Joan Borysenko extract

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WHAT IF? .......(from " Fire in the Soul " by Joan Borysenko, Ph.D)

What if those things that seem unfair turn out to make sense? According to those

who have returned from near-death experiences, it is there, in the presence of

the Light, that we understand the circumstances of our life. Everything makes

sense and we seem to have had exactly the adventure that our soul required to

find its way back to the Source. If we had previously - in other lives and other

realms of being - created stories of fear that hid the First Stories of love, we

had to face those fears and overcome them.

I am given the circumstances I require for my awakening.

Every situation, seen rightly, contains the seeds of freedom.

What if you have all the help you need to find your way back to the Light? Your

own Higher Self and your guides - teachers and comforting presences in the

nonphysical realm who accompany you throughout life (some people think of these

beings as guardian angels) - are always trying to get your attention. Many

people who have had near-death experiences meet these guides when they are out

of their bodies and subsequently maintain a conscious communication with them.

But whether you are conscious of them or not, they are always trying to

communicate with you.

All the help I need is available to me

I can receive it by asking.

What if pain is also an act of service. When your own heart has been broken you

are most empathetic to the suffering of others. You then become what Thornton

Wilder called " a soldier if love's service. " Only those " broken by the wheels of

living, " said Wilder, could serve in this way. A mother who has lost her son can

become a special beacon of hope to other bereaved parents. A person who is

living well with cancer, or who has recovered against all odds, is uniquely

helpful to others traveling the same territory. One who has suffered incest or

been betrayed, brutalized or abandoned and has set herself or himself free

through forgiveness is especially able to help others learn how to forigve.

The power to love and serve grows through pain.

I can offer healing to others as I heal myself.