Category: emotional pain
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Building Something New
For four years, I was unable to let go of a really awful and destructive relationship. It had every possible destructive aspects to it. There was lying, cheating, abuse, addiction, betrayal, deception, infidelity, among others. What bound me to this man was that I too had all of these destructicve aspects to me, so like…
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Facing My Dark Night
During the Dark Night of the Soul, many issues of betrayal and trust have come up for me. In order to engage in healthy relationships with others, I must overcome these fears of betrayal and trust as well as change my own decisions and behaviors. My first experience with betrayal and trust began with my…
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Uncovering True Reality
There is a time during our spiritual journeys that we uncover our true reality we were unable to see before our awakening. This reality is finally finding out we are flawed, and filled with emotional pain. This does not make us unvaluable, but merely that it is the important acknowledgment of our problems to begin…
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The Effect of Ego on Perception
I have observed recently countless numbers of people emotionally reacting negatively to their life situations. For example, one student accused a professor of targeting his comments toward her in a class. Other people accuse and blame others for offending them and hurting their feelings. Please note that feeling offended or hurt does not involve physical or…
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Family Karma
I have been contemplating the concept of family karma recently. My family has a history of incest/sexual violations, mental illness, and violence. This is true of both sides of my family, my father’s and mother’s family. Because they are the same, my parents attracted each other. As a result, this family karma is deeply entrenched…
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Moving Past the Drama
Until my recent transformation, I was unaware that I created, invited, or associated with people who love to bring drama into my life. When we are emotionally injured and wounded, we feel like a victim. In this capacity, we continue to feel wronged, taken advantage of, and worthless. Playing the victim is living a horrible…
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Overcoming Fear and Self Loathing
During this period of my emotional healing and spiritual work, I finally am understanding what it’s like to love oneself. It is not narcissitic, but self love is the beginning of unconditional love for others and humanity. I see the world in beauty, kindness, and possibilities. It brings tears to my eyes to see what…
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Setting Boundaries as Empaths
If you are an empath, you know what I am talking about when others around us drain our energy. There are energy vampires who usually are alcoholic, addicts, sexual predators, narcissists, etc. who drain others’ energy without even realizing they are doing it. Case in point is a coworker of mine who is an alcoholic…
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Reflecting on Past Lessons
In the last couple of months, I have been reflecting on my journey for the past five years. It is coming full circle, I reflected on the men I earlier attracted who were similar to my father. One person was so similar to my father as his son also does not speak to him and…
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Calm in the Storm
There are people in this world who create chaos and confusion. The truth is that they are not even aware of it. They are unreliable and undependable, are constantly in crisis that is self created, expect everyone to accommodate their lives, engage in unhealthy and destructive behaviors, intentionally seduce married people, instigate conflicts with others,…
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