So the more you follow your excitement, the more aware you will become of the negative ideas in your consciousness.
What does it mean?
First of all, do you know what lights your heart up?
Is it legal?
Does it do good for you?
Does it harm others?
Is it allowed by your parents, extended family, religion, etc.?
What if you feel a desire to do things that either ruin your physical vessel, mental health, emotional life, or those of others?
Finding answers for these questions is a great quest in its own merit.
Many of us do not know what we want.
Many of us limit ourselves in our expansion towards joy with beliefs like:
I am too old.
It is not for me.
They will not understand it.
I cannot afford it.
I do not know where to start.
It is too late.
My family will turn their back on me if they figure it out.
My partner will leave me.
I do not have the resources (the place, the money, the support, etc.).
Change is not for me.
I am too lazy. I
will fail.
Why try at all?
So your excitement about joy will automatically bring to your attention any ‘darkness’, any negative ideas or definitions that are present within you.
Why? To bring your attention to them so that you can work with them and integrate them.
They are there for you to make a choice. Either you choose to remain as you are and keep repeating situations and relationships, reactions, etc., or you choose to recognize the pattern, your pattern, for bringing light to the darkness within you.
So anytime following your excitement brings you to that crossroad where you are forced to face something within yourself you may not prefer, your first and most positive and constructive response can be: thanking joy to open your eyes to your shadow parts because now you can turn the darkness into light.
How? Choosing consciously different ways to react. Learning how to change, relate and respond.
Any choice you make is valid. That is your truth in the moment. Being kind to yourself and taking responsibility for how you relate to your human existence is a great step towards having more light and excitement, the highest and best in your life.
Embracing the polarity with self-compassion, the light within the dark and the dark within the light, is another step towards remembrance.
