The Hidden Message
I would like to continue the theme of energy work from my previous article, ‘Raising Consciousness’. Let’s take a closer look at: What’s really going on when we are doing what we are doing?
Let me explain: When we go for a walk for example, is it just about exercise and registering the steps, or is it more than that? We take into our lungs fresh air and pure oxygen. We get in touch with the wider world, hearing the sounds of Nature and perhaps even get an insight into the dance of squirrels, and the banter of crows. We see beauty all around us, and the trees and shrubs in all their wonderful colours. We take inspiration from people who are perhaps elderly and less able, going about their lives quite independently as best they can. We observe how the children ‘hold court’ with their parents in public as they make their demands. And so much more…
It is a ‘reel’ life movie in the making. Something we could not do as a couch potato from our living room. Even if we did go out … if our head is down, engrossed in our phone, then we see practically nothing and no-one anyway. In fact, our inattentiveness makes us a hazard for others on the footpath and road!
The above example is perhaps easy to understand but what about conflict scenarios? When something happens, when we are triggered and we feel a reaction rising up inside us? Are we able to accept the fact that there is a hidden message there? Or do we immediately jump to our defence and begin to add fuel to the fire, setting off even more flames of fury? Do we realize that the real fire is the one burning us up from the inside?
There is no such thing as ‘coincidence’ or ‘chance’. Whilst something is happening … there is always something else happening at the same time. There is something to learn from that, something to give to that situation, or take from it. There is an opportunity to rise; there is a moment to forgive and let go; there is a chance to make a difference; to display virtue; to open my heart and mind … so much is going on … all in that moment.
Every incident in our life, and I mean every incident, carries a message. What that message is, that is up to me to figure out. Life is educating us. If we can understand that we are here ‘where we are meant to be’, learning the lessons we are supposed to be learning, then we will be a whole lot happier. We are here to bear witness to what we are seeing; LIFE. But mostly, because we are caught up in our desires or goals and we are on a mission to fulfil them, then we do not see what is right here in front of us. If we did then in fact, we would see the love is here; the peace is here; the happiness is right here; the truth too … and yet we want to be OVER THERE … where the grass seems to look greener!
When our soul pain is too much to handle, we distract ourselves with things to do and these distractions numb us for a while. When people or situations touch on the (soul) wound, the pain returns … sorrow fills our heart and eyes. And then we distract ourselves again … and again … and again. We need to get to the bottom of this mental and emotional pain in order to heal it. We need to FACE IT. We need to SIT WITH IT. The wound is still raw and therefore the pain exists.
If we can develop this perspective, that “everything is happening for a reason,” then we become masters of our drama and not victims. We learn and we graduate from those emotions that hold us within their clutches.
And today as you go about your day, there will be many hidden messages in the form of words; images; repetition; associations; gestures; sounds; conversations; exchanges; overtones; insinuations and so forth. TRY TO TUNE INTO THESE. All we need to do is to be AWARE and look out for them. And when we tune into the message we will see the situation as a gift of learning. Nothing is ever as it seems.
Here are some thoughts that may help you accept your personal situation.
First assertion: I am where I am supposed to be.
Second assertion: There is a lesson to learn here.
Third assertion: I am the one that has to learn the lesson (not anyone else).
Fourth assertion: What is the lesson?
Fifth assertion: How can I grow through this lesson?
Sixth assertion: Begin to speak to your higher or lower self … and forgive, let go, befriend, whatever is needed. Make a start somewhere … now is a good time and place.
It takes a certain amount of silence and space in the mind to be able to do this. So give yourself plenty of time for quiet reflection. Take time and sit with yourself. This is where meditation is so useful.
Reflect on this quote by Sudesh Didi, one of our senior meditation teachers:
“A silent mind is one in which the thought, word and action are in alignment …”
Our mind needs silence to be able to have clarity and make wise choices. When we can turn our mind towards the perspective that the world is for us and not against us, things just naturally fall into place.
It’s Time … to look at the hidden messages in our drama of life.
© ‘It’s Time…’ by Aruna Ladva, BK Publications London, UK
If we can develop this perspective, that “everything is happening for a reason,” then we become masters of our drama and not victims.
Many thanks
Great blog from esteemed arunaji veryphiloshophical. Silent mind……..may or may not. Be..In alignement with newtons law……..
Thank you! Silence to meditate and assess… Love and regard from Argentina!