The Journal of a Spiritual Seeker, Learning From What Bothers Us
Hello Seekers,
This message from the Light comes out of a time when I was triggered by something I saw on the internet. As I spun around and around in an emotional loop, my inner guidance — thankfully — called me to sit down, tune in and ask, “why am I so focused on this?”
Tuning in to the Light stopped the spinning and helped me unpack, layer by layer, all the things I was feeling and why. I think we can learn a lot from the things that bother us most. Anytime something elicits such a strong emotional response, it’s an opening to learn more about ourselves and the inner workings of our energy field.
That day, the thing I read pinged around like a pinball, hitting up against a bunch of deeply-held issues from both past lives and this life. I felt an overwhelming emotional response, which indicated that there were a lot things I could learn if I could sit down and pay attention to the energy of what was happening within. This isn’t easy when we’re having such strong emotional responses, and it requires a great deal of compassion — both for ourselves and for whoever or whatever is triggering us.
What can the things that bother you most teach you about yourself? It’s not easy work, but it is really worthwhile, because we can’t actually change other people (no matter how wrong we think they might be!). So it’s important that we remember that other people are in whatever state of processing and learning and evolving they are in, and it’s their job to do the work to change, if they choose.
What we CAN do, though, is change ourselves. And when we live our lessons and change the energy of these issues we carry within, we can make a huge difference in our own world. And I believe that difference filters out from us and helps us change the things we don’t like about the world around us — with compassion and love.
I hope this message finds you well today!
Sending you all lots of love,
Jodie
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A message from the Light, Nov. 12, 2017
Inauthenticity bothers you. You’ve spent a lot of lifetimes learning discernment on these levels and you expect authenticity in spirituality. There are many false prophets out there, and you have been waylaid by them before. Also, you feel that spirituality is not something that can be owned by a person, and the idea that someone would claim ownership of something spiritual confuses you.
You want better of people, but you have to give them leave to be on their own path. You have never been able to save people, so you need to fully release any attachment you have to their outcomes. Love them unconditionally.
Don’t allow other people to be your reflection. Your paths are different and your methods for getting there are different. So, be on your own path, allow yourself to discover where you are going, and stop looking to others as a comparison. There is no comparison. Release any idea of better or worse for this situation, also, and simply allow for you both to be where you are, independently of one another.
Other people are not your burden to bear. It’s not your fault they react or behave they way they do. You hold no responsibility for where other people are in the development of their own soul’s journey.
Me: Are there karmic imbalances that need to be resolved here?
Yes.
Me: Ok, what do I need to know about this right now?
Just that the process is underway and continuing the work you do on and for yourself is your part in the resolution of your karma, not just in specific relationships, but also in general. Bringing yourself into balance and neutrality is your job in this. Continue to do this. Continue to evaluate where you are, and be watchful over the places you spend your energy. Ask why you become fixated by things, continue to look within and discern where these imbalances are rooted.
It doesn’t matter why anyone else does anything that they do. Your job is to continue to raise your own frequencies and change yourself continuously.
As you grow, you perceive some interactions as holding you back. Don’t allow this. You have control over your energy and where it goes. You are the only one who can bring it down, other people may present opportunities, but you are the one who chooses to go there with them.
Continue to rise up above these energies. People teach you how to become unshakable. Don’t allow the lower frequencies to affect you, simply rise above them, become impervious to them. Soon, you will be able to meet them with Light.
Me: Regarding a past lifetime I was trying to remember …
Now is the time for these forces of light to reintegrate. For the work that you did with words (in that past lifetime) to come back through, the knowledge you hold from that time to activate and become useful once again. This higher function will help heal the rifts created during that time.
Me: Thank you.
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Exercise: Begin each exercise by grounding and protecting. For more information on how, see this post.
Next time you feel yourself being triggered by someone or something someone has said, take a few minutes, be sure you’re grounded and then ask yourself: Why am I so focused on this? Why am I feeling this way? What within me is this pinging against, causing me to have this reaction? What can I learn from this that will deepen my own journey, and help me understand myself on a deeper, more compassionate level? Is there an opening to extend that compassion to the person who triggered me in the first place?
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A brief note: This journal and its exercises are simply a means to help you find your own flow. There is no pressure to follow them exactly or read each and every one. It does not need to be read in order either, so if you miss one, don’t feel like you’ve failed or fallen behind. These messages are here to hold space for you as you discover and evolve within your spiritual practice.
This is the first volume of The Journal of the Spiritual Seeker, and I’m presenting it here on The Devic Connection website, serialized over the last 10 weeks of 2020, with weekly roundups via email (you can sign up in the box at the bottom of this page if you’d like to receive these.) If you’ve just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning, here’s the link to the first post.
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We all need help with clarity …
Sometimes, things come up in the healing journey that we can’t quite manage by ourselves. I’m fortunate to have people I can call on to help me gain that clarity. And I’m also in therapy, which helps immensely with processing the psychological and mental health issues. If you find yourself getting stuck on this journey or having something come up that you need some guidance on, please do seek help. An internet search can help you find a qualified mental health practitioner for those psychological issues. And if you’re looking for help from the Light on the spiritual questions, I have some availability for readings. (Read more about that here.)