victory over victimhood

by ramaa krishnan

2010 – The year of

choices
Weekly datebook & meditations
2010: The Year of Choices -
Choosing courage over victimhood

Introduction:

Victory over Victimhood has been an inspiring theme

for me in the past year. As we go through the human
experience we come across many situations that
trigger off our deeply held fears and insecurities. In
such times, it is a natural instinct to assume the role of
a victim and attribute the pain or discomfort to an
external source. However, in any situation, embracing
that role of a victim is ultimately a choice we make – a
choice that leaves us cornered into passivity.
Victimhood is a dead end that has us holding on to our
fears and losing touch with our dreams. Our only way
out is to consciously choose to take responsibility as
co-creators of our situation. While this seems like
adding insult to injury, it is indeed true that our own
past choices and perceptions have brought us to where
we are at and to move out of the situation, once again
it will be our own free will that will rescue us.

And now begins our journey of moving forward by

releasing our unhappy patterns and working on
realizing our dreams. Thus we serve the true purpose
of our victimhood.

We are currently living through challenging times with

more than the usual dose of scenarios that leave us
feeling victimized. Let us rise up to the demands of our
life and use the very situations that threaten to bring
us down, as opportunities for growth and upliftment.
In the face of challenges, major or minor, let us
choose courage. Let us conquer the demon of fear
within us like Durga, the Hindu Goddess and like Her,
let us destroy every form and expression of our inner
demons.

I invite you to observe the year 2010 as our Year of

Choices - choosing Courage every week, every day,
every moment. This journal has an exercise each week
to remind us to move from fear to faith. Let us do this
over and over again until we have removed the weeds
of fear and planted blossoms of faith within our field.

Front Cover - Goddess Durga:

She was conceived by the light energy of all the other

Gods in order to destroy some very powerful long
standing enemies of mankind. She came forth calm
and confident, clear in her purpose. Larger than life,
her crown kissing the heavens, riding upon her
vehicle, the king of the forest, the lion itself, her sight
had the demons running helter-skelter.

Durga is symbolic of our inner courage. When we look

for it we bring it forth from within ourselves - a
strength so large, so tall, that its very presence would
make all our fears feel powerless. As she battles the
demon-king, he changes form constantly to hoodwink
her until, gathering all her strength, she destroys all
the faces of fear appearing in any form whatsoever.

Inner flap - Goddess Mahalakshmi:

Lakshmi comes from the Sanskrit word –‘Lakshya’ or

purpose. The true purpose of our struggles is the
realization of our dreams. Goddess Lakshmi, symbolic
of well being and abundance at all levels, is the end of
the journey of victimhood. She is the fulfillment of our
wishes, the reward for our courageous choices.
Why be human when you can be divine?
About the author:

Ramaa Krishnan, teacher and healer was born and

raised in India where she studied Meditation and
Eastern spirituality before arriving in the US in 1998.

She has since embarked upon a project of integrating

the intellectual strengths of the West with the intuitive
gifts of the East.

She now teaches at her Center for Self-awareness, Full

Bloomed Lotus (www.fullbloomedlotus.com) where her
attempt is to teach people to embrace their divine
potential and move from fear to faith.
 This week.....

I refuse to be victimized by the

pessimism around me…..I choose
to believe in and gratefully
acknowledge the many miracles
in my life.
a full bloomed lotus publication
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