what is under the layers of pain?
Filed Under ("truths", inner struggling, love, possibilities, process, the journey) by tinque on 27-01-2010
It can be frightening rediscovering yourself, the REAL you. It can feel shaky and insecure under there for a long time. It may always a little bit. Or those feelings can resurface now and then when you are faced with something new thus out of your element or comfort zone. Or sometimes for seemingly no reason at all.
It’s not easy getting rid of the old stuff, in part because it’s become such habit and in part it’s been a part of you for so long it’s soothing in an odd sort of way. It’s familiar, and there is comfort in the familiar. Letting that stuff go not knowing what may lie beneath is a very, very scary thing. The unknown is, well….scary.
Something about which you may have pondered and which could add to the anxiety of this process is this question. What exactly is there under there lurking beneath those sometimes seemingly impenetrable layers which have been your shields of protection and wherein has been trapped the ickyness of pain and hurt? Is it something even more scary? Maybe I’m empty. Maybe there is nothing at all.
You really don’t want to think about things be worse than, so your rational/logical self might tell you that since you are releasing things, letting stuff go, habits that no longer serve you, fears which interfere, there will then be a void appearing as you discard the detritus from your wastebin; an empty space of nothingness will be uncovered.
That could be interesting as in new possibilities, but it sounds like it would feel awful too. Nothingness is after all rather empty, and that conjures numbness which feels icky all by itself. You really don’t want to dwell on another negative, but your wheels are turning now, so you might then take this further and think that maybe instead something else will have to be put there in this newly cleared spot or expanse as the case may be.
Well…there really isn’t an emptiness, nor will a hole be left behind. Nor will there be anything else needed to replace what’s being cleared away. As you work and process and release, what you are doing is peeling away these layers to reveal what has always been there, something that had been squashed down, compressed into tiny nuggets. What’s really under there are little lumps of pure gold all ready and waiting to burst open and shine. What’s really there is LOVE.
Look at it as unveiling and revealing the real and authentic you who has lain there quietly, patiently or maybe not so, buried under the walls and/or curtains of deep pain and hurt, traumas accumulated over the years, all of your own making and likely at the time justifiably so.
As the walls come down and the curtains part, you may think you feel a blankness in there, but really that’s not what it is. What you are feeling is newly liberated, opened space where there is now room for those compressed bits of love to swell up as big as they will, like dessicated little sponges now able to drink from the well of loveliness that is YOU to transform into what they always were, what you always were. They now can breath fully and fill up the spaces that your stuff used to occupy. They now have the freedom to move and dance more freely. You now have the freedom to be YOU.
All that love, YOU, your love is now uninhibitedly available, and she is eager to glow and burn brightly, radiate beautiful, peaceful love. As you release more fear, it will continue to get easier to allow the love to come forth and flow, the love that is you.
So the more your love circulates, remember to love on yourself lavishly, you the most important person there is, pleasure yourself, a must as you enter loving, passionate, healthy relationships. I don’t necessarily mean masturbate though if you feel inspired, please do. It’s amazing therapy plus it feels good. Glow golden goddesses, GLOW…
xxoo

beautiful article!
thank you sweetheart…miss you so much.
xoo
Tinque, once again you have taped into my spirit with your words. Again changing oneself from the past hurts is scary…I have been working on this minute by minute some days, and just when I think I have closed a chapter in my life, BAM, something will trigger that emotion. But woman like you give us valuable tools, to work on our cob webs.
Hugs, Sheila
Sheila – I’m delighted to be able to help and be here for you. It CAN feel like minute by minute sometimes.
Big hugs back at you.
xxoo
i felt really good reading this. mmm yes. thank you.
xxoo
Thank you tinque….i feel comforted by your words…
Its great to have you explaining the whole process of healing and allowing love to flow inside of us…I have my good and bad days and sometimes i wonder how long i have to dig to uncover the pain and hurt..I am learning so much about myself…my worries my impatience my fears but i am also learning about love…thanks…hugs..
Tracy – We all have good moments and not so good feeling ones. Maybe try thinking of them as that instead of “bad”.
The process of unearthing stuff is seemingly endless, and honestly there will always be a trigger here and another there, but there comes a time when those triggers are not so often, and they don’t send you into an abyss for very long if at all.
This is a lifelong journey, and how lucky you are to be traveling on this road, open and aware and filled with love.
xxoo
i HAVE to comment on this b/c this very morning i was feeling a “not so good moment” about my recent 6 yr break up (it’s been 3 weeks). i HAD to let go b/c i won’t allow myself to settle for less than what i really want. You talk about “traumas” and this morning i happen to write down some of mine. Here they are…Birth, foster homes, alcoholic parents, 6 major surgeries, cancer, rape, molestations from family members, 2 failed relationships, marriages and divorces, 3 suicide attempts, getting drunk and being in situations where i should be dead, affairs both with married men and with lesbians, horrific car wreaks, moving and leaving my family behind, my house robbed twice…i mean i will be healing for the rest of my life tinque!! i now live alone, work 2 jobs, am in a loving and counceling based church group trying to let go of some of this emotional baggage. It’s only been 2 1/2 yrs since i stopped drinking (after not drinking for 10) and am starting to understand my worth. i keep reading your words on here through a wall of tears! Thank you. ~Lily
Oh Lily…Your story breaks my heart. You’ve had SO much to deal with. Yes you’re absolutely right, healing is a life long process. Part of my healing is this blog.
But you’re here, and from the little you tell me, you’re an AMAZING spirit full of life and hope. I’m always a willing ear if you ever need to talk.
Those not so good moments happen to us all. I’ve been having a few of those myself these past few days. It might make for a good next posting, to show you that even the seeming strongest people falter at times too.
xxoo
There is something so gentle, wise and very understanding about you Tinque which is causing me to feel you are someone with a heart for the walking wounded. It’s as if i can actually trust what you are saying. i plan on continuing to read more of your blog ~Lily
Thank you Lily. Your words are hugely heart warming:)
I love having you here. Please feel free to write anytime.
xoo