Parvati Magazine December 2014/January 2015: Consequence/Beginnings | Page 6

POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES

CONSEQUENCE
The Great Teacher

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Consequences
show us that limits
are not obstacles
but guideposts to
actions that support
greater health and
total well-being.

e are constantly held within the perfect whole.
An integral part of the fabric of the universe, we
are never separate from anything that exists. However much we may feel that life is against us during
difficult times, we are always loved by the compassionate and wise presence of life itself.
Consequence is one of life’s best teachers. When we
were children, we learned that fire burns when we
tried to touch it. The physical pain taught us to never
again reach into the flame. As we grow, we learn
what burns, we learn what singes, and we learn what
feels cooling and refreshing. We try to stay clear of
the painful and move towards that which feels good.
Yet, as we mature as spiritual aspirants, we understand that being part of the whole, everything we experience supports our evolution in some way - even
the uncomfortable and painful things. Our likes and