Blocking your blessings
As many of you may know, a person is not born an elder. We earn that title through experience and dedication. By the time we earn that title, we have so much to talk about. One of the main things I can think of to talk on is blocking your own blessings. There are so many different ways one can block their own blessings, but there are some really big ones that stand out. Most the times when people block their blessings its because they are so busy looking for them that they miss them. Another involves being in your ego and refusing your blessings because they challenge your ego. The final one that seems to be very common is people dwelling in negativity and not being able to accept the positivity behind blessings.
When we talk about people being too busy looking for blessings to receive blessings, we mean this both literally and metaphorically. Some people will be literally looking for blessings everywhere but cant see the blessings they already have. They also cannot see the ones coming because they dont know what to look for and they just start looking everywhere. This is detrimental to their spiritual progress. There is no need to seek blessings, they will come when they are meant to come. Patience is key to standing in your power and accepting your blessings, when and if they shall arrive.
The ego is also extremely detrimental to receiving and accepting blessings. When you have an inflated ego and blessings challenge the ego, there is a tendency to discard the blessing in favor of protecting the ego. As spiritual people, there does come a time where people tend to forget that they are not the beings they pray to, but their representatives on this plane of existence. The need to deflate the ego and humble yourself arises because you are the ones asking for blessings, not the spirits. Remember that even without you, this spirits will continue to exist as they always have and they dont need you to bless them, you need them to bless you. Humble yourself, receive and accept your blessings when they arrive at your doorstep.
The final reason of the most common reasons as to why people block their blessings involves dwelling in negative energies. When people dwell in negativity its like they become blind to positivity. It takes quite a bit of soul searching and clearing of negativity in order to grasp enough positivity in order to receive and accept the positivity behind blessings. This can be observed by the events that take place before you get involved in a fight. Someone makes a comment that throws you into a negative state of mind. While in this state of mind, your friend is trying to bring you back to positivity in telling you "stop, dont do this". Do you listen to this advice or ignore it and still proceed to reply to the comment that angered you?
There are many more ways that you can block your blessings, just remember to stop looking for blessings in all the wrong places, humble yourself and release any negativity around you. One of the most common sayings that display these things is "A person that is always talking cannot be listening and a person that is not listening cannot learn". When someone takes time out of their day to share wisdom with you, evaluate their motivation and appreciate the energy they directed towards you.
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