CosmicSandBox’s Weblog

I think my last post was a tad dark even though it had a rather happy ending. It isn’t easy writing about “shame” in a light-hearted way. I named my website and blog Cosmic Sand Box because I wanted to convey that learning about our cosmic selves is a fun journey.

With all the “shame” and injustice in the world it isn’t easy to walk on the sunny side of the street. But we can never solve the problems on the same level on which they were created. The Cosmic Sand Box is a place to go in the imagination that many of us have long forgotten. But if we would take the time to visit our earlier self and make the effort to remember what turned us on, we could mine a treasure of passion and enthusiasm that could transform the darkness of this world into light.

In my own experience I just recently realized that I was still allowing old shame messages to rain on my parade. The reason I didn’t recognize them as shameful was because our culture is still using the same messages today. We are labeled “bad” or “odd” if we differ from the mainstream and think for ourselves unconventionally. We are still urged to “play it safe”, “stay in the box”, conform to the majority. I still dread the thought of people thinking badly about me just because I differ in some way. My courage has been shamed out of me.

By going back to that earlier time before all that “crap” was piled on, I can recapture that vitality and freedom of spirit I had. Then with a lot of grace I can erase or neutralize all the conditioning in between so I can resurrect my true Creative Self that is still waiting to be set free in me.

If more of us were able to realize this is possible we could transform the shame to self-worth. We could realize the truth of who we really are. The Bible says “Ye are gods.” WOW! How come you don’t hear that verse in church or synagogue? 

I haven’t heard from anyone about the “Cost of Shame” article that I’d hoped would spawn a discussion from people who didn’t realize the shame they feel today is something they can be free of once they see it is just a false story they’ve been told by people who didn’t know any better. They were just passing on what they had been taught unconsciosly and never questioning how it would effect anything.

In “Things that Make You Go Hmmm” I said that our gut knows the truth. Well…shame will make you go “Hmmm” big time. Your “god self” within won’t resonate with shame for a second. It will start shooting stress hormones into your blood stream that would put a “shock and awe” attack to shame!  I know cause I’ve been experiencing them for many more years than I would like to admit.

There is one good thing about all the chaos and crisis that is going on now. It is making us come to the end of our “cope rope”.  We are finally realizing that we have to do something different. We see that we need a new solution to the problem. When we are sick and tired of being sick and tired, then we heal. Then we will be willing to let go of old shameful beliefs about ourselves and the world and begin to enjoy this wonderful life.