Invite the compassionate Presence of Spirit into your heart to help you learn what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain.
Consciously move out of the intent to protect/control and into the intent to learn about what you are doing or thinking that may be causing your pain so that you can move into loving yourself and others.
When you connect with Spirit and move into the intent to learn, you are in a loving Adult state, as opposed to the ego wounded self state you are in when you want to protect/control.
In Step Two, you welcome and embrace all your feelings with a compassionate intent to learn.
Our ego wounded self always wants to control others, outcomes and our own pain. If we judge ourselves for our controlling behavior, we become stuck in another level of control. The spiritual journey is about embracing our wounded self with love and compassion, so we can learn about our limiting beliefs and let go of our controlling behavior.
By Dr. Margaret Paul
