Here is a paradox: To succeed in attracting what we want in the year ahead we have to let it go.
The special Intention Healing Circle Carole prepared for the releasing ceremony
Last night I was able to share a special intention ceremony organized by Carole Fogarty from The Rejuvenation Lounge. Carole created a sacred space where 10 women “let go” of “stuff” that may have been weighing us down and blocking the flow in our lives.
Carole had suggested we write a list of habits, clutter, attitudes, memories, people or situations which we would like to release, with love, from our lives. Some of us came with lists on paper, some with our thoughts and memories.
Everyone was invited individually to release while we sat in a circle and created support through chanting OM. We then had a break before we repeated the process but this time with focus on releasing our intentions for 2009.
I had taken along the mind map I had made last week to refer to, this held my main theme for the year of FOCUS and how this related to my business, finances, health, community, relationships and the fun factor.
I then pulled the page out of my journal and folded it thinking I would retrieve it at the end. Carole then said these were normally burnt , not possible where we were, so she would take them home and place them on her altar. She would release them when she was guided to. My initial reaction was one of surprise, I hadn’t expected that! However I placed my paper into the circle. But in the back of my mind I was thinking I could still retrieve it from the copy I had scanned into the computer.
Reflecting on this today I realized there is a challenge in the concept of letting go of our intentions, what we really, really want. Why wouldn’t we hang onto them, hold them tight? That’s a paradox. I think it is because that stops us being in the moment.
Funny thing is while writing this post I went to find the scanned image of the mindmap to share with you and it is not there!
So having handed my intentions over to the universe, I will practice being in the moment.
Thanks for reading my post,
Hi Suzie, Thanks for the post I really like the honesty, sometimes I think I am the only one that has claw marks on some of my intentions! The Intention Ceremony sounds like it was a wonderful opportunity to get rid of those intentions that you intended to hang on to. Have a wonderful day
Hi Coryelle,
Thanks for visiting, like you blog, great topic.
Yes it was great and feel it has made the way clear to move forward with passion
Hi Suzie…
I participated in a similar exercise on Jan 2nd – We had to write down what we wanted to release and then we did indeed burn those papers as this building does not have any fire alarms! 😯
Then we wrote our desires – in the present tense “I am….” We then put that paper in a self-addressed envelope and Marge. our leader, will mail those to us… though she did not tell us when.
As I read your article – I realized – while I have a “knowing” of my desires for 2009 – I do not have a copy of what I exactly wrote… Nor do I remember the details of what I wrote!
So… I, too – had to let this go into the Universe!
I think that is so good – If those details that I wrote on that paper were right in front of me… I would be looking for those signs specifically and be blinded by the opportunities knocking at my door!
How many times do we do that? We decide what our desire should look like on its way to us… And when we don’t see those signs we start to proclaim that it isn’t happening – while indeed it is happening it just is in a different package!
Thanks for reminding me!
Hugs,
Ellie
Ellie Walsh – Living the Law of Attractions last blog post..Wouldn’t It Be Nice If…. NO!
Amazing Ellie,
Normally I would be distraught at not having what I had written out . I know realise it was a blessing in disguise as when I wrote my last post Planning The Year:Keeping it Simple for 2009? things have changed, I am now off to write about my theme for 2009 revised and i have kept it simple
It will be interesting to keep track of what transpires
Hugs
Suzie