| Many friends that I know are miserable. They are | | | | state this? Only if you have more power over another |
| unhappy with a current situation in each of their lives. | | | | can you cause them injury. By assuming another will |
| However, not one of them will ever take steps to | | | | be hurt by your actions, you are are stating you have |
| alleviate the problem because they are always fearful | | | | more power than they do. |
| of hurting others. They base all their actions upon that | | | | I have found that even though we may perceive |
| premise. Each friend keeps asking me what to do to | | | | others have hurt us or that we have hurt them, it is |
| change. Have you been in a similar situation? Do you | | | | only an illusion. We can only be hurt if we choose to |
| continue to, effectively, hurt yourself because you are | | | | accept separation from them. However, we are not |
| too afraid you may hurt someone? | | | | separate from them because we are part of God and |
| My philosophy is that when we are in turmoil, it is best | | | | He is everywhere, including within us. Since we are |
| to listen to ourselves. Please note that if you listen and | | | | part of the whole of the spirit of God, we are not |
| allow it, you will hear the answer you need as the spirit | | | | separate from Him or from each other. |
| within can show you the answers you seek. You | | | | Furthermore, everyone has the strength of the spirit |
| cannot worry about who will be hurt. Listen to what | | | | within him or her to sustain him or her from any |
| you hear from within yourself. In other words, use your | | | | perceived injury. Remember, you cannot hurt someone |
| intuition and act on that. If someone is hurt, that is his or | | | | if you are part of the whole and equal to him or |
| her choice, not your doing. | | | | her. Rest well, dear one...you are not alone! The spirit |
| Assuming you can hurt someone is a state of | | | | is within you, giving you the answers you seek! |
| judgment and that is not a spiritual process. Why do I | | | | Therefore, why do you not listen to your spirit? |