dailydatewithgod

Have you ever noticed when you try to squash something down it expands?  Or when you try to hide something it manages to pop out and be seen?  It is as if the very act of trying to get rid of something that is not meant to be gotten rid of only amplifies it presence.  We face this conundrum when we ignore either parts of ourselves or issues in our lives that we do not like.  Our inclination is to pretend it is not there, hope no one notices, or think it will just go away.  Yet somehow none of that happens.  We get these indications of things that come in whispers and we swish them away like a tickle in our ear.  Then it comes a little louder or in an experience in front of our eyes and we chalk it up to coincidence or blame the other people involved. This may go on for a while.  In my experience, until it becomes painful, we keep pushing it aside or think it has nothing to do with us.  Until our way of being gets in our own way enough or we admit these experiences are telling us something about ourselves that is of value, the amplification will continue to increase.  Amplified until we are not able to ignore them.  It is not that we are stupid or slow or we are not as enlightened as others who are willing to be woken up.  Sometimes those parts of ourselves are meant to be amplified.  We all have parts or sides of ourselves we would rather not befriend.  That is, until our heart extends the amplified invitation that cannot be ignored.   No one that I have come across is void of not so pleasing elements.  Bill Wilson wrote, “In everything good there is a little bit of bad, and in everything bad there is a little bit of good.” We are not meant to be one thing or the other.  The real question is do we embrace the amplifications of the parts of ourselves we are less than interested in getting to know or do we continue to hide? Our hearts call on us to embrace the whole of ourselves.  Everything about us and the universe is changing.  We are capable of making adjustments and if we wait until the call for adjustment is amplified loud enough to motivate the adjustment then so be it.  The level of amplification is up to us.  As we get to know ourselves better and open up to the idea there is nothing so wrong about us that infiltrates the core of our being, we may become more sensitive to less intense amplifications.  We can let go of the idea there is something wrong with us because a less than perfect part of ourselves keeps surfacing. Regardless of the level of, we have the opportunity us to embrace all amplifications as the catalysts they are.