Coaching practices for All My Pictures of God Father Light the Comforting Feelings Have Started to Feel Like Things I Built and I Sense I'm Meant to Let Even Those Go and Rest in What's Beyond Any Image Though it Scares Me to

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• All my pictures of God
• I can’t bring myself to get rid of a single thing of theirs
• I’m terrified of forgetting them
• The part is ready to let the weight go and now I’m at the actual moment of release
• Now that the warm feelings have drained out of my practice, I’m forced to see how much I was in it for that glow

Practices that may help

1. Apophatic prayer: releasing images of God
   Let go of all mental images and concepts of God to rest in what transcends concepts.
   Contemplative Prayer: The Inner Journey
2. Use symbolic objects as tangible continuing bonds
   Keep meaningful objects that represent the person and use them consciously, not compulsively.
   Continuing Bonds in Grief, Made Practical
3. Develop an internalised representation of the person
   Build a rich inner sense of who the person was that you carry and consult in daily life.
   Continuing Bonds in Grief, Made Practical
4. Use an imaginal release that fits the part
   Let the part choose how to release — to light, water, earth, wind — rather than prescribing a method.
   IFS Unburdening, Made Practical
5. Working with attachments in the night of the senses
   Use the night of the senses to examine what you have been clinging to for identity and security.
   The Dark Night of the Soul: John of the Cross
6. Review the crowd of history
   Call to mind the powerful, famous, and worried people of the past — and note they are all gone.
   The View from Above
7. Invite new qualities in after the release
   Once the burden is released, ask the part what it now wants to receive in the burden’s place.
   IFS Unburdening, Made Practical
8. Use specific memories as resources for meaning
   Identify particular memories that distil what mattered most about the relationship.
   Meaning Reconstruction in Grief, Made Practical
9. Meeting exiles (with care)
   Gently turn toward the wounded, exiled parts that protectors work to keep hidden.
   Internal Family Systems (IFS), Made Practical
10. Imagine the absence of someone you love
    Briefly picture life without a person you love, then return to their actual presence.
    Negative Visualization, the Stoic Practice

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