| The Sacred Path (Part 2) |
| As we look at ourselves, we begin to see our faults and inconsistencies, our attitudes to others may be suspect and we perhaps feel quite a lot of guilt about the person we appear to be. Fear not, we are who we are because of our past experiences, we can change how we are today! We need to look back over our lives, identify key events and series of events, key people in our lives and how they affected us and how we reacted to them. In doing so we get an insight into Why we are what we are today and an insight into how, what and why we should change. We must exercise forgiveness and forgive ourselves also, the past is just that, the past, we cannot change it, what we can change is NOW. Forgiveness allows us to experience a little Inner Peace and Calm and fosters a more aware and positive outlook on daily life. How many times have we all said "I wish I had done or said things differently"? Those are the events we must look at closely, look at all the circumstances involved and see where we could have acted in a different manner that would have avoided the unpleasantness. It won't change the past but it will help us identify behaviour patterns in our make up that can be changed. By changing our behaviour patterns in a positive fashion we change our whole outlook in the same positive way and at the same time have a positive impact on the lives of others too. We also find that this change in attitude/approach changes the attitudes/approaches of others towards us which serves as confirmation that we are heading in the right direction. We notice that when we enter a potentially difficult meeting with a smile and a positive but friendly demeanour that the atmosphere changes and shifts towards a more open, giving and relaxed state. We notice that others are uplifted and that they in turn uplift each other. What we are actually doing is participating in exchanges of Energy*. By removing the behaviour patterns or Control Dramas*, we are sending Positive Energy/Love to others without the individual having to resort to their behaviour pattern to get it. We can enhance matters substantially by Consciously sending this Love/Energy Unconditionally (without judgement and looking for nothing in return). As our knowledge and understanding of Energy exchanges during social interaction increases through direct experience, we become more familiar with our own role in relationships and more confident that our new-found understanding of ourselves (and others) is one that we can put to good use. We understand that we are enabling ourselves to have a more positive impact upon our own lives and also to have a positive impact upon the lives of others but without the "Controlling" aspect. By sending Love/Energy Unconditionally, we leave it to the Higher Selves of others to decide whether or not to accept the Energy we are sending. We do not impose our Energy on others, we do not impose our will upon others. We quite simply recognise that we are all involved in the exchange of Energy and wish to contribute positively to it as we are all interconnected through the Universal Energy and Love that pervades our entire Universe. * Further information on Control Dramas and Energy can be obtained by clicking on the link to Open Your Mind on the homepage.* |
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