HEAL...LEARN...GROW
These three words describe the course of my lifetime. As I sit at my keyboard, I realize they make sense in any order:
HEAL...LEARN...GROW: I had to discover how to heal myself by releasing counterproductive or harmful behaviors. Once the healing began to take hold, I was able to open up to clearer, healthier ways to live and interpret life. This resulted in mental and emotional growth, understanding, maturity.
LEARN...GROW...HEAL: As a child, I learned a lot about what works in life by watching others. I tried on different behaviors, seeking approval and a sense of belonging. As I grew toward adulthood, I sought marriage and a family and I was blessed with both. I also faced disappointment and tragedy which taught me what I needed to heal from within.
GROW...HEAL...LEARN: All through life I have been blessed with loving, compassionate spiritual teachers. They came to me through both the Catholic and Protestant sides of the Christian family. As I entered mid-life, they also came to me through yoga, meditation, and the New Age Movement. Do any of you remember those times? Oh, I was grown up, and I had experienced wonderfully deep healing experiences, but I was also discovering there was still a lot to learn!
I had to look at myself with love, compassion, and honesty. The truth that surfaced surprised me. I was putting the Divine, God, in a box and the structure of that box was built for me by others. I wanted something more real. I watched the sky and my Soul cried out to know the Divine that created that beauty in all of its forms. I longed for an intimacy with The Divine that would blow all of my definitions out of the water!
It was during this time that I began to recognize the differences, both subtle and blatant, between spirituality and religion. For me, spirituality transcends religion. It can include religious community and practices, of course. People of deep spiritual awareness live their practice both in and out of organized religion. Community is a blessing and can be clearly organized and managed or more loosely formed according to the needs and desires of its members.
I wonder where you are in your walk of spiritual discovery? Are you open to learning more, growing more, healing more? Are you seeking a teacher who will respect you? A teacher who can meet you where you are and allow you to unfold from there? If so, you may have just found her. I would love to hear from you.
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Love and Peace All Ways.💫💖
