Author: ratnadyer

Therapist: Psychosynthesis Counsellor MNZAC. Student of spirituality. Yoga practitioner. Mother.

Unhealed trauma has a way of resurfacing.

by ratnadyer

When trauma occurs our psyche and our capacity to cope are completely overwhelmed.

Sometimes it’s not until years later, that we are faced with elements of our trauma arising from the unconscious in often very confusing and difficult ways, and we realise we need to do our healing work.

We need help to recognise and change the limiting protective patterns we have built around us and to gradually and safely bring loving connection to that in us that has been fragmented, suppressed, disowned, shamed or disconnected.

Trauma is not shameful, it is human and it takes courage to face. Anyone that does this inner work needs all the love and compassion they can get.

And in the end, the gift of healing work, is to deepen, to come more into your own heart, into self connection, into more authentic loving relationships, to know what you need and to find kindness, aliveness and recognition of the precious fullness of life.

Sometimes no matter how much information we gather and sort, it will not give us the answer/s we seek. And an answer can only come from entirely letting go of our intellectual pursuit and from being in a deeply connected place within ourselves.

by ratnadyer

We have different levels of our being, our intelligence, our knowing. The mental level is very important of course, but sometimes the answer doesn’t lie there. We need our heart and our spirit and our opening up to the unknown, a letting go, for some of the most important answers to come through.

Heart-centered joy is a lot more quiet and simple than the high kind of joy the ego is seeking.

by ratnadyer

What goes up must come down. When we seek highs, we also experience their contrast. Nothing wrong with this, it’s part of the ride.

However.. deep joy is not privy to the laws of duality. It is stable and whole, as it is synonymous with the simplicity of being, presence and who we really are in our true nature.

As they say.. to find true joy, look within. We are not separate from being, from presence, from life itself. Seeking this conscious connection within ourselves and with life, is where lasting fulfilment can be discovered.
And when we know ourselves well, our relationships with others become more and more beautiful.