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Connection To Community
by Rusty Stewart, Ph.D.
I've been concentrating on manifesting community for months now. I feel it is important to connect with people in our communities. It is only by connecting with each other that true intimacy can be achieved. And with authentic intimacy healing occurs in relationship with one another. Many times this interaction can be uncomfortable, especially when our buttons are being pushed from our own past and trauma. Having the awareness to see the mirroring that can take place between our bothers and sisters can help us not to react in familiar unproductive and projective ways. By being mindful and the observer we can choose to experience our own part in the play.
If we isolate we remain separate. This only accentuates and perpetuates fear. It cannot promote safety and healing! We must not create a false bubble of security both in our communities and in the world! This only leads to more misunderstanding and misperceptions. For many of us we only need to look to our closest relationships to see the assumptions and illusions we struggle with between one another. I'm not suggesting this is easy. It's not! But connecting and communicating on a deeper level is the only way to freedom and peace.
My own experience many times is one of anxiety and fear when I put myself out there in new and unfamiliar community events. However, I realize the necessity of connecting in order to heal myself and the world. I want you to know that this is not easy for me either. I've just done it more often and as a result, I've experienced the benefits of growth. Interrupt your own patterns and embrace the uncomfortable as a sign of change.
So this summer get out and enjoy yourself in the community. Take a risk! Let go and trust your higher self. I encourage you to read about the community events on my Manifesting Community Listings. I encourage you to investigate the resources available to you (Yoga Living, New Visions, Creating Community, Wisdom, Progressive Health, etc.). Try something new. Visit the open house I have put together in the above description and meet people at the Chakra Shop on August 1. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain!! Hope to see and meet all of you soon. Have a great summer!!
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