Years ago I was taught that vulnerability is strength. Notice, I said, taught not learned. If I had learned it, I would not be writing this blog. My expanded consciousness may have shown me other ways to serve. Or maybe not.
Being vulnerable doesn't mean we are open to being hurt. It means we are open and know we can't be hurt. When we are confident in who we are, opinions, and slings and arrows of all sorts, cannot hurt us. We see, that attacks from others, are a call for love.
Defensiveness keeps us out of the present. It keeps us in the time loop where we create the future from the past.
There is all kind of defensiveness, from a strong reaction that begins a verbal battle to a more subtle response in the mind. We might say to ourselves, "He is just a jerk" in response to some minor slight. In a sense there is no such thing as being a little defensive. All defensiveness deprives us of the moment and keeps us from 'seeing'. Defensiveness closes us off.
Defensiveness keeps us from being open. It affects everything. We can't enjoy anything in life without being open. Mundane events like smelling a flower; enjoying a sunset; appreciating the rain; the taste of food; the sensations of our bodies; etc., all these things are greatly affected by our willingness to be open. Which is our willingness to be vulnerable.
What are we protecting? Why are so many of us prickly with our readiness for defense? How did it happen that we felt the need to protect ourselves from each other?
The simple answer is, it is the ego. The ego is always on the lookout for judgement. It has become finely honed to protect it's existence from everything and everybody.
Do we know that the ego is not there to master us? Do we know that the ego can be our servant and not our master? I have mentioned before that the ego originally was a helper to aid us in our negotiation of these bodies. We were used to spirit and oneness. We needed some sense of vulnerability to protect our bodies. The ego helped us be aware of our surroundings. I am sure we lived for eons in separate bodies but knowing our oneness.
Then entered fear and the control of the many by the few. To make a long story short; the ego became a mechanism for separation. Motivated by fear, we became suspicious of each other. Defensiveness was born.
We are on our way back to 'oneness'. We want to give up all defensiveness, so we can enjoy love and beauty. Let us not demonize our egos and create another battle. We can quiet our egos like we would quiet a tantrumy child. Remember we are responsible for the ego's misuse. The ego uses fear and judgement. We don't need to feed its misuse. If we just love our egos and remind them that they are only to serve spirit, they will gradually give up their error.
We are beings of light. We are beloved by Source. We have nothing to defend. When we experience an attack from another, remember that they are not really an 'other'. They are one of our reflections. The other person in this drama has defensive issues of their own and they are using offense in an attempt to attain love.
We are used to reacting. Their doesn't seem to be time to modify our behavior. That is an illusion within the illusion. We are the time masters and there is always time. At first we won't catch ourselves until after we have reacted. When we catch ourselves we can change our reaction to love. Love is always the answer. It won't take long and we will respond with love initially. We will learn to respond to all attack with love. I know, when we feel stuck in reactions, it seems impossible to change. It is really quite simple. Not easy, perhaps, but simple. We will learn to see all attack as a call for love and offer love instead of reacting.
Sit with me for a moment and enjoy the peace. There is no past. The future is only an idea. There is this vastness, that is now. This vastness is Love. Enjoy the peace. Enjoy the quiet. Feel the Love.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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