Ancestral customs run so deep that many people choose to follow them unquestioningly, without ever asking why they do so, even when doing so causes them great difficulty and inner distress through feelings they do not understand.
The first step should be to observe oneself honestly, with a heart free from judgement, whether self-imposed or inherited from one’s environment, family, friends, acquaintances, the media, or educators at any level. Here, people move through life carrying all kinds of negative emotions. Most of the time, they do not know what they are feeling or why they are feeling it, yet they remain trapped in a well of pain and confusion. Deep within, an unrecognised arrogance covers their eyes, denying them the light that would allow them to see.
To truly see requires humility of heart. Clarity comes through gratitude for all that we are. Feeling wounded, burdening oneself with blame, adopting the role of victim and everything that accompanies it, is in fact a denial of what we truly are. Even if someone believes that, in their emotional isolation, they are harming no one, they should understand that they are affecting humanity and creation, for these are frequencies of energy that radiate from them and spread everywhere. We are energetic networks. Everything we think, feel, and do is communicated through these networks. For this reason, it is necessary for people to take responsibility seriously. You cannot be responsible for only one thing while everything else is considered irrelevant. Everything matters.
You can help through your light, or you can darken the world through your shadows. Where do you wish to stand? In the role of victim, victimiser, or saviour? None of these serves humanity. Asking questions opens new paths: What happens to me when my light goes out? What fruits am I harvesting? How do I observe the fruits that are manifesting in my life?
Compassion towards oneself would be a good place to begin. Give yourself permission to let go of what no longer serves you and replace it with encouraging thoughts, words, memories, and actions that strengthen what is natural within us, the light that we are, the greatness we carry inside.
I am the force of life, and so are you.
