in Michael Teachings by | The Lesson of Perfection |
| Written by Karen Murphy |
| Saturday, 24 January 2009 13:14 |
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I "should" be perfect. I mean, after all, I'm like this spiritual person, right? A channel? There's an implied perfection in that. Wisdom. Greatness. Enlightenment. And yes, I've been around many, many times. I've had hundreds—thousands—of lifetimes. I have 24/7 access to Polaris, an enormously powerful and wise being (compared to our seemingly puny human cluelessness) who is here to simply help us be more of who we are. So I should be levitating by now, right? Well, no. The thing that makes you all wonderful and human, your non-perfection, is in me too. I'm on my own spiritual path, a path that has had many detours and layovers. I'm still learning. I learn though my own mistakes and triumphs and I learn every time I interact with you. And the funny thing is, even though I can say that and fully believe that my non-perfection is okay, I don't own it. I still have this expectation of self-perfection, this ideal that sells me on a particular conception of perfection that doesn't include any of the things I don't really like, at least not in myself. Do you do this to yourself, too? Refuse to acknowledge and love the things within you that you are perfectly okay in accepting in others? It's a bitch, isn't it? So I'll make a deal with you. You don't even actually have to do anything. But I have this thing about writing my life and making my journey public. So why not here? I'm a fabulous channel who also happens to be human. I want to tell my story. And to be honest, I'm a bit of an exhibitionist when it comes to writing (I really am all over the internet) so I get this little thrill when people read my writing. And while I love that aspect and I love telling my story it's also frightening as hell because I've promised myself not to hide anything. I have a love-hate relationship with vulnerability. Mostly love, a little hate. The often-misquoted Bette Davis said in the film All About Eve, "Fasten your seatbelts, everybody. It's going to be a bumpy night." I think that's a wonderful and joyous metaphor for life, don't you? It kind of makes me want to just sink my teeth right into today's Issue of the Day. So I'm off to explore manifestations of perfection and to look at letting go of these crazy ideals I've been holding on to. We really can let go of that stuff any time we want to, but the caveat is that it brings up more stuff in the process (always a catch, right?). So I've got this stuff Ive been carrying around since childhood and I figure it'll feel REALLY GOOD when I can convince myself it's safe to let go of them. I might need a dare. Dare me? 
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  written by Bruno LoGreco, January 26, 2009
Perfection implies you know it all and if you know it all there is no room to learn - In my world when you are no longer learning you are stuck.
 written by Matthew, January 26, 2009
To me, perfection implies perfect learning. Not an accumulation, but a way of learning. In other words, information gets processed without resistance. Of course there's no way we can ever know everything in the world - but our minds can move with fluidity and grace.
 written by Andrew, January 29, 2009
Hello and thank you for visiting my blog. I am curious and interested in the subject of your posts and will be following your writing. As I expect you saw, I have been with depression for 25 years. It has been with me through various jobs, three university degrees and various changes of circumstances. I have come to the conclusion that it defines me. Recently I had a major depressive 'crash', had to give up my job and now seem to be a casual observer in life. At the same time I struggle each day to avoid being drawn closer to the darkness.
Andrew http://www.strayblackdog.co.uk  written by Albert | UrbanMonk.Net, January 29, 2009
Wow this is a perfect post for me. And I think many other spiritual seekers. Every time I experience anger or sadness or have a quarrel or fart in an elevator or forget to zip up my fly or whatever, I think it is a sign of imperfection, and hide away in my room to meditate on it. Someone told me once, "stop beating yourself up for being human." Let go it, I dare you!
  written by twocrows, April 25, 2009
years and years ago, back when I was 25 and in some intensive therapy, I admitted to my therapist that I didn't feel like a grown-up yet. it took some digging but I finally realized that my definition of a 'woman' was someone who was happy as she was, knew who she was and knew where she was going. in other words, perfect.
again, it took some doing, but I allowed myself to give up that definition. and, along the way, I learned that it was ok not to be a grown-up if I didn't want to. life's a lot easier now. to quote the song by CSN&Y [I think]: 'I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.'   written by Nicholas, September 25, 2009
Very often, whenever I'm spooning rice out of a pot, I end up spilling bits and pieces of rice on the counter and the floor. I used to get so upset when this would happen! I just couldn't understand why I couldn't achieve perfection in this one simple act.
A therapist said to me, "Nicholas, what's the big deal? So you spill rice every now and then. Is that really the end of the world?" When she put it that way, I realized it wasn't the end of the world. All these little "imperfections" really aren't the end of the world, and I feel so much lighter from having allowed myself to be just as I am. Now, I still react a little when I spill rice, but I'm able to laugh at the spill and myself. Blessings, all:-) Write comment
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I have a confession to make: I'm not perfect. For that matter, neither are you. I'm totally okay with your non-perfection, and in fact I see perfection in your non-perfection—the very humanness that makes you the unique and loving person that is YOU. But in me it's another matter.
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