Ok, I wanted to share this with you all because it brought so much meaning into my life and really helped me to understand and deal with a very difficult situation this year. If it can have the same impact on even just one more person then its worth the post. I cannot find anywhere the name of the person who wrote it, so I have put author unknown. Hope this is ok.
THE SOUL IN THE CAVERN
There was a soul whose time had come to take a human birth and so it went to the great cavern, where all such souls went. In the cavern were hundreds of thousands of souls, each manifesting a small blue flame. When its turn came, the soul stood up and said.
“My time has come to take human incarnation, for I have work to do and many lessons to learn. In my life as human I shall need family and loving friends to help me, to love me and to nurture me. Who will be my family on earth?
A ripple flickered across the thousands of flames and shortly a few stood forward and said.
“We do no know you, we have not met before and we are strangers, but being kind and giving love is a pleasant and easy task. We will be your friends and family on earth.”
The soul spoke out and again said.
“And on earth I shall need teachers, people to guide me, to correct me and to discipline me. Who will be my teachers?”
Again a ripple went out around the assembled flames, and a group came forward and said.
“We have known you in other lives and we have grown to respect you and like you. We will take on the task of being your teachers in life.”
And a third time the soul spoke out and said.
“On earth if I am to learn the retest lesson of all, the lesson of humility, tolerance under provocation and to love those who hate me, I shall need people to hate me and to do violence to me. Who will do this for me? Who will be my enemies?
There was a long pause in the cavern until at last a small group came forward and said.
“We are your soul group, we have known you over aeons of time and your growth and your learning are as dear to us as our own. This is the most delicate and difficult task and if you are to be hurt and abused it would be better done by loving friends. We will be your enemies on earth.
Author unkown.
That is beautifull.
Such a lovely way of bringing an image to the process.
Love and light,
Fluffy star x
Awww that's lovely I am going to make a note to self to print it as soon as I have a printer and keep it forever with all my other personal keepsakes.
Thank you for sharing.
Love and peace
Rebecca xx
That is beautiful reiki_yorks, a timely reminder that no matter how difficult life can be at times.....there is always a reason, and if we reach inside we can grasp the lesson, and be thankful for the opportunity of growth. 
Really nice, I wish the nasty ***ch that has wound me up tonight could think along those lines. What a nice place we could live in.
But Treak...................what did she teach YOU ???:):):):hug:
I posted this a few days ago...remember ?
Metaphorically speaking
If a person hurls words from a sharp tongue with a serrated edge.
Just use your loaf and slice your bread with it.
You can then eat their words for breakfast....a bit of jam on the toast can sweeten things up nicely...
That's brilliant, Reiki_Yorks.
Very, very apt indeed.
Reminds me of a story, one of many such, I read a long time ago.
There was this evolved soul, a demi-god (in the absence of equivalent concepts in English) who had done something naughty. Naughty enough for him to receive his punishment, which was to be born on Earth.
He was given a choice. Do you want to be born
as a goody, a devout person, steadfast in faith or
as a baddy, intent upon the usual evils, greed, violence etc.
Now this was a clever soul, he was not going to sign a blank cheque! So he asked
what's the difference?
As a goody, you would need to take birth seven times,
as a baddy, only three times.
Baddy please!
And thus the asuras were born, like Ravana, Shumbha, Nishumbha and so on.
Merry Christmas.
But Treak...................what did she teach YOU ???:):):):hug:
I posted this a few days ago...remember ?
Metaphorically speaking
If a person hurls words from a sharp tongue with a serrated edge.Just use your loaf and slice your bread with it.
You can then eat their words for breakfast....a bit of jam on the toast can sweeten things up nicely...
Fleur, I haven't heard this before, but I will remember the words when someone is being unpleasant to me.
Very fascinating and very much doubtful.
The same old story of need for abuse,
and loving them etc.
Hi Serenwen,
Have to admit that metaphorically speaking thought for the day, was a gift from my own intuition, to "me".
Recently I have been at the receiving end of unpleasantness.....and that was how I was advised from "upstairs" on how to look at it... I liked it...glad you did too. Thought it would be nice to share.