The answers are always available

Recently, I learned that two people I cherish in my life have been diagnosed with serious stages of cancer. If this happens to someone you know, you will choose to view such news in your own way.  Coping, accepting and seeking to understand are phases people will often go through.  Healing begins with choosing new ways of thinking inside yourself.

I find it remarkable how the universe evolves to remind me of what I am really thinking inside and what I believe matters.  For example, while recently participating in a training workshop with a group of women I have known for a few years, it was brought to my attention that many of them are actually cancer survivors or in remission now.  Some volunteered their stories to the group.  Others were talking amongst themselves during tea break.   It was as if my mind was seeking answers and the universe was responding.

One sentiment that echoed from each woman was that the diagnosis of illness was a wake up call to take charge of her life in a different way.  They shifted their attitudes from a focus on longevity to a focus on making the most of what time they had been given.  It was a matter of taking responsibility for their state of mind and physical body or, acknowledging the cancer was a symptom of imbalance or how they had been living.

Many people will not recognize that the answers they seek are always within reach.  They may attribute their state of mind, emotions, body or spirit to something other than the truth.  If you do not recognize what you see or experience, you may attribute some experience to something other than what it is.   Life is an exercise in self-definition.  You learn from other people what you are really thinking but may not yet grasp or admit.

Comments

[mergingpoint]

Dear Liara

very true! Lot more transformation is possible when we let our mind learn from the happenings of the other body and mind.Afterall, it is just an extension of our own Real self.
Yes, have had an opportunity to "just be" in the presence of a cancer patient and watched all tha was happening within too.

[Liara Covert]

merging point,

learning to "just be" in the presence of a cancer patient is an incredible learning experience. People who seek to control or influence the healing of a patient may feel helpless, but they forget it is not about them. Life invites you to experience yourself at every moment. Nothing has any meaning except the meaning you give it. You are repeatedly encouraged to stay in touch with who you are. You decide what this means.

[rainer]

Dear liara, thank you for this well written post on an earnest topic. ' a wake up call to take charge of their lives in different form..' what else could be said... All the best Rainer

[Titania]

Liara,
The most trying times are the best times for growth. To those observing from the outside they may not understand why a loved one is going through such a horrid time. And it is indeed a difficult time for everyone. What I have learned through loss and suffering is that you gain so much empathy and compassion for the human race. This is both a beautiful journey and a difficult school to come to as a spirit. What is best is that we have each other and in learning this we reach out to one another with love.

Blessings.

[Liara Covert]

Rainer, a person discerns 'wake up calls' when he or she has evolved to move to the next stage of personal transformation. Teachers and messengers are constantly prompting us to recognize things about ourselves. We only recognize them when ready on levels of awareness that are evolving within. Changes experienced around us are teaching us about changes occurring within us. Everything has the significance you give it.

[Liara Covert]

Titania, life teaches each of us that thinking is an exercise of retrieving from our subconscious. We remember experiences that we have had that enable us to relate to what is going on around us. If you believe suffering evokes empathy and brings you closer to people, then you also begin to understand you gain insight into empathy and suffering from around you and within you. Every experience stretches you for the best.

[Alexys Fairfield]

Hi Liara,
It's difficult for people to understand that the answers are inside. We are so busy looking outside of ourselves that we don't know how to go within. I am grateful for blogs like yours that reinforce that.

Thanks. :D

[Liara Covert]

Alexys, the funny thing is, the process of going within is the most natural thing to do. Human beings simply tend to evolve away from what comes naturally in favor of conditioned responses. It can seem challenging to go backwards and unlearn what you do not need. And yet, reverting to simplicity is feasible, useful and very desirable.

Another relevant experience on this subject captured my attention. I have been drawing people toward me who have written best-selling cancer survival stories. These individuals acknowledge they have discerned they are at different levels of self-awareness. Initially, none of them understood why this illness had come to them. The next stage was choosing to move beyond feeling they were a victim. After that, they each systematically deduced how their beliefs and fears, lifestyle choices, eating habits and lack of self-care, had all contributed in some way to the state of their overall health. Then, they each vowed that the dis-ease would not control them, that they would instead take control of their own self-healing. This included proactive approaches to treatment, beginning with the belief they were already healed and feeling sincerely grateful for being given second chances.

[soulMerlin]

I find this post, so inline with how I feel. When I am with the universe and living in each moment, instead ahead of them, I feel that all knowledge is available - and all help -

henry

[Liara Covert]

Henry, anything you ever need is already satisfied before you ask. The key is to have faith in what you already know. That comes easier as you grow within.