My self-healing topics usually come directly from your questions, but today my intuition is telling me to write about liver toxicity. The liver is a multi-functional organ, and it primary duties are described in this article at http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_disease/article.htm.
According to this same article the number one cause of liver toxicity is alcohol abuse. Some medications contribute to liver disease, as well as some herbs and large doses of specific vitamins, to name just a few potential causes. http://www.medicinenet.com/liver_disease/page2.htm
If alcohol is addictive for you, I suggest reading this article on the metaphysical meaning being addictions before you read any further, because the cause of the addiction is more than likely the deeper root cause of the liver toxicity: https://misahopkins.com/healing-from-addictions/
Liver toxicity – addictions and attachments
I believe that everyone has at least one addiction. In spiritual terms they might also be identified as attachments, and most of us could accept that we all have some kind of attachment. Everyone also has fears, and addiction can be a way in which we play out some of our most deep-seated fears.
So, in our self-healing journey, it is important to be honest with ourselves about our addictions and attachments if we want to heal; and then it is important to be committed and gentle as we address our most profound fears. Those fears arise from wounds that may have occurred when we were children or took place before this life-time. They are legitimate and deserve our dedicated and tender care.
When it comes to the metaphysical meaning behind liver toxicity, this is what I heard in meditation.
A toxic liver represents a person’s fundamental fear of life itself. A person with a toxic or diseased liver is probably questioning whether they even want to be alive. They are deeply depressed and afraid they will never fulfill their purpose. ??They believe they have already failed and would like this journey to end as quickly as possible. A diseased or damaged liver is one of the fastest ways to shorten one’s life. Fundamentally, this is denial of one’s value.
I just pulled out Louise Hay’s book to see what she sees for the liver: Seat of anger and primitive emotions.
The overall metaphysical meaning of these two insights
Let’s put these together. If you are deeply depressed and feel as though you have already failed, it would stand to reason that you are angry with yourself or others; and probably most angry with yourself for having failed.
It might also stand to reason that you have perceived your life purpose has passed by unfulfilled and therefore your life no longer has value. Perhaps you did not meet the expectations of you had for yourself before you came to earth. Or perhaps, instead of responding to a situation with love and healing, you responded in anger and abuse of yourself or another.
In my experience the hardest aspect of our own humanity to forgive is the abusive tendencies that live inside us all. If you believe you have failed because you were abusing yourself or another, that defeat might be the most difficult of failures to live with.
But measuring our value based upon our achievements or lack of achievements is too limited a view. As I discuss in the article on addictions, it is the abuser within us all that most needs our love. It is this part of ourselves that is the most fragile and most damaged. Abusing the abuser within with anger and disgust only feeds the cycle of pain, and keeps our souls in continuous cycles of despair.
There is only one remedy—compassion.
Mary Magdalene offers from profound wisdom about compassion and what it takes to truly forgive yourself and others. Depth of compassion is absolutely necessary to heal oneself. I was honored to receive her messages in dreams, visions, and quiet hours in the middle of the night. You might find her insights to be very helpful and you can read them in my book, Sacred Feminine Awakening: Mary Magdalene’s Wisdom on Healing the Self.
A teacher once said to me, When you heal the present, you heal the past and future too. I’ve discovered the truth of her wisdom. Healing is not linear. When a wound is healed, it is healed through time and space.
Regardless of what you have or have not done in the past, all abuse longs to return home to love. All of it. The moment you compassionately love the wounded part of you that allowed yourself to abuse or be abused, the cycle starts coming to a close.
When we allow ourselves to experience complete love, there are no more concerns about achievement or failure, or the value of your life, because those concerns exist in the friction of our thoughts and emotions. When you surrender to the healing antidote of love, all that there will be is love.
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Hi Misa. I do have anger issues, a lot. I feel so attached to this great sword that I have to carry constantly, to defend myself and others. I have not known true peace in a long time. Thanks for your insightful words and for helping with this tough process. Thank you
Hi Maria, I know about those kind of swords. They have a way of cutting into your own life. I know once you set it down, you’ll discover the protective power of compassion. It is one of the most powerful forms of protection I have ever encountered. I hope you experience the peace you deserve to know!
I experience my anger a lot wish to change my life
Kay, that’s a great awareness that you have. If you look behind the anger, you’ll find there is a fear behind it and then behind a fear—a very deep desire for action living inside of you. It can be very helpful to release the anger in a constructive way—walking, running, sounding or taking a journey where you constructively release internally. It’s important not to direct the anger at yourself or anyone else. It is an energy that wants to release – like a volcano. Once released, you can get to the action that really wants to be taken. That positive action is what changes your reality. It’s good to get support for this. 🙂
I’m completely aware that I have a lot of anger. I have a good idea of why, and I agree that I want to move toward forgiveness but I just don’t know how to do it sincerely. On the surface I feel I could and have but the emotions come out weekly and I hurt myself and other emotionally. I feel like I could never change, even though I want it so badly. Every time I feel anger , I feel like I failed myself.
Hi Stef, I appreciate your self-honesty! It’s difficult to get to forgiveness until you get to the fear behind the anger. Sometimes anger wants an appropriate physical expression, like walking, running, or sounding. Once some of the charge has dissipated, you can move to a quieter more reflective space about the fear behind the emotion. If you are using the Holding meditation, move toward the fear. Once you feel compassion for the wounded/tender-hearted/child-spirit that is aching, you will be able to feel forgiveness for yourself. The next natural progression is in forgiveness for that same tender place in anyone else involved. Your anger is actually a good sign. It means the fear behind it all is ready to be loved and you are ready to take positive action—now! Watch my emails. I’ll be writing an article about this. Holding you and your anger in love!
Dear Misa.
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I came to your site by mistake, looking for Louise Hay’s insight on the Liver as my sister’s husband was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. Fortunately, it is in the early stages! I wanted to understand what the lesson is for him, but realized it was, of course, a lesson for me! I don’t know if he would be open to what you said but I will send a link to my sister and see what happens. Reading it through brought tears as it is a deep and profound lesson for me 🙂
When I have more time I will look at your website and at your information. I can see you are very insightful as it touched me deeply and will for the remainder of my day for sure.
I did not realize that I was abusing myself in my judgments and criticism of myself and in my percieved failings in life (self-judgement), but I know that the acceptance of complete love is the answer, once again, and in that I can find peace.
Thank you so much and blessings to you! 🙂
Dan, Prescott, Arizona
You are most welcome Dan. I hope that your sister’s husband find his pathway to deeper love for himself. I’m glad the article provided some insights for you. Somehow, I find it comforting knowing that everything has a way of taking us to greater and greater love. 🙂
Wow, yeah forgiving is tough stuff sometimes. I’ve seen so many clients of mine hold on to so much from their childhood… sometimes, 70 years later! But it’s amazing to see how people can blossom once they discover the feeling of letting go and moving forward after such a long time of clinching onto a person, problem or whatever.
I agree. Forgiving is some of the most challenging, most freeing spiritual-emotional work we ever do. And it is never to late is it? How wonderful to know that you are there for your clients, helping them through the process of letting go. We do indeed need each other!
Nice. Big. True. Complete. The only thing left to do is put it into practice. There’s the rub. Emmanuel
Emannuel, that is so true. In my book, The Root of All Healing, I give some suggestions for taking steps and reinforcing your new practice. We do indeed have to become our own coaches. 🙂
Hello Misa, I’ve not been to your website before. I have been troubled with muscle cramps. Upon waking the word ‘crampy’ came to mind inviting a view that embraces the crabby thinking I contend with as well. Being a Qigong practitioner I settled into relating to my liver as energy rather than form. This lead to a question about the metaphysical significance of liver that runs deeper than I’ve come across previously. A web search lead me here.
What you shared makes sense to me. Though depression isn’t a major thing in my life today, it was. As a small child I’d already accepted a view of myself as having failed. Anger and resentment were emotions I stewed in for decades. But, what you wrote helped me connect with some thing under those emotions. I no longer believe I’ve failed, because of healing which included the adoption of the view that what’s achieved on the physical level is not an accurate measure of success for a spiritual being (therefore – a person).
Thank you!
Elizabeth, I love the depth with which you explore the relationship between body and spirit. I believe you might find some interesting concepts in my book “Sacred Feminine Awakening: Wisdom from Mary Magdalene on Healing the Self,” here on my site. As a wise healer said to me today, “If there was no blame, there would be no need for forgiveness.” So true. And yet, as children, we look for everything to come from our parents and when they are unable to support us, it has been a human tendency to blame. Hence, we set up a an energy frequency that heals in forgiveness. Mary outlines 4 beautiful steps for truly deep forgiveness that frees the soul. I expect they might resonate with your inner wisdom. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us!
Beautiful and deeply ressonates. There is almost a pure, magical feeling while reading this. It reflects what it teaches: love, non judgement and wisdom of the Celeste. Such a beautiful line: Measuring your value on your achievements is too limited a view. Such a revalation and truth. It set me free at some level. Thank you. Which will help me gently get back on course of my life purpose hopefully which I truly felt I had missed the boat to. Thank you for representing hope again.
Ah Mana, your own words are filled with such beauty—a powerful reflection of your presence! I’m so glad these thoughts resonated with your heart.
*soothing and stimulating at the same time
I could read this over and over, it’s so and stimulating at the same time, so glad I stumbled across it
Glad it resonates with you Olivia.
Thank you so much, I really needed to know this.
So glad it helped. 🙂
Thank you ! I need this TODAY… ?????
You are welcome. 🙂
Very insightful, inspiring, and helpful. Thank you so much!
As i am now doing energy healing on my liver, this is exactly what I am experiencing. Not rage and anger but indeed feeling hopeless, having a belief 'I will never be able to fulfill what I came to do. Feeling bogged down before I even start'' Which is why I thought to google for more about the liver than just rage and anger. My liver energy has been blocked since birth and now finally it is being freed and released by me(have done and had many,many healings over the last 14 years). I never drank a lot of alcohol, I have a very happy life and live a very healthy life style.(vegan, only organic etc). Thanks for this confirmation of my experience.
I’m so glad the article confirmed your own inner wisdom and experience!
I don't know when the "today" was that you felt led to write this, but it was a message I needed exactly when I needed it, bringing together little messages I'd received here and there that point to the crux of many issues. Thank you for providing the signpost and the springboard for making forward movement in three seemingly distinct areas at once.
Blessings and gratitude,
Heidi
Heidi,
I’m so glad that the article is helpful to you. I have found greater healing in my life whenever I had the courage to address the underlying emotional wounds behind my physical challenges. It has not always been easy for me, but it has always been worth it. I’ll be holding you in my compassion.