Shakti Gawain is a pioneer in the field of personal development. For over twenty-five years, she has been a best-selling author and internationally renowned teacher of consciousness. Shakti has facilitated thousands of individuals in developing greater awareness, balance and wholeness in their lives.
Shakti has written numerous books considered classics in her field. Her distinguished publishing history includes best sellers Creative Visualization, Living in the Light, The Path of Transformation, Four Levels of Healing, Creating True Prosperity, and Developing Intuition. Her books have sold over 10 million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. She is the co-founder, with Marc Allen, of New World Library Publishing Company. More...
——— Daily Reading • February 8 ———
from Awakening: A Daily Guide To Conscious Living by Shakti Gawain
Life guides us toward our opposite
Most of us are very good at accepting and expressing one side of a polarity and not so good at accepting and expressing the other side of it. Or, we may stay in the safe middle ground, but be afraid to express either extreme. If we‘re identified with one polarity, life always pushes us toward its opposite. If we‘re comfortable in the middle, it may push us in both directions or it will guide us in one direction and then in another. In many cases, it does this through our relationships. The people we are in relationship with tend to push us toward expressing the part of ourselves we haven‘t yet learned to express.
What qualities do I feel comfortable with and know how to express? What are some opposite qualities to these? How comfortable do I feel with them?