Day 100 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Ability to Hold Compassion

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Lesson 100: The Ability to Hold Compassion...

Day 100! How exciting is this! It doesn’t even seem like 100 days have occurred this year. It’s been so fast! Today’s lesson is all about the intricacies of compassion. If we can hold compassion for others, then we can definitely hold it for ourselves, as we are no different from one another. It is an exchange from self to another and then from another to self. This is how energy can be exchanged and it’s filled with light and love. Today’s lesson is about considering how compassion works in this cycle and continuous loop.

When I was reading this lesson, it reminded me of the infinity symbol. An infinite loop of back and forth compassion. When we send healing to others, and this can be a simple thought of someone in sending good vibes, we are sending out our love because we feel it, not only for them but for ourselves. It also reminds me of karma – you put forth good things in the world and see it returned. There is no end to how much positivity you can send out and know that people do the same for you. It’s a really uplifting thought when we can accept this.

Day 99 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Even a Small Bit of Energy...

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Lesson 99: Even a Small Bit of Energy...

Today we are to practise compassion for just a mere 5 minutes as every small amount will change our energy. We are to “dial it up” to where ever we think it’s required and to whom ever we think needs it. No judgement, just apply it. See if the energy shifts and you along with it. Negativity leaves whilst positive energy comes to fill your heart.

I decided to take on this exercise for my old manager at work. As part of a recent restructure, he doesn’t have a new role to go into and his job search is currently taking a toll. Even though I may not have agreed with every decision he made, I hold compassion because it must be tough to be in his current situation trying to look for a job and support a family. I sincerely hope he gets some financial security soon because I can only imagine how tough it is.

It’s definitely a pure space to be in when you fill your heart with compassion. It’s a new feeling for me and to stop and concentrate is something I encourage. Sometimes we get so caught up in our lives that we sometimes need to be more than just ourselves. Having compassion allows us to see a bigger picture of ourselves and others. I think if I adopt just 5 minutes a day towards anyone I see on the street or for the people in my life, it’ll make a difference in achieving pure love in my heart. I mean, this is how I want to live, though now I feel I have a useful tool to achieve this, which I was never taught before. I see this as a wider opening to my true self.

Day 99 - A Year to Clear - It's Alright

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Lesson 99: It's Alright

“If you knew everything was really all right, and that it always has a happy ending, then you would not feel trepidatious about your future. Everything is really so very all right! If you could believe and trust that, then, immediately everything would automatically and instantly become all right.”

— Abraham-Hicks

New week equals a new theme and we are introduced to “Raising the Frequency”. We are to read the quote and note how we feel after reading it. Whatever resistance we feel, we are to just let it go. We are to absorb and I assume this changes our frequency.

I honestly thought about the silly worries we have that hold us back from just realising that everything is alright and everything will work out the way it’s supposed to be. I am in no way discounting anyone’s feelings and worries, but sometimes we over complicate the future, when we just need to let it go and let it flow. I always have to remind myself that everything will be okay and to not overwhelm my mind with too much. Sometimes I work myself up thinking about whether I’ll have enough money, or if I’ll find love etc, but it will always work out, as long as I put my own efforts into place to conquer those concerns. I definitely don’t think there is some magical fairy that makes sure everything will be alright from my lack of inactivity. I think we definitely do need to take action in order for good things to occur. There is an element of action, as well as trusting that it will work out combined together, to gain a positive result.

What do you think?

Day 98 - A Year of Spirituality - Compassion For Yourself Becomes...

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Lesson 98: Compassion For Yourself Becomes...

Holding compassion for yourself is a good challenge. We went through the first passage of the heart which was pain and released our grief and as we become more aware, we move into the heart of compassion that evolves us into embracing pure love. If we practise the art of compassion, it will be easier to maintain over time.

I honestly believe this is the hardest thing to achieve. Dealing with pain was easier in the sense that you already know what causes you pain, you work through it and then steady yourself for release, but only when you’re ready. Applying compassion to everyone else and yourself, takes some getting used to. Especially in situations where you think it’s not deserved, though I feel like this is the lesson – to rise above what you think you know as right and wrong, in order to hold compassion in every situation. This opens us up to more understanding of the self and others. It engages us to tolerance and acceptance. We do not have to dislike ourselves or others for certain qualities, because when we hold compassion, it opens us up to truly understanding each other as equal and appreciating oneness.

When I was awakened, I really wanted to live with more pure love in my heart. It’s been challenging constantly. There is so much to learn about yourself and accept about yourself before you can move onto sharing this love with others. I think I am more self-aware than I have ever been but there are still annoyances in the way that I live and especially the ways others live (totally not their fault and just a conditioning of their environment), that I have to overcome with compassion. The things that annoy me are the way we are blinded to world and environmental issues and live in such a consumerist materialistic world that has no soul growth. I think I have a bigger job in life, which may not be right now, though definitely down the track, to really wake people up to the issues this world faces.

It’s good that I am doing this course to really open up myself to the passages of the heart in order to apply pure love in the world. I think this lesson of compassion proves to be quite inspiring and I will work hard to truly understand it and apply it. It’s a tough road but I like the test.

Day 98 - A Year to Clear - Check In WEEK 14 - Getting Spacious

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Lesson 98: Check In WEEK 14 - Getting Spacious

This week saw us become more spacious by taking on a simple exercise of identifying an area of the home and taking a minute a day in it to help clear. I noticed that I was more motivated to clear, knowing that new people would be visiting my home and that I wanted it to look more like the home I wanted, because they would look upon it for the first time. I also wanted to be rid of items that I didn’t want use as often as I’d like, and was introduced to the concept, that if it didn’t fill my heart with joy, then maybe it was time to move that item along. Never really looked at my items and space in this way and I felt I really benefited from that simple advice. Taking a minute out of each day is useful because as soon as I feel overwhelm, I can stop. My make-up is my current challenge, as I am trying to decide what colours are truly my colours and what I would wear, and then I want to rid myself of all the items I do not use. I am becoming more spacious and noticed that I want a simple space that has life also. It’s been a good week for clearing and hope I maintain it.