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Release it and Let It Go
This past week I got up on the roof with some very thick roofing tar, seeking to cover a leak in the roof. I got right to work clearing a space where the perceived leak appeared to be. Then with a plastic roofing trowel applied the tar, swishing it back and forth until it was laying flat. Then I applied a special sealant tape, and then a final layer of roofing tar. I finished up by laying some Aluminum Roll Flashing tape on top. We will see how it all works out after the next heavy rain, which is supposed to be later this week.
When I was all done, I looked down at my hands, and my gosh were they a mess. I had worn a pair of thin plastic gloves but with the stickiness of the tar, it had apparently worked its way through! My hands were covered with black tar that was sticky, sticky, sticky! Yuck! In my job as a construction worker, I did spend some time working on roofs! The products have changed, and my insights into how they worked was slowly coming back.
That sticky gooey tar loved me and I couldn’t get it to let go. I tried and tried several different highly recommended hand cleaning solutions, but none really worked. So, I applied a degreaser and baking soda and after some really hard scrubbing it was gone, gone, gone. Yea, well except under my fingernails which I applied my tooth brush to. I think it took me longer to release and let go of that tar from my hands then it did to apply the tar and tape to the roof.
Why in the world, am I sharing my adventures with “tar” with you? Well, when I was finally able to get my hands clean and had released and let go of the tar, I realized it would be a wonderful way to share an idea about the Spiritual Faculty for the month, Elimination! Since the word “Elimination” can be at times a rather frightening and harsh word, the students of the Twelve Powers have sought to recast it in a number of different ways (Renunciation, cleansing, release, removing, letting go, forgiveness just to name a few)!
Since the process of the Spiritual Faculty of Elimination can be easily described by the way the body works to release no longer needed foods and drinks, Charles Fillmore placed this Spiritual Faculty at the end of the Urinary track. This kind of makes sense, but makes the idea a little hard to talk about (at least for me.) When I began studying Healing Touch, I decided to place it in the ID point, which is a spot about a foot above the Crown Chakra, (the soft point in the center of your skull.) And when I, or someone I am working with, needs to release something I ask them to visualize the Living Energy pouring down upon them from this spot. I invite them to see the Living, Healing Energy flowing down from this spot and throughout their entire being. This dissolves every appearance of lack limitation of illness and dis-ease.
This is the way I believe the Spiritual Faculty of Elimination works. It works in concert with the other Spiritual Faculties to release and let go of the thoughts, the hurts, and the pains that we might be experiencing. This also works with a number of psychological principles I have learned about how to release the hurtful and painful memories of our past; seeing the Living Energy flowing through our bodies and releasing the attachments we have to our old worn-out memories that no longer serve us and cause us to live from those points of pain and upset.
Yes, those old worn out, hurtful memories are metaphorically just like the sticky, yucky roofing tar that wouldn’t let go of the skin on my hands. So, we need to find a spiritual cleansing agent, that will empower us to release the hurt and pain around those memories, so we can live happy and fulfilling lives! And yes, believe it or not that is why the Fillmore’s chose November, the month of Thanksgiving, for this Spiritual Faculty. Because you can’t experience the wonder of Thanksgiving without releasing and letting go of the hurt and pains of the past.
Namaste, I see Light in you. Rev. Doc. Patrick
