Dear spiritual partners,

One of my spiritual partners, Radhika, sent a few of us an e-mail with a message from Thubten Chodron titled “How to Love Others”. The author spoke about people who trigger an emotional reaction in us:”We may even have done something to antagonize them, either deliberately or accidentally, but the reason that they got so upset is because of what is going on inside of them.”

I resonate with this! I was really angry with my brother several weeks ago, because he triggered the frightened part of me that says “What if you’re wrong, Kelley? What if you can’t, in fact, trust your intuition? ” Although his behaviour triggered this fear, it would not have been triggered if this fear was not already present. My brother acted as the messanger, bringing this fear to the surface. I choose not to, in this instance, shoot the messanger. I can now allow this frightened part to speak, listen to what it has to say, and thank my brother for assisting me in raising my consciousness.

Interestingly, I asked my intuition for guidance in how to approach my brother in the most loving way. (Funny because the frightened part was saying “can I trust my intuition?”). When I spoke with him next, I shared my trigger and said that I thought I was looking for his blessing to make the life choice that he had been questioning be acceptable, but in fact, I was looking for my own blessing.

Blessings and love,

Kelley