Family Ties And Sibling Lies
Let me start off by stating that I am an only child of two only children. This means, I have no siblings, I have no Aunts or Uncles, and the closest family I ever had, other than my parents, were my grandparents. So under what authority do I have to speak about family ties and sibling lies? I married into a zip code.
Here's what I have discovered over the last more than 35 years of experience with the interaction of the extended families ... that everyone involved is only a physical relation. They have the same physical roots, genes, heritage, and bloodline ... but they are all different in many ways. They may have shared features, walks, actions, and overall looks ... but these are all physical traits. Here's where the difference lies.
Their real and true differences ... are all non-matter, non-physical. They are mental, emotional, and spiritual differences. Although they are physically related, they may not be soul-relatives. Their personalities, their desires, their ability to discern, may be entirely different. In other words ... non-relative. The inner Spirit inside that body that inhabited at birth for this worldly experience may be entirely different in what it's mission here is about.
So if you do not "get along" with one or more of your siblings, it may be that your souls are non-related ... you merely shared a pathway into this life. But if you don't get along, at lease have a mutual respect for everyone. All are equal and all come from the same Source Origin of ALL life. In the grand scheme of the universe ... our Spirit is all relative. We are all ONE. And when you know this, you will know that by hurting someone else, you are also hurting yourself.
By lying to someone else, you are lying to yourself. By not showing respect to someone else, you are disrespecting yourself. Family ... is more than just physical and material relatives. Man is triune ... Spirit, Soul, and Body. So what I'm saying is that your "Soul-Brother" or "Soul-Sister" may not have entered this life from the same physical womb as you. This is why many times, you feel closer to some of your friends, than your own physical family members ... because those friends are kindred spirits. You are soul relatives.
So if you experience Sibling Lies within your Family Ties, just know that they are on a different path and mission than you are. Bless them (meaning literally from the Greek "speak highly of them") because even though you have shared the same womb, your persons and Souls are different. The word "person" comes from Latin and means "the role or mask of an Actor." The world is a stage, and we all have to play our parts. Don't step on any toes while you're here ... they might be your own.
Just a thought ...
~Justin Taylor, ORDM., OCP., DM.
