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Wednesday
May062009

10 Things apparent enemies teach you

Experiences that appear the most challenging have hidden meaning that helps you immensely. This teaches you timeless lessons. Consider 10 things apparent enemies teach you;

1) Avoid enemy lines. Harmful intent does not propel you along a spiritual journey. On the contrary, it creates karma and other undesirable consequences you could avoid.

2) You are a role model. You choose to permit hate, anger and fear to compel revenge or, demonstrate you know how to rise above this and teach a much kinder and gentler example.

3) The source of love is you.  As you stop seeking reasons to love someone who seems unlovable, you begin to realize you are infinite source of love learning more on compassion.

4) Empathy changes everything. Physical experience invites you to visualize what life is like in the body and mind of some perceived adversary. Imagine how you feel in his position. If you feel no empathy or compassion for this enemy, then you are like him. When put this way, empathy invites evolution.

5) People are unaware of what they do. Lots of people do not stop to think before they open their mouths, before they take action. They react from emotion and misunderstanding of what is. Sensing lack of awareness does not condone it, but helps move beyond judgment.

6) You cannot run forever. Ever heard the phase, ‘resistance is futile?’ The words do not only ring a bell for Star Trek enthusiasts. To view self as a victim does not shift until you take responsibility for where you are and how you get there.

7) Some things go deeper than words. The meaning of interaction is discernable through energy vibration. Opening mind to silent reasons for feelings gives you understanding.  You gain insight into pain felt by others and grasp soul-to-soul communication actually helps heal everyone.

8) You underestimate inner courage. To find you can bravely feel suffering teaches you not to conceal who you are. This reminds you of power in integrity.  It overpowers rage, humiliation, the need to be right or to have the last word.

9) The path is as long as you choose. It is only a matter of experience before you awaken to the reality of how much control you exert over your own mental holodeck. You project what you need and are gradually asking more spiritual or soul-level questions to get back on track.

10) You and the enemy are one. It may be news to your conscious mind that enemies do not exist except in your own imagination. Every interaction actually mirrors part of soul. Anything you encounter is a soul vibration. When you do not wish to see or accept something about yourself, you will encounter that thing in others.  As you find related feelings inside, you slowly re-align parts of your personality. There is more to this than you fathom just yet. You return to oneness.

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Reader Comments (8)

Hi Liara. Oh, #10! I wish more people understood this. I've come to "see" through the actions of two people in my personal life, just how far I have actually come in working with myself. Taking responsibility for what we see in others as an opportunity to realign aspects of ourselves has been a valuable lesson for me. And, one that I keep learning as I meet new people and "see" new things.

My frustration is high when people I am close to can't, or don't want to see this and choose to remain the powerless victim. And there's nothing I appear to be able to say or do other than observe. These two people are intent on believing that what they see is the truth and nothing will change it.
May 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDavina
Hi Liaria .. thanks for these apparent enemies .. I know I fit a few categories ... I just hope and expect that I'll be able to move away from them once I've seen this phase through.

Many thanks .. this is one I can understand!
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Positive Letters
May 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterHilary
Davina, to encounter people who do not think or behave as you offers timless lessons. To step out of a sense of powerlessness, it is useful to pay attention to your apparent need to control. The universe teaches human beings they are not meant to believe they control anything with ego. This simply is not the case. To evolve to recognize you are the master of how you think and feel is not the same as actively desiring or intending to impose views on others. This is not unconditional love and acceptance. To reflect, if you desire to control others, this draws attention to hidden sense of superiority or hierarchies. They are illusions. As you discern your misunderstandings, you are equipped to dissolve them.
May 6, 2009 | Registered CommenterLiara Covert
Hilary,
As a you raise awareness, then it becomes easier to recognize how you think and feel. Diferent ways exist to understand a given post. There is no one answer or singular way of seeing. Each person interprets what he or she needs from an article. It may also be that a person deos not relate or has no need or desire for a particular perspective. What you require is always available to you.
May 6, 2009 | Registered CommenterLiara Covert
2 and 9 resonated the most for me right now...

The challenge I face right now is being aware of a lack of awareness, and judging it, rather than genuinely feeling compassion.

And I've been in the lack of aware place, so it's even more important to know that loving helped me - and not the scorn of others...

Loving yourself and then being loving towards others strengthens much so that enemies are far and few between...
May 7, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterLoving Annie
Loving Annie, you reinforce how all roads lead to home. Every encounter offers opportunities for greater awareness, deeper self-understanding and more fulfilling relationships. Everything you think and feel is a choice.
May 7, 2009 | Registered CommenterLiara Covert
Wow, just wonderful and so insightful. Thanks for sharing this!

:)
~Tabitha~
http://tabithablue.blogspot.com
May 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTabitha Blue
Tabitha, every person knows more than he or she thinks. The question is, when do you choose to take charge of your thoughts and emotions? This conscious choice alters all experiences. Its a process to do it more consistently.
May 21, 2009 | Registered CommenterLiara Covert

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