Hi,
And welcome to this talk,
See the Divine in Everyone.
I'm Reverend Karima,
A Universal Minister,
And I'm also a meditation teacher.
But right now,
I'm here to talk to you about seeing the divine in everyone.
And I can hear you screaming from here.
I can't see the divine in myself.
How the heck am I supposed to see it in anyone else?
I get you,
I get you,
I get you.
And don't worry,
It's not something you do on the first try,
Usually not.
If you're enlightened,
Then maybe,
But I doubt.
I doubt that.
So,
Let's get started,
And I'm gonna talk about,
Briefly first,
What it is to see others as divine.
Very often,
We like to talk crap about other people.
We like to do that because it makes us feel better for a short time,
And then we feel worse,
And then we have to talk crap again to feel better,
And so on,
And so on.
And that's how it goes for years,
And it's so boring.
So,
I want you and me to be free of this.
So,
First of all,
I'm gonna start with a quote,
And I'm paraphrasing here.
God is like the sun,
And we are like the sunbeams.
This comes from the Sufi mystic Hasrat Inayat Khan,
And with this in mind,
I think this is a brilliant way to see other people,
Because we are all created equally,
No matter if you think we are created by source,
The universe,
God,
Evolution,
I don't really care what you call it as long as you call upon it.
So,
With this in mind,
I want you to go back to a time where you said something that you thought were funny about another person,
And then I want you to go back there,
And I want you to picture yourself as them,
That they said this about you instead of them.
Would you still think it was funny?
Would you still laugh,
Or would you be upset?
If you would be upset,
Then that's a huge sign that what you said was not of the highest good,
Because if it was for the highest good,
Then you wouldn't feel sad,
And you repeated it back to yourself.
And that's also something you need to realize,
Something that very few people actually think about day to day.
When we talk with people,
It can be at school,
It can be at work,
It can be online,
And it's actually even harder online,
Because we don't see people eye to eye that easy,
Unless it's a live,
Of course,
But you know what I mean here.
So basically,
I want you to think,
The next time you are writing a comment because you're pissed at someone,
Think about it.
Would I appreciate it if it was written about me?
If the answer is no,
Simply do not post it.
If you already posted it,
Then go back and say,
Hey,
I know I was a stupid person saying this to you,
I am a human being,
I do mistakes,
And I wanna own up to them.
By doing that,
You are taking responsibility for your actions,
And the other person can feel like,
Oh,
They didn't mean to be a jerk,
And then they can move on,
Because internet comments can really hurt any one of us.
And also,
When you read an article or a book,
Or you watch a series,
Anything,
And you think,
Oh,
They seem so stupid,
Oh my God,
I'm so much smarter than they are,
Do the same thing,
Stop and think,
What if this person said that about me,
And very often you might get a response in your head such as,
But they wouldn't because they don't know me.
Exactly,
You don't know them.
You have an imaginary picture of what they are like in your mind.
So it's even harder to talk about people that we don't know personally,
Because we create a person that we based our entire thinking about them on that person,
We base that before we drew any conclusions,
And that's horrible.
And I am gonna show you how this can be done,
Because I did a huge mistake today myself,
And as a teacher,
I would like to show that also teachers can do this mistake.
I have had trainings with some of the greatest people in the world,
And I have just a small fraction of the certificates on my profile,
But the certificates are not important,
I'm just saying it because if I were this perfect person,
Like I used to think my teachers were totally perfect and never did anything wrong,
Then I would put them on a pedestal and it would be really hard.
But I want you to know that I'm real with you.
I don't try to be anything that I'm not,
And so I'm gonna give you an example of what I did earlier today.
I was talking to a friend,
And she's right next to me,
And I said,
You know that woman,
You know,
And I said her name,
And she's quite famous for being in Taylor Swift's orbit,
And I was like,
She's so like the typical American dream,
And I catch myself saying it,
And I was like,
That's so mean,
Because actually,
In that moment,
I was jealous of that person.
I was jealous of her being perfect,
And pretty,
And able to walk,
And all of those things,
And then I realized that my ego was hurt.
And I decided this is not gonna define me.
You know,
It defined me for a minute there,
But I choose again.
I choose again.
So that's what I want you to do.
So just follow my process.
If you have any people,
Famous or otherwise,
That you have hurt,
Simply follow my guidelines here.
Step one,
Set the intention.
You need to set the intention to actually forgive them.
If you don't wanna forgive them or yourself,
Then there's nothing you can do,
And you might say,
Why should I forgive them?
And that's the thing.
You're not forgiving them as who they are.
You are forgiving the illusion that you thought that they were.
Does that make sense?
So basically,
Let's say that the person's name was Melissa.
Then you can say,
Dear divine guidance,
I humbly apologize to Melissa for having this thought,
For saying these things.
I know that Melissa is a person I might never meet,
But I still wanna make amends,
And I wanna be better.
So dear divine guidance,
Next time I am on the same page,
Please intervene and make me remember what I promised today.
I am willing to see things differently,
And I'm willing to choose over.
I now choose to let myself off the hook.
I know I did something wrong.
We all do in the time of our life.
But that doesn't define us.
Like I don't know Taylor Swift's friend,
And I never will,
But she's so beautiful.
And now I'm filled with amazingly happiness for her.
She has everything that I want,
And I know I can still have some of that,
Because there isn't more than enough to go around.
I don't need to be jealous.
That's the ego talking.
And that's the thing.
You have to be able to bounce back.
And I thank my spiritual teachers,
Because they have always been open about not always being in alignment,
Especially Gabrielle Bernstein,
Who has had a massive impact on me from 2012 onwards.
And I thank you,
Gabby,
For teaching me that we need to be vulnerable when we mess up.
We need to be honest with our students,
And our peers,
And everyone else,
Because we are the light.
We have chosen to be the light.
So that's why I say,
Let's now see the divine in all.
Let's now,
When we see somebody and we feel that jealousy creeping in,
Let's see them as the divine would see them,
As children that they love,
Because we are always,
We are always in some part of the essence of the world being children,
And we always will.
You know,
Even when we're 90,
We are still somebody's divine child.
So if you manage to see others as divine children instead of something to be fought against,
Or laughed at,
Then we are able to move along.
And I can tell you that this can happen in an instant,
But you have to catch yourself.
And I hope you'll stay with me.
My next talk is gonna be on judgment.
And that judgment talk will also include a process that I have created myself.
Along with a cord cutting meditation.
So it's gonna be really,
Really good.
And I can't wait to share that with you either.
I'm so glad that you're here.
I'm Karima,
And this is the end of the talk.
See the divine in everyone.
Thank you for listening,
And may the divine bless you always.
