This post was part of an email sent out last year. Since that time I have been doing the techniques Margaret suggests below, especially Tapping, and other techniques based on behavior and neuroscience, which have really helped. But I recently had someone write about how that email changed their life and I wanted to include it in an updated blog.
Hi My Good Friends,
So I learned something really important about myself this past weekend. I am a fretter! For the past month or more I have wanted to send out an email but I fretted over what it should cover. I fretted over world events, the economy, the environment, Covid concerns and what was the most important thing to talk about to bring some peace. I would ask Margaret and she would say – “it will become clear in the perfect time” – and then I fretted that maybe I had somehow missed that perfect time in all of my busy-ness. But it turned out that Margaret was right! This past Sunday, as I drove in the early morning to do some errands, I had the pleasure of listening to “On Being,” one of my favorite Radio Programs. If you are not familiar with it please check it out at its named link above.
The host, Krista Tippett was interviewing a wonderful guest, Sylvia Boorstein, who taught something from Buddhist Teachings that was so enlightening – I was shocked I had never heard it before. Sylvia described herself as a “fretter.” One who might find themselves worrying even when the circumstances may not really completely call for it. She stated that “…the Buddha said we have one of five genetic fallback glitches when we’re challenged. He said some people fret. Some people get angry. Some people lose heart, and all their energy goes, and they don’t know what to do with themselves. Some people think, Uh-oh, it’s me. I didn’t do things right. It’s always my fault. I messed things up. And some people need to be sensually soothed. They think, Where’s a donut shop? Where’s a pizza?”
I would imagine then that this soothing could also refer to alcohol or drugs or sex.
I realized that, depending on the circumstances, I had all five glitches! And I would hazard a guess that at times you do as well. But the one that hits me most frequently is fretting – which really comes down to feeling a lack of control of the unknown and feeling that there is always something I should be doing to make things better. (Which I guess can then eventually lead to the Uh-oh its me – I messed up glitch.)
She stated that once we come to a realization of what our particular “glitch” is – then we can more easily recognize it when it is happening – and rather than getting mad at ourselves for feeling it – we can lean into it and realize that this is our “humanness” in the situation and that this feeling is showing us that something is out of balance. We can let look at the situation with a little more distance and clarity and compassion. That last part is especially true when we are looking at the reactions of others as well!
I confirmed this information with Margaret, who said that these “glitches” were, in her words, the cellular wiring that we receive through physically “inherited” cells and the “nurturing” cellular memory of all of our current lifetime experiences. But since we have chosen this family and this situation – we desire these “glitches” so that we can reprogram them with love and compassion – for ourselves and others. How we do that is what she speaks about below. She also pointed out that when you have the feeling of losing heart and all of your energy going – is also called Soul Loss – and why she so encourages reclamation of that energy!
Margaret said that there are many voices speaking about these cellular “glitches” that exist between our physical humanity and the wisdom of our soul consciousness – although they may not phrase it in such an easy to understand manner as Sylvia did and it is no accident that we see in our world of electronics that a simple “glitch” can cripple that system – just as it cripples ours.
But here is the great thing that we have all come to learn about “glitches.” THEY CAN BE FIXED! There is always a way to patch, to re-write, or to repair the code that causes what is no longer working. That is why we don’t refer to them as complete destruction – we have created the term GLITCH. Even when you say the word it has a light feel of a temporary mishap – like it could be replaced by the word “whoops!”
For a deeper understanding of how the soul works and how learning how to work with your glitch(s) expands your soul’s energy you can go to gerrygavin.com/soulreclamation page to watch the “Care and Maintenance of the Soul” videos at the top of the page. It talks about how your brain and soul work in concert – and sometimes against each other and how sometimes you can actually loose your personal soul energy in times of trauma, illness, surgery – or even at times when you literally gave your soul away for acceptance.
I had to laugh when the radio program ended and felt like a light bulb had just turned on over my head! I knew what we would be taking about today – I stopped fretting – took a deep breath and felt this glitch recede. Now if I could just take care of unlimited abundance, climate change, and world peace… LOL!
Be happy and be well and live in compassion and peace!
With Great Love,
Gerry
Margaret’s message follows below:
Hello Dear Ones and Welcome,
First of all, I have come to really appreciate Gerry’s candid nature about the challenges he faces in his life that he shares in these emails. I guess after all these years of my sharing the intricacies of his personal life in readings and on stage that he has now come to understand that like energy attracts like energy – so what he is going through – many of you are going through as well!
So he was very excited to hear the concept that to worry, anger, despair, blame, and self soothing were actually human functions that are rooted in responses to dominant internal cellular energy. He loves the world in which physical science and spirituality collide – although I have explained that they do not really collide – they coexist constantly. But sometimes it feels good for human beings to be aware that their knee-jerk reactions, might in fact be triggered by their cellular disposition.
So the question becomes, how do I change or modify my reactions when I begin to see that they are happening – and is there any way to help to create more permanent solutions and to this I say yes and yes!
Let’s begin with what I will call “In the Moment Modification.” To change this we begin with breathing and a Pivot Thought.
First lets start with breathing! I’m not asking you to do any deep meditation here. Just some simple breath and counting. While I know that the current society loves to believe that it is multi-tasking, or thinking of many things at the same time – the truth is that you only can focus on one thing at a time. So if you breathe and you focus on counting at the same time – then you are totally pre-occupying your thought process.
Gerry teaches what he refers to as the “Lucky-7” breathing technique – which involves counting to 7 while you inhale, hold your breath to the count of 7 and then exhale to the count of 7 – and repeat. If you cannot do 7 then hold your breath to the count of 6 or 5 or even 4. Whatever is comfortable. This might seem very simplistic, but if you try it today and do this for 3 consecutive times you will find that in that short 63 seconds you have become greatly relaxed. I suggest you do this for 3 minutes and you will feel even more greatly relaxed and 5 if you really want to feel a huge shift. You can do this almost anywhere.
Now, when you find yourself a little more relaxed, take your mind off the thought that is troubling you by thinking of a thought that brings you joy. I would suggest that you prepare for this “de-glitching” moment by taking a some time one night to sit down and write a list of your happiest memories. Or things that make you happy now. I think the memories from the past can sometimes be stronger because they are more rooted. Think of those memories, smile and physically LOOK UP. Looking up will release hormones of joy. Trust me on this. It is hard to smile and look up – especially when thinking a happy thought – and not be moved to joy and even laughter!
This is like an instant self-fix, or what might be the equivalent of rebooting your computer, or phone, when you experience a glitch. But what happens when you need more help with your electronics? You call for IT help. In this case of human behavioral glitches, I would suggest you so the same. But in this case I am talking about calling upon a different IT person. We might refer to this person as your “Internal Technician,” who are experts in assisting you in de-bugging your system, assisting in removing any malware and sorting out all of the cellular “cookies” and mental “cache” that causes your personal system to “glitch” with greater frequency. Or maybe your “Integrative Technician,” who assists in bringing together the functions of the brain and the soul consciousness that are interrupted by the “glitch.” Maybe you work with an “Intuitive Techncian,” who connects you with your higher self or some form of higher vibrational energy who can advise you as to how to repair your situations. Or, in truth, they could also still serve in the same role as the traditional “Information Technician,” since they are helping you to share cellular information between all of your operating systems. Whatever you might call them, can you see now how similar this is to the things you already know in your everyday life that are fixable?
“But how can I find these technicians” you ask? They are all around you. They offer pastoral care at your churches; you find them in places that offer Massage and Reiki and Myofascial Release; you find them teaching or guiding you in Tapping and Guided Meditations. You find them instructing you in methods to increase your Intuitive Abilities and in ways to use products, like essential oils and other remedies to lift your vibration and repair your cells. Finally, you find the greatest of all technicians – nature – in sunsets and sunrises and forests and mountains and beaches.
The more you avail yourself of those who have come to specialize in assisting others to heal their “glitches,” the easier it becomes to step back and focus when something triggers that behavior. And more so, the more you do these things, the higher your personal vibration becomes – and you will find your “glitches” are patching themselves or re-circuiting more easily and you are not attracting the same people, or situations, to create that “glitch” again.
And finally there is prayer. The simple words, “Creator, send me a legion of angels, to surround me and raise my vibration to its highest possible frequency,” will assist in surrounding you with angelic energy – lifting your soul and re-booting your soul servers!
You have this dear ones! And the ability for all of you to do these things is what lifts not only your energy, but the energy of those around you as well. This has a chain reaction that vibrates outward and will bring about the other changes that you so desire in the world. And say the same prayer for not only yourself and your family and your friends – but for those whom you disagree with and even hate. For if all of you were at your highest vibration, you would heal all of the world’s “glitches” and peace would prevail.
Go in that peace and love and highest vibrational space.
With infinite love,
Margaret
