Ascension Tips: Making it through Changing Times with Grace & Ease
“No one can serve two masters.”
I love finding alternate meanings to verses in the ancient books of wisdom like the Bible. Sometimes I stumble upon someone else’s interpretation in a book; sometimes another meaning is revealed through a revelation after meditating on it or simply asking Spirit about it.
This time, it was different. This revelation about serving two masters came slowly, through a series of life events spread across several years.
As my meditation and other spiritual practices deepened, I found it easier and easier to stay “in my zone.” My zone is that loving, calm, peaceful place where all is right with the world. But every once in a while, a challenge would arise and I would be conflicted. The part of me that was still rooted in the “real,” concrete world would say things like, “you are not going to sit by and take that, are you?” “You have been wronged and they can’t get away with that!”
The spiritual part of me would calmly reason back things like, “Love them anyway,” “We are all one,” “No one can really harm you,” and “Everything happens for a reason—even this!”
The actions demanded by the “real world” were things like “fight back,” “attack or be beaten,” “hurt them because they have hurt you…after all, they deserve it.”
The spiritual side would recommend that I assert myself to defend a principle and stand up for what was right, but then leave it alone after it became clear nothing would change. There was no need to win anything. My inner peace was more important than winning. In fact, maintaining my inner peace was winning. It was a win for me and for the rest of the world, whether I knew it then or not.
I watched these two viewpoints come up again in a recent situation where school officials were discriminating against one of my children. As I listened to the counsel of those around me telling me to fight and I heard my own inner spiritual voice telling me not to, I kept hearing “two masters” in my head.
I finally went and looked it up. In Matthew 6:24, it says “No one can serve two masters.” It is referring specifically to God and money in the passage, but with most things in the ancient texts, there is usually another way of applying it. The voice was telling me that the verse fit in my current circumstances as well. I could either fight, and serve the “real” world master or I could simply assert without attack and treat all involved with respect. But I could not do both. I would have to choose.
This time the choice was easy, but it hadn’t always been.
My guidepost through the process of knowing what actions to take at each step is my inner peace—and in this case, my child’s peace as well. If I am not at peace, then I know my thinking is off. If I am not at peace, I am looking at the situation through anger, jealousy, worry, fear, etc. At each decision point or action point along the way, I ask myself how would saying that, or acting that way make me feel. If it seems to feel good, I then ask how I will feel a day, a week or a month from now. If the feeling is still one of peace, then I go ahead and act.
However, if I feel “good” because the other person will hurt, too (and remember that they do deserve it for what they did!), then I am off base. If my feeling is one of being justified, then I am not done meditating on the subject or searching out other solutions. It’s back to the drawing board.
It’s important that I am honest with myself and make sure I am truly feeling calm and peaceful. It can feel good on some level to get revenge or to do something because it is “justified” in the eyes of the real world master. We have been conditioned to think this way. An eye for an eye, right? But this is not inner peace.
Another Bible verse comes to mind here: “To whom much is given, much is expected.” To me, this means the more spiritual wisdom you have, the more you know better, and the tighter you are held accountable to that higher standard. It no longer feels good to act out of alignment with the spiritual truths you have learned. In the past it would have felt fine to verbally bite someone back who had bitten me. Now, if I speak impulsively and say something mean, I feel terrible and cannot let it go until I apologize.
The obvious question at this point is “Why is inner peace important?” “Isn’t it more important to prove you are right or not be taken advantage of?” For me, following the trail of inner peace is important for two main reasons. The first is that peace will signal when you have found a place of spiritual truth. It will indicate a higher principle. Let me give you an example. A friend said something to me that was very hurtful. When I gave her an opportunity to explain herself and perhaps soften what she had said, she only piled it on higher. It was completely uncharacteristic of her and how our relationship had been for years.
I was devastated; absolutely crushed. After the phone call I literally dropped to my knees and cried. Many things came into my mind to say, but none of them felt good. They only felt like they were coming from that part of me that was hurt and wanted to hurt back, so I remained silent. I prayed and prayed to Spirit to show me what I was missing. I knew that if the answers I was coming up with did not make me feel good, then I was missing something. A couple of nights later I had a dream that showed me that I was judging her. I expected her to be more capable of a higher response, but on this subject she had felt threatened and could not respond from the place she normally would. I immediately felt peace and felt like I now understood. I was still sad at the change in the relationship, but I no longer felt angry or felt like I needed to get back at her. My perspective had shifted to a higher understanding.
Besides being a signal that you have found a spiritual truth, peace—or perhaps unconditional love is a better term for the feeling—is a very high vibration. It will serve you to be in the highest vibration you can muster in every moment. Revenge does not feel very good, at least in the long run, because it is a low vibration. Your health, happiness, spiritual growth and ascension are improved by finding that place of inner peace and unconditional love.
Wendy Joy is the author of ‘Clear Channel: A Guide for the Newly Awakening,’ available at www.wendyjoy.net. “Like” her on www.facebook.com/wendyjoyauthor for FREE distant energy work on the 9th of every month and a message from Spirit on the 10th. Wendy is a Reiki Master Teacher certified in many healing modalities. Learn more about private sessions via Skype or phone at www.wendyjoy.net.
