Ignoring

I felt really happy this morning when I felt a teaching ‘sink in’ deeper.  The teaching was about ‘ignoring’  which has been a topic of conversation amongst friends lately.  Many people have shared with me of late the seeming inability of some friends or family to reciprocate to correspondence.   As a healer and teacher I have  been on an effortless path that has naturally guided me to seek answers of the Universal truth.  This particular topic has never been revealed as clearly to me as it was this morning.

What I have noticed over the past 10 or so years (since I have been much more committed to my spiritual journey) is that at times, I will get a glimpse of a teaching, I’ll hear it, understand it mentally, then I often experience it for myself  (as the perfect situation presents itself to me) and then I ‘get it’ again but on a whole new level.  We always need to ‘go through’ and experience something fully in order to allow it to integrate and I will also add we must remain open during the process for the new teaching to penetrate.  Going through experience after experience in life being closed (resistance) mentally and emotionally, we will never grow, change or learn a thing.

Today was a day when a teaching I have heard for many years just somehow became very clear to me. I suddenly heard the words as I walked from my living room to kitchen “they are ignoring themselves, not you”.   Through out this day, many explanations have come to me.  People who do not respond or return calls, emails, letters, whatever, are not doing that to you, they are not ignoring you, they are ignoring themselves and as we all mirror each other, it’s a good idea to look at your own life and see where you may be ignoring parts of yourself as well.  Neglect, rejection, avoidance, discounting, slighting, are ways you may be feeling if you or someone you know is so called ‘ignoring’ you as well if you are ignoring parts of yourself.  Obviously not responding to people will cause some  recipients to wonder why and the kind, mature thing to do is to let them know.  I often hear people say that they do not want to ‘hurt’ someone else by telling them how they really feel. From all that I have learned to date, no one can hurt you without your permission, it is a matter of choice and this part is 2 fold. If you have not realized your own true potential and oneess with the Universe you will continue to take things personally and feel like you have no choice, therefore you point the finger and tell other people ‘how much’ they hurt you.  When you realize your true potential you become curious about how you can ‘deal’ with what comes up for you and you do so with a deep well of security within you. If you share compassionately with someone how you feel then you have honoured yourself, and you then allow that energy inside you that needs and wants to be expressed out and this is vital for a balanced and harmonious life.

I know this realization for me today brought great value and comfort.  I now understand that when others do not respond it is not about me and additionally, I know I can look at my own life and see where I may not be responding to one of my own needs.

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