What you fight, you become
The last couple of weeks have been such a prominent example of what you fight, you become.
Whether you know it or not, you’re a manifester. You see whatever is your focus. Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing.
This happens when you decide to buy a particular car. You never saw it before. But since you found it, you see it everywhere.
And there’s Australia. Before the #1 tennis player in the world, Novak Djoković, was recently deported from Australia, the legacy media was showing rampant hostility from Australians because he was allowed in the country, unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.
Beliefs get carried from generation to generation, and it can be difficult to break out of a particular thought pattern.
If you’ve spoken to Australians who are descended from the British penal colony prisoners, there’s a sense that they’re trying to prove that they aren’t innate criminals. I’ve seen people consciously admit this, and at an unconscious level, one might “follow the rules” no matter how unjust the rules are.
Australia has had severe lockdown measures, including harsh travel restrictions – not being able to cross state borders, and quarantine camps. So, Djoković was a symbol of freedom that Australians had been desperately wanting, but they still felt like prisoners.
If anyone feels trapped inside, they will find themselves in external circumstances that trap them.
And from Novak’s perspective…did you see how emotional he became after being down in last year’s US Open final, when the New York crowd was cheering him on? He later admitted that he had never felt so appreciated by them.
Novak is Serbian. Serbia has had a lot of negative press since the Yugoslavian Civil Wars in the 1990’s. Serbs I’ve met have a sense of it’s Serbia against the world. Or, if you know anything about their culture, it’s “Why would you care about such a small country?” That’s a feeling of insignificance.
Novak v. The World. Or, that’s how a lot of the tennis press portrays him. So, something in him manifested being rejected from the country that hosts a major tournament, which he has won nine times.
We all have beliefs of some insecurity, or being less than, or being unloved. If you don’t know what yours are, notice what you notice.
Do you see unfair treatment of others all around you? You might be feeling that people judge you unfairly, or you have treated someone unfairly in the past. When you see anyone being disloyal, does it burn you up? You might be feeling disloyal in your thoughts about someone, or even yourself.
You wouldn’t be agitated or angry at a circumstance without a story behind it. There are mirrors all around us.
It takes courage to stop and reflect. And if you’ve read up to this point, I know you are courageous.
