How to Assist Others In Healing as A Lightworker
Healing others as a lightworker doesn’t have to feel draining or difficult, but you have to learn how to heal others from the soul level.
Sylvia Salow
April 17, 2024
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In 2017, I turned 29 years, and I’m very excited about that! I enjoy each of my birthdays, and 29 happens to be my lucky number, so I take this opportunity to write about 29 most valuable lessons I’ve learned.
Especially the lessons that I wish my younger self would know sooner so I could have saved myself some difficulties and tough times.
As I’m writing this post, I’m sitting in a fantastic coffee place on Java island. They sell amazing “jewelry for the soul” here and hand-made statues. My husband and I just finished a 3-day hike to Mt. Ijen and Mt. Bromo in Java. We saw the volcano churning out sulfate and gas during the night, which locals call the “blue fire” as the color really turns blue during the night, and then we continued climbing to the summit to gaze the sunrise.
At Mt. Bromo, we also rode horses in a volcano dessert, which was splendid as they led me to ride the horse alone without anyone holding the leash. It felt like sheer freedom to me.
I’m grateful that I’ve learned so many things in my first 29 years. Many lessons I have learned the hard way, but I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Overcoming many challenges has helped me to incorporate the lessons into my everyday life, which matters the most.
I was born in a challenging environment which happened to be the best to shape my mental and spiritual abilities. Sometimes, the best way is to walk directly through the fire. At the age of 10, I’ve begun to study ancient history, the universe and quantum physics, the power of the mind, philosophy, and other sciences.
I’ve always gravitated to the knowledge and understanding of the essence of things. All of those passions have built a solid background for what I do today. Another significant experience was a six-year relationship, which has taught me a lot about love, especially how it doesn’t look like. It was a learning curve for me, which has shaped me into a person I’m today.
In 2011, I met a man who has awakened my soul. Thanks to him, I stopped running away from myself and slowly began to open up to my gifts. Although we’ve never been together, he was the catalyst for my rapid spiritual awakening.
I’ve also studied two master’s degrees in business and international trade, which has brought me to China. In China, I’ve undertaken profound transformation, as you can read in my book “Find Yourself.”
Just after I returned from China, where I lived for 2 years, I met my husband. With him, I’ve experienced a different level of relationship which feels relaxed, natural, loving, and supportive. I know that if I had met him just a little earlier, I wouldn’t have been ready for him.
I worked for a while in marketing and HR and was getting my expertise and starting my business on the side. I’ve written two books, have had many workshops and seminars in different countries, had a TEDx talk in Kuala Lumpur, have been featured in many magazines, and as I’m writing these words, I travel with my husband in Asia visiting many wonderful places.
It’s funny because when I began to open up to the idea of living this way a couple of years ago, it was just a distant dream, and now it’s my life. How amazing! You never know what can happen if you open to it.
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This is one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned. When my life looked far from happy, I thought that it wasn’t fair that I had to experience so many difficulties. I wished that I would wake up one day, and problems would disappear. But the more I hoped for having a magic wand, the tenser my challenges have felt.
Now I understand that sometimes the shortest way is to walk through the fire and stay open. Don’t close your eyes. Look around and see what the challenges are meant to teach you.
Everything in life happens for our higher good. Especially when we don’t see it. Sometimes the life needs to get us from point A to point B by redirecting our path, and it always feels hard. But at the end of the day, you find out that it’s all happening FOR you not TO you.
I’ve learned that I must trust and stay open even if I’d prefer a different kind of reality. There is always a higher reason for redirection and hardship. The ultimate purpose of all of us is to evolve, and life makes sure we’ll even if we don’t feel like we want.
Until I finished high school, I felt like an alien. Anyone else? 🙂 I felt like I didn’t belong and that was probably true, but now I know that this is a good thing.
It’s because I’m different than anyone else that I can bring and create something new for others. Other people sometimes need to talk to the “alien” to feel understood. Which ways are you different? Learn to accept them and make them your strength.
Not everyone is genuinely happy for our success and want to support us. I’ve expected certain people to support me because they “should,” but it was like waiting for a pink unicorn. It never comes.
The sooner you understand this, the better since you save yourself some disappointments. We’re all different, and some people aren’t able to be happy for others. Recognizing this can make you more aware and ready to deal with them (by not letting them take you down). See people as they’re.
This is something that I’ve learned just recently, during the last few years. I thought that you can always trust your friends, so I was finding excuses for friends who have shared my secrets with others or who have been envious.
I had a feeling that I had to understand them and forgive them but that isn’t true. When people aren’t happy about their lives, they envy others. If this happens to you with your friends, let them go. Save your time and energy for people who aren’t intimidated by you living your dreams. Sometimes these people can also be your family members, then set some clear borders.
We’re always responsible for our decisions. Even when we feel we’re pushed into certain situations. We can still speak up and say what we want. This is especially important in relationships – in work, partnership, family, and with friends.
Saying what we mean prevents ambiguity and confusion. Whenever people don’t know, they tend to create assumptions and their explanations. Therefore, the only way how to make other knows what you want is to tell them.
I know that this can be a tricky topic for many people, but I don’t believe in compromises. They leave both parties feeling miserable. Perhaps not at first but after some time and more compromises it pushes others away, and it makes you feel demotivated and numb.
Just think about it; when you always compromise in what you want, it leaves you drained and a bit empty. You lose a bit of yourself. The compromise doesn’t make you happy so you cannot be nice and happy to the other party that has wanted you to compromise.
I believe that we all have the right to listen to our hearts and souls and if that works for others, then it’s a blessing. But if it doesn’t, you cannot compromise the person you’re. I’ve seen so many unhappy people burying their dreams just because of compromising what has mattered to them. After some time, you stop believing that you can have what you want, so you stop even trying and believing.
This is one of the most important lessons I’ve learned. Until 2012, I didn’t understand my mind, and negative thoughts and patterns would often shake me. I saw no way out of that space until I slowly began learning about my mind and why I was having the negative self-sabotaging thoughts.
This has laid the foundation for me to help people overcome and understand their patterns. It’s tough to create the life you want if you hear constant setbacks in your mind so this is one of the most important places to start.
Our feelings are messengers about what is going on deep within. If we shoot the messenger, we never learn the lesson. Feelings are so powerful that they inform us whether we’re on the right path, what we want when we should say no, or what we need to face to let go of any negative pattern.
People are afraid to feel. They do anything possible to avoid getting in touch with their feelings, but this leads to a life without inner peace. Thus, get to know yourself through your feelings.
I wish I’d have known this earlier. Already when I was born. Our environment and people are interconnected with us all the time. The more sensitive ones among us can get quickly swept away by its intensity. Energies, thoughts, and intentions of others are influencing us.
Although we cannot touch it or see it, we can feel it. Learning how to protect yourself energetically can be a life changer. Many times, our thoughts and moods don’t belong to us, we’ve just picked them up from others.
Some people are born as empaths. I’m one of them. Being an empath means that you can feel other’s feelings and thoughts within yourself as if they’d be your own. You think it’s you thinking and feeling something, but it can be the person next to you. This leads to mood swings and tons of confusion.
When I spent two years basically on my own, I was a different person, and I’ve realized what it feels like to be me which has helped me to distinguish when I’m picking up someone else’s energy and when to turn it on and off.
I don’t like discipline by nature; I had to learn to like it. I’ve learned that when I’m disciplined, I feel much better, I accomplish more, and I have more positive thoughts. The more disciplined I get, the easier it is to finish things with less effort. Discipline builds momentum.
I’ve never had a guru or a teacher in a traditional sense. Mostly I was my guru. The first 18 years I hated it, I wanted some magical grandpa to appear in front of me and answer my questions. It hasn’t happened, it was more like me being the magical grandpa for others.
I used to think that something was wrong with me until I understood that I don’t need someone to teach me spiritual matters. I have everything within, and most importantly I can create my own way. Even if I’d be the only person on the whole planet doing something a certain way, it’s okay. We don’t have to follow others because others are quite likely, not perfect. They also don’t know. Be brave to create your way – the way that works for you.
Intuition is always correct. We all know it yet we still test it at times to see what happens if we act against our intuition. I’ve learned that the rational mind is great for computing what the diagonal distance of our galaxy is (which I did by the way when I was 14) but when it comes to real-life decisions, forget the rational mind.
The rational mind operates with patterns and old information. Whereas the intuition is the direct communicating tool with our soul, who knows where and why we’re going. It’s just much smarter to listen to the one who has the information we need.
This was a big game changer for me. Like many other women, I also used to listen to the “good” opinions of others. I thought that it’s the part of being the good obedient girl. Oh, how I was wrong! No one else knows better what is best for you than you. Others are most likely lost themselves.
I’ve “wasted” years by making decisions based on the fear of losing their approval instead of giving it to myself. This is what we should teach our children – it’s okay to follow your heart, that’s why it sends you these beautiful dreams. Don’t let others interfere. Get inspired, but it’s you who has to choose.
I know that we’re social beings and having friends is important. Yet it should never replace the relationship you have with yourself. Choose your friends wisely because they’ll influence you. If you feel like they’re dragging you down, then they probably do.
Sometimes we think that our peer group is the best and positive but not everything that looks perfect actually is perfect. Always be there for yourself and be ready to stand out and be “the black sheep” if you need to. Don’t let anyone hold you back.
I don’t say just “love yourself” because that is said easier than done. It’s about learning. Loving yourself is a process and sometimes a life-long process. Yet I believe that we should all try to find more love for ourselves. Everyone can become more self-loving in distinct ways. Find the ways that work for you and then keep showing up for yourself moment by moment. It gets easier.
Life happens, and sometimes it’s testing us at all levels. People we love, leave. People we trust, disappoint us. Our dreams don’t work out; we get sick and tired. But at all these times, you’re the only person who is there with you.
Don’t abandon yourself when life gets complicated; it’s time you need yourself the most. Be honest and admit that you could have done better but don’t leave yourself because of that.
I used to look for something that would make me feel fulfilled. I’d searched for it in the books, other people, in hobbies, traveling. In all the wrong places. Feeling fulfilled and happy cannot be found outside ourselves. Yet we all spend years searching for it right there.
The primary relationship is the one we have with our soul and with the higher power we believe (whatever it is, labels don’t matter, neither of them is precise anyway). Find yourself, find that secret and special place where you connect with your soul. Let it guide you and let it act through you.
This a mantra I live by – or at least do my best. If I were, to sum up, our life purpose in just a couple of words, then it’d be “embody your soul.”
Embodying your soul means expressing the very essence of you. The never changing nature of your deepest part. I know that this may sound like something we cannot reach easily but trust me that any one of us can do it. That’s why we’re here.
Your life is yours. You’re responsible for yourself and living and expressing your most beautiful dreams. No one can find happiness by living dreams of someone else. I know that we’ve created a society which loves systems and structures – especially those systems that don’t work for anyone. Yet I invite you to use your precious life for doing something that matters to you. Even if no one else agrees and supports you, do what makes you feel alive.
Find something that helps you reconnect with yourself and bring balance into your life. I don’t say that it needs to be meditation and yoga. Just do whatever brings balance into your life. This builds a strong core that is like an anchor in the midst of the storm. You can change the routine whenever you want. Although I have routines, it looks a bit different each day. Diversity works for me the best. What makes you feel good and grounded?
We want our dearest people to be happy, but it’s their choice. We cannot force them to do something that they aren’t ready and open for. Everyone has own growing and learning curve.
The pace is between them and their soul. We cannot push others to do something if they don’t want to. By doing so, we only deplete ourselves and harm our relationship with them.
Spending some quality time alone is always possible to some degree. Not everyone can travel alone or live abroad alone but we can all find moments for ourselves and our thoughts. Without knowing who you’re, you’ll keep being swept away by others. They’ll try to impose their will on you, and you’ll feel confused because you’ll not know what you want and who you’re. When you know who you’re, you also know what your dreams are, and you feel more guided.
This may also be controversial because many of us have experienced the painful love. Yet the only thing that can hurt us is our love illusions bursting. The love that is supporting and not demanding cannot hurt. It’s our ego that gets hurt.
I like the saying by the Alexander the Great;
“True love never has a happy ending, because there is no ending to true love.”
My first relationship was a struggle, so I thought that it’s like that in every relationship. Therefore, I even stopped seeking any relationship for some time.
Feeling at ease in a relationship requires two things. One is that you get to know yourself and learn to help yourself (not expecting your partner to save you). Two, you find the right partner which again goes back to knowing yourself. You have to be very clear on who you want and what your standards are.
All of our relationships are assignments, especially romantic ones. They teach us which parts of ourselves we need to integrate and what lessons we need to learn. Your partner is a mirror to you, and they reflect your true self to you. The part of you that you wish to hide, but they don’t let you, so you have to face it and deal with it.
I said this earlier, but I want to stress it out again because it’s so vital. Don’t expect your partner to save you and heal you. If that happens, great, but it’s your responsibility. The moment you build these expectations you’re slowly killing your relationship (and yourself). Don’t expect them to support you in your drama and instead heal it yourself.
Sometimes we want to keep ourselves safe by trying to control the results, but then we don’t allow the good things to come our way. Controlling energy is the energy of restriction. It’s like being in a perpetual spasm. It costs too much energy, and we put ourselves in a cage. It’s better to learn to receive. Just breathe and take it easy, life gets much better.
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