Soul Retrieval : Healing The Fragmented Self

<p class="p1">There you are, staring into their eyes as they convey words that you never thought you would ever have to hear let alone feel; and in that moment you wonder whether your dreaming or whether gravity pulled the eject button on your heart as you see the fragments of it floating away in all directions as he/she leaves the room, and your life forever. </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">What do you do when your heart breaks into a million pieces? Where do these pieces go; And where do we even begin to find them?  In the moment of a break up we become so consumed by what ifs that we don’t even realize how much of ourselves we leave in these moments of despair.  One part of you is left in the bed where you used to make love, another part of you is left in the memory you have of the first time you kissed.  Its surreal how loving memories that once made you feel loved, can quickly transform you into a living embodiment of the ten of swords in the tarot; and just like that, you have hundreds of pieces of  your soul thrown around and lost in different memories of your past. </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Why do we leave these pieces of us behind?  Well, to protect ourselves from the pain of having to live with and feel them in the moments they occur.  Sometimes there are moments that are just too difficult to feel, and instead of allowing our attention to feel through the pain, we leave the pain there in hopes that maybe one day we can return with our spiritual posse and beat pains ass.  Though, sometimes this day never comes; and if does, its often many many years later when the sadness has already settled on our hearts and it becomes difficult trying to find something we’ve spent years trying to forget.  But whether it's a month, year or decade later; the spirit eventually calls for us to pursue wholeness and peace, and so the journey begins.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">This is just one example of how we leave certain aspects of our soul in traumatic experiences. Whether it’s the d