Are you present, are you really here, in the moment, knowing what's really happening? What will it take to see what is real, what is important, and what is a priority in your own life? Does someone need to die or be terminally ill for your behavior to change, to see what is a priority? Even then, behaviors don't always change because we don't consider the underlying problems....our demons. The true problem could be an addiction or a serious character flaw that we don't want to face. For instance, when you look at the alcoholic, they see only what is being done to them...thus there is paranoia.....blame.....confusion....forgetfulness and hurt in their relationships. If their own life is in disaray, how can any relationship take place? How can communication occur? How does our purpose hold true? It happens all the time.....the disfunction in families. Some choose to recognize it and deal with it; while others avoid it.
I wonder what God thinks of all this? I am in awe of His unconditional love and perpetual forgiveness. Witnessing what I do in society and seeing the constant errors we make, the mean actions that come forth in people; I am in utter amazement how God can still love us. I suppose that is why He is God and we are who we are......... human beings. I think of what His son experienced during the agony of his crucifixion, with the angry crowds, the spitting, the laughing, the ridiculing, the denying and the physical torment they inflicted on the person who was here to save us......to save us from ourselves.
If God continually forgives us, that is if our hearts are truly sorry, then why is it so difficult for us to forgive each other? Perhaps it is a repetitive wrong doing, and a lack of being sorry for our actions. No "I'm sorry" is said, and we get busy and we think only of our hurt......not the ones we are hurting. Maybe we get tired of forgiving the same behavior. Recently I've heard it said that it takes two.......two to make the wrong. Maybe we react back and forth to the hurt, and it grows and grows until it seems there is no going back. In the situation of physical or emotional abuse, though, I don't believe it takes two, especially for child abuse. They are the victims of this cruel behavior, and maybe in the hurt, a great lesson will be learned.......how not to be or how to persevere with strength.
Are we present in our our own lives? Are we emotionally open and willing to change ourselves, even at the expense of disconnecting from those toxic relationships? So many are not willing, and they continue to live in the mess, missing so many opportunities. Are you here? Are you mentally and emotionally here in the moment with your heart and soul, trying to make life a better place or are you moving in the busyness of your own life thinking you're accomplishing something? Take a closer look, and see what you are creating in your own world. Are you creating positive space for your loved ones or are you sucking the living energy out of them, creating a negative journey, not only for yourself but for them?
In an awakening, one realizes that they can accomplish so much more, with God's guidance. You don't have to be restricted by negative energy, lack of confidence. It may not always be the popular decision and it could bring about emotional pain, but we need to face the pain in order to see the light. That's the awakening. Perhaps we can let go of toxic relationships and negative energy and move forth, trying to live how God wants us to live. Sometimes, that means separating from our loved ones. You can love someone, but you don't always have to like the ones you love. Again, I ask you, are you present, are you here? Take a closer look.
"Who cares if you're enlightened forever? Can you just get it in this moment, now?"
- Bryon Katie
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