Tag: Authentic

What we believe we lack

Posted on by philipdodson

What we believe we lack is, in fact, what we do not give to ourselves and others.

For example, If we think that people do not listen to us, then it is actually the fact that we are poor listeners.

Whatever we believe is lacking can be easily resolved, we simply need to give to others first what we believe we lack.

So, if we believe no one loves us, we need to start by giving love to ourselves and others. If we believe no one listens to us, we must first listen to ourselves and to others.

The world is a simple reflection of ourselves as we are one and the same. We manifest our own reality in the exterior world.

Give and you shall receive, which has to be free from expectation and then it will return. If we place an expectation, then it is simply manipulation rather than genuine love from our true essence.

Be honest

Posted on by philipdodson

When we are honest in our relationships we stop the other person from having to wonder. When we withhold the truth and we conceal our true feelings and thoughts, the other person will sense something and because they do not know the truth, they will fill in the blanks. Our mind has to have the answer, the beginning, middle and end. When it does not, it fills in the blank and always in a bad way.

If we share our truth with others we free them from the suffering of not knowing and it enables us to truly connect in a very deep way that is not possible when we put up our shields to hide the truth from others.

Being honest with others stops us either building up and resenting others, which usually leads to an explosive outburst and hurt for all, or we say nothing and suffer because we did not speak our truth and we did not respect ourselves.

The only ingredients that we must not leave out ever from speaking our truth are kindness and empathy towards the recipient of our truth. If we leave them out we will only hurt and damage our relationships.