What is Soul Armour

To put on armour is to protect ourselves from the impact of the weapons of others; these impacts are the intrusions of others needs and controls into our lives.

We place the armour about our body to keep us from harm. As we live our lives from childhood we come to expect that others will try to impact our lives and that we will compromise; that compromise eventually forms the armour that will restrict who we really are.

How it impacts our lives

Over the years of our lives we are beset by the attacks of others that our fragile ego cannot always endure. It learns to protect itself from similar attacks in the future. It creates a shield over the heart when it is vulnerable to repeated breaking; builds ramparts and defence on the shoulders that are subjected time again to inappropriate responsibility; hides the eyes with a visor to blot out the injustices and pains we are confronted with. Piece by piece the body puts on armour creating that impenetrable barrier to keep the world from hurting it further.

Over time the body absorbs this armour into its body soul as if it were a ‘true’ part of itself. This armour becomes layered with additional pieces, each piece more impenetrable, heavier than the piece below it. Eventually the armour sinks into and beneath the very physical fabric of the body and in a very real sense becomes the fabric of a traumatised soul. The armour becomes rusty with age, useless with forgetfulness, fused with stagnation. At this point physical ailments manifest in response to the repressive hold of the armour, emotions become caged by the armour and psychologically the mind loses itself in the self imposed prison. The armour prevents us from being close to others, engaging with the possibilities and potential of creation around us; in keeping others out it traps us within. Like an intrusion the armour controls and manipulates our life and suppresses our destined journey. Undealt with, the armour is carried from life to life and passed from parent to child.

Removing the armour

Taking the armour off and looking at it as separate from us we understand why we put it on and how it controlled us. This armour has become part of our life and being; it has become an exoskeleton supporting both body and soul. Dis-armouring is a ritual of compassion and will and opens us to the care of others and caring for ourselves

Reconnecting with the world

The armour not only kept us safe from the external; from the world, relationships, from our dreams, but also kept us imprisoned with our fears. The armour keeps us from ourselves.

Without the armour we discover that we can make choices about our lives; releasing the armour that once held us rigid and silence we can once again freely engage with the song and the dance of life.

Living without armour

Free of the armour we see and relate to the world with greater integrity and soulful intent, coming from a more honest relationship with our true nature. Without the armour of history we become “Liberi - the free”, we become children of our souls and see the world with childlike acceptance

Helpful armour

Free of imposed armours of fear, we open ourselves to the protections of truth and confidence, self trust and love. Understanding that we have choice, allows us to be open for relationships with soul guidance and allies; we learn to care for ourselves through self observation and belief, open to the world and not afraid of it.