"Hot and cold, pain and
pleasure. Come and go, come and go. Oh my dear one, manage to endure
them."
So says the Bhagavad Gita, and such is the reality of life on this earth; the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the good days and bad days. In this world of duality, we gain understanding of one end of the spectrum by experiencing the other.
For those that have already read Timeless Waters, you know it is a story about the realization and discovery of three different lifetimes; an experience I believe to be on offer to us all. As relevant and life expanding as that experience was, years later I realize that one of the greatest things I gained was a deeper understanding of the degree to which my perception shapes my experience.
That sounds like old information for most of us, yet so often we contribute to our own emotional dramas because of our perception of events and the meaning we place on them. Figuratively speaking, we see the world through specific lenses of our own creation.
Unfortunately, not only are many of us not
aware of the specific lenses through we perceive the world, we may not even
believe we have lenses at all! Until we can acknowledge that we do, we may find
ourselves in a perpetual loop of "mis" perceptions. We will talk more
about where the "glasses" we each wear originate, from our thoughts
to the mystical, next month. But until then, begin to observe your experience
and the emotions that come up for you most often for they are the key.
The hot and cold, the pleasure and pain will come and go as certain as the sun will rise and the wind will blow. But with the desire and commitment to examine the glasses through which we are viewing the world, the difficult times will likely be fewer and perhaps even a little easier to endure.
Blessings,
Sheryl
Look for Sheryl's workbook "You Hold the Key to You: Understanding Self and Your Incarnational Past" in 2013.
