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SOUL SICKNESS.GOT IT?

I, for one, can today readily admit I suffered from “Soul sickness” for a long period of time.

What is it you may ask?

To me, soul sickness symptoms are a revulsion against self and against the way we are living. Life became impossible, there was no joy. While I did not give suicide serious thought, I did know that if I did not change, I did not want to keep on living the way I was, I just couldn’t stand the joyless existence.

It was so easy to blame others and “circumstances” seemingly beyond my control for the life I was living. If you had the things going on in your life that I did, you’d use mood altering substances and behaviours to escape too! As K. Stanislavski was quoted as saying, “Anyone can blame; it takes a specialist to praise”, and I had hit a point that was the furthest it could be from specialist.

What is your destiny?

"The significant business of your life is alive and well, awaiting discovery, within your very soul. You and I were born to come into ourselves as complete and distinctive persons. Accepting this, we build a valuable life." -- Marsha Sinetar
What is the significant business of your life? What is your purpose? Andrew Schneider says that purpose "is more than just having a direction. It is about one's place in the universe. It is the journey of finding that place and being there and living fully whatever that place is. It is your own unique place that nobody else has, had, or will have."
How would you describe your place in the universe?

 

"We become powerful in the face of our fears when we have a sense that we make a difference in this world. Affirmations of purpose communicate the truth that we are all meaningful participants in this Universe and that we are worthy of giving and receiving love. Some affirmations of purpose are:
- I know that I count and I act as though I do.
- I spread warmth and love everywhere I go.
- I am a healing force in the Universe." -- Susan Jeffers
"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." -- Joseph Addison

YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW!

　

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have."

— Eckhart Tolle

I really like reading Eckhart Tolle and enjoy his concepts relating to spirituality. It was Tolle that presented duality to me in a form that made sense. Within me are two different people at work, one consciously, the other not!

The quote above is stating the obvious; but then, how often do we really think about the obvious.

I lived, and deal with too many others that have at least one foot firmly planted in the future and many others who dwell on the past. I’ve learned the hard way that this is not living the way life can be lived; joyously in the moment.

LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE?

"Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them." -- Marilyn Ferguson

In our world of duality, fear and love sit at opposite ends of the continuum. Fear belongs only to the personality because it believes in separation and impermanence. The soul never knows fear because it understands the unity of all.

When fear arises, we can invite our soul to sit with our frightened personality. What soul energies are waiting to be acknowledged? When we bring higher energies into the presence of lower energies, the lower energies are transformed.

"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it." -- Jiddu Krishnamurti

　

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