Lately I've been pondering one of the functions of relationships...

 

I'm specifically talking about the phenomenon of how people in our lives reflect back to us parts of ourselves we are either unaware of, are unwilling to accept, or refuse to look at.

 

Strange but true... who you surround yourself with says a lot about who you are. Like attracts like.

 

And sometimes the people in our lives can cause us some discomfort...they upset us, make us sad, piss us off, and on and on and on. Basically, they push our buttons!!!

 

I heard this recently:

"I may have pushed your buttons, but I didn't install them!"

 

I do believe that everything that happens to us is only for the benefit and evolution of our own soul, the expansion of our consciousness. Well when someone pushes our buttons, what's really going on?

 

Let's use a simplistic example, keep in mind this can get VERY complicated!

 

Someone tells you that you're stupid. You get mad and think what a mean person for saying that.

 

You'd only get upset about that if there were a part of you that actually believed it were true. Maybe you did have a moment of stupidity and you're embarassed about it, or maybe you actually believe you are stupid. If neither of the above were true you most likely wouldn't get upset, no button inside to push. You'd probably just let it roll of your back.

 

So I guess when are buttons get pushed it's time again to look inside and see what's been triggered. Then you can assess for yourself if a specific belief you may have about yourself is really true or not. Maybe you did have a moment of stupidity, who hasn't? Maybe you've been telling youself that you're stupid, time to stop!

 

When you start to use "getting your buttons pushed" as an opportunity to cleanse your own mind of limiting ideas and beliefs you may subconciously hold about yourself you might even get to the place where you feel like thanking the person that brought it to your attention.

 

If everything in our outer world is truly nothing but a reflection of what is going on inside of us, then everything that happens can be used to free ourselves...

 

Namaste