Responding to Triggers versus Reacting............

Responding versus Reacting to Triggers

I have three ways I measure my spiritual growth each year and they are:
1. How many triggers do I feel I have cleared throughout the year;
2. Do I feel more heart-centered and loving at the end of the year
than at the start; and
3. How well I handle spending a week at home for the holidays with my
parents.

Looking at just these three things alone always give me a very good
idea as to whether or not I have grown throughout the year -
especially how I get along with and relate to the wonderful spiritual
teachers that my parents are to me. Grins.

The Path of Reacting to Triggers

Early on in my spiritual path, I was extremely unclear, judgmental and
non-discerning. This was truly a most wonderful combination to attract
many, many triggers into my life - those people, circumstances and
events that push our buttons to the max.

Early on in my spiritual adventure, I pretty much operated from the
mode of reacting to triggers rather than responding to them. I DO NOT
recommend this approach. But what would happen is that when I
attracted a trigger or stepped on a minefield I would:
1. Begin by judging the triggers as bad and feeling irritated which
would then morph into
2. Beating up on myself for a while which would then morph into
3. Anger, rage, ranting and raving which would morph into
4. Feeling traumatized and upset which would morph into
5. Blaming the other person or persons sharing the lesson with me
which would then morph into
6. Complaining and self pity and feeling sorry for myself which would
then morph into
7. Feeling burned out, exhausted and depleted.

And after being in this burned out space for a while I woud begin to
do the inner work of healing, clearing and going after energetically
all that I could to heal, release and transmute the trigger.

And over the years, this did kind of/sort of work for me. Over time, I
got very good at fine-tuning this process and each year I learned more
and more tools to help me clear triggers so the number of triggers I
had did hugely decrease over time. Of course this reactive approach to
handling triggers probably attracted more triggers to me since
complaining is always a magnet that draws bad energy to you.

The Path of Responding to Triggers

Over the years, I transitioned from the path of reacting to triggers
to the one of responding to them. I still get irritated and annoyed
when they pop up but I don't waste a lot of time on the reaction
phase. I pretty much drop what I am doing and focus on what is
triggering me and go after all that is creating, anchoring and
allowing the trigger to occur.

In a way now I just accept that triggers are just part of the path and
part of the reality of living on Earth. If I am in a particularly good
space, I even welcome them at times because they are most excellent
spiritual teachers. I also find that triggers usually come from
energetic blindspots I did not know I had because I can't see them so
it is a great opportunity for personal growth and evolution for me.

Every time I feel triggered indicates that there is something within
myself that needs to be loved, accepted and healed. Everything that
occurs outside of ourselves is mirroring something inside ourselves.

The most common sources I find in looking at people, events and
circumstances that trigger me are:
1. Karma especially if I get triggered by another person or when I get
depleted energetically from hanging out with someone;
2. Forgiveness issues not only with the person associated with the
trigger but also with other people from my past;
3. Cording into stuff from my past - especially stuff that I have not
looked at or cleared before or if I have worked on it - the trigger
indicates that I am ready to heal and clear the next level or layer of it;
4. A spiritual lesson that I need to embody to keep evolving;
5. Less than love programming that I need to clear out. I often find
that triggers occur because of not just one program but often it is a
chance to go after lots of related and similar programs.

Suggested Approach to Handling Triggers

1. Before you do anything you need to be as calm as possible. So
meditate, listen to inspiring music, go to the beach, etc. Do what you
need to do to shift the energy so you are calm not agitated before you
work on it.
2. You may want to look at the free image for this module about
Creating a Sacred Space for Inner Work and Healing. This will help you
to create a sacred space energetically so you can work on yourself to
help clear the trigger.
3. I personally use a form of prayer:

Creator please place me in my heart so that I can clear, heal, release
and transmute anything and everything associated with this trigger (If
you know why you are experiencing this ask for help in clearing that
out specifically) .

Creator please clear any blocks I have to being 100% clear and
grounded and centered in the NOW.

Creator please clear out my energetic spaces and that of my home of
any less-than-love energies, patterns, frequencies, beings,
influences, implants, cords, hooks, devices, technologies.

Creator please help me to understand what I am learning at the
spiritual level from this event, person or circumstance.

Creator please help me to heal and ameliorate any karma I have between
myself and the person or persons that are triggering me.

Creator please help me to forgive myself for creating this trigger.
Creator please show me all areas of my life where I need to forgive
myself and others.

Creator please show me and heal the areas within myself that need to
be loved, accepted and healed to release these energetica allowances,
patterns or programs.

Creator please show me and heal the programs, patterns and past events
that are creating the energetic allowances for this experience.

Creator please show me if there are any other less than love
programming and spiritual lessons associated with or related to this
pattern that I am seeking to master that cause me to attract this or
similar/related experiences into my life. Creator please heal these
programs as well.

Creator going beyond all that I know to ask for at this time, I
request a Miracle Healing for this in the NOW with divine ideal
integration with lots of ease and grace.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! !!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
Shared with Love and Light, Rosalie xo