We’re not going to practice in the classroom-that is a false environment. In the classroom you develop the skill. In the world you hone the skill. In the outside world where people can’t even spell the thing you just studied, you are going to deal with people who have no idea what you are talking about.
Does this mean that your information is faulty? Is it an accurate indication that the theories don’t work? Absolutely not! It mean that you must continue on the journey, put into practice all that you have learned. Eventually you will find yourself in a community or an experience where everybody wants to know what you know. Or where everybody knows what you know and is willing to help you facilitate further growth in it.
Do not try and convert others to your way of thinking. When you find that you are the only person in a room who thinks the way you think, it doesn’t mean that there is something wrong with what you do and how you do it. It means every time you meet resistance, you have another opportunity to strengthen another love muscle.
Don’t doubt yourself. Don’t question yourself. Know that the resistance is going to come up on different levels with different characters. Each time you face resistance it will evoke different feelings. Those feelings are the development of your stamina. One day very soon, the only feeling any experience will evoke is the opportunity to share, spread, give or receive love.
Iyanla Vanzant
This essay was adapted from In the Meantime published by Fireside Books.
Science of Mind: a guide for spiritual living. December 2007. Vol.80 No.12
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