Repeats: Same Person, Different Packaging

Moving forward is a key element in the recognition of those things that don’t serve us. If we meet a person, and feel that in some way we are seeing past behaviors we don’t want, we can move on. It’s nothing for which to be angry or feel insulted. It’s just a clarification of what doesn’t fit our template for future love. Sometimes we get “repeats.” That’s where we discover we are seeing our past in the present. Repeats don’t necessarily mean we’re embedded in our past or stuck in ‘replay’ mode. They don’t mean we are calling in the same thing, and that all our applied work is failing. Repeats are a form of “check in.” They are meant to activate our recognition, and see if we are now clear. They often occur when we are in the active process of recognition. Repeats come to re-clarify what we do want, that is different.

This is a point of confusion for many of my clients. They begin to think they are stuck. Not so. They are moving away from their past. But their past, and their habitual way of being, is asking a pivotal question… “So, are you really done with this scenario?” If the answer is yes, that situation will be altered or eliminated.

The world has an incentive to work with us, if we allow it. Life is here to ask us what we want, and what we don’t want, through experience. Many variants will be presented in our day-to-day life, all of which are continually asking us, “What do you want?” Rather than imagine we are stalled, we can look at these events as conclusive proof that we’re in the process of moving forward. Each time we make a new decision, get clear about what we do and don’t want, we are sending out the signal that we’re ready for a new reality to take place.

I’ve heard many talk of life in terms of “lessons.” The underlying attitude within the usage of that word often seems harsh, and punitive. Is life a school of sorts, yes. But we aren’t bad students in need of punishment. We are here, learning. The way we learn is by experiencing life. In that experience, we are making choices. Much of life is new and confusing. We are doing our best to process these events, as they happen. And by the way, it’s not like we were handed a definitive guide book. Each choice leads us to the next choice. Each new choice illuminates the things that are being re-calibrated, within. The finer dimensions of clarity require honing. Re-calibration is the tuning of our exact desire, to its exact form. Each time we tune-up to where we want to go with greater precision, we are in the act of moving forward.