Emotional Guidance

As I journey on my path to enlightenment, I have stumbled, as the mind wants to resort to old, less desirable ways of thinking.

I wrestled with an old notion that I could create, or alleviate a feeling within someone. After, some pondering, in much less time than the reflections I had to previously do, I realized that I could not succeed.

Each person is responsible for the creation of their own emotions and feelings. This is a very valuable step in understanding the attraction process. I observed an external event, saw myself as the reason for that event, and thought that I could alleviate the negative energy that I perceived to be displayed by an action of the person in control of that event.

Without specifics, I found myself blocked from by a friend on a networking site for reasons that seemed to make no sense. Seeing myself as the cause of this, I immediately thought that if I could clear up the confusion that I could make someone feel better about not blocking me. While I was in alignment with my desires for wellbeing in attempts to be honest and to want to improve the wellbeing of another, I was not in alignment with the fundamental principles of the mind and the LOA.

I wanted someone to feel better about their situation, there was no harm in that. What I failed to realize is that it was up to that other person to feel better on their own. Any negative emotions that they may be feeling are not by my guidance, but by their own.

This was a necessary setback on my journey to learn and to move towards the emergence of my higher self.