Fly Free! Release Yourself From Your Own Cage

A friend of mine sent a lovely Christmas package full of Swiss chocolate and goodies. There were scrunched up newspaper pages used as packing material. As excited as I was about the treats, I was also very interested in seeing the travel package ads, the foods that were on sale at the grocery store, and the half-finished crossword puzzles. I came across a comic strip and, for some reason, felt the need to clip it out and figure out what it was saying. 

I used Google Translate for assistance:
The first frame says: Oh dear! Someone caught a small bird in a shopping basket. 
Second frame: Get out quickly! (I think it’s along the lines of fly free.)
Third frame: Being free is much nicer!
Fourth frame: I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like to be locked up in such a small place. 
Fifth frame: But luckily I’m free! 

By the sixth frame, he realizes he’s not as free as he thinks. 

If you’re reading this, then you most likely enjoy a lot of freedoms - the freedom of being able to have an education, the freedom to decide what you’d like to read, the freedom to spend your money as you choose, the freedom to decide whether to work for someone or for yourself, and the freedom to choose what field you’re in. Undeniably, there are many who are still fighting for and are restrained from some very basic freedoms. 

We can look at how much freedom we have externally, but how often do we look at our internal freedom? While we have the freedom to go and do much of what we please, are we even aware of the inner prison that we might be trapped in? Yes, that actually is a thing. Many of us are stuck inside our own inner prison. 

Our inner cages are constructed from the expectations and beliefs of others that we feel we have to take on in order to feel loved and to feel safe. The bars are also constructed of limiting beliefs, subconscious sabotaging beliefs, and the stories we operate from. A sense of unworthiness, shame, being unlovable, or guilt will keep us locked in there. We even have a tough prison guard - the harsh inner critic. Even if we figure out we’re trapped in an inner prison, we might take on the role of victim and wait for someone else to be the hero and free us. 

I hate to break it to you, but

• No one imprisoned you; you imprisoned yourself (albeit subconsciously).

• It’s you who holds the key to opening the door, letting yourself out, and transmuting the bars you’ve been stuck behind. That’s not to say there won’t be people along the way who can help you make the great escape because sometimes we need a helping hand.

Once you’re able to break free of your inner prison, you will feel such a sense of expansion and freedom. Your heart will feel more open. Your perspectives will have shifted. You’ll feel happier and less triggered by what life throws at you. You will start to feel more like your authentic self. You’ll be pulled to live life instead of letting life live you. You’ll have better access to your intuition. You’ll feel better about yourself, and self-love will come more easily. 

In case you’re wondering, I do speak from experience. While I was living in Sedona, a woman gave me a reading and said that she could see me inside of a cage, metaphorically speaking. I thought, yep, I’m imprisoned by others; that makes sense. She went on to tell me that the cage was my own creation. I had to think about that for a while. She finished up the reading by saying that I was the one holding the key. I left with a lot of questions. What key? How was I imprisoning myself? How do I let myself out? Why would I do that to myself in the first place? Thus began my several-year journey to free myself. 

I’m not saying it will take you several years. In fact, I’d love to see it not take as long for you. It starts with becoming aware that instead of it being external factors that are holding you back and feeling like the world is against you, there are internal factors at play. 

Some things to pay attention to as you liberate yourself from your own cage:

• Your thoughts - what are you repeatedly thinking? Are they serving you?
• Quiet/ignore the prison guard, that harsh inner critic.
• What emotional wounds need attention and healing?
• Are there any inner child wounds or generational trauma at play?
• What stories are you operating from?
• What expectations have you been trying to live up to? Whose are they? 

If this seems overwhelming and you don’t know where to start, I can help you in an Emotional Blockages Release session. I can help you pinpoint what your prison bars are made of (exact subconscious thoughts, stories, and limiting beliefs), as well as work through some of the emotional clearing and healing, including inner child wounding and generational trauma. You can find out more here. I encourage you to fly free because being free is much nicer indeed. 

Heart Hugs, 
Adrienne