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20/09/2006 Things I've Learned LatelyThe following are things I've learned or been reminded of lately by friends, my teacher/healers, and two books, "The Four Agreements" and "Inspiration":
1. "Everyone is a mirror for us. We can see ourselves in everyone." If there is an aspect of someone else that you don't like, whether it be looks, the way they dress, drive, act, whatever, it's a reflection of that quality in ourselves that we are reacting to. Sometimes it may take some deep thought to figure out the part of ourselves that is being mirrored by that person but it can always be found. This helps me to learn acceptance. How can I dislike someone who has the same quality as me? It also tells me that I have to work on whatever that issue is.
2. I am here to learn the lessons that my own spirit/soul chose for this lifetime. It's important to remember that everyone is here to do the same. You are working on your lessons, they on their's and me on mine. Sometimes these lessons overlap with the lessons of others. That is important for me to remember.
3. Everyone is beautiful, in their own way. Oops, didn't mean to break out in song. But it's true. If I believe that I am a piece of Spirit/Universal Energy/God and that we are all interconnected and pieces of the same Spirit, then how can anyone NOT be beautiful. We are pieces of the stars and Spirit, that can't be ugly. Unfortunately, our perception of beauty comes from what others have told us it should be. And that varies so much from person to person.
4. Judgement. (Duh, duh, duuuuh - ominous music playing in the background.) It's been very difficult and continues to be a lesson for me to learn not to be judgemental. It's what I grew up with, listening to adults judging me and others. I learned to not be judgemental regarding my children, I am very accepting of them and their dreams and goals, but have continued to judge everyone else and especially myself. This characteristic of mine has been made more clear to me and I'm working on becoming non-judgemental. First, I learned that other people's judgement of me is coming from their own issues and has nothing to do with me or what I did or said. That's a hard one to learn and remember. We always take things so personally. Now, I am learning to recognize that when I judge other people, I'm actually judging myself. I have to learn to be okay with myself then hopefully I won't judge others. When I catch myself judging someone, I try to recognize it, stop and say to myself, "acceptance - in spirit" and remind myself that they are here learning their lessons also. I also have to learn to recognize those times that I am being very judgemental towards myself!
5. Judgement, guilt, and justice: "True justice is paying only once for each mistake. True INjustice is paying more than once for each mistake... We make a mistake, we judge ourselves, we find ourselves guilty, we punish ourselves." That should be enough but we all tend to judge ourselves and feel guilty for the same thing over and over and over. We have to learn to stop beating ourselves up and let it go even if others keep reminding us of that mistake. Whew, another hard one!
6. Risk: "To be ALIVE is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have, our biggest fear is taking the risk to be ALIVE - the risk to be alive and express who we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear in humans. We have learned to live our life trying to satisfy other people's demands. We have learned to do this because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else."
By doing this, we end up not being good enough for ourselves because we are not being our true selves. I am slowly learning how to be myself and be at peace with that and ignoring what others think of me. Though right now, I do still need recognition and confirmation. I want to learn to be able to not need that!!
I have to admit that there are times I almost wish to go back to not being "conscious". It just seems like life would be easier. It may be easier but I know it wouldn't be as good.
Love, Light, and Laughter!
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