The 28 Day Soul Coaching Program
by Denise Linn
The 28-day Soul Coaching is a spiritual journey that is divided into four one-week periods. Each week is dedicated to one of the Four Elements: Air, Water, Fire and Earth.
I believe that our memories, beliefs, and emotions are tied in some mysterious and organic way to the elements of nature. By activating these elements within us it seems that we also activate quadrants of our souls.
For many years I worked as a practitioner using a system I developed that was based on the four elements. I taught this modality to therapists to incorporate into their practices. The system was based on the idea that the elements have an effect on the psyche. I found that when a client immersed themselves in images of the elements, each element evoked different emotional responses, as well as different kinds of memories. The remarkable thing about this elemental approach to therapy is the way that it reveals the emotional impact that the elements have on us.
A proverb from India states that everyone is a house with four rooms-mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual-but unless we go into every room every day we are not a complete person. The elements are powerful tools for entering these inner rooms.
Throughout history, the elements have been associated with natural balance and wholeness. Ancient native people knew that within each element were patterns of energy that permeated the universe. They used this understanding to develop cosmological models to create a sense of harmony in their lives.
From Native Americans, to ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Maya, Aztec, Persians, Celts, and Hindus, the mysterious panorama of nature has been divided into separate parts that are designated by the four elements. Egyptian sages fervently believed that reflection on the four elements provided a profound understanding of life.
In the mystery schools of Mesopotamia, initiates underwent rigorous rites of Air, Water, Fire, and Earth. Each elemental rite was said to test a particular aspect of the initiate's nature. Hippocrates, honored as the father of medicine, declared that a patient's health depended upon a balance of the four elements. The great Sufi poet, Rumi, wrote that the four elements were the foundation of life and had a profound effect upon the human sprit.
To those ancient people, the symbolism of the four elements welded all separate pieces of reality into a cohesive whole. Each one brought a gift that gave balance to the people. The Spirit of Air gave the wind with its cooling breezes in the summer. The Spirit of Water brought refreshing rains. The Sprit of Fire gave warmth from the sun, and the Spirit of Earth brought forth the hills, mountains, trees, and plants on earth. The underlying energy of all the elements was the Creator, the source of all life.
Although the natural world around us is an interwoven, inter-connected universe, our forerunners divided reality into separate components they called elements. They thought that the elements represented different aspects of life. These wise predecessors understood that within each element were patterns of energy that permeated the universe. They used this understanding to develop cosmological models to orient themselves on earth and create a sense of balance in their lives.
In truth, nature is a melding of the elements-a vast cauldron of Air Water, Fire, and Earth and none can exist without the other. When we divide nature into four elements, we must remember that this is a symbolic system that can never encompass reality. Wholeness resides in harmonic forces that exist outside the perception of our senses and which are only symbolized by the element. However, through separating the aspects of nature into individual parts, which not only represented the real air, water, fire, and earth but also represented conditions of life, discernment and wisdom occurs.
I believe that when you embark on this spiritual cleansing program, it is immensely valuable to do it in the context of the cycles of nature. The energy of nature and its elements can help bring you home to your spiritual roots.
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