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imagery
the shield
psychospiritual approaches

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image: Close your eyes. Breathe in and out three times. let yourself sink down into the deepest level of your imagination and allow yourself to discover a few things that you may never have known before. One fact that may surprise you, yet will ring true to your ear once you hear it, is that your heart is a shield. One of the round bronze kind, used by the Ancient Greeks in the time of Alexander. Another thing that you perhaps didn't realize, is that these shields were used in their own time for two separate purposes. To defend yourself and to inspect yourself. In ancient times, there was no other source of mirrors beyond the polished shield, unless you wished to lean way out, over a pool of still water. Notice, that your shield has become so "used" in the course of defending you, that nothing can be seen reflected in its battered surface at all. Feel within your own body, just what this has meant to you and determine to correct the situation right away. See and feel yourself begin to clean your shield, beginning with the upper rim and working down. Pick up a wide-faced hammer and gently smooth out any dents that your cleaning has revealed. When at last your shield is basically clean and smooth, start again at the top, and polish it this time very bright. When you realize that your shield is bright enough at last, let yourself stand before it and see everything about you that is good. Take all the time you need to enjoy your pride in your shield's brightness and feel what that means to all the rest of your heart's many ways of serving you. Then allow your eyes to slowly open once again. (Chavez)

uses: arrhythmias

see the following imagery for heart conditions:
bear journey: heart chakra, mother earth (Scully)
eraser: positive thinking (Bry, p. 78)
from root to leaf: arrhythmia (Chavez)
gold journey: heart journey, arrhythmia (Scully)
handwarming: vasospasm (Korn, p. 127)
heart bruise: psychic surgery (Chavez)
honey bear: psychic surgery; tissue repair (Chavez)
Kuan Yin journey: compassion (Scully)
light fingers: psychic surgery (Chavez)
Mut and Crone journey: healing intuition and wisdom (Scully)
rainbow butterfly journey: self-esteem (Scully)
Red-gold lamp: atherosclerosis (Chavez)
silver bell: arrhythmia (Chavez)
sun's entry: cleansing, psychic surgery (Chavez)
universal heart: psychic surgery (Chavez)


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