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Last weekend, Kiara Windrider<\/a> shared with us this wonderful story, the Five Chapters, telling the tale of a soul’s journey. This is the story of every soul. It touched me very deeply, so I write about it now.<\/p>\n

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The First Chapter<\/span><\/h4>\n

You’re walking along the path of life, unconscious, unaware of the\u00a0big hole up ahead. You fall into the hole. You’re upset at everyone, angry that there was no warning, that the hold hasn’t been repaired. It is everyone else’s fault.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This is where much of the world is at. We’re deeply conditioned to give our power away. Everything is someone else’s fault. We believe that people or incidents hurt us, and not that we chose to get hurt. Being a victim gives us the freedom to be upset without having to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

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The Second\u00a0Chapter<\/span><\/h4>\n

You’ve now become aware that there is a hole on the path and are afraid of falling into it. You fall into it anyway. This time\u00a0you take responsibility for the fall, not blaming anyone else for it. But you hate yourself for the blunder, beating yourself up over making the same mistake over and over again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This happens when we first turn our attention inward. We realise that the choices are ours to make. But we’re trapped into patterns by years of conditioning and habit, and make the same mistakes again. We haven’t learned to accept life and ourselves, so the anger that was once turned towards the world now turns inwards.<\/p>\n

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The Third\u00a0Chapter<\/span><\/h4>\n

You’re\u00a0now aware that this is a habit, and there is a possibility of falling into the hole. So when it happens, you are not surprised. You are in acceptance, so there is no blaming or judging, merely a focus on getting out of the hole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Once we become more accepting of life and people, much of the pain disappears. Difficult situations are just a happening, an old pattern waiting to drop off. And until that happens, we patients navigate through it the best we can. This means we allow ourselves and others the space to make mistakes without making an issue out of it.<\/p>\n

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The Fourth\u00a0Chapter<\/span><\/h4>\n

You are walking. You see the hole. You walk around it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

When an old pattern drops off, life might still present us with similar situations. But when we are in awareness, we catch ourselves before we repeat old patterns, and instead of reacting unconsciously, we now respond in\u00a0awareness.<\/p>\n

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The Fifth\u00a0Chapter<\/span><\/h4>\n

You choose another road, there is no hole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Once we’ve transcended the need for the drama, the need for learning new lessons, life brings a shift. We now have greater space in our lives for beauty and peace, we can dance through life. The difficulties drop away and learning comes through love and harmony instead of hard knocks.<\/p>\n

Every aspect\u00a0of our life moves at a different pace. So while say, we might be at chapter 5 with our anger issues, we might still be at chapter 1 with forgiveness. There is a time and place for everything, so of course, we may not shift from chapter 1 to 5 overnight. But awareness, awareness, awareness is the key!<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of Kiara narrating the story.<\/p>\n