Explore the Teachings of Sekhem All-Love

Begin with the Intention and the Memory

The first step is to name your intention. Ask yourself, “What is it that you would like to receive?” The intention may be closure, or healing from the drama of abuse.

Once the intention is clear, close your eyes. Imagine that you are a time traveler. Go directly to the moment of abuse rather than circling around it. Approach only what you are ready to meet, and let the experience become present in your awareness.

In this session, a participant brought forward abuse from a former husband. She described threats, physical violence, threats to kill her, alcoholism, rape, and abuse directed toward her daughters. The exercise began by bringing this reality into feeling and awareness.

The first focus was the abuse of the children. The participant was invited to imagine being there and to say what she wanted to say. She called him a monster and said that he did not deserve to breathe the clean air of the world and that she wished he were dead.

The purpose was not to make the words polite. It was to let the truth of the participant’s experience have a voice. When asked what she felt toward him, she first said she had no feelings, then clarified that what remained was hatred and resentment. The practice stayed with the words she actually gave, rather than assigning another feeling to her.