I’m going to say something that may be quite confronting to you. Despite what you may be feeling, this is an extraordinary time to be alive on the planet. We can choose to totally freak out, or take the opportunity to stop and take stock. I’d suggest some quiet, balanced questioning that begins with something like: “WTF is actually going on?” For me, it feels like Goddess has sent us all to our rooms to think about what we have done. Recent global upheavals have been a huge shock. I discovered that any illusion that I was in control of my life was obliterated. And many of us were left alone with ourselves, possibly for the first time in our lives.
This was really triggering for me, and for others that I work with. One friend confided in me: “If I’m not totally in control, I feel completely out of control.” And that really got me thinking. For many of us, this desire for control can often manifest as the need to be right, to know. About everything.
This is my story. Being “right” made me feel powerful. It gave me confidence and security in my place in the world. I know how things should be; how you should act. But there’s a problem with always being right. First, it’s exhausting. Second, it is a total Intimacy Killer. Who wants to hang out with a smug dickhead who knows everything and is always judging and criticizing? For me, the magic of new ideas or perspectives couldn’t happen when I knew everything. This is Pride, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. My spiritual awakening began when a spiritual advisor asked me two questions: “What if you don’t know?” and “What if you don’t need to know?”
Let’s take this further. If I don’t know anything, then that applies to both my life and the lives of others. So let’s stop “should-ing” all over ourselves and others. I have the idea that “it shouldn’t be like this.” But what if it should be like this? What if this global “time out” is a gift? We have been given time to work on ourselves if we choose. And yes, that can be very uncomfortable. Ask yourself: “What was I avoiding by staying busy in my routines?” What if all of this scary, messy falling apart is needed for the great awakening that is sweeping the planet? By staying stuck in our judgment of the current situation, and not sitting with the uncertainty. Are we missing the opportunity to learn from the discomfort?
For the last two years, my spiritual teachers have instructed us to stay in a place of neutrality, watching events unfold as loving and detached observers. We are trying to keep our critical focus on ourselves by asking: “What is here for me to learn? To remember? To release?” We are also sitting with the uncomfortable idea that the world is not going back to the way things used to be. The illusion of control has been swept away. As a result, we are experiencing massive spiritual awakenings and bearing witness to the unraveling of the old 3D matrix. And this can feel really confronting and scary, because we don’t know what’s going to happen next. We might not have liked our old life of enslavement and routine, but at least it was the devil we knew. This new reality requires a Trust Fall, a leap of faith that we are going to be taken care of by a loving Spirit of the Universe, even if we don’t know what that is. And an owning of our power, individually and collectively. We are all magnificent creator Gods and Goddesses, and together we can recreate our world in as a more loving model.
There has never been a more important time to stay out of drama and anger. It is imperative that we maintain our energetic vibration and balance in love and compassion. We are certainly seeing a lot in the world that triggers us. The hallmark of a liberal democracy is the ability to have constructive dialogue, and to disagree with respect.
When we stop being able to speak our truths, and listen to others without fear of reprisal, we are no longer in a democracy. We are in danger of becoming an extremist state or an autocracy. Responding with anger or “hating on” a situation or a person actually lowers our energetic vibration from it’s resting state of love, and aligns us with the person that we’re hating on. In effect, we become “harmonised” with the person or situation that is triggering us. I find this horrifying.
If you would like to heal the planet and the divisions that we are experiencing, you can make a tremendous impact. It starts with practicing compassion. Compassion is defined as “sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.” Try and stay in a place of Love, neutrality and positivity. When triggered, send love to the person or situation involved. Visualise drawing down white healing energy over yourself, then sending it out to all involved. That energetically separates you from the situation and aligns you with the frequencies of balance, neutrality and love.
Here is an important question:”Do you want to be right, or do you want to be happy?” When we need to be right, or need to make someone else bad or wrong, we are poisoning ourselves. The people I know who are always right are pretty lonely people. Being “right” is profoundly isolating because it precludes forgiveness, understanding and empathy. Let’s remember that every human being, even the ones who we don’t like, is our brother or sister. We are all one, despite our differences. And maybe those people who are triggering us are actually doing us a divine service.
As the Buddhist masters teach: We need to bless our “enemies”, because they give us the opportunity to practice the noble virtue of patience.
Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
Scott Grasso is an intuitive, psychic, medium, mentor and apart of our editing team. He has a passion to guide people out of the fear and darkness so they can live a joyful life.
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
- Scott Grasso, Our Expert (Former)
