The Importance Of Objectivity

Many of you are blessed with a good intuition. As you might have noticed, it doesn't work as well on self and loved ones. The reason being, we tend to be too attached to the outcome. Our personal/subjective wishes, desires and emotional projections quickly cloud/distort the intuitive message/information as it tries to come through.

I have found that an important aspect for me to continuously work on is the ability to move internally into a more neutral/objective space.

Here are a few tools that have helped me:

1. Pretend it is happening to someone else. How does the situation look to you now?

What would you say to your sister/best friend, if she had just had been yelled at by her boss or told you the story/situation that you are currently involved in.

2. Play screenwriter! Imagine you are the writer of a movie where you are the main character. How do you see the character and what do you want for the character in terms of evolution. Think of alternate endings. I found this one especially helpful, when I have to make big decisions.

3. Remember, you are not your thoughts and nor your emotions. Practicing the observer self on a regular basis during meditation is very helpful. You can learn to pull back the camera from the mayhem raging in your emotional and/or mental body. Think of it like a big camera that you can zoom in and out. This is a muscle we all have; it is just a matter of strengthening it. The stronger it is, the easier it is to access in moments when you most need it.

The key is to practice, practice, practice!

 Until the day you have reached a level of mastery do yourself a favor and admit when you are not able to be objective.

Step back, because chances are high, that your intuition won't work properly.

Be Aware Of Soulism

Soulism is a word I made up. If you think of racism and sexism i.e. you can see that the term refers to prejudices towards specific souls or soul-groups other than our own.

A lot of old souls have managed to get beyond judging people based on gender, religion, race and economic backgrounds. Why? Because they have spent too much time playing different parts throughout history to give that kind of weight of judgment to somebody's costume (a.k.a. outside form/body/ circumstances). We can recognize our fellow travelers and soul mates by one gaze across a crowded room and catch up where we left off.

Now, the same way we easily embrace the souls we love, there might be a tendency to reject other souls.

Catch yourself in statements or internal judgments:

"This soul/person is so unevolved/dark/one dimensional/weird."

"Strange/unfamiliar frequency."

"Wow, what a young soul, there goes the neighborhood."

"Where did these guys come from?"

"What was God thinking? Truly strange creation."

"I am ok with them, as long as they don't sit next to me."

As you can see there are plenty examples when we intuitively reject the unfamiliar.

Remember, we are here among other things to learn unconditional love. When you find yourself caught up in soulism, try to shift it into curiosity and acceptance.

So you might say:

"Interesting, this soul's frequency makes me uncomfortable, let me investigate a little further."

"I wonder what that soul could teach me?"

"Do you want to sit next to me?" (I remember what it felt like when I was new here!)

As it has benefited you to overcome some of the other '-isms', this one will also be worth your while tackling!