Introduction

 I recently stumbled upon the concept of Backward Review in a talk by Dr. Robert Gilbert and realized it is a tool to advance the Inner Peace Journey.  Backward Reviews were espoused by Rudolph Steiner and are rooted in Rosicrucian teachings.     

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The Cosmic 2 X 4  

Many years ago, I studied Rosicrucian principles simply because I was curious, and there was a Rosicrucian facility in San Jose, CA, where I lived.  The facility had Egyptian Antiquities housed there, which made it even more interesting.  At the time, the local Rosicrucian approach to learning the philosophy was self-study.  I did not get far with that approach.  I would receive a letter in the mail with a week’s lessons.   I needed someone to explain things to me at that time.  My curiosity with the Rosicrucians was a cosmic 2×4 that got put away for over 50 years.

The cosmic two x four will return to you if you do not “get the point” made by the universal messaging service.   I stumbled across a YouTube video by Dr. Gilbert, and he talked about doing a backward review at the end of your day.  A friend subsequently told me of a practice she does related to her inner peace journey with Remen Q.  She told me that right before she goes to bed, she reviews her day: anything that causes a contraction; she then Remen Q’s the non-peace.  She intuitively started doing a backward reflection.  But, my knowing was telling me that what she just said was important.  These two events were prompts by the universe to look at this process.

What is the Backward Reflection?

I have changed the name because I changed the process, but the inspiration comes from Dr. Gilbert and  Rosicrucian writings.  The Backward Reflection is a process for self-development.  In this process, you systematically advance your Inner Peace Journey work by reflecting on your day in reverse order.  The Backward Reflection creates new pathways and opens the “vision space.” Vision space is where you experience awareness, inspiration, knowing and visions.  You “see/know/hear” what has happened without the emotional wounding being triggered before the outcome.

How is a Backward Reflection done?   

Each person may have their own rhythm and approach; I offer a general approach based on Rudolph Steiner’s approach with Remen Q integrated into the process.   

Start with the evening and progress backward through the day.

Step 1.  Remember the event and your feelings as clearly as you can.  Are you feeling peace or non-peace?    

Step 2.  Take full responsibility without judgment.  

Step 3.  Using Remen Q, transmute the contraction of non-peace until there is peace.

Step 4.  Then, go back to the scene and see how you feel;  do more Remen Q until you are neutral, calm, or peaceful.

Step 5.  Proceed backward through the timeline and repeat the process above until you reach your morning awakening.

This process takes inspiration from the Rosicrucian method but diverges on crucial aspects: 

There is no judgment; the Rosicrucian process requires you to judge yourself. 
There is no dissolving practice.  You use Remen Q to transmute the contractions experienced during the backward reflection.

What is the Effect of the Backward Reflection?  Don’t say the numbers.

1. You will see the cause and effect of your actions in backward order. This process gives you a vision of the unintended side effects of your actions.  You see the effect before you see what caused it.  There is a sense of detachment from the wounding, which gives you a clearer view of what you hold.
2. You develop an awareness of where your missed opportunities. Things you should have done, paths not taken, actions you should have taken, people you should have spoken to, misunderstandings, and a deeper understanding of other people’s motivations.
3. You see, actions you should not have done.
4. The vision space is a gateway that opens your perceptions in the moment. The vision space is the possibility for receiving divine inspiration.
5. In the Backward Reflection, you create a space to observe yourself.
6. As you spend time doing the backward reflection, you transmute the emotional wounds that block your intuition with a consistent approach. With practice, your experience of the vision space develops and inspiration and knowledge are recognized.   In essence, you are building your intuitive skills.   

Why is the Backward Reflection an Important Aspect of the Inner Peace Journey?

During our day, you have experiences that are meant to be learnings and opportunities for transmutation of the emotional wounds you hold.  For example, a package is late, making you anxious and demanding.  You have created artificial expectations that the package will arrive on time.   This event is an opportunity to practice flow and allow for inner peace.  In the Backward Reflection process, you would use Remen Q to transmute the heart contractions caused by the late package.  You may even get insight into why a late package caused you to lose your peace. 

Another example:  your 8-year-old daughter refuses to pick up her room.  You speak to her loudly and, in the process, make the situation worse.  As you reflect on the event in the Backward Reflection, you see the effect and experience insight as to what caused your daughter’s resistance.  You may become aware of how your daughter’s resistance triggered a reactive response.  That reactive response was non-peace, and it is yours to transmute. 

These experiences are viewed in the Backward Reflection, and the contraction is transmuted. 

Each transmutation brings us more inner peace and joy.  The transmutation process aligns you with your natural state of inner peace and joy.  The “learnings” become knowings.  These knowings replace the emotional wounding that gave rise to reactive responses with peace.  You begin to live consciously.  You are making decisions from a place of reflection instead of a place of fear.

The timeline path of a day records your experiences in your memories.  The pathway backward into the day’s memories creates a new pathway but you are not in the time you are reflecting upon.  You are observing the effect of the reactive response without fear.  

Like walking backward, backward reflection increases cognition, improves focus and memory, and promotes brain plasticity.

Backward reflection fosters the development of intuition.  As we progress through our day, we may encounter innumerable inner obstacles that stop our intuition and obstacles that stop us from trusting ourselves.  But by doing backward reflection as a nightly practice, we come into the vision space and allow ourselves to witness information, hence the transmutation of the wound.