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This article is Chapter 15 from Remembering the Light Within: A Course in Soul-Centered Living<\/span><\/a> by Drs. Ron & Mary Hulnick.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cYou were born with wings. Why prefer to crawl through life?\u201d <\/p>\n To the quote that starts this chapter, we would add, \u201cAwakening will set you free. Prepare to soar on the Wings of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point, you may be feeling annoyed, irritated, or down-right outraged. \u201cWhat do you mean, unresolved issues aren\u2019t in<\/em> the way, they are<\/em> the way? What kind of outrageous nonsense is that? My issues, to say nothing of the issues of people I know, rear their ugly heads periodically. This causes me stress and distress and basically mucks up my life. I\u2019m so tired of them. How can my anger, disappointment, frustration, fear, sadness, grief, hurt feelings, and judgments of myself, others, or this crazy world possibly be of any value? All they do for me is cause me suffering. How can they possibly be the way<\/em>? The way to what?\u201d<\/p>\n We hear you! I (Mary) remember reading Plato\u2019s famous \u201cAllegory of the Cave\u201d in The Republic<\/em> as an 18-year-old. In the allegory, Plato describes a group of prisoners who are chained in such a way that they are facing a wall of a cave. They cannot move their heads, so all they see are shadows of things passing in front of a fire burning behind them. The shadows are as close as the prisoners come to experiencing reality, and they believe that what they are seeing is real.<\/p>\n In the class discussion regarding the allegory, the point was made that we are all like the prisoners, not seeing reality and making up in our minds what\u2019s real based on shadows. I recall feeling quite annoyed with the ideas that I was creating my reality and responsible for my life. In my annoyance, I vehemently thought to myself: If I\u2019m creating my reality, I\u2019d sure do a lot better job than this!<\/em> My annoyance in combination with that emphatic declaration actually motivated me to learn more.<\/p>\n Now, many years later, I\u2019m so grateful for the seeds that were planted by Plato. My subsequent experiences presented me with spiritual convergences\u2014opportunities that turned me around, freeing me from a shadow existence as a prisoner in a dimly lit cave of my own creation. Eventually, I gratefully Awakened from my sleepwalking existence in which I was dreamily fighting shadowy windmills, those illusions created by the projections of my mind and emotions, misunderstanding all I saw.<\/p>\n Fortunately Spirit had other plans for me, and I began Awakening into the Light of the Spiritual Context. I\u2019ve never forgotten the painful emotions associated with the deep sense of separation I experienced. Those trials evoked deep Compassion and a Calling within my Heart to assist others in freeing themselves from the shackles that restrict and limit Awareness of Spiritual Reality.<\/p>\n Further Principles of Spiritual Psychology<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve probably noticed that even considering the idea of the Spiritual Context introduced in Chapter 1 invites a radical change in perception about who you are and what you\u2019re doing here on the planet. Reviewing the following 11 Principles of Spiritual Psychology invites you more deeply into that Context\u2014opening a doorway to liberation. Read through them slowly; perhaps even read them out loud.<\/p>\n \u2022 The nature of God is Love.<\/p>\n \u2022 We are not human beings with Souls; we are Souls using<\/em> a human experience for the purpose of Awakening.<\/p>\n \u2022 Since we are all a part of God, our Essential Nature also is Love\u2014and we have the opportunity of knowing<\/em> our Loving nature experientially, Here and Now.<\/p>\n \u2022 Earth functions as a school for Spiritual Awakening, meaning Conscious Awareness of the first three Principles above. Everyone registers for their specific Curriculum.<\/p>\n \u2022 Your Earth School or Spiritual Curriculum consists largely of Healing unresolved issues residing in your consciousness. It also includes opportunities for service, sharing your gifts, and living into your Heartfelt dreams.<\/p>\n \u2022 Unresolved issues are anything that disturbs your Peace.<\/p>\n \u2022 Unresolved issues are not bad; they\u2019re simply part of your Spiritual Curriculum.<\/p>\n \u2022 Unresolved issues are blessings, as they are opportunities for Healing and Awakening.<\/p>\n \u2022 The work of Healing, or resolving unresolved issues, is spiritual work and is a major aspect of what Spiritual Awakening is all about.<\/p>\n \u2022 One of your greatest opportunities for Awakening occurs when your school is in session\u2014i.e., when your unresolved issues (upsets) surface.<\/p>\n \u2022 Healing is the application of Loving to the places inside that hurt or suffer; or Healing is the \u201cflooding with Loving\u201d of all the places inside that hurt or suffer, thereby dissolving them.<\/p>\n \u201cHoly wow!\u201d you might be saying to yourself. \u201cI get it! Do you really mean that I can learn to use my upsets and unresolved issues as stepping stones\u2014as rungs on the ladder of my Spiritual Awakening?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYes,\u201d<\/em> we agree, \u201cthat\u2019s exactly what we mean!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThank God! I knew there had to be a pony in here somewhere. Do you actually mean it? Can you give me an example of how someone really used an unresolved issue in service to their Healing and Awakening?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIndeed we can.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A Courageous Woman\u2019s Story of Liberation: Vertigo\u2014the Tip of the Iceberg<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Here are the highlights of a sharing we had with a courageous 37-year-old woman who, for many years, had been experiencing what she described as \u201cstuckness\u201d in moving forward professionally. She shared that she had spent years moving from one career path to another\u2014each time experiencing disappointment when she found her choice wasn\u2019t really in alignment with the Calling of her Heart. Simultaneously she was baffled and frustrated by the spinning sensations of vertigo that reoccurred each time she attempted to address her career goals and dreams. Whenever she started creating a Living Vision for her career (a tool we use in our live classes) she would experience extreme vertigo, which in turn triggered terror of losing control.<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cMy name is Susan and I\u2019ve been struggling a lot with the Ideal Scenes and the Living Vision [processes for Co-Creating the future]. I think the struggle with it is that I\u2019ve come to a place of not being really sure of who I am and who I thought I knew myself to be. This is not who I\u2019m finding that I am now. So every time I start to do a Living Vision, I\u2019m getting extreme vertigo. It\u2019s difficult to continue to work my process when that vertigo is so scary.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan wanted to become a professional life coach, and the vertigo was the worst when she attempted to move in that direction. She felt very stuck.<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cUntil recently I thought of myself as having it all figured out. Like, I had a plan and I had a career. I did all the steps\u2014all the right things. I think that I want to be everything for everybody or have life all figured out. I want to have the career figured out, and have the right money in the savings account, and have the right Roth\u2014and all these things.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd what I\u2019m finding is, as I\u2019ve leaned into that, I just feel almost like I\u2019m dying a little bit. I\u2019ve struggled with suicidal thoughts. I\u2019m doing all these things, but the more that I do, the less alive I feel. So I\u2019m feeling now that this \u2018me\u2019 isn\u2019t real. I feel more alive when it\u2019s a little messier, and I don\u2019t have it all figured out. I\u2019m thinking of taking a year off and spending the money that I\u2019ve saved. That\u2019s what I feel like I really want to do. It makes me feel alive, but that\u2019s not at all what I thought my path was. I feel like I\u2019ve been doing different versions of that same plan.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point we reflected to her that it seemed to us that she was being presented with a beautiful opportunity to really listen to the Calling of her Heart; to truly hear and honor that deeper place inside that was yearning for something more: more in the dimension of Meaning, Purpose, and Fulfillment\u2014living into greater Freedom and Authenticity, trusting the Wisdom of her own Heart.<\/p>\n As we explored her yearning for Freedom and Inner Peace, Susan began to cry, overwhelmed by the feelings of fear and the physical disorientation of the vertigo.<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI just feel tired from the struggle of it and trying to figure it out. I do feel that sense of terror. And I think that\u2019s kind of the dichotomy inside: there is a real desire for the Freedom and real yearning to honor the Calling of my Heart. But also a real terror, and I\u2019m scared to let go into unknowing.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan\u2019s Self-Created Prison of Guilt, Unworthiness, and Self-Punishment<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n At this point, we asked Susan a key question: \u201cAre there any things that have gone on in your life where you have felt either held hostage or imprisoned?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cYeah, for a long time. When I was in high school, my brother was killed in a car accident. I thought that it was my fault, and so I just took that to mean that I had kind of failed as a human being. I wasn\u2019t worth anything, and I just felt like that idea of myself has really kept me stuck.\u201d<\/p>\n We invited Susan to share more: \u201cWhat happened? How did this happen? How did you get the idea that somehow it was your fault?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cGrowing up I was very shy and I just wanted to please everybody. I wanted everything to be really smooth. My older brother needed a lot of my parents\u2019 attention. He was diabetic, and he experimented with drugs and alcohol, and so I thought, I can be helpful if I\u2019m just not any trouble. I will get good grades and I\u2019ll do all the right things so my parents won\u2019t need to worry about me.<\/em> I felt like they had their hands full with him, so I always went along and just said, \u2018Yes. I will do this.\u2019 I made my own lunches\u2014anything to make it easier.<\/p>\n \u201cMy brother was struggling with his blood sugar, and he got in a car accident. He came home and said to me, \u2018I need you to take me to get my car fixed.\u2019 And for the first time I said no, and I just unleashed this lifetime of frustration, of feeling ignored by my parents, and I told him how selfish he was. I was so mad that I did not even let him talk. I just spewed out all these things. And then I slammed my door, and the next day I got up early, and I went and took the bus to go to high school rather than ride with him. I was still really mad, you know, so upset with all the feelings that were coming up.<\/p>\n \u201cSo that day at lunch, I saw him in the hall and I was standing at my locker and he was coming over to me, like he wanted to say something, but I was still mad. He could see my message was, \u2018Not yet.\u2019 As he was coming toward me, I turned my back, and that was the last I ever saw him. He was killed on his way home.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought, If I had just said yes to take him to get his truck fixed, he wouldn\u2019t have been in the car that day, and Who was I to leave him with all that?<\/em> I really felt that I\u2019d hurt his Soul .\u00a0.\u00a0. that he had passed on, and in doing so he was left with a lot of my anger. I just felt like I couldn\u2019t undo that. That\u2019s what made me begin to ask the question, \u2018Who am I? Who am I? Who am I?\u2019 I\u2019d watched movies about inmates that are on death row, and they had gotten a better last day than I had given my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point in our conversation, we reflected to Susan: \u201cWe hear that you\u2019ve really been carrying this guilt, and that part of the pattern is that you became very reliant, self-sufficient, self-contained, and very concerned with doing the correct thing or the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan, who was standing, expressed that the vertigo was intensifying and said, \u201cI just need to hang onto the chair.\u201d<\/p>\n We coached Susan: \u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous opportunity for letting go of the judgments and misinterpretations, the guilt and self-punishment\u2014for letting go of the scripted life that you have led in order to not be a burden, to not make any waves, to not have any needs, to really just be self-reliant and take care of everything yourself. And to let go of the judgments that it was your fault and that you needed to suffer or pay in some way for what happened between you and your brother.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan responded: \u201cThat resonates, \u2018scripted life.\u2019 I feel like that.\u201d<\/p>\n We continued coaching Susan: \u201cYou know, I can appreciate the challenge inside of you, because when you came to a place where you\u2019d had enough, and you spoke up, the way things flowed led you to conclude that somehow his death was your fault. That conclusion put you into a restrictive scripted life. And yet your attempting to live that scripted life has been an experience of such misery and confinement, a kind of imprisonment with no Joy, with no sense of fulfillment or meaning, or purpose, or fun.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan Speaks with Her Brother\u2019s Soul<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Below is the dialogue we shared with Susan where she connected with her brother\u2019s Soul and began to heal old wounds.<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI\u2019m really getting that. It hasn\u2019t been fun, and there\u2019s been no Joy. I think that is the terror that if I free myself, or express myself really authentically, something really bad is going to happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cI really hear you. And so that was the conclusion that you drew at that time. I can really understand that conclusion\u2014as a young girl in high school having her brother pass suddenly, tragically, and with things unresolved between the two of you. Would you be open to speaking with your brother\u2019s Soul?\u201d<\/p>\n Ron:<\/em> \u201cSo if you were speaking with him, what would you want to ask him?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI would want to ask if I hurt him.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cAnd you can ask him. Let\u2019s inwardly ask that his Soul Essence be present with you here and now in service to your Heal-ing, in service to your liberation, in service to clarifying this, for the Highest Good. So I encourage you to ask him, \u2018Did I hurt you?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Ron:<\/em> \u201cYou don\u2019t have to ask it out loud; you can do it inwardly if you want, if that will be easier for you.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cSo I am asking for my brother\u2019s Soul to come forward to speak to me, and what I would want to know is: Did I hurt you? And has your Soul been in pain because of how I left you?\u201d<\/p>\n Ron:<\/em> \u201cAnd what does he answer?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI feel it more than I hear it. The feeling is more of a Loving embrace; he\u2019s really holding me. I just feel like I\u2019ve been\u00a0wanting that\u2014that hug from my brother, for so long, and seeking it in many different ways. This is the first time I really felt it.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cI so encourage you in receiving it.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> I\u2019m just getting that there is no hurt and there is no pain. There\u2019s only Loving.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cYes. I encourage you to take that in fully\u2014into all levels of your consciousness, into every cell in your body. Is there anything else that you would like to say to him?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI think I had thought that I would want to say that I am sorry, but now, in that space, it just doesn\u2019t make sense to say that. It\u2019s just \u2018I love you.\u2019 And while I feel his Presence, I miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan\u2019s Compassionate Self-Forgiveness: Dissolving Guilt, Grief, and \u201cStuckness\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cThis experience\u2014what a Blessing\u2014what a gift. You can call your brother\u2019s Soul forward at any time. You can call his Soul present. And I encourage you in this beautiful opportunity, in the Presence of the Power of the Love, to let go of the judgments. \u2018I forgive myself for buying into the misunderstanding that I was responsible for my brother\u2019s death, and the misunderstanding that I caused his Soul pain and suffering.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI forgive myself for buying into the misunderstanding that I had caused my brother\u2019s Soul pain. And I forgive myself for buying in to the belief that I had failed at being human\u2014that I had failed in my life. I forgive myself for judging myself as having failed, and as a failure. I forgive myself for judging myself as responsible for my brother\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cWhat are you experiencing inside yourself, Susan?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI feel like a weight has lifted. I feel so much lighter.\u201d<\/p>\n Ron:<\/em> \u201cAnd while you are at it, is there any message your brother has for you?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cHe just said, \u2018Be free. Go. Go fly. It\u2019s okay.\u2019 The quality that I picked from day one of this class, that was just there inside of me, was Lighthearted. And I just feel like I have not been Light-Hearted. I get that now: I just have a really Light Heart.<\/p>\n \u201cI forgive myself for assigning myself a rigidly scripted life because I thought that that was the way. I forgive myself for assign-ing myself the penance of a heavy Heart.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cAnd what\u2019s the truth?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cAnd the truth is that the only way to be is to be me. And the truth is I didn\u2019t hurt anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI am simply Loving.\u201d<\/p>\n Ron:<\/em> \u201cYou were doing your best at the time, given your conditioning, experience, and Spiritual Curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI was doing my best.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cAnd you are doing your best.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cAnd I am doing my best.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cYes. So is there any other Forgiveness\u2014anything else that you would like to let go of?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI forgive myself for judging myself as not enough. I forgive myself for judging myself as unworthy. I forgive myself for judging myself as really bad, and I forgive myself for judging\u00a0myself as being behind. I forgive myself for judging myself as less than who I am. I forgive myself for judging myself as me.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cAnd what does that last statement mean?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cIt means that as I was going into my Authentic Self over these last three or four months, I was judging myself for doing that, because I thought, You are going to do it again: you are going to really hurt somebody.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cAnd so, \u2018I also forgive myself for buying into the misunderstanding that if I live free, if I express the Authenticity of who I am, that some catastrophe will happen and others will be hurt.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cYeah. I forgive myself for buying into the belief that if I live free, others will be hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cDo you want to say that one again?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cI forgive myself for buying into the belief that if I live free, others will be hurt. And the truth is, in being me and in being free, there is just Love.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cThat is the truth. So one of the things you said earlier is that you wanted permission. So inside yourself, have you received permission?\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cYes. I feel like I don\u2019t need to ask now.\u201d Mary: \u201cNo, you have received it.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n Mary:<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s given.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan:<\/em> \u201cYeah. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n Susan subsequently successfully completed the two-year Master’s Degree Program in Spiritual Psychology and a seven-month Advanced Program in Soul-Centered Professional Coaching. We spoke with her recently, and she shared that she has gone on to do groundbreaking work in her state in the area of consulting and coaching focused on suicide prevention with teens and young people, and she is Director of the Suicide Prevention Coalition for her county. She has spoken to many clubs, businesses, organizations, colleges, and universities sharing her own story of Healing from suicidal thoughts and ideations; she has also been a panelist, keynote speaker, and guest lecturer. She is clear that making a difference for teens and college students is the heart of her work. Susan is now living the professional life that, at the time of this courageous Healing work, was only a dim dream held in the deep recess of her Heart.<\/p>\n Inspirational? Yes! Transformational? Another resounding yes! Available to you? Yes!<\/p>\n We began this chapter with Plato\u2019s \u201cAllegory of the Cave,\u201d and we\u2019d like to complete it with this evocative anonymous quote that seems so fi tting: \u201cWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the Light.\u201d<\/p>\n We hope that Susan\u2019s courageous work has inspired you and that you\u2019re ready to roll up your sleeves in bringing forward the Strength of Your Heart and Self-Compassion, and letting go of judgments, misunderstandings, and painful emotions that have held you in the crystallization, limitation, and suffering of your unresolved issue.<\/p>\n Healing an Unresolved Issue<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Your unresolved issues truly are vehicles you can use for your Awakening. It is a game changer to give voice to those experiences that you have not yet brought to a place of Peace and resolution inside yourself, and engage in Compassionate Self-Forgiveness.<\/p>\n We encourage you to write about an experience that you recognize as unresolved inside of you. Write from a place of self-honesty and vulnerability. Allow adequate time and a space that provides privacy. When you\u2019re ready, identify your judgments and limiting beliefs. Then move into Compassionate Self-Forgiveness, letting them go into the Light.<\/p>\n You, too, can experience greater Freedom as you choose to let go of painful memories and judgments, moving you into the Awareness of your already Loving Heart and freeing you to move forward in your life.<\/p>\n I am bringing forward the Strength of my Heart, Experience what it means to have Heaven on Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n June 29 and 30, you are invited to MSIA\u2019s two-day workshop Heaven on Earth, designed and facilitated by Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick, Founding Faculty and Co-Directors of the University of Santa Monica<\/a>, with MSIA’s Spiritual Director John Morton scheduled to participate.<\/p>\n The intention of the workshop is nothing less than each participant Awakening into the consciousness of Heaven on Earth, and learning practices involved in continuing their Awakening.<\/p>\n Learn more and register for Heaven on Earth<\/a><\/p>\n Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick<\/strong> are pioneers and worldwide leaders in the field of Spiritual Psychology, as well as Teachers and Facilitators of Awakening in Consciousness. They are renowned educators, authors, and the Founding Faculty and Co-Directors of the University of Santa Monica (USM), where they have designed, developed, and facilitated Educational Programs in Spiritual Psychology for the past 36 years. Both are licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Mary is also a licensed Clinical Psychologist. They are the authors of Loyalty to Your Soul: The Heart of Spiritual Psychology, published by Hay House and available in 12 countries and 8 languages, and recently released as an audiobook read by the authors and available on Amazon, Audible, and iTunes. Their latest book, Remembering the Light Within: A Course in Soul-Centered Living<\/a>, was published by Hay House in 2017. It has been described by Arianna Huffington as, \u201can invaluable guide for anybody who wants to live a life of meaning and purpose.\u201d USM students and graduates around the world share that being with Ron and Mary in the classroom is, without exception, one of the most transformative, Loving, and memorable experiences that they will cherish for a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article is Chapter 15 from Remembering the Light Within: A Course in Soul-Centered Living by Drs. Ron & Mary Hulnick. UNRESOLVED ISSUES AREN\u2019T IN THE WAY\u2014 THEY ARE THE WAY! \u201cYou were born with wings. 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\nUNRESOLVED ISSUES AREN\u2019T IN THE WAY\u2014 THEY ARE THE WAY!<\/h4>\n
\n-Attributed to Rumi<\/em><\/p>\nTHIS CHAPTER’S PRACTICE<\/h4>\n
INTENTION<\/h4>\n
\ncourageously conducting and experiencing my life as
\na magical opportunity for restoring myself to the
\nAwareness of my True Nature\u2014the Presence of Love.
\nI am using my unresolved issues as stepping-stones\u2014
\nrungs on the ladder of my Spiritual Awakening.
\nI am Forgiving myself, as I am remembering Who I Am\u2014
\na Divine Being using my human experience
\nin service to my Awakening.<\/p>\n
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