Initially it was the tone of a comment about life and lessons and destiny jarring me that forced me to look at how I viewed it rather than blindly accept the way it was being described to me.
The conversation had got all serious and boring but more importantly it had gotten a whiff of competitiveness about it. Those taking the lead in the conversation were focused so much on how far they had come, how many lessons were under their belt and the rewards coming their way for having been such good little pupils. My little chakra brain went mad ticking off the chakra imbalances in the words they used to describe themselves and other not so advanced seekers.
I wanted to express my findings but know enough about the chakra pattern to know I'd be wasting my breath and would be in danger of making them more stuck if I did challenge their view and presentation.
This all got me thinking about how easy it is to get side tracked or distracted by external treasures rather than stay focused on the internal treasure hunt I think life is all about.
Life gives us clues, challenges, obstacles, puzzles and all of them bring us back to discovering something about ourselves, healing, improving, enhancing ourselves.
Looking in can be painful,so often after a quick glance we distract ourselves by healing, helping, fixing, judging,condemning others.
I think that's why Jeremy (Vile) Kyle has such a large following.
We may well think we are fcuked up but one episode of jezzer and we can relax knowing there is a world full of more fcuked up than we are.
But we fail to notice that while we look at the broken in others we are ignoring the only "alleged" broken we can fix.
Understanding ourselves, why we react, shut down, chuck a hissy fit, lie to ourselves and others, pretend to be someone else, envy, hate, get angry or frustrated with ourselves and others is the only way we can find our inner treasure.
Being open to knowing the triggers and deactivating those that are no longer relevant helps us to get closer to who we truly are rather than just accept what life has made us.
Going back to the original trigger for my new understanding, those discussing their achievements gave the impression that the lessons/treasure they had achieved was the kind one hung on the wall, sat on a shelf or paraded round for others to see and possibly envy. That is not treasure, that to me is fools gold. Real treasure to me is inner peace, self acceptance and pure love, when those treasures are found there is no need to tell others we have found them, others would sense we had found treasure and it might inspire those others to go in search of their own treasure.
Never beat yourself up because you think, feel or believe that someone else is better than you, has achieved more than you or knows more than you. Their clues will only ever lead them to their treasure and your clues can only lead you to yours. Don't allow yourself to get distracted, competitive or lower your self worth on the say so of others.
Only you can find your treasure, others can see it within you but it can only be found and brought out by you.