"It's risky", said experience.
"It''s pointless", said reason.
"Give it a try", whispered the Heart.
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"It's impossible", said pride.
"It's risky", said experience. "It''s pointless", said reason. "Give it a try", whispered the Heart. Anonymous
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When I was 5 my parents were the smartest people in the world. They knew everything that helped me survive and have fun, too. My Dad took us to the Shore every summer and I loved the Shore (still do). When I was about 8 I started to see they didn't know everything. My Dad had some troubles and argued with my Mom who thought her job was to "pull him up by the bootstraps". Nothing too out of the ordinary when I think back on it but a few of their scenes definitely shook my world. Thank goodness for my older brother because I knew if my parents were distracted and stressed, he would have my back. In my teens, my parents became down right ignorant. They were old-fashioned and had bad habits. What hypocrites, I thought, they didn't really care what I did! Then, when I was in my 20's I left home to see the world (southern U.S., anyway). It wasn't until I got married and raised a family that I finally started to see what they went through all those years I was growing up. They were young when I was 5 and happy to be fulfilling their dream of a family. They were really feeling the pressures when I was 8 and life was overwhelming them by the time I was a teen. As a kid I had no experience and, therefore, no empathy for what they were going through. I'm glad I stopped blaming them for all my troubles when I became an adult because they didn't deserve that. My parents did the best they could with what they had and when I look at myself today, I thank them because they were huge contributors to who I am now. Love, Deb B.
Bill and I had a great phone conversation the other day. Bill is a coaching client and every time he brought up a life issue, we worked together to come up with the question that was floating beneath or above the issue and he found a way forward. It was so much fun for both of us. Later, he emailed me that it was the best coaching session he had ever had. I told him I thought so too and asked him if he had felt the 3rd party energy in the room. He said he hadn't but now that he thought back, we did seem to be creating a larger essence with our conversation. I thought of it more like an inviting than a creating.
I always thought of God as an old man with a long white beard walking around Heaven. I guess i picked up that image in Sunday School when i was 4 or something. Anyway, my grown-up version seems to be more like an essence when 2 or more people get together in a warm, positive manner. I now understand Deepak Chopra better (it's a continual journey of understanding for me when it comes Chopra) when he talks about consciousness being omnipresent and omnipotent. This picture of God makes more sense to me and brings me closer to understanding the pure soul. Love to all. Deb B. Caroline Myss and Deepak Chopra, two of our modern spiritual leaders, talk a lot about pure souls. They name names but suffice it to say these are people who live on earth like us and are all about serving others. They seem to understand universal truths and they teach how it is within our reach to move toward being a pure soul. A pure soul has no guilt or shame, is not defensive, competitive or aggressive, rarely has mental or physical health problems except maybe late in life. I think a pure soul gets angry or sad if others are being cruel or disrespectful to their fellow man because cruelty and disrespect are the opposite of service.
Most of us are probably in the middle of the continuum between pure soul and not-so-pure soul; leaning toward pure soul in my mind's eye. The best news is we can chose to work on moving toward the pure soul side because of our free will, even in the worst of circumstances. I thought I would conduct an experiment. Every morning when I meditate I think back to the moments of the day before when i was closer to a pure soul and when i was not. The irony for me is that a pure soul probably doesn't have to do this kind of exercise. I came up with a few times when I got defensive or felt victimized and sorry for myself. Another time i started jabbering in order to teach something I knew about and then realized the conversation would have gone much better if i had asked a couple of clarifying questions so my "student" could come to his own conclusions. Going through this exercise helped me get a little closer to the pure soul ideal. . . . for the moment. But, what happens when these situations come up again? In order to be a purer soul I have to let things that don't have to do with service roll off my back. I guess that challenge is part of my life journey and it makes me joyful to be on this path. Love to all. Deb B. |
AuthorI'm very happy to be blogging about my spiritual path. I've a long way to go but I've come a long way, too. Love to all, Deb B. Archives
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