The cycle is a great opportunity to celebrate our ancestors and learn the difficult art of letting go
New Year’s Eve in October? Right. For the ancient Celtic people, October 31st is the celebration of the beginning of a new cycle, Samhain call. A time to leave behind what you need, for the new power to come.
The date, now known as Halloween, has lost much of its original meaning, becoming something more similar to our Carnival, with many masquerade parties. But this period can be experienced in a much more meaningful and transformative way. Below I explain why.
New Year’s Eve in October to celebrate ancestors
In Anglo-Saxon culture, the period between 31 October and 2 November brings together Halloween, our commemoration of the dead and Day of deathin Central America.
Far from being macabre celebrations, they offer us a great opportunity to celebrate our ancestors and learn the difficult art of detachment.
Similar to the symbolism of Day of deathin the Celtic tradition of Samhain it is believed that during this time the veil between “the worlds” thins and we can connect more easily with deceased people, especially our ancestors.
Believe it or not, the date can be an invitation to honor those who came before you. A time to recognize the value of your family of origin, your culture, and what they have learned and left as a legacy for you.
The relationship between death and attachment
Since the symbolism of death is very evident, it is also time to review our relationship with this topic. In our culture the concept of death is closely linked to that of loss.
Of course, the absence of those we love is difficult and brings much learning, but it can be experienced wisely if we know how to relate to death differently.
Likewise, we have many difficulties closing the cycles of our lives: ending a relationship, giving up a job or moving on to a new phase of our existence.
What is evident is how attached we are to the moment and to what we are experiencing, even if it is no longer what is best for us.
Why work on detachment
In our current society, we want to be everything, have everything, accumulate goods, money, friends, followers, likes… And the result? Crowded homes, social profiles full of people we barely know and an unbridled pursuit of success.
We find ourselves carrying a heavy burden in life, blocking the flow of energy in our environments and our lives. What remains is a general feeling of exhaustion and a sense of accumulation and stagnation.
We must learn the wisdom of the cycles of life and allow some “deaths” to occur for the new power to come. Do you want examples?
- By cleaning your house and throwing away many old, outdated items, for example, your financial life can open up.
- By letting go of certain feelings that no longer serve you, new partnerships can emerge.
- By honoring those who were once there and what they taught you, instead of regretting their absence, you can feel much closer to them and even alleviate homesickness.
Here are 8 tips for managing emotional attachment.
Detachment exercise on Samhain
How about taking advantage of this October New Year to practice detachment, experience your death and open yourself to the new cycle with lightness, joy and fluidity?
You can practice the following exercise at any time of the year, but from November 31st to November 4th you have the urge to renew yourself.
Let’s go? They are exercises to work on detachment at various levels of being.
Physical detachment:
- I invite you to set aside a few days to discard, donate or sell anything you no longer need: clothes you haven’t worn in the last year, broken or old items or items that clutter up the space in your home.
- Feng Shui teaches the importance of spaces free from obsolete or disorganized objects. Here are some tips on Feng Shui to allow life energy (chi) to flow freely in our environments.
Emotional detachment:
- List all the emotions that are currently weighing on you.
- Then list all the situations or people related to these feelings and realize which ones you can let go of today.
- Emotional detachment can be more difficult, as we usually believe we have no control over our feelings or attachment to certain people. In these cases, the search for a therapeutic path or a more energetic cleansing Can I help you.
Letting go on the mental plane:
- Take some time to think about how much time you spend on social media, television and your cell phone these days? Is this time really necessary for your life?
- If yes, also answer: why? If not, think about it: How can you reduce the time spent on these media and include activities that inspire and motivate you more?
- Be careful, because the excess of information and the energies of anger and conflict present in these media affect the balance of many people.
Spiritual detachment:
- A guided meditation on energy purification below, may help you experiment with some forms of letting go in a meditative way.
Keep in mind that letting go does not mean throwing away in anger. We can let go of what no longer serves us by being grateful for what this phase has brought us and its teachings.
Resentment can actually be a strong indicator of attachment, as opposed to detachment. The true wisdom of Samhain lies in this closing of a cycle, recognizing what was good in it and allowing some deaths to occur so that we can enter the new one with more lightness and fluidity.
Happy Samhain for you!
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