Knowing Yourself As Enough - Detox and Personal Loss

When we are stripped away of the things that we hold closest to ourselves, when we begin to let go of the identities we construct around ourselves in our ego's search for selfhood, then through each loss, if we can remain true and present to the pain it brings forth, accepting all as it comes without falling to the temptation of constructing an identity around what comes but moving through it, allowing it to move through us, to pass, then something miraculous happens: we begin to know ourselves as we truly are, before and beyond identity, achievement, affirmation, recognition; as enough.

This can happen in response to the loss of an important relationship, loss of a great deal of money, loss of a job, even moving home. All these things create strong attachment in us - we tend to identify with them - so that when we are threatened with their absence from our lives, we cling to them. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to rest, finally, after all the clinging, denial, resistance, struggle, pain, hope, and desire; to rest finally in one's own enough-ness.

Food And Drink

Detox works in a similar way. As we strip away the food and other substances that offer us momentary comforts that we have come to rely on in our daily or weekly lives; the carbohydrates, the fats, the alcohol, the cigarettes, the sugar, or the caffeine that just give us that little lift, prop, relaxation, or moment to ourselves that we crave in our busy lives, and come to experience ourselves as we are without those things, a process is set in motion, and that process can be painful. As the body gives up its hold on the remnants of these substances, we experience their effects - headaches, nausea, anger, uncertainty, despair. We call these detox symptoms.

Knowing Yourself As Enough - Detox and Personal Loss

Like the pain of loss, they pass. And as they pass we come to know ourselves as people in process, able to let go of the moment and welcome the next and the next, stepping out of old skins and growing into our next wonderful, mysterious incarnation. This is life at its best: fluid, evolving, open, inviting, not stagnant or stuck in the past.

And so I invite you, dear reader, to join us on an adventure through life that has at its heart the letting go and the welcoming required to know yourself as you truly are: enough. You will no longer feel the compulsion to fill yourself with food, drink, or other substances; you will no longer feel the compulsion to find yourself in your achievements or in the affirmation and recognition of other people. You will be freed to enjoy and play with these things without clinging to them for security or identity. Resting in the enough-ness, you will at last find everything you need.

Knowing Yourself As Enough - Detox and Personal Loss

Heather Mullin is facilitator, administrator and lead bodyworker for Karuna Detox Retreats, the UK's first holistic detox retreat. She is passionate about health and well-being, joyful living, and creating reflective spaces for people to realize their potential.

Learn more about detox, weight loss and practical application of spiritual principals. See http://www.karunadetox.com or phone 0800 112 3033 for details.

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