Abraham,
The Hawaiian kahuna with whom I studied,
Used to talk about how once you are on the spiritual journey,
You began to walk into situations.
Another word for this would be metaphors.
So the reason this happens is once we set off on the journey,
We're telling the universe that we're wanting to become clear,
To become purified,
To transcend our ego.
So basically the universe will use life to teach us.
So life will tend to constellate into these situations or metaphors to teach us.
Think of it sort of like,
You know,
You're walking on stage,
You're the hero,
And you're in this situation,
It's being played out on the stage,
And you're basically being faced with some of your complexes that are coming up to be cleared.
Or,
You know,
When I say complexes,
I mean some distrust maybe that you're clearing,
Or fears clearing,
Or anger,
Whatever it is that you need to face and allow to be purified.
So we walk into these situations over and over.
So if you can comprehend this and not take anything so personally,
Too personally,
Which is a stretch I know,
Because all of us want to go into like blame,
Resentment,
Self-pity,
You know,
But they just don't work.
So,
You know,
If you're in a situation,
Remember that the circumstances constellating are it's coming up to purify you,
To show you what you're laboring under,
And to help you out of it.
So if we look at our lives like this,
We can see that how loving the universe is.
It is giving us these opportunities to become clearer,
And to transcend.
So,
You know,
For example,
You know,
In my family of origin,
Females weren't treated that well,
And,
You know,
I was a spunky,
Spunky kid,
And I got squished a lot.
So I went off into life expecting that,
You know,
And when I,
And so,
You know,
It happened over and over.
It's like I started off as a journalist,
And I ended up at places where the editor was a bully,
And I was just like clockwork.
But as I started to wake up,
I realized that these situations were just showing me what my,
What I,
What happened to me as a child,
And also it showed me my expectations.
So I stopped buying into these situations entirely.
Like,
I stopped seeing them as true reality,
And I started seeing them as just almost,
Not dreamlike,
But like a play going on to show me how to transcend the issues.
It's a very,
I'll tell you what,
You know,
It'll keep your blood pressure,
Will lower your blood pressure if you think like this.
If you,
If you start seeing everything like this,
Then you can,
You can use the,
You can make the best choice in that situation.
And when you do,
You know,
Especially if you're listening to your heart,
And you're following the guidance,
And it works,
You come into more truth,
More personal power after that,
As a result of that.
Yeah,
That's how we find freedom.
Even if it's,
You know,
Supposing you're in a situation,
And somebody's not treating you well,
And you refrain from getting down there with it,
Getting down there in it with them,
And you choose the higher ground,
You will feel better,
You will feel more powerful,
Feel more at peace,
And you'll be clearer.
You know,
So gradually what happened to me is these circumstances,
These situations,
Which were,
You know,
Usually,
You know,
Where I was being treated badly or underestimated,
They stopped happening.
And the more I saw my own,
The more I saw my own goal,
Like my own worth,
And stood for it,
The more then the world reflected this back.
And I noticed that the more that I step forward in service to humanity,
That really helped.
That really helped.
That was kind of like the big cure for,
For solving my life,
Like the,
The old squishy situations didn't happen anymore.
I got treated a lot better.
You know,
We all have our personal issues to transcend,
To work on.
And,
You know,
It's,
You know,
In the East,
They would say that,
You know,
We have other lives.
So the issues that we're,
We're faced with,
Have also come from other lives.
Certainly,
We could see maybe they came from the childhood.
But if we,
You know,
Broaden our perspective and just go,
Okay,
This is like our homework for the life.
Just,
Just do it.
Just,
You know,
Do your homework.
Then you can be a happy person,
You know,
A happy,
Wise,
Peaceful person,
And do a lot of good.
And if the Eastern religions are right about the,
You know,
Lives,
Then,
You know,
You can transcend the Earth's plane.
You don't have to come back,
Which,
You know,
Might be,
That might be a plus.
Although it's beautiful here,
Too.
Anyway,
Lots to think about.
Bless your hearts.
