365 Pause Practices – Day 10

Seeing Our Reflection In Another

for better or for worse

When you look in the mirror, who is looking back at you? Doubts, trust, your
mother, father, unfulfilled plans, peace, light, something missing….??? I have to
admit that how I see another often reflects something going on inside of me and is
an opportunity to unveil my shadow, letting my True Self come into vision.
It’s worth a pause to see the new.

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Healing the Hurt

When a close connection doesn’t respond to your communications and you are clueless as to why, how do you feel? Within a close circle of connections there is a woman whom I have always been loving and kind towards and with her family. I text her a sweet photo of herself and her grandchild, no response; I send a group email asking for response to an invitation – no response; I leave a voicemail – no response. This has been going on for years. You may be thinking, why bother? When we see one another, she is kind, yet a I feel the barrier, yet I am surprised when she flings a judgment in disguise my way. I feel hurt and sad.

So, I decide to practice what I teach! In pausing, I uncover my inner judgments towards her that I’m still carrying around. Ugh. I can’t force her to meet my expectations! I want her to see me as I truly am – it seems she sees me as someone who is not in alignment with her way of seeing the world, so I am dismissed. Admittedly, I see her as rigid and small-minded. Well, there you have it! LOLOL.

In the pause I hear, “Pray for _____.” I was given a very specific way to pray for her and I did. Experience has shown me that praying for another – turning towards indwelling spirit – heals my heart and mind. Light shines my judgments away. I notice my projections and I have mercy on our human condition – our frailty – and I can begin to love again.

PAUSE FOR INSPIRATION is not a theory or a metaphor; it is a practice. It is a practice in being aware of the presence of Inspiration Within in our breathing, sleeping, waking, working, up time, down time, in the world time. Pausing for Inspiration in the midst of the mundane brings LIFE into life so we may experience truly living. (Pause yellow book, pg. 4)