I leave Sunday for a week of spiritual renewal. It is my Christmas present
to myself and aptly named Living in Grace.
Each year I grumble about the timing of the retreat – holiday traveling
is not fun – and also the weather on the California coast can be disappointing –
but once I’m there and unpacked the grumbling voices fall away and the part of
me that brought me there – year after year – is full of gratitude and joy.
Choosing self mastery in the midst of a common mental and emotional challenge
is much like this process. The first voice you hear inside might not be full of
enthusiasm, joy and YES. In fact, it may be grumbling, fearful, expressing doubt
or some other well worn tactic that has worked in the past. Our job, as a spiritual
scientist, is to recognize the voices of the ‘old’ story, the old belief systems, and
gently, but firmly say, I hear you. Thank you for sharing. I’m choosing differently
this time.
Each time we override those old patterns that happen automatically and choose
to shift – in that moment, or the following, or the next day – we begin to
lay a new path through our reactive nature of upliftment, self loving and self
acceptance. The results? amazing GRACE.
The holidays can be challenging so keep your spiritual scientist observation
skill ready. Observe, accept, listen with compassion and forgive.
Keep asking yourself, how can I ask for and live the highest good
today?
I love this quote by Arundhati Roy and will close with this thought as the
world celebrates in this season and in so many ways the holy ness of who we are:
‘Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day
I can hear her breathing.’
blessings of one breath at a time,
Rebecca