Welcome, fellow souls! We are so pleased that the interaction with some of you, who never thought to talk to us before, has become a living dialogue. We want all souls to know (all you people running around in human form) that it is our greatest pleasure and joy to be able to provide whatever assistance to you that we possibly can.
The Masters of the Spirit World
Q. Masters, no matter how hard I try to make friends I always seem to say something to run them off. What am I doing wrong?
A. Dear Confused One, your biggest problem is in not listening. This stems from two things in your early childhood. First, you were told that children should be seen and not heard and, second, that nobody wanted to hear your opinion because you were stupid. This created an urgency within you to say something—
To start to engage in a meaningful conversation with another person you must have something to say that they want to hear. No one wants to hear noise just for the sake of noise. Before you open your mouth, listen to what is being said; if they are talking about the local sports teams don’t comment on your recent root canal. As you are talking, listen to yourself and ask: Is this something that I would like to hear? If it isn’t, then it is something that you shouldn’t have said. After a while you will “pre-screen” what you are about to say and know if it is pertinent to the conversation.
Because of the negative environment in which you grew up, most of your thoughts are directed toward negative things. When all you talk about are negative experiences other people run away from you because they wish to be encouraged and made happy by their social contacts and not pulled into depression. People want to be accepted, not rejected. While gossip will be readily listened to by your co-workers, they will not want to further associate with you out of a fear that you will then gossip about them—so they run away.
You have an extreme need to be accepted because of your earlier rejection. Stop continuing to think that the rejection will always be there, because then you create the environment for it to flourish. Think happy thoughts of enjoyable conversations with others. Practice with yourself in being totally aware of what each party is saying, then go out and do it. When you are sensitive to others they will flock to you, not run away.
Q. Masters, my son is in the Army and just got sent back to
A. Sweet Mother, you must first and foremost honor your son’s choices. He chose to be in the military because he needed the varied experiences that it provides. He wished to learn about discipline, about honoring one’s freely undertaken commitments and obligations, and wanted to be in an arena where he might feel the intensity of physical emotions.
A second tour was necessary for him because during the first tour he was in fear, on autopilot, following the boots of the man in front of him. He is now there with a new sense of awareness and observation. He is setting the stage for the involved decision making that will be a large portion of his life in the future. Your son is developing a strength of character that he did not need within his earlier years but will be a necessary integral part of his future. In this sense, he is learning “to be all he can be” as the Army predicted when he volunteered.
Do not fear that he will become a war monger or human destructive machine. Your son is much too intelligent and sensitive for that. He is learning how to deal with others and to plan ahead, how to regroup after unexpected encounters and to look out for all eventualities. He went overseas with a sense of wonder, and will return with a knowledge of himself and his abilities. He is not a quitter but stands by his word.
His decision to go into the military had nothing to do with accepting the politics involved in the current conflicts. He sensed that it was the quickest way to enable his self to grow in wisdom. You must not let your tide of emotions as a mother sour this experience your son chose. You do not have to like what he is doing but respect his right to do it.
Fairness does not play a part in what is happening—what is happening is what your son needs for this Earth experience. And did you ever consider that what those other souls are going through are the lessons that they also need to learn?
