When we delve into deep spiritual work we can feel not good about ourselves.

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As we recognize more of our conditioning we may feel that we have to fix ourselves.

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That there is something wrong with us for being the way we are.

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That we will never get to the end of all this work.

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It is a trap the mind sets for us.

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For the mind is always looking for something to fix.

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Something to accomplish.

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Yet the spirit knows otherwise.

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Actually, doing the deep inner work is more about uncovering than about fixing anything.

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For really we do not need to be fixed.

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We feel this way because we lose sight of the fact that we are perfect.

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For how can someone be perfect and still be in pain?

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Ultimately, pain is not really the issue.

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The issue is the story we make up around the pain.

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And that story creates suffering.

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So when we dive in to do our own personal work, we can feel overwhelmed.

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Yet if we take a different perspective, it can be a much gentler process.

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For what we are really doing is just uncovering what is already there.

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Not to get rid of it, but to shine a light on it.

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To bring to our awareness the conditioning that developed to help us survive.

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And we did survive.

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So perhaps we can be grateful to that conditioning for doing its job.

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As we bring it up to our consciousness we can now consciously take control of our lives and allow that conditioning sit beside us.

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We are nw in control.

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We are the ones driving the car.

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By uncovering what was there we are not fixing ourselves.

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We are merely shining the light of consciousness on all the myriad aspects that reside within us.

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Not to destroy them or get rid of them.

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To integrate them into our awareness and know that they are a part of us as well.

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Not separate little demons that need to be exorcised from our souls.

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And as we shine the light of conscious on more and more of our being, an interesting thing happens.

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We start to feel more whole.

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Appreciation for these aspects of ourselves is easier to cultivate.

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Acceptance and love for ourselves emerge more fully.

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With each level of uncovering, we embrace our inner world a little bit more.

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It is not about working so hard until we die.

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For as we travel deeper into our own patterning we are merely revealing more of who we really are to ourselves.

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And we can begin to love ourselves with all our faults, flaws, and warts.

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As we come to the realization that we truly are not broken.

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And we truly do not need to be fixed.

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So how an you be more gentle with yourself as you uncover those challenging sides of your own psyche?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour