We are all victims. We are all abusers.
The victim stance isolates you from the world, creating the illusion of a hostile world that is against you.
To this, you respond by lashing out.
And in lashing out, you become an abuser.
There is no abuser if there is no victim.
Yet, the first victim is always inside you.
There is no victim if there is no abuser.
Yet, you may not see how you are abusing others
because you see yourself as the victim.
To stop this dance, stop both steps within yourself.
Embrace the universe as an ally. Embrace every person as a messenger of the universe, bringing you a gift. Flip defensiveness into receptivity. Flip blame into Self-responsibility. Flip the perception that the unexpected is an adversity into the unexpected as a gift and facilitation for co-creation.
If there is no enemy, then your value does not depend on others and their value is not diminished by yours.
If there is no enemy, you are not under attack, so you don’t have to attack (or to defend yourself constantly).
If there is no enemy, you can become your own best friend.
*Nothing I say here justifies physical or sexual violence from one person to the other or suggest that you stay in a violent situation.
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