Relationship Healing

“What if our religion was each other. If our practice was our life. If prayer, our words. What if the temple was the Earth. If forests were our church. If holy water–the rivers, lakes, and ocean. What if meditation was our relationships. If the teacher was life. If wisdom was self-knowledge. If love was the center of our being.” ~ Ganga White 

The approaching Holidays tend to create time for more familial gatherings, with all of the patterns that have been set up in years of interacting with one another.  If your family always sees eye to eye, or honors the differing opinions and habits of others with love, and there are no dysfunctional patterns, that’s wonderful and I hope you enjoy being present for more of that healthy connection.  If your family has points that could use a little forgiveness and a lot of compassion, please take time to think about how you can approach one another differently for acceptance and perhaps with time, relationship healing.  This could be a turning point for your experience, if you decide to let go and forgive anything and everything you may be harboring.  This practice can lead you into feeling little to no response with future events that would have caused a kind of suffering in you and your loved ones before.

When you see unkindness, flaring temper, snarling sarcastic remarks, or displays that are otherwise hurtful try to remember that this is a mark of suffering in the person.  If you see “mean” or “selfish” or “difficult” as suffering, it will open the doorway to your compassion.  From here, unconditionally loving people can start to take form in your life.  No matter what is presented by a person, allow yourself to see them as their highest expression.  See others for their potential and they will show more often how incredible that is!

You could find yourself uncovering long held ancestral patterns in thought or as lived actions that are ready to be released and healed.  I have personally had experiences that I feel are part of my life now for this very purpose: to heal ancestral lines and possibly set a new path for my children.  If you start by healing with your family, you can then move into a larger arena for healing through the mass consciousness of humanity.

I hope this year’s end will bring a lot of light into your heart and homes.  I hope you will not harbor feelings that cause you or another to suffer and I hope that practicing compassion towards yourself and others will become a regular part of your life.

Happy Thanksgiving!! May this be a coming of fresh starts and happy hearts!!