An "Archetypal Modern Family"

Part 5 ...

Not too long ago, I believed my true nature to be flawed. For the longest time, this was a feeling I couldn’t shake off or understand. Even now I continue to struggle with holding deep judgments about who I am and how I act around those I love. What I am beginning to understand is that my negative thoughts influence my own expression of Self.

My healing supports my practice for deeper presence. By transforming my trauma into loving kindness and honesty, I am able to practice my life of compassioning– living peace and embodied fluidity.

*Full transcript at runningguerrero.com

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I have found that without wounding and the awareness to heal you rarely get to experience the necessity to tap into the most inner part of you– that part at the Center where you can sense your truest Self, your whole being. If you can’t understand your own pain or your own suffering, you are limited in your ability to love and be compassionate.

Without knowing yourself first you are incapable of being fully present for anyone: a sibling, a lover, a friend, or, even, your own child.

Healing trauma requires you to watch your emotions and be honest with yourself. It asks you to take responsibility for your actions and to, actually, put effort into expressing love.

*Full transcript at runningguerrero.com

This episode is an self-interviewed Q&A about what "An Archetypal Modern Family Series" podcast is about. On March 4th, 2020, Pablo Robles explored the following questions: 

When it comes to experiencing conflict, it is pretty safe to say that we all react differently and have various responses. How we react or respond creates patterns and tendencies based on fear or love.

My tendency is to abandon my body (to disassociate) and release all inhibitions just as long as I don't experience my own emotions.

For some of us, holidays, or any family gathering, can be charged with triggers that make us hypersensitive to issues that can create anxiety and bring up intense emotions. Sometimes, we may get reactive or become numb... this is normal. I have found, it’s one way that I’ve protected and cared for mySelf.

Liberation from discomfort is part of the practice towards love and happiness, and essentially a more enjoyable and easeful life.

The other day on my way home from visiting family, I had a funny experience. I was on the city bus coming from the airport when I started to feel a peculiar sensation-- I noticed that as I got closer to Durham there was a feeling of lightness bubbling up from my navel and out into the rest of my body... I paused and took a moment for myself.