I’m Becca Williams, and I want to take a little time here and thank you for sticking with me and a big hello to the many new people who are joining the conversation around Inner exploration, cannabis and emotional freedom. Someone just contacted me from India today … so this is resonating regardless of where you live.
There are some common beliefs that unite us. Like open-mindedness: “Live and Let Live” embracing love, care and connection. And I think it’s safe to say that we’re all intrigued by where we find ourselves right now … and where we’re going – catalyzed by this COVID-19 event. Actually, being alive, right here, right now, is a gift in-and-of-itself because these wild winds of change are ripping away everything that tethered us to staying stuck.
All our familiar Go-Tos, whether they’re shopping, throwing ourselves into work, chasing attention and approval, traveling, going out eating and drinking, socializing, lots of socializing – those familiar Go-Tos are gone or radically reduced. So here we are with time on our hands … With our thoughts, like we’ve never had to be before. Prior to this, with all the distractions, we’ve been able to bury stuff that bothered us – troubling emotions – often formed in early childhood – that we do not want to feel. But, it’s necessary to feel our feelings because if we don’t embrace them through-and-through, they will never leave us. It’s truly the only way to relieve and release our hearts of the pain.
There’s a renown Australian, her name is Gita Bellin, a pioneer of 60 years in human performance and transformation. And Gita has famously said, “The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings.”
“The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings.”
Now this revered elder, Gita Bellin, isn’t a spiritual teacher – although she’s steeped in Eastern spiritual traditions. She’s a worldwide corporate consultant at the highest levels teaching corporate leaders that: “The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings.” Because when you feel your feelings, you become a better person, a better leader. You’re not looking to others for approval or completion.
This is what we all need to do.
And this current situation may very well be activating feelings we do not want to feel because we see them as too big and too scary, regardless of our age, our gender, our ethnicity. But push-has-come-to-shove and we can’t hide from our feelings any longer. Yes, there are those who will drink themselves or drug themselves or smoke themselves into oblivion because emotions have become so painful. Maybe lapsing into addictions.
But, at the same time, there are those of us who long to embrace this extraordinary – and some might say, Divine opportunity. A Divine opportunity that’s opened a space for us to explore our invisible inner life to heal emotional wounds that might have been keeping us in on-going patterns of fear and self-doubt. Eroding our self-confidence and wellbeing that can lead us into unhealthy and even toxic relationships that don’t offer us the love, care and connection – that we so long for.
If you’ve been with me, you know that I believe our explorations of consciousness through active, ancient meditation and cannabis is a pioneering path toward awakening in this century. Raising the consciousness of the planet comes in many different forms. My work is at an edgy intersection of a lot of influences … including cannabis – and I know that is a portal that resonates for many of us.
Where are you on this? What are you experiencing these days? Are you on board with “The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings? How does that look for you? Drop down to the comments section and let me know. And if you’re watching this on youtube – move over to my website and join the conversation there.
I’m Becca Williams and I do want you to lead a magnificence life … and I want to help you do that, whether it’s one of my online events or master courses. Stick with me for deep individual Inner work. We can have transformation AND we can have fun doing it.
Still very relevant today
Sat Nam
Insightful as always Becca! Wild winds of change are whipping indeed, and this truly is an opportunity on many levels for us all. I have so many ideas that excite me, yet I find it challenging to stay out of overwhelm. Lots of pressure to keep up my business, personal, and financial responsibilities when what I really want to do is go on vacation. I lament for the freedom those with so much time on their hands have in this moment – wish that were me.
So raw and honest Susan. Thank you. In my “Emotional Liberation” method, overwhelm is the Universe tapping us on the shoulder saying, “this is not what life is about!” (See above comment about fear/workaholism.) How much can we carry before we totally collapse? I see you have the capacity to carry an immense load but living life this way is not particularly satisfying me thinks. The Universe has a way of creating breakdowns that lead to breakthroughs. “Show me the way, show me the way” is my mantra. With Love, Becca
We find ourselves with time on our hands
The fastest way to freedom is to feel your feelings…
I’ve never heard the second quote before thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Although I’m still chewing on it, I tend to agree with that second one, it’s just counter…cultural I guess because our culture would probably say work harder to get freedom. I would say work harder, done unconconciously, and become a divorced workaholic!
Good point. “Working harder” and workaholism, if you follow the bread crumbs, is fear in the form of an endless effort to prove oneself (back in the day, it was HUGE for me … the fear of not mattering, rejection, being marginalized). We either slow down on our own or the Universe slows us down – often with a health challenge or, as you suggest, broken relationships. Wake-up calls all of them.
Becca, you’re such a soothing voice in these current times. Personally, I’m looking at this period as a chance to turn my meditation time into a retreat of some measure. Past family issues have come into play, however, I am so much stronger to deal with this as long as I maintain my dedication to my practice. I am sincerely hoping the planet will be unable to pass up this opportunity for global, humanitarian growth. Truth is, we’re all “One”
I am so blessed to be in the company of so many thought leaders and big hearts like you Randy. It’s this growing emergent communal leadership that is weaving our “One”.
Learning how to feel my feelings from my exposure to primal therapy 46+ years ago saved my life. I’ve been on the path of Feeling since then. I may still get stuck in my head and in dissociation and may still have staggering depths of pain that are too overwhelming and agonizing to fully feel and become conscious of as of yet, but I do not regret being on this path. Cannabis has been my companion and medicine throughout all of it— it’s been a blessing. The COVID-19 crisis has been squeezing so much up to consciousness for me to… Read more »
Thank you for your comment, I myself have been wondering if there are levels of pain that I am being shielded from. When I first started meditating I had loads of strong emotions come up and was able to process them. Now months later those don’t come up anymore.
Thanks for pointing that out Brock … if we can let the bad feelings flow without resistance, we release them and they flow away. The trick is staying strong and steady in the throes of the release. This is a vital piece of what we do in Emotional Liberation.
Feeling – with a capital F. So cool Larry. As you allude, it should be a proper noun. Our culture inculcates us to NOT Feel – because when we do and break through the conditioning of our culture, there are no masters to serve. No fear to drive us. No self-doubt. We are our own person. It’s a long road to get to that point but the grace of this COVID-19 moment is a poignant teacher, as you again so eloquently point out. You are a powerful teacher specializing in Feeling. Thank you, xoBecca