It is just part of the human condition that we have about 70,000 thoughts a day with most of those thoughts revolving around cravings such as food or on the past or future.
The melancholy sadness over that which was and is no more holds many a mind captive. If you find that you are caught in such a downward spiral it might be useful to ask yourself the following questions:
- What other avenues did the loss open up in my life?
- What lesson did I learn from the mistake and how can I avoid making the same mistake again?
- I blame nobody and take full responsibility
The addiction to please
Relationships between loved ones, family members, friendships, and associations are often the biggest challenge. The fear of being thrown out of the warm cave by our tribe is deeply embedded in our genes. We will therefore bend over backward to be seen, to be heard, and to be liked.
It is the reason why we stay in toxic relationships that have long outlived their purpose. It is why love for another person is often confused with self-love, especially when we expect another human being to compensate for an inner void.
The contract between souls
The ancient mystics believe that no relationship is coincidental. The intensity of a relationship is defined by the underlying current that brought you together. The soul contract is to be teachers for each other so that we can grow in spiritual consciousness. And, sometimes the teaching can be to set a boundary by going into isolation from a particular person, especially if this is a family member who inhibits your growth or prevents you from pursuing your full potential.
What timeline in dealing with sorrow?
One of the biggest sins is not to live the life you were meant to live in terms of your individually mapped-out destiny. The invisible wall is most often the difficulty in surrendering to the pain of the past. “You need to let it go,” is a saying that often comes from friends and family who mean good. But dealing with sorrow, grief and loss have its own timeline. It is not like just turning a switch and going into “happy mode”. It is not authentic and if your pain is not transmuted it will come back to haunt you later in life.
Remaining in faith and trust
The 13th-century Mystic Meister Eckart has some wonderful words of comfort for those having difficulty in letting go of the pain of the past. “God is not a destroyer of anything good. He fulfills. God does not destroy but completes nature.” And in the same vein, he recommends surrendering that pain to the “highest order and highest nurture.”
Staying in faith and trust is possibly one of the hardest training in patience but Meister Eckart also describes it as the highest schooling in spiritual training and elevation of consciousness.
Even the smallest of actions can be turned into spiritual training of “staying in the moment”, according to the Spanish Mystic Theresa of Avila (1515-1582). There is a story of how she once confronted a nun in her monastery complaining about having to do kitchen chores, telling her off with the words: “If you don’t see the dear God in the pan you don’t see him at all.”
It is in those “darkest night of the soul” moments where the chains of the ego are broken and space opens for change and a new beginning.
Reino Gevers – Author – Mentor – Speaker
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