What Is Your Unique Role in the Universe?
ByOne of the things that I have found really helpful in both my own spiritual growth and my business growth has been ACCEPTANCE. Especially self-acceptance – the hardest the find often! I can still remember vividly the feeling I had when I had my astrological birth chart read for the first time – a huge feeling of relief washed over me, as I realised that “this is just who I am” - I don’t have to be like everyone else, or to excel in the things that other people excel in – I am Christine Jenkins, the only person on earth born at exactly the same time and in the same place and circumstances that I was. I am unique – which means I have a unique gift to bring to the world. I have my set of unique strengths and challenges. It is up to me to be the best ME that I can be – not an inferior copy of someone else.
More recently, I had a greater understanding of this when I was working with my spiritual coach. We were receiving some guidance and I got the image of myself as a single cell in the greater orgasm of the Universe. As every cell in our bodies, each has a vital function to play. Cells are separate, but interdependent on each other. They will compensate if other cells aren’t functioning as well as they can – but ultimately, this will stress the system. The whole system will function at its best if each individual cell is working to its strengths and being the best it can be. So, all I have to do is to be the best cell that I can, doing my unique task. This really helped me to understand the struggle I have often felt between my individual needs the inter-connectedness of us all.
This has helped me so much. I have a much greater understanding of myself – as I am. I can see the skills and talents that I have innately. I can see the challenges I have and the areas in which I could function more efficiently. Knowing that by improving my functioning I am also improving the functioning of the whole of humanity gives me a great impetus. I have stopped becoming as angry as I used to at the things that I see as being wrong in the world. It’s not that I no longer care – but I now know the best way that I can help the whole of our organism to function as well as possible.
It is also up to me to deal with my own waste and negativity. We have tended to give other people in society the job of dealing with our waste – the prisons, streets and hospitals are filled with people to whom we have assigned this role. Once we accept that we are all one, we have to learn to love both the “acceptable” side of ourselves and the”unacceptable”. Thich Nhat Hanh’s poem below, really helps me to understand that, so I would like to share it with you.
It is also up to me to deal with my own waste and negativity. We have tended to give other people in society the job of dealing with our waste – the prisons are filled with people to whom we have assigned this role. Once we accept that we are all one, we have to learn to love both the “acceptable” side of ourselves and the”unacceptable”. Thich Nhat Hanh’s poem below, really helps me to understand that, so I would like to share it with you.
What is your role in the universe?
Are you fulfilling your function as well as you can?
Are you taking on a role for others in society that they are choosing not to take? Do you want to keep doing this, or is it time to relinquish this now?
What parts of yourself do you try to ignore? How can they find a positive expression?
What actions can you take to really make sure that your cell is functioning as well as it can?
