You selected the family into which you were born. You chose this family to experience
relationships with these specific family members and to learn how to love
Divinely. You chose your family so you
would experience whatever is necessary for you to accomplish your Divine
mission on Earth. Your family has been a
proving ground. Your acceptance of these
family relationships as being Divine is fundamental. (from Leading a
Life of Prayer)
After I realized that I was "on a Spiritual Path," I wondered how/why I was born into my particular family. They seemed so ordinary, compared to spiritual teachers I'd met. As I matured, I realized that some family members, including my grandmother and mother were intensely spiritual. Both prayed daily...they just weren't vocal about it. Jim Goure told me that my dad's mother, Lillian, had been a powerful spiritual teacher in a previous incarnation--a guru of sorts. She was certainly the matriarch of our family!
ReplyDeleteNow most of my family has left this dimension and I have a "Spiritual Family" whose beliefs are a closer match to mine. Yet, I understand that I did choose my birth family and that it was perfect for helping me grow in the ways that my Soul had chosen.
A book I found helpful in understanding family relationships on a spiritual level was Robert Schwartz's "Your Soul's Plan," which address pre-life planning and soul families.
Thanks for sharing!
DeleteGrowing up the women in my family seemed to be just ordinary loving people. Later when I began to looking for life’s answers and questioning who and what influenced my life in my family and beyond, I discovered that my great grandmother, grandmother, and mother all faced devastating challenges with such grace. It is said that we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. I know that they helped me be a strong person.
ReplyDeleteAt the age of 3 I told my parents I was "homesick" that home as I remembered it was full of light and love -- "and this isn't it!"
ReplyDeleteI chose a family who offered me challenge upon challenge and growth and evolution so incredibly vast I cannot be grateful enough. I have come to learn great forgiveness -- great yielding to God and other outstanding lessons. I think of it very much like how an oyster just being an oyster turns grit and grist into a pearl that we value very much.
I chose difficult, I got it and over time I utilized it for my highest and best.
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DeleteMy family members are my secret enemy, according to my Astrology. Some of them are less secret than others. Some of them I cannot win over to my side, they are essentially opponents, of all that I am. I think the family is limited by natural opposition, but one can love their enemies as Jesus counseled. So while I cannot reconcile some, I can still love them in ways that go beyond their actions and their individuality. Divine love that is, that is all inclusive, even in the midsts of disagreement, conflict, and even dangerous hostility.
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