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December 11, 2005
Mirror work
I went to bed very happy last night... and so woke up feeling good. We get to stay in a funk as long as we want, but we can always move out of it when we choose. Last night I did so with mirror work, which is done while looking into your own eyes using a mirror.
I've read in Louise Hay's book that saying affirmations with a mirror is much more powerful than without, but these exercises were from the Abounding River book. It outlines six "currents" of the river, one of them called Worth. Nearly every Worth spread in the workbook section contains mirror work.
Here are some of my favorites (my spirit word is "Whole/ness"):
I adore [spirit word] as the whole of life and I adore [spirit word] as me. I am [spirit word] loving having a [your name] experience.
I honor myself as a [spirit word] creation. I now promise to care for and cherish myself as the worthiness of [spirit word].
I am Spirit's masterpiece. I admire myself. I am Spirit revering itself.
That last one was the one... I know what it's like to look into somebody else's eyes and tell them how much I love them, unconditionally, to speak from my heart and move us both to tears. And I know what it's like to have somebody else look into my eyes and do the same. But I didn't know what it was like to do so with myself, until last night. That last one was the one that really did it.
I am Spirit revering itself.
Maybe sometime I'll sit and have heart circle all by myself, drop the fill-in-the-blanks and tell me what I really appreciate about me straight from my heart.
Mirror work can be difficult to get into or sustain... the ego will say anything it can to prevent it. It will tell us we're silly, or stupid... it will ask, "What would people think?" or sabatoge: "This can't possibly work or do anything useful."
When I got to that place of unconditional self-love, the voice of my ego was inaudible.
Posted by Josh A. at December 11, 2005 12:41 AM