[New Episode] How are you and I similar?

Hey fam,

“Others” are frequently experienced as different and often seen through the lens of fear.

What's so miraculous to me too is how miserable people frequently are and yet, in true human form :), experience terror at the thought of someone or something new coming along and changing their lives, their sense of security and who they think they are.

What if the change brought miracles into your life? What if the new person, place, or thing bore gifts?

Listen to this NEW episode of Lila here to open up how you perceive new people and new situations, finding the bravery to ask how you are similar and brave connection through any storm.

This has tripped me up countless times where fear in general blocks my ability to see the gift in front of me.

We are so often not any of what we believe ourselves to be. And when we root our identity prominently as different and adamantly fear those who look, talk, act and BE different than who we believe ourselves to be, this creates a polarized tension of conflict and fighting.

Inside and outside.

It's not solid ground for harmony, trust, truth, or realizing the truth of our own God-given nature which is harmony. Which is connection.

Different isn't bad. Different isn't even good. It's just different!

Why are we so quick to assert our identity as being different from others? Why not see the ways we are SIMILAR?

Episode Summary

Why are we so quick to assert our identity as being different from others? Why not see the ways we are SIMILAR?

Key points:

  • Friendship is more powerful than the need to be different.

  • Why are we so quick to assert our identity as being different from others?

  • What’s the extent of your friendships with people who are different from you? What’s the extent of vulnerability on both sides?

  • If we can create common ground... if we can on a human level and words and energy recognize and create that space of connectedness… we naturally seek to protect ourselves. Thus, those that we see as similar to us we will also seek to protect and take care of them.

  • All of the languages you can speak, the language of the heart is probably the most important. It gets to the essence.

  • The flower is an expression of the seed and we are all born of seeds.

  • All flowers, all people, are rooted in the same soil. Whether they, you, realize it or not.

  • So much of what we consider of others are our own narratives in which we respond to people and specific places and things.

  • And more!

Enjoy this new episode and share it with anyone you feel could use the boost!

As always, thank you for listening. You could be anywhere and you're here listening to me sing in a closet. Thank you.

-- Lalita

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