Most flowers benefit from having their spent flowers removed. This is called deadheading. Flowers that repeat bloom will often do so only if the old, dying flowers are removed. If they remain on the plant they will goto seed and stop producing beautiful flowers. Applying these principals to our lives is an important part of spiritual growth.
It is counterproductive for plants to extend energy sending nutrients to blooms that have already died. But don't we do that in our everyday lives all the time? How often do you say yes, when you really want to say no? How often do we do something even though we can feel it in our hearts down to our toes- that we would rather not? By being authentically yourself and truly honest in your word & action, you will make room and direct your energy to the stuff in your life that serves you. Sometimes we keep doing the things that we know are temporary, and would rather not do it at all. Just biding our time until the kids are grown, or you win the lottery, or you pay off a debt. We do it because we are scared to take a risk, or be seen. But that keeps us stuck and closed off to the energy that we need to hear the call, or notice the synchronicity. That is how we are lead to the next step. If your feeding all this vital energy to the negative or the merely bearable, it means your not in alignment. Your just stuck on that hamster wheel... Just like the flowers, if the dead blooms are removed, the plant will have no other choice but to direct its energy elsewhere. And the result...the most colorful abundance of sweet smelling flowers. I don't know about you, but that's the paralell I'm shooting for.
We want to direct that energy in healthy and positive ways. Lately I have been spending most of my free time getting immersed in the EFT & and Energy Psychology community. I have seen so many positive changes in my life as a result. I joined the group coaching calls & forums over at Thrivingnow.com and can very clearly see my life blooming in beautiful ways. They talk a lot about feeling the energy and emotions in your body and using that to help you make decisions. I now totally trust when something is a "YES" for me. And now when it's a "NO". I feel it immediately. It takes a bit of fine tuning and honesty to tell the difference between a "NO" and fear. That can be a little tricky. But you can totally feel the difference between fear and "NO". All from trusting my body and my own divine guidance.
We often find ourselves surrounded by things, habits, and even people that no longer serve us. Whether they met a need that we no longer have or they should never have been there in the first place, we are always changing. As we evolve, our needs, our desires, our interests, and our passions change. Making sure that our outward and inward lives align with our spiritual values and intentions is an important part of spiritual growth and maturity.
Spiritual deadheading is about letting go. It is not an event; it is a process. It is not always easy, but it is crucial to living an authentic life of purpose and passion. Just as it works in our gardens, letting go of the things (and sometimes people) that are spiritually dead in our lives gives us renewed vitality, time, and focus. In other words, letting go enables us to expend every bit of physical, emotional, and spiritual energy we have on the things that really matter.
So if you close one door another will open....true story.
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