We may not always understand the relationship between these two energies, but understanding them can be very helpful in how we manage our healing. Most of us have not been taught how to embrace ourselves when we are not perfect. We can only be in a state of loving approval when our lives are what we want them to be. Since growth is what is going on in life, we will always encounter parts of our lives which we want to change and improve. If these changes only involved an exercise of the mind, we would not be challenged. We can know intellectually what we want to change and sometimes we even know how to change these things. The problem lies in our ability to feel accepting of what we want to change and not judge what is not yet changed.
Healing takes place in the energy of love. Without that energy, what we feel is judgment, which is a fear based energy. Love is an energy which allows us to expand and to see clearly how we need to move. Fear is an energy which narrows our feelings and perceptions and prevents us from seeing how we need to move.
So often, in an attempt to change our resistance, we move to analysis and self judgment and sometimes the decision to blame others, leaving us with a feeling of loss and helplessness. This movement only delays our ability to move through resistance. We sometimes seek the advice and opinions of others about our resistance compounding our feelings of fear and judgment. The decision to move ourselves to a place of love and acceptance does not mean that we are not dealing with resistance, it means that we are wise enough to know that, without love, we do not have the proper environment to make the changes we truly want to make.
In dealing with the physical body, we might choose to strengthen a muscle that is not as strong as we want it to be. Two things are happening–one of those things is an understanding that a muscle is weak. The other thing is that you have the power to change that situation and to strengthen the muscle through the appropriate exercise. This non-judgmental position leaves you free to make changes in your body and continue to grow and improve. If we apply this same positioning to our growth and healing in other areas of life, we can truly become the powerful healers and creators we were intended to be.
Fear and judgment restrict life and growth. Love is the energy which expands life and growth. When you choose to give yourself the love you need to change and grow, you are giving yourself the power to create a vital, peaceful happy life. Choose love!