“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” – Buddha
The first time I paid someone to talk to for support was 1984. I was thirty-three years old. I have a chapter about this in my book. I had just won an award for my writing and yet I was frightened to send out my work, to make it public, and didn’t understand why. I sought support to understand this. The first person I saw was bad news. She was a traditional therapist and not very spiritually awake.
Eventually, I found someone who could shine a light on my own path for me to see.
I wasn’t looking for someone to ‘save’ me, as the Buddha quote says. I was looking for someone to ‘see’ me and reflect back to me with as much clarity as possible what I was not seeing myself. For me, getting support has never felt like a ‘weak’ thing to do. It’s always felt like a sign that I was committed to my own unfolding and development—to living my highest potential.
It’s a paradox of sorts, getting support. At the deepest level of Self, there is nothing to ‘fix’. There is perfection. But the conditioned mind or ego holds all sorts false beliefs. This is generally why we need support. It’s really hard to see our own conditioned mind.
The conditioned mind is what keeps us silent. It holds beliefs such as:
You’re crazy.
Think before you speak.
Don’t be so silly.
You’re irrational, too sensitive, naive.
You need more training before you can do that.
When your Desire to express your divine potential becomes stronger than the voices that keep you silent, then you are ready to get support.
This is the measurement.
What is Desire? It is God tapping on your heart; it is the cosmic urge to express.
Remember, support is not a sign of weakness but of commitment to Self, to releasing the imprisoned splendor of your Light.
If this is you,—if your Desire is stronger than the voices that silence you—get in touch with me. You can schedule a free Skype chat here.
Every one is equally endowed with Light. But not everyone commits to doing the work to let it shine.
