Creating a Sacred Container 

Before beginning the alchemical process, it is vital to create a container to hold your consciousness firmly, lovingly and soothingly so that you can cope with the dissolution and restructuring process. The discomfort or agony of the dissolution of the conscious mind’s structure at the beginning of spiritual transformation needs to be held in a sacred sphere of your creation so that you can continue to function in your daily life as this breakdown occurs. The container will also see you through the illumination of uncomfortable truths found during your excavation and analysis of the unconscious mind. Finally, it will hold sacred space as your newly broadened consciousness is constructed.

Feeling safe when entering the unknown will allow you to more smoothly lean into the changes without breaking down so thoroughly that your interaction with the outside world becomes impaired.

As a shamanic practitioner, my Helping Spirits worked with me to create a space in my consciousness where I could be divinely held as the transmutation of the self occurs.

You can create any type of container that best nurtures your consciousness by visualizing a place that makes you feel safe and imagining yourself there.  You may want to surround yourself with people who support you in your life, or Helping Spirits, Angels, Buddhas and  Bodhisattvas, Superconscious Inner Teachers or whoever your psycho spiritual system embraces to enhance your support system.

When creating a sacred container, you can use an actual place that has meaning to you or use your imagination to create a structure that brings you peace. Make it as simple or elaborate as you like. Embrace it as your soul home, your touchstone, the place that observes and manages the process of change with transcendent love and grace.

In the beginning make sure you visit this place daily until it becomes habit to turn to for support.

If you are a trauma survivor processing your trauma or have just gone through a major life change or cataclysmic event that has already sparked the alchemical process, it is important to create this container as soon as possible to hold your reaction to this event so you are not retraumatized but instead nurtured in your psyche’s response to the catalyst. Hold your precious heart stable as everything around you shifts.