Everybody Has Their Own Choice
Society programs us to fit into a kind of semi-unconscious way of living, and that's where we were until we started to wake up. We've all lived in that kind of conditioned semi-consciousness. When you start to meditate or when you start to investigate beyond the norm, and you start to discover more about yourself, your vibration changes. And people are used to you vibrating in the old way. Your energy, your vibration is different and that makes them feel awkward, because now they don't know you anymore. You're not the person that they knew. You've changed. If you're fortunate and those people close to you appreciate the change or are also looking to change in their lives, then they will celebrate that with you and it will spur you on.
Usually, however, the husband, the wife, the children, the parents don't like you changing. It becomes an irritant to them, because when somebody starts to become more conscious it demonstrates to those around them that they are still in this unconscious, conditioned state. It's not necessarily a thought process that they go through; they just don't like it and they don't even know exactly what it is they don't like. And so, it can create a separation. Sometimes as you continue to grow, that separation becomes permanent. Or sometimes you can find a way of explaining what's happening for you and encourage them to move on with you. But in this reality, everybody has their own choice. It's about following your own feeling and just loving and allowing others to be where they're at, whether they want to change or not. So, it's a difficult for some people as they begin to wake up, because it affects those around you and others don't always like it.
- Julieanne
Dublin, 2017 – Workshop 1 Opening Share