(read it like a story if you want to learn something)
I was with an ex lover and we were in an argument. Something was said about me dying or stabbing me and I went into the bathroom, took a huge bladed knife and right under my right rib plunged it into my stomach. I pulled it out and all this blood was rushing out along with particles of gut. I was in the shower and the blood and guts coming out was so much and it was everywhere. I got out of the shower and the ex called 911 but said it didn't look that bad but it was really really bad. In the hospital they told me they would have to take me to the loony bin and I said "why I'm not going to hurt myself".
Interpretation:
It means that you should stop beating yourself up over failed past relationships (as in stop stabbing/hurting yourself over things you couldn't prevent from happening).
You had no control over fate.
You cannot control the past but you can control how you feel about the past and how much you have learned since then...you should accept the lessons and wisdom gained and just move on.
The longer you refrain from forgiving yourself the longer you will feel trapped by guilt...everything happened as it should to bring you where you are today. Forgive yourself first to stop hurting yourself, only then can you forgive others.
Drop the burden of guilt, accept the wisdom gained through experience, be grateful and aim to be better.
Guilt is just another form of saying "I am afraid to let go of the past and anger."...to still be angry is to be trapped by the past...it is the same thing that prevents you from really growing. Forgive and forget to expand your soul.
To punish yourself is to keep your soul poor without progression. Break the limits of your mind to give it wings to new and broader horizons...breathe fresh air, the old will only suffocate you.
Make peace with yourself and then with everyone, and then enjoy the ride without self-harm holding you back.
Don't drive yourself crazy about things that were meant to happen and be, you can't hold it against them or yourself, just make peace with the whole "aiding in your spiritual evolution process thereof...everything happens for a reason, search for the purpose that will enrich your soul with its valuable lessons...take the good from the bad...to be a warrior is to see the purpose in all, the good in everything, and to learn from the bad...the past is to learn from and not to live in.
The "shower" symbol means that you CAN heal if you want to - you can be "washed clean", you can "become refreshed" with a new perspective on things...
The ex is the problem...the ex also ended up saving your life by calling 911...if you can see that by facing the problem that you can save yourself then you would be sane or else you would be lost in the ignorance of insanity...you would continue to harm yourself if you fail to understand that you can heal yourself with the poison of the past...
You can help yourself, but that is an issue of WILL, do you want to SAVE yourself?
Are you afraid to go past the brutal known, to the unknown? To be in a constant state of self-pity is to find the violence of the past comfortable.
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"Illusion holds power over you
when you are not able to remember that you are a powerful spirit
that has taken on the physical experience for the purpose of learning" ... "I have come to the conclusion that
until I find and heal the fears in me that I do not know about,
and those that I do know about,
I will not be able to contribute much that will not be part of
the many challenges we face – such as brutality, poverty, drug abuse, child abuse, abuse of the environment, and abuse of women, to name a few."
~ Gary Zukav ~
"Lack of self-worth is the fundamental source of all emotional pain. A feeling of insecurity, unworthiness and lack of value
is the core experience of powerlessness."
~ Gary Zukav & Linda Francis - from "The Heart Of The Soul" ~
"Changing the world begins with the very personal process of changing yourself,the only place you can begin is where you are,
and the only time you can begin is always now."
~ Gary Zukav ~
"By choosing your thoughts,
and by selecting which emotional currents you will release
and which you will reinforce,
you determine the quality of your Light.
You determine the effects that you will have upon others,
and the nature of the experiences of your life."
~ Gary Zukav - from "Seat Of The Soul" ~
"Emotions reflect intentions.
Therefore, awareness of emotions leads to awareness of intentions.
Every discrepancy between a conscious intention
and the emotions that accompany it, points directly to
a splintered aspect of the self that requires healing."
~ Gary Zukav ~