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Loving All Our Parts
Life seeks to create life. Our lives are aimed at finding or creating safety from the moment we are born. The mechanisms by which we seek safety are developed at an early age. In Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dr. Richard Schwartz espoused that we are made up of “parts” that are sub-personalities designed to keep us safe. It is a profound shift to realize that the burdens and limiting beliefs we carry were ultimately formed to keep us safe. When our protective parts relax, when we can be our Self in its highest, we feel great peace and Oneness with the Self of others. Thus, the journey of consciousness is to love all of our parts because they are all part of who we are.
The Human Experience: the Mind, Body, and Spirit
The human experience consists of three layers: the mind, body, and spirit. The mind is a sharp tool that creates stories and seeks to affirm itself, leading to suffering through avoidance or withholding forgiveness. The body experiences emotions and projects intuition. The spirit is the ever-present, incorporeal knowing that is Love, which is the fabric of the universe and that death and time are illusions. The spirit can be felt in the heart and heard when the mind quiets itself. To live in Truth and Love, one must surrender the pull of the mind and let go of suppressed emotions. This leads to peace, love, and bliss that can only be experienced. The more one can surrender and be present and vulnerable, the more they can disempower the mind's grip on suffering and awaken to peace, love, and gratitude.