Unlearned repeats itself
QUESTION: Masters, as I’ve woken up to the spiritual experience of living, each step I’ve taken spiritually, I’ve recognized that my spirit guides have always guided me in a positive way. This is the first time that I feel their guidance led me into a very negative experience. I felt I was getting sign after sign to leave my last job because it had turned into a very unhealthy workplace. I felt I could bring a new healthy job to myself. I started a new job and it’s even unhealthier! The heavy workload won’t change and people are leaving causing more work. Why was I given multiple signs and nudges to leave one unhealthy place only to land in another one? ~Anne, US
ANSWER: A soul always brings to itself what it needs to experience. Part of your lesson was being able to read people and situations more deeply than surface appearances. You were so speedy in making your change that you did not do enough research into what the new employment entailed. You were first drawn to the new job because the energy was so much like what you were leaving that it felt comfortable in all its discomfort. Unfortunately, that “comfort” arose from your familiarity with all the unhealthy sensations.
Your nudges were meant to lead you to open your eyes and see what was causing your sense of distress. You fought valiantly against being pushed under by the unhealthy vibes, but all you did was swim away instead of understanding what it was about the situation that was overwhelming.
Your lessons include self-awareness and self-confidence. You have a problem honoring yourself and sticking up for yourself. In this case you merely ran away. But you had your eyes closed to the causes, so you stumbled back into the same type of morass because you haven’t finished learning from it.
You are an excellent worker, learn rapidly, and have a sense of commitment to an employer; however, those are the same characteristics that allow someone to take advantage of you. You find it almost impossible to say no to any request, even when it is outrageous. This puts you on the workaholic treadmill with the treads going faster and faster, and you are holding on for dear life.
Live in the moment, observing all the things around you that trigger a response. Then ask yourself why these things affect you. If you go deep into your unconscious, you will see what is happening and will be able to examine how you can correct your reply to the stimuli. Don’t just fight the situation; find out what it is and how to deal with it.