Broken Open Part 4 of 8: The Phoenix Process
September 15, 2009 by dr. lam
There are many names for a rebirth, not physical one of course, but a spiritual one. The one that Lesser uses is of the Egyptian tale of the Phoenix, the legendary bird that returns every 500 years, sits himself down in a bed of cinnamon and myrrh, lights himself on fire, and burns himself, only to rise anew from his own ashes.
This vivid imagery is to have one look within to see what is the fire that needs to be lit to burn an old self and to bring oneself forward into a new life, a better life, and a richer one as well. She says that many of the women she works with live lives to please others around them without owning up to the fear of letting that way of life go. The fire they need to burn is to let go of their need to live a surrogate life.
She has observed that men on the other hand oftentimes live a half-lived life because of their inability to feel or to offer compassion. When they go through the phoenix process, they awaken with joy, empathy, and with an open heart.
What is your fire? What will you burn so that you can rise again as a phoenix into a new and more vivid existence? What are the vestiges of your old self that are lingering before the fire: lack of faith, hatred, fear, ego? What will it take for you to be reborn through the fire?
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That’s an interesting viewpoint. Okay, I’ve made my list!
cool. burn, baby, burn! so to speak.