Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Jealousy and the Soul

A jealous person is often reacting to the soul’s awareness that bonding with your beloved is incomplete. Ego may not be conscious of this gap but the soul always knows the truth. The soul has no secrets from itself. And no judgments either.
 
When the soul sees that the beloved is not open to union, whatever he or she may say to the contrary, fear threatens to overwhelm the ego. “All is lost,” wails the ego. When the soul sees that you yourself resist the call to union, whatever the official status of your relationship, the soul knows you’re on shaky ground.
 
If, on the other hand, you are solidly grounded in the knowledge of your unconditional love for one another, any stirring of jealousy quickly dissolves in the light of the eternal bond between you. Nothing can shake a bond like this. Not death, not separation, and certainly not another human’s genitals.
 
If jealousy instructs you to go deeper, simply do so. If you encounter resistance, meet it with clear sight instead of striking out blindly in jealous rage.  

By Deborah Taj Anapol, Ph.D.
Excerpt from:
Compersion
Meditations on Using Jealousy
As a Path to Unconditional Love


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