{"id":8115,"date":"2021-06-02T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisabeth-karsten.de\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:19:39","slug":"soul-selfie-about-a-piercing-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisabeth-karsten.de\/en\/soul-selfie-about-a-piercing-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Soul-Selfie about a piercing question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current development of relationships, jobs and lifestyle are primarily dependent on this question. For behind its seeming harmlessness mountain ranges of differing attitudes and convictions are towering. Quite obviously, there are only two frontiers \u2013 no moderate inbetween. If you answer the question you are making automatically an avowal to one or the other. The question is: \u201cAre you vaccinated?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The divisive power of this question is immense<\/h2>\n<p>More than anybody would have ever imagined.\u00a0 But how can I personally deal with this \u201csplit effect\u201d? After a lot of intense doubts, frustrations and grief initially, I feel now strength through respect and a certain neutrality. I now meet people on this subject now like all others who are deciding on a life changing medical decision for themselves or against it. It is their life and their body and they must and should do what they deem wisest. To their best conscience and knowledge. For me it is and remains a personal issue. Including the possible consequences of incomprehension, separation and parting it might bring about.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot and do not want to judge this. What the longterm effects for each one of us, for our human interaction and our worlds are \u2013 is only now becoming apparent. I don\u00b4t even want to speculate. Besides, our recent history has clearly shown one thing: all speculations are outdone by the following reality. We are increasingly required to deal with it ever wiser and more consciously. Obviously, this must happen for otherwise it would be different. We are creating our collective reality together!<\/p>\n<p>However, my basic intent is always to look for the potential for growth of consciousness in every situation. My feelings is that this oh, so innocent question is actually serving our authenticity. For hiding behind it are some are key questions.<\/p>\n<h2>The question of our own truth<\/h2>\n<p>An important starting point in this is our very personal relationship to our body and health. For some its about the blessings of modern medicine. For the others about trusting in their natural regenerative health. This becomes attached to self-responsibility and responsibility towards other people. However, everybody expresses this in his or her own way and because it is considered the right way, conflicts ensue.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless the healthiest path seems to be to be as honest and authentic as possible. To be liked for the wrong reasons is a dead end. And we all are craving the connection to likeminded people with whom we can share visions and values in a relaxing way and make them become real.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time we all can learn \u2013 if we so desire \u2013 to love people despite or with whatever they decide for themselves. Even if our own attitude and decision is a different one. It is almost like dealing with people who choose a different religion, diet or path of education.<\/p>\n<h2>What about love?<\/h2>\n<p>And yes, EVERY decision has an effect on all of us and EVERYBODY believes that he is doing the best and right thing for himself. Arguing about it is hardly productive. It actually leads to more friction rather than strengthening the love that we actually all crave.<\/p>\n<p>So my question is how can I handle this fundamental and omnipresent oppositions constructively? I like the following quote from \u201cA Course in Miracles\u201d a lot: \u201cEverything is either an expression of or an outcry for love.\u201d What is which with whom\u2026we all have to assess individually.<\/p>\n<h2>The question of the best perspective<\/h2>\n<p>To look from the perspective of love is very helpful and appeasing to me. For it is clear, that it is basically about choosing different paths of experience for the soul. Perhaps similar to the choice of different travelling routes. They offer different worlds of experience for our impulses of consciousness. We want to learn different things apparently. We could say it\u00b4s almost a matter of \u2018consciousness taste\u2019. Every one of us is choosing his her own path \u2013 consciously and even more so subconsciously.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, I decided to perceive everything that happens as an even deeper invitation to love even more. Who needs most compassion right now? Where am I lacking humbleness? How can I embrace what wants to happen even more? How can I put it into constructive action\u2026 It\u00b4s a daily process!<\/p>\n<h2>A helpful metaphor<\/h2>\n<p>When I reflect on this topic, I always see an inner picture of a river delta. Some rivers are rather short and straight, others are longer and are meandering and connecting with each other on the way. However, eventually every chosen river ends up in the ocean of oneness. Or putting it differently: no matter what we decide, in the end we\u00b4ll be lead back to the source of creation\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The divisive question regarding the vaccination seems ominpresent and inevitable. 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