This is a
quick tip for how to deal with difficult family members. We all have them. But
here’s the cool piece you may not know. Everyone is a mirror of you. I know it’s
hard to believe. You’re probably saying, “Nancy how is that person a mirror of
me? I would NEVER act that way. I’m responsible, I’m reliable, I’m honest and
dependable. That person is acting the total opposite of everything I do and stand
for.”
I used to
think that way too because I thought there was only one mirror. There are billions
of mirrors, but Gregg Braden, the scientist who bridges science and
spirituality, simplifies it down to seven (listed below). Regardless of how
many mirrors there are, when you can recognize yourself in another, you have
accepted the greatest gift of awareness. You can look at that person with
gratitude for the part they played in bringing you a big leap closer to better
health and greater happiness.
“How does this bring me greater health?” you
ask.
Negativity
shuts down healthy cell growth. That means every time you judge someone, get
angry, think or say nasty words (including the hurtfulness of sarcasm) about
yourself or directed towards others, your body goes into the physiological
state of fight/flight. Cortisol floods your body, along with hundreds of other
stress-releasing chemicals. Doesn’t matter how many times you’ve heard that, it
doesn’t change the fact that prolonged physiological stress reaction causes
dis-ease and kills.
But, when you
witness the behavior of someone who gets on your nerves and you ask yourself
which mirror he or she is reflecting back to you, you’ve flipped the situation.
Instead of heading towards a weakened immune system and the beginning of
dis-ease, you’ve become open, expansive and on the road towards better health.
This holiday
season there will be more opportunities than ever before for obnoxious people
to get on your nerves. Step back and ask which mirror that person is reflecting
back to you. If no one is irritating or obnoxious, just say the name “Trump”
and let nature take its course.
Gregg Braden
and the 7 Essene Mirrors:
The first
mirror reflects back to us that which we are.
The second
mirror reflects that which we judge.
The third
mirror reflects to us something we lost, gave away or had taken from us.
The fourth
mirror reflects back our most forgotten love. It could be a relationships that
was never completed or resolved that
keeps replaying over and over again through different relationships.
The fifth
mirror reflects back to us our Father and/or Mother. This reflection is about
the patterns we picked up from our mom and dad. But it also reflects our
connection with the God principle - Mother Earth/Father God.
The sixth
mirror reflects back to us our greatest challenges and fears
The seventh
mirror reflects back to us how we look to others – our own perception of self.
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