One of the common issues many spiritual students make for themselves happens when someone we know is going through a difficult time of healing or challenge. Many times the tendency is to go right to the intellectual Truth. We think we’re being loving, but we’re completely in the intellect and to other people it just feels cold and intellectual – because it is.
Whenever most people are hurting, they’d like some comfort. They definitely don’t want to be chastised for their wrong thoughts. They’d like support to get back on track, not judgment.
Sometimes, we’re responding from the intellect, given by the ego, and thinking of what’s right and wrong, looking to fix things because we’re seeing them as broken. It’s not helpful. It’s not healing.
I’ve had to learn how to respond with compassion rather than the judgment that is the undercurrent of seeing someone as needing fixing, needing help. I’ve had to learn how to respond with my heart rather than the intellect.
It takes a willingness to be present and to be vulnerable in order to respond with the heart rather than the intellect.
And all it requires is our willingness to let Spirit lead us.
Have you ever felt that someone came to you with their suffering and you went right into fixing them, and right into the intellect? I have.
Have you ever berated yourself when you were having a difficult time and felt afraid? I have.
Have you ever “should” all over someone else? I HAVE!
And I’ve done it with myself!
You know what? When that happens, we’re actually doing it to ourselves. When we don’t have compassion for our own suffering then we treat others the way we treat ourselves. In this way, we get to see how it is that we’re treating ourselves.
We can witness how it feels t o be treated that way by observing how others feel when we talk to them intellect to intellect rather than heart to heart.
As I said, I had to LEARN how to respond with Love and compassion.
It’s worth learning.
It wasn’t easy for me.
It’s worth learning.
If you can relate, be willing to pay attention next time someone comes to you for comfort, and notice if you go to the heart or the intellect. It’s really worth paying attention and staying in the heart without judgement.
Live and learn!
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Thanks Jennifer 💫🙏🏻💞