What do I really need in my life?

It is very curious to note that very little of what we had planned has come to fruition. Instead, we have been presented with new experiences that have taken us out of our comfort zone because they were not planned.

Before, I thought that everything that happens to us has a meaning, even if we cannot find it from our limited perspective. Now, with maturity, I realize that life has the meaning I want to give it. In other words, I am the one who decides, from the dial of consciousness, how I am going to take on this new situation I am going to go through. And at the crossroads, I can only take two paths: fear or trust.
 

In the path of fear, which is usually how I react, I will quickly project illusory scenarios and look for solutions to protect myself and keep everything under control.
 

When it comes to trust, I will pause along the way, take a short break, to connect with my wisest self, my Being, and listen to its advice to open myself up to this new situation that will bring me an enriching experience.
 

If I choose fear or complaint, I will miss the opportunity. That's okay, because as it remains unresolved, it will come back to me. I will attract that situation back into my life.
 

On the other hand, if I approach it with trust, I know that the new loving vision that will be given to me, above the battlefield of the ego, will bring me moments of peace.
 

I ask myself: What do I really need in my life? For me, it is to be aware of my thoughts that lead me to suffering or to peace.

What do you really need in your life?

I accept that the world can function without me, and sometimes much better!

How important it is to let go. I believe that things will not work well if I do not personally oversee them from start to finish, without overlooking any details, using my expertise.

 
But the day will come when I will have to let go, whether I like it or not, to make way for other people to take over. It is possible that at first they will make mistakes due to their inexperience, but they will surely bring something new to the process that will help to improve it.

 
How good it is to accept that the world can function without me, and sometimes much better!

 
It's wonderful to know that everything is sequenced in a perfect Universal Order with which I collaborate when it's my turn. And I also step back when it's my turn.

 
Trust is the key to accepting that the end of a stage has come, and that new experiences of inner growth await me, in which I can accompany my brothers on the path to Love.

How much beauty and splendor there is in you

Feel like pure Light, united with your brothers, together forming a Whole.

Allow Love to flow through your veins and fill you completely.

Open your arms and feel the presence of the Father, His Love and His Peace, which is yours.

Do not make the world you see with your eyes real.

Look at your brothers beyond their form, with deep Love.

Being at peace depends only on me

If I truly realized that what I see on this earth is nothing more than a reflection of my inner state, I could assume that being at peace depends solely on me.

As if it were a movie, I see my unconscious guilt projected on the big screen of the world, causing me to suffer. What I criticize in others is really self-criticism. When I talk about someone else, deep down I am really talking about myself. The advice I give to others is advice I need for myself. I teach what I need to learn.

This paradigm shift, this new way of looking at life, can help me turn my suffering into a great opportunity for inner growth. With every negative thought I have, every judgment I make, every fear I feel, I will remind myself that what I see is directly related to me, to my inner state. And from there, I will give myself the opportunity to see it differently with the help of my Being. All I have to do is ask and trust in its sure response, which will come when it is meant to, not when I want it to and in the way I want it to.

 
This change in perception, this new perspective based on love, will bring me peace. I will understand that this person acts this way toward me because they do so out of fear. With my thoughts, I will thank them, since my mental attack toward them has made me aware of how bad I feel inside.

That is why, paradoxically, I affectionately call the people who cause me the most suffering “great teachers,” not because of their elevated state of consciousness, but because their attitude toward me brings out parts of my erroneous mind that are still to be healed and that I was unaware of.

Relationships are the situations that help me know myself the most.

If my erroneous mind were healed, I would not be able to see suffering, as I would not have it inside me. I would see with compassion those who are suffering, or those who attack others, as they are unaware of who they really are: beings of Light, eternal, living a temporary experience on this earth. I would be patient with them, just as I would be with a small child who has yet to mature. I would see heaven on earth.