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When your mind and heart are truly open abundance will flow to you effortlessly and easily.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEver since I can remember, I\u2019ve been increasingly aware of my connection with Source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For the last eighteen years, I\u2019ve been doing my best to live my everyday life aware of my spiritual nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the situation I\u2019ll describe below, my life was all about positivity, inner peace, and good vibes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt very, very good about myself and everyone around me felt good and complimented me on my positive attitude towards life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, whenever change came around, I flowed with it and I was certain that it was happening for the better, which it was.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About seven years ago though, after long periods of positive affirmations and the positivity described above, I found the \u201cbest\u201d job I had ever had.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a job at an institution whose principles, vision, and mission did not really match mine, but it was a \u201creally good\u201d job.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I accepted the job and for some reason that still is and was unknown to me, almost unconsciously, I \u201cdecided\u201d that I couldn\u2019t be myself to fit in and thrive in this community, so I started to behave in the way I thought would make it easiest for me to conform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I worked hard and it paid off.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the beginning, feedback was good, I made money that allowed me to enjoy things that I really wanted to, and I even got promoted to a position where I reported directly to management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the more I progressed, the more stressed, judgmental, and unhappy I became.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last two years, while my innermost being silently screamed that I didn\u2019t belong in that place, many of the people who worked there began to be antagonistic and unfriendly to me and to complain about my work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, I fell out with management and quit my administrative responsibilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought they would fire me, but they didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They just kept my workload to a minimum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I, on the other hand, decided not to quit because I didn\u2019t want to lose the severance payment I\u2019d be entitled to if they fired me, so I decided to stay and make the best out of the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With so much newfound free time in my hands, I started meditating and doing lots of healing and forgiveness work again, which is where your 21-day meditation experiences have helped me tremendously.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The quality of my inner life has improved significantly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, I keep working in the same place and seeing the same people every day, which isn\u2019t necessarily easy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though I have forgiven them in my meditations, this doesn\u2019t mean I want to be best friends with them (nor they with me).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Quite frankly, I\u2019d very much rather be somewhere else where I can start anew on a clean slate, but I know that if I\u2019m still there it\u2019s for a reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I keep doing your meditations and other healing work, but it\u2019s hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What should I do?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the lesson behind all this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Response:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes we can become frustrated looking for a reason why something is happening when the purpose behind it can\u2019t be fathomed by our limited mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of looking for a reason or lesson for why something is happening, it may be more empowering and engaging to simply embrace the experience fully without the filters and limitations of the mind\u2019s concepts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The boundaries of the mind will always be a poor approximation of the actual wisdom and love contained in the raw experience of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When you completely and consciously enter into the present experience, you don\u2019t need to look for life lessons; your life experience <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> the lesson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What you do or say, whether you stay or go, doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Your presence of awareness will have its value, purpose, and impact regardless.<\/span><\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Deepak<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n