OK!
Worked with slightly more than a microdose of plant medicine on Tuesday.
Listened to 3 minutes of Wanted Black in this morning, bringing a kind-of-end to washout.
Here are some of the ideas permeating my mind these past few days.
I shall clean my room properly, clean my linens.
I shall clean the wood stain on my floor.
I shall invest in getting some warm, relaxing lighting for my room for the evening - salt lamp, normal lamp.
I shall get a nice bin for the binbag I use.
I shall (possibly) grow my own medicine plans, if able to, within my home.
I shall clear and renew my altar space.
Regarding a lady I love.
- Heal my guilt and fear.
- ‘Man up’ - Mindset, health, character, wealth.
- Develop qualities of loving, joyfulness, confidence, boldness, kindness.
Some affirmations that feel good to contemplate on. All preceded with ‘I am’.
Bold, confident, capable.
Handsome, attractive.
Loveable, worthy.
Beautiful, perfect, loved (inner child healing)
The God-Self, Love, All-There-Is (divine connection)
The thought arose that to Love my self is GOOD WORK - no more of the shame that says we must taskmaster ourselves to be worthy - to work on loving myself is damn good work. Stretching comfort zones is one thing, but one must cultivate a comfort zone to be able to expand it!!
The more safety, containment, warmth I can bring to my own exprience and growth, the better the results for myself and those around me.
I was led by the medicine into a cool exercise.
You take ten minutes, and say to yourself, ‘I love myself for…’
Let the subconscious fill in the blanks, whether ‘positive’ (I love myself for being so committed) or ‘negative’ (I love myself for feeling so afraid/for feeling angry/for making that damn mistake)
It’s an unconditional loving acceptance of oneself and boy des it orient you correctly to your own inner world.
You can do the same with phrases like… I like myself because… I respect myself for… I am proud of myself for… I am worthy of… etc.
Like an organic form of ‘affirmation’, building oneself up.
I think the Wanted Black session this morning is instigating some changes also.
Paying some attention to my swagger and gracefulness as I walk. To the energy behind my eyes as I pass someone on the street.
Some thoughts around how I deserve better than to fearfully be wanting love and getting trapped into ‘I want love/I am denied it’ dynamics.
Some thoughts around… get this… not ‘trying’ to fulfill masculine qualities out of insecurity, but actually loving my inner child, fragilities, feminine qualities etc. so I don’t have the need to put on a show or pretend or being someone I am not in order to get by in life or to attract women.
This manifested itself outwardly in my behaviour today, whilst shopping or some groceries post-workout, I passed a beautiful young woman. Kind warm vibes, kinda hippy-ish bright clothing, slightly curly hair. And, without much hesitation or forethought at all, I blurted out “Hi!.. Not stopping… just wanted to say you look, beautiful, just, absolutely beautiful. That’s all… have a good day.” and she smiled and thanking me etc.
The point here is that I wasn’t trying to come across cool or masculine, and by even pausing slightly before using beautiful, she could see my compliment was authentic… like… my brain in real-time trying to formulate how I express my appreciation. Rather than being canned.
Guess there’s a process underway of really, truly loving myself, EMBRACING that inner child emotional side instead of trying to come across macho, and in doing so, opening up the doors for authentic human connection from the heart.
Think I need to lean into this less formulated, more real, more ‘me’ form of expression.
I’m sure the masculine qualities will come out more to play in some time, just, in a NATURAL, really me, really masculine way not some pre-formulated egoic gotta-be-cool bullshit.
Going to spend time in some more gentle, life-affirming, plant medicine meditation tomorrow. And cleaning my room.
Start new cycle properly on Monday - Ascension, Sanguine: the Elixir with a light touch of Wanted Black.
Opening the doorways to real human interaction is way more valuable than I’ve allowed myself to previously admit due to the fear and shame of even daring to experience these things again. Was majorly shut down. I think WB can help. I don’t care for the hot/cold -games-, I don’t particularly care for Harems, BUT AGAIN that may just be oneitis, guilt/shame, societal conditioning etc.
And WB aligns with SO much of what would benefit me - physical shifting, male enhancement, features of Diamond, sexual performance, verbal fluency, allure, profound self-love, charisma, it fits me like a glove.
Ascension and S:tE are doing me a lot of good and will together still take up the vast majority of my sub listening time. I think after another one or two more cycles of these two, I’ll move onto Ascended Mogul and Love Bomb.
Peace.