Spiritually Speaking with Laura Weakley

Lessons  April 10, 2019 

We have been played by many on every level.  The truth about many things has been obfuscated.  Many have known this for a long time, while others are just now waking up to this.  For those just finding out that much he or she previously believed was true was, in fact, a lie - my heart goes out to you.  Discovering those we trusted have betrayed us can be devastating.

Know that those of us who have been through this - some many times before - we have gained strength, along with the will and the heart to help our brothers and sisters through these rough times.  Please do not despair thinking no one can be trusted. Many truly good people always have been, and continue to be, in this world.  We will help, and there is strength in numbers, and strength in experience as well.

For those who are intellectually-minded, we know that it is almost impossible to agree with any person about everything.  Personally, I have never based my opinions, nor feelings about any person, on whether I agree with everything they think or say about a topic(s).  I look at each person as a whole, and try to see a person’s heart.  Sometimes we are wrong about a person or a subject. No one, after all, is perfect!  We gather information, we learn, we change our opinions, we change our viewpoints.  Our judgment is flawed, and when we find this out it hurts.  Judgment is based on the information we think is true at the time, but we usually don’t have all of the facts when we offer this initial opinion. Our desire to be “right” does not help us to grow.  This means letting go of our ego.  Growth can be, and usually is - let us face it - painful.  It just is.  I do not like this anymore than anyone else does.

Every growth experience yields good and bad outcomes.  This is true from the personal level, or micro level, up through the broader, or macro level.  What is true, and what we learn as well, on the micro level, can and should be applied on the macro level.  More than simply the cliche - although it is true - that everything is connected, the same lessons can be applied, and the same workings can be seen from every level.

There are those who choose, and chose, to use others for their own ends, as toys, experiments, a way to get money, etc.  The good news is many of these people are getting exposed, many more will be soon, and eventually, I do believe, all truth will be revealed.  We can ask “Why?” until we are blue in the face.  In the end, does it matter why? We take the lessons learned, and if we are smart and truly want to change the world, then we do all we can to make sure not to allow evil to flourish again.

Some things are clearly evil, thus very easy to label.  Other things, the situations that cause us much more pain, are far more subtle.  There are people who pretend to be helping us, and/or others, so we get drawn in. These are the people we defend when they do something we do not agree with - and even think is mean in some manifestation - but we try to overlook it, or explain it away, because of the good these people seem to be doing.  These are the people who hurt us the deepest, because they have gained our loyalty.  They may have made us feel like family, before they toss our loyalty away like it is yesterday’s garbage.

Here is the good news: those who have been down this road with us remain our friends and family of choice, if we allow it!  Sometimes some of the strongest bonds are made by those in the - so to say - “trenches” together.  Please do not imagine you are alone, that no one can be trusted, or how no one can understand what you are going through.  On both the micro and macro scales, our experiences are shared.

Truly good people are everywhere.  There really are people who “have your back”.  Things are going to become more chaotic - I think, anyway - when more truths are revealed.  People who, before, have not truly understood the profound evil that some are capable of, especially from those we thought we knew and trusted, will be profoundly hurt, confused, and worse.  I truly hope my fellow humans will take this to heart: those of us who have dealt with this before will be there for you!  You are not alone!  

Sadly, sometimes we find out it is those closest to us, or those who made us think we were family, because we wanted so badly to believe that - who cannot be turned to.  In these cases, take the good that came from the situation.  Others have been, or are, in the same boat.  Toying with people who may be lonely is cruel, but they only “win” if we allow them to divide us!  We have each other, and together we are stronger!  Gain strength from those who have experienced this pain, have gotten through it, and are still here to tell about it!

Together, those of us treated like yesterday’s trash can and will create a far kinder and greater new world!  Do not allow evil to win by becoming what you hate!  It is not the situation that defines you, but how you react to it which matters in the end.  Tell your story so others will learn.  Warn others when there is danger, but remember, each person has to make his or her own choices.  You can only control yourself. The responsibility lies in the warning.  We are not responsible for other’s decisions.  

Those who treat others with cruelty will pay the price, even if it does not happen when or where we can witness it here on Earth.  When we are angry and hurt, sometimes we want to see justice immediately.  Justice will happen one way or another: maybe not on our timetable of choice, but it will happen. We truly do reap what we sow. 

Do not allow yourself - I repeat - to become what you hate.  Gather together with others who are good.  Laugh, love, and dance!  Joy is a special gift we were given.  Love when appropriate, and we all know there are many kinds of love: quite possibly the love of good friends is the longest lasting, i.e., the love we share with our family of choice!  And yes - I will say it - the love of, for, and in G-D; whether you believe in G-D or not, doesn’t change the reality!  We are all truly connected!

As more truths become exposed, learn the signs so we stop those committing evil acts. . . in their tracks!  Do not lose faith in humanity, please!  Let us take back our basic human rights - the most important, and basic of which, is freedom of speech. Keep your head up, keep your eyes and ears open, watch, learn, grow smarter, and grow kinder to those who truly are good!  

For all of those who have been there for me, I love you!  I am here for you too!