Becoming.....

Everyone has an Illusion created of what they want the outside world to see.
As with any Illusion, the only one in it is usually us.

It is very difficult to  look at ourselves from another perception. Like seeing yourself on film- or  hearing yourself on a recording. We can't believe that is how we look and how we sound.
It can be painful.
However, the more we watch and listen- the more opportunity we have to correct the things that make us uncomfortable, and to understand why we do that- and the easier it gets.

It gives us the ability to change what we don't like and come to love what we see.

Our inner critic and judge is crueler than any one we've met. So this observation is not about blaming and punishing ourselves, just self awareness and  accountability; forgiveness and the desire to be better spiritual beings in our human form.

This is the awakening.

This is where the healing and growth occur. People begin to respond to us in a different way. They may even get angry with us for the changes we make because it exposes their illusion, They feel  guilt and shame so they seek to punish us. They become angry for leaving them with no one to play with in the illusion. They may come along- but they may also go away. This is the risk that keeps most of us from changing. WEe want to change, but we want the illusion too...that's not possible.

But learning who we authentically are, minus the illusion, creates inner peace.
Once you have that- who you were is just a story.  Not the total of who you are but a piece of the you that stands here today.

Like a scar- a reminder of where we've been, in order to be in this moment.

With this compassion and understanding we will now begin to understand why others do what they do, we begin to see past the illusion they've created and why. This is the interconnectedness that binds us all together.

Ultimately we come to understand that there is nothing separating any of us from each other that love, and compassion, faith and trust cannot overcome- even if they have not come to see it for themselves.

Be the change you wish to see
Have the courage to change no one but yourself and you will find that all of the trivial  problems that are keeping you from the joy filled life that the Universe wants for you will start  to manifest.

You are beautiful
You are magnificent
You are the purest form of the expression of the Divine....
What are you waiting for?

Marianne Goldweber