Holy Spirit Within
Shares Insights on Motivation

I’ve been watching a former mentor start moving into what the Elders call, “Spiritual Glamour.” That is when a healer/mentor/teacher falls in love with and focuses on increasing fame and fortune, instead of helping the people they are called to help. I have to admit that like many I was in judgment of this leg of my mentor’s journey. Being critical didn’t feel good and made it so very difficult to  connect with someone who in the past had helped me immeasurably.

As usual, I was watching SuperSoulSunday today, and during a break Holy Spirit Within shared these insights on motivation with me.

It doesn’t matter how people are moved to contribute their unique gifts to life. If Infinite Source appeals to their egoic desires and that allows their gifts to continue to flow, then that motivation helps them. It doesn’t matter how someone is motivated. What matters is that they contribute to life.

I contemplated this guidance and believe that it was a response to one of the questions I often ask, “Why did he/she do this?” The answer now would be, “Because it motivated you to contribute.” No wonder Holy Spirit Within’s mantra is, “Not good for you. Not bad for you. It is what it is.”

Realizing that circumstances, whether they feel good or not, motivate us, I really have to take this insight back to the book I am writing, “Transcendent Journey – the Prequel.” I’m about to write about my parents’ insane and violent behavior when they found out that I received my Spiritual Calling. I ended up moving out of their house, and because of their continued nastiness, never really went back.

When I look at their behavior from Holy Spirit Within’s point of view, my folks certainly motivated me to make a choice between being on the spiritual path or following their life plan for me. I would still be living in Chicago, working at law firms, with no time for anything else, had they not motivated me to strike out on my own and follow my Calling. In this context, there’s no reason to hold on to residual anger and hurt, even cellularly. My Mom and Dad spurred me to move on. This was a gift of love not a sign of hate and lack of acceptance.

Infinite Source, forgive us all for the judgments we make. I am who I am today because my parents didn’t hold me back. What a blessing. Grateful!