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All our difficulties, including those connected with others are important in relation to our evolution and we should recognise our enemies for the lessons and enlightenment they bring and the choices that we have made for the part that they have played in our current situation.

Obviously, this does not make our hard times any more enjoyable; however, when confronted by a foe, we can actually liberate ourselves by blessing them with as much love as possible and affirming "This persons highest good, whatever it is, is coming to them" thus overcoming evil and negative intentions with good.

When things are grim, review your blessings and focus on them. When you do this, your burdens will become lighter and you will appreciate the progress you've made, the lessons learned and the understanding achieved. When you understand this you can be reassured that present difficulties will eventually yield something good. If you can raise your conscious focus from the negative to the positive aspects of your condition, then the positive will become a greater part of the reality that you are experiencing.

It is important to seek understanding of your lessons without judging them or your level of development and without comparing yourself with others on their path. We can never see the entire picture of someone else's reality clearly and sometimes contrast comes through conflict. In this way, conflict is necessary for learning and we must treat each person's journey with dignity and do the same for our own, trusting that in just being here, we are all noble and noteworthy. Avoid sentimentality and the stereotypical responses that it brings and appreciate that suddenly gaining the opportunity to have every material thing you've ever wanted is as great a spiritual test as losing everything you've ever loved and not always as rewarding as it theoretically might be.

Illness is not proof that we are flawed or not being positive. Some illnesses are a way of working through karma, whilst others result simply from the recycling process and the fact that much of the energy on the earth plane is tainted. In any case, the purpose of all suffering is to cleanse and purify so that as a consequence of endurance through illness, we are uplifted. As a result, if your condition forces you to hold still, basically grounding your energies, then you need to accept this and focus your awareness on the spiritual experience that you are having via the illness and surrender to it. By doing this you will

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