Rebellious movements don't win
It's because they're ego based and rooted in a fighting against some thing.
Consider a young girl disgusted by her mother's perceived weakness and so rebels against her own femininity by becoming unnaturally masculine, wanting nothing to do with the girls but hangs out with the boys, becomes bossy of others and uncomfortable in her own girl skin.
In her mind she has corrected her mother's error by becoming "strong."
But has she?
The only thing that's gotten strong is her ego's false sense of self. Meanwhile, the core issue that triggered the rebellious movement stays in place and will stay in place, causing escalating internal disease, until harmoniously resolved.
Anything we rebel against we give our power to. We work to become not that. Effort, will, and stress is involved.
Do you think it is some God forsaken accident this negative person, place, or thing has entered your experience?
Do you think you are a helpless victim, without any role to play, in the creation of this undesirable moment you find yourself in?
Why not, as an experiment—a test—try and see the perfection of it?
The gift the disrupting entity has for you.
Some (uncomfortable) message of truth to help you wake up to reality, to the truth of who and what you are since you've gotten yourself stuck in the mud somewhere.
As an alternative, the young girl could:
- See her mom's alleged weakness as none of her business.
- Come to grips with the painful fact that as soon as she judges her mom weak, she herself becomes weak—she has just given her power away by emotionally concerning herself with somebody else's business. Further charged by the campaign to not be her mom, to be strong.
- Take a breath to catch the negativity before getting hooked by it.
- Calmly approach mom and say, "Mom, I find it so incredibly frustrating that blah blah blah. It makes me want to blah blah blah."
Such a direct, declarative statement of truth has the power to start a process of harmonious resolution, even if it is not well received. You have taken the first and most difficult step towards your freedom.
Not easy but is the best bet for the change you seek.
Christopher Lowman |
July 1, 2011 


