only appears to help us survive.\u00a0 Realistically, it does the opposite of survival.\u00a0 It brings a death\u2026a death of our true self; a shrinking of our Soul.<\/p>\n The good news is this can change.<\/p>\n We can begin to acknowledge where we are dismembering our self and we can choose differently.<\/p>\n We can take small steps towards living a life that is in alignment with our true self.<\/p>\n It will require listening within.<\/p>\n It will require courage.<\/p>\n It will require action.<\/p>\n And you<\/b> can do this.<\/p>\n I know you can because recent women in my Illumination Program have done this.<\/p>\n They have learned the tools to discern who they really are and what feeds their soul.<\/p>\n They have found the courage to make changes that bring more meaning and joy to their life.<\/p>\n They have listened to their intuition and embraced the callings of their Soul; their true self<\/p>\n\n
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