OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE YOUR MASTERYI think we all have heard the phrase or a likeness of: "God never gives us more than we can handle" / "God will never put more on your plate than you can bear". In my role as Minister & mentor to so many people, just one of the areas I have the privilege of being present to is people sharing the difficulties they are going through - but I listen to these situations with a different context than most people do. The Higher Self of me, the aspect of me that knows who this person really is, rather than saying "too, bad, ain’t it awful, poor you," instead says "yes, congratulations". I say these things knowing that they are living through an opportunity, rather than a test, in which they will be asked to draw upon their intrinsic power to demonstrate to themselves mastery of an aspect of themselves in this world. They have skillfully created, attracted for themselves, (although it may look like a problem), an opportunity that awakens the potential that can become their most powerful ally - a gift toward the highest levels of mastery for them in the present lifetime. Some call the experience "the dark night of the soul" - a time when a circumstance, a situation or even a person represents for them their worst fear. Gregg Braden in his book "Walking Between the Worlds" lists three universal fears expressed as: abandonment & separation; feeling not worthy; & surrender & trust. In reflecting upon these I realized every challenge I have had in this lifetime & every challenge others have come to me with have stemmed from one of these three fears, if the enquiry went deep enough. Have you ever thought that you are capable of entering your dark night of your soul only when you have accumulated all the emotional tools necessary to see you through your experience, to breakthrough to a higher level of consciousness intact & with grace? It does not matter what area in life the experience is presenting itself - relationship, career, finances, health; physical, mental or emotional - realize it is all spiritual & all part of your evolution, unfoldment of consciousness. A person who for instance fears being alone may become a master at creating relationships that could never work in lifetimes. In a breakup, this person might perceive the relationship as having failed, but the reality is that the relationship has successfully allowed him to see himself in his worst fear. Most of us will have an opportunity to experience what for us is the loss of what we have a charge on not losing - we will get to know ourselves in the absence of those things to dissipate that charge. To observe, know & love ourselves in our greatest darkness is our opportunity to heal that part of ourselves that we least choose to experience. This is operating at a high level of mastery that the opportunity has provided for us. God truly never does give us more than we can handle. Namaste, |