Anahata; the heart chakra, is related to issues
around love, balance, relationship to self and others, self-acceptance and
compassion.
One of the tasks to work
with in regards to restoring the heart chakra is self-acceptance, which I have found extremely difficult throughout my life.
I spent many years trying to hide who I am,
until I came to the realization that it severely distorted my
existence. After coming to this understanding I started a process of getting to
know who I truly am, both at deeper and more mundane levels. Since I had pushed
myself away, and covered my genuine self for so long it took time to reconnect
with my true self and my identity. Slowly, the pieces started coming together
again, and I started acknowledging myself for who I really am, and I even begun accepting the parts I had previously thrown away as precious jewels essential to my wholeness.
I realized I had been so
deeply terrified of not being accepted by others, that I did not even accept
myself. The ironic thing is that if I do not accept myself, then how are others
supposed to be able to accept me?
