Transformational Guide

Personal transformation: Unleash the power of
self-acceptance and self-realization

Sandra Miniere guides those who are ready and willing on the psychological and spiritual journey of wholeness and self-actualization. She assists you in recognizing and integrating the negative and positive aspects of the personal shadow. She is able to help you identify and work constructively with the archetypal symbols and myths from the collective unconscious that are affecting your personal development and life.

This individuation journey allows the ego to take up the hero's quest as it matures and gives up its illusion of supremacy over its existence. As the ego dispels itself of distorted perceptions and realigns itself with a Higher Power, it makes contact with the guiding principle of the psyche, the Self. This developing partnership allows the ego to become mindful of its existence as a co-creator with unlimited, creative potential. The ego evolves from a fear-based reality to a trusting spiritual alignment. Expanding consciousness to include the unconscious realms, the ego awakens to the intuitive voice of personal truth.

Duality and transcendence

In your quest for wholeness, you are asked to acknowledge and accept the potential within your soul for good/evil, masculine/feminine, being/doing, rational/irrational, trust/fear, warrior/victim, sinner/saint, etc. Until you understand the dual nature of your own psyche, you mistakenly get attached to the distortions of one-sided truths. When you deny one aspect of a polarity, you project it onto others and create a psychic imbalance. If only good exists in me, I cannot see and work with my potential for evil. For example, if I impose my righteous way on another, I could miss the possibility of my harming them. Without objectivity I may do more harm than good. The opposites are waiting to be acknowledged, integrated, and transcended. Dreams, imagination, visions, and even projections are important avenues through which psychic imbalances and archetypes express themselves. The messages they contain lead you to wholeness and truth.

The non-attached viewpoint allows you to transcend imbalances and discover truth. Realizing that both the victim parts of you and warrior parts are illusions to be transcended, you are less likely to identify with either. When you feel like a victim, you will find a way out of that perception. When you feel like a warrior, you will find a way to temper a charge that might victimize you. Your transcendent nature lifts you into a dimension that acknowledges both and identifies with neither. Non-attachment leads to the clarity and objectivity of the silent witness. With detached awareness the personal dramas and myths that obstruct personal truth and empowerment dissolve. One by one fear-based illusions fall away until grace and peace fill your body, mind, and soul.

Truth and Liberation

From the ego struggling with disillusionment and stress to the Self offering truth and liberation, you evolve spirituality. You move from the limitations and ignorance of ego-bound awareness to the unlimited potential and deep peace of your spiritual nature. You leave the infantile dramas and myths based on early conditioning behind and create new patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that serve and empower you. As you let go of and move through the unmet needs of childhood, you encounter and are filled with a self-contained essence--spirit.

As you lift the veil of ignorance, you are free to release the old patterns holding you captive and embrace the new patterns revealing your true identity. The hero archetype within each of us is mobilized for the quest of self-realization. A trusted guide warns you of the detours and pitfalls and reminds you that you are making progress. The journey of personal transformation from the limited human condition to the expansion of your divine potential is the ultimate quest.

Human and divine

You strengthen the ego's dominion over the human realm by living in the reality of linear time with a past, present, and future; controlling what you are capable of changing; and discerning truth from illusion as you discriminate the helpful from the harmful.

You cultivate the spiritual dimensions of the Self by living in the present moment; trusting the process of life and transformation; and accepting, rather than resisting, yourself, others, life, and Spirit.

Learning to live in the paradox of these mirror opposites is a challenge. As you integrate the human and divine realms within your soul and life, you will create a personally rewarding life filled the magic of spirit and reality of ego.

You will learn to hear and decode the intuitive messages of the unconscious whether through insights, dreams, visions or projections onto the world. You will learn to think, speak, and live your truth.

Silent witness

To become attuned to the creative, intuitive realms, you harness the silent witness. As you still the body and mind to hear the inner messages, you become more connected to an awareness that is able to decode the messages of the inner world of the psyche and external world of reality. To transcend is to become detached for the purpose of witnessing and assessing with a neutrality that cultivates wisdom and liberation. From this transcended perspective, you witness the paradox of being both human and divine in any given moment of time, in any given situation. Your spiritual and human nature are working together for your healing and evolution.

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Case Presentation

Frances entered treatment because she witnessed a fatal automobile accident. She was one of the first people on the scene after a van carrying senior citizens went out of control on a major highway. She witnessed death and physical carnage and suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. We worked on eliminating the many symptoms that were interfering with her work and life: Flashbacks, sleep disturbance, gastrointestinal discomfort, feelings of helplessness, guilt about not being able to do more, a heaviness in her chest affecting her breathing, out-of-control crying, anxiety, and grief. One month after using the energy psychology techniques she eliminated the symptoms of PTSD. She could think about the accident without discomfort and could drive by the scene without being re-traumatized.

In describing the surreal experience of being a source of comfort to others, she realized that she was lifted into a state of grace which enabled her to do what needed to be done. In addition to the effects of the trauma, she began to explore the spiritual aspects surrounding the event for her. We focused on the reasons she was called to be a witness and helper. She recognized it as a turning point toward personal growth and transformation.

We explored the possibility that a Higher Power was calling her to a greater reality. We began to discuss necessary life changes in order to feed her soul and create a personally meaningful life. She had attained success as a high level corporate executive and secured the material acquisitions commensurate with her position. However, the severe physical and psychological disturbances of the past several years were indicators of imbalance in her life. She was easily distracted from her work and agitated by life situations. She began asking herself, "What price am I paying for what I have achieved?" She had been in traditional therapy for many years, however, she wanted to take up the challenge of healing her soul as well as her mind and body. She invited me to be her guide.

Significant achievements on the journey

-She is more accepting of herself, others, life, and God. She has stopped judging life events as unfair and most of the time restrains herself from getting angry when things don't go her way. She seldom perceives herself as bad or inadequate when she doesn't live up to her own expectations.

-She is transforming control, tantrums, and turmoil into surrender, trust, and inner peace. Her need to control the results of her efforts is being replaced by a trust in the divine order of life. She is less reactive and more likely to go with the flow when a life event challenges and stresses her, i.e, a flat tire, waiting in line, family interactions, incompetence, unfairness, etc.

-She has learned to channel and focus her creative energy rather than strive anxiously toward perfection in her work. This grounding in present moment awareness has freed her to work more efficiently, accomplishing the same amount of work in less time.

-She has become more accepting of her parents and the experiences of her childhood. She has developed a positive attitude toward her past because it has molded her identity. Consequently, she is able to have a relationship with her parents that empowers her. She sets reasonable limits with them in order to protect her serenity.

-She is developing the ability to witness the dramas and myths that are being played out in her life as well as her mind without becoming consumed and lost in them. The rigid, limiting belief, "No one can do it as well as me," is slowly being changed to, "There are some people I can trust." When she feels the tension and pain in her back, she recognizes her body's wisdom and makes the necessary adjustments. Going for a walk, taking a coffee break, applying energy psychology techniques, or listening to a meditation tape honors her body and leads to rapid symptom relief.

-She is cultivating an inner peace and focus that allow her to be around the noise and chaos of others more easily. She can tolerate being in social and work situations which were once perceived as annoying. Instead of changing her physical location, she now changes her focus.

-She is able to connect with her spiritual essence and experience profound energy shifts in her body. She now believes in transformation because she has experienced peak states of consciousness. This spiritual connection is replacing former feelings of hopelessness that no one could fix what was wrong with her.

-She is making a commitment to live in harmony with her soul, even if that means changing her work environment. Her intuition and physical body are working together. When she is in truth she feels grounded and solid in her body; when she is not, she feels spaced out. Her intuition is beginning to lead the way.

Frances is being transformed. In nine months she has re-birthed herself. Because of this rebirth, she relates differently to the world of others and work as well as to herself and the divine. Most important, when she is centered and calm, a healing radiance emanates from her. She is more connected to herself, life, and her spiritual nature. She cannot return to the ignorance of who she thought she was and how she thought life worked, or didn't. She is integrating her humanity and divinity. This inner transformation is reflected in the quality of situations and people she attracts in her life.

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