How Much Does Baggage Really Cost?
Posted by Jana Groscost Matthews | Filed under Manifesting, Transformation
Have you ever wondered what the cost is of the baggage you’re carrying around? You know the baggage, the emotional stuff you’re holding on to. Most airlines are charging more for the baggage they carry. Do you wish you got paid extra for holding onto your emotional stuff? If you’re not getting paid extra for it, then what is your emotional baggage really costing you?
How does emotional baggage influence your relationships, your career/business, your money, your health, where you live, or how you live? Emotional baggage affects everything!
Emotional baggage influences perceptions. Our perceptions are filters through which we process all information. This is why when two people view the same incident their reports of the situation can be very different. We all perceive life differently. Someone may see a situation as an adventurous growth experience, while someone else sees it as a devastating one.
One of the key components of emotional baggage is fear. When we have an unpleasant emotional experience, the intention is to never feel that way again, right? So the emotion is held onto as a reminder to avoid situations that cause similar feelings. Unfortunately the fear of never wanting to feel the same way, projects a message into the cosmos. The Universe sends a message back to match the message sent out. Like attracts like, even if it isn’t what you wish to attract.
Fear causes people to stay in unhealthy relationships or avoid relationships altogether. It is a motive for staying in an unfulfilling career, instead of pursuing your passion. It affects your spending or saving habits based on perceptions of scarcity. It influences your health by affecting your energy’s natural flow and rhythm.
If you’re not getting the results you want, are you willing the change? Here are some ideas to help you eliminate emotional baggage:
1) Take note on areas in your life where you are frustrated or unhappy. What would you change? What emotions cause you to feel frustrated or unhappy in this area – i.e. feeling unappreciated, unloved, inadequate, disrespected, unworthy or anything else you feel.
2) Notice how your thoughts and emotions contribute to your current results. Are your thoughts supporting the existing pattern or what you wish to create? Ask yourself why you respond in a particular way. Shift your thoughts toward what you want to create – I am appreciated; I am lovable; I am worthy; I am respected.
3) Speak your truth – communicate your feelings with the person causing your frustration or unhappiness. They will validate your feelings and work with you to change the situation or they will discount them. Either way you are communicating what is or isn’t working for you. If it isn’t possible to work with the person directly, write about it expressing your feelings.
4) Visualize yourself releasing any emotions, and see youself receiving what you want such as unappreciated with appreciated; inadequate with flourishing; unworthy with deserving, etc. What does it feel like to you to be appreciated? What does it feel like to you to be respected? See yourself receiving and feeling positive emotions and feedback. You can also perform a ritual where you write what you want to release on a piece of paper and burn it. Make sure you replace it with what you want.
5) Express gratitude to your teachers. The people who push our buttons are the ones helping us grow. Journal your frustrations and feelings about a situation or person and then express gratitude for their actions helping you understand your emotions better.
Imagine living a life of emotional freedom. Practice releasing emotional baggage through the above steps. Learn to verbalize your emotions as soon as the situation occurs, and then let it go. By no longer dwelling on the feelings, they simply float away and no longer weigh you down.
Is the emotional stuff worth holding on to? Are you ready to let it go?
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To prepare for the manifesting, write down a list of goals or intentions you want to attract or issues you want to release during the lunar cycle. After the cycle is over, review your old list crossing off goals achieved and file it, then begin a new list for the new cycle. To maintain balance in your life, look at goals on several different levels including financial, spiritual, mental, emotional, and physically.