Grace Harris The Age of Sage

The Age of Sage

The Latin word for sage is salvia, which means ‘to heal’. Burning sage lifts positivity as it emits natural ions, creating more spiritual awareness and clarity. If you asked me ten years ago if I was a spiritual person, I would’ve said, “What do you mean by spiritual?” This year, I have been pushed to the edge by a higher power and I plunged into the dormant, deeply intuitive side of me. Am I spiritual? Well, we all are. The real question is, are you scared of the word spirit? Here’s what I’ve learned: The easiest way to heal deep trauma is through spirituality, IF, you are willing to surrender. And by “you”, I mean your ego. As a society we put too much pressure on ourselves ‘to heal’; but the truth is, healing is just another way of dying and being reborn - what’s so hard about that? A lot! You might say. But hear me out. When we burn ourselves with fire, we don’t cure the burn with more fire; we put a salve on the burn and let it heal with time, and due care. This process is not too hard for us to do because we understand the nature of the wound, and we accept the time that it needs to fully heal. And then we go about our lives with minimal resistance to the wound and the pain that it induces, because we know we’ve got it covered and we know that it will eventually heal. This sense of knowing puts us in a state of going with the flow. Now consider this, if we burn ourselves with fire, and we didn’t know how to treat burns, what happens? We would be stressed, frantically looking for cures and checking the wound endlessly, not knowing if it’s going to get worse, or how it could get better.

by Grace Harris

It is the same with emotional and mental trauma. At the time of receiving the negative experience, whether that’s sexual, emotional or mental abuse, our minds suffer, and the experience of pain causes the mind to stress. The biggest struggle that we have as human beings, is we insist on using our minds, to heal our minds. We think about what happened to us, and through that we interpret feelings based on what we think, causing the trauma to be rehashed and the pain to heighten. Fire on fire. What I’m suggesting here is to let go of resistance. When we are reminded of our trauma, and then we feel our old wounds, our instinct is to resist the pain and try to get away from it. Have you ever tried feeling the pain and letting it pass through you, compassionately and patiently? My suggestion is simply this, next time you feel angry, pissed off, annoyed, or triggered, let it be. Accept the sensation and be responsible by protecting your loved ones from your trauma. Own your pain and let it pass through you without collateral damage. Finally, even in spirituality, everything becomes a numbers game. The more you practise allowing your pain with love, compassion and responsibility, the higher your chances of curing the burn with a sense of acceptance and knowing. You’ve got this.