What if Oprah Had Been Aware

Author : Rebecca Skeele
What if Oprah had been aware of how to work masterfully with her human nature when lied to?It is my intention to bring the headlines of our everyday life into the realm of the spiritual – namely becoming a spiritual scientist. There are many occasions that present themselves on our TV's, radios and movies that show so well how the human nature behaves when triggered…but not much representation for the 'other side'. How would a cocreator react if using spiritual scientist tools? So let's begin with Oprah and the hoohah about James Frey's lying in his memoir, A Million Little Pieces.Did you read the book? I did and loved it. Not only did I read it but recommend it to many clients and friends with the endorsement, "The best book I've ever read on overcoming addiction." This, I may add, from the daughter of an alcoholic.So, I could relate to Oprah in her embarrassment to find out that the book she recommended to her loyal followers had parts that were fabricated by the author.
AND, to make matters worse, she defended him at first and then had to recount – in front of several million viewers – the error of her ways.I don't like eating crow either, Oprah.Applause for Oprah for apologizing on national TV. You don't see that very often, I must say. But what followed – blaming and shaming James Frey for his fabrication, lying, twisting the truth – ahhhhh, here's where I would like to diverge into another type of dialogue that 'could' have taken place on national television – if only Oprah had been studying the tools of becoming a spiritual scientist.Here's my imaginary dialogueO – So, James…what exactly in the book is a lie? Or, to note literary embellishment, what did you fabricate?James – Well, I wasn't really blah blah blah. And I didn't really blah blah blah. And, the character Lilly, well, she really blah.O – You know James, when I hear you confess to these lies, I get this pain in my gut. It's really intense. So intense that I have to ask myself – 'Self, what is going on? What is being triggered here?"James – no commentO – And what I hear inside is "Well, I don't like being lied to. It makes me feel unsafe and that I can't trust you. In fact, who can I trust? All of a sudden, the world seems unsafe and dangerous.""Now, I could get really angry at you – blame and shame you for lying…embarrassing me, making up stuff for your book….really James, you're book was so sensational. Why did you need to fabricate the facts?"James – That's a good question, Oprah. You know, after all these years of being sober there's still a part of me that doesn't feel like who I am or what I am is enough. So, it wants to make up things..O – Exactly. I know that part inside of me. Here I am…widely successful…rich beyond my wildest dreams…and there's still a small part that is afraid that I won't measure up. I think it got triggered when I found out that you did fabricate parts of your book. "Oh dear", that part thought." I really don't measure up. I backed a liar."James – That probably didn't feel very good.O – No, it didn't. But you know what I did to feel good? I decided to work inside myself with that part that was in fear and didn't feel safe. I decided to find out what I needed to do to OWN the part of ME that this triggered. In other words,
What part of me lies to me because it still doesn't feel good enough?James – And what did you learn?O – I learned that I still secretly harbor a fear that people will 'find out' that I don't know what I'm talking about – that I don't know anything…..(chuckling) What if that's true? What if I don't know anything?What about you James? Do you know anything after all these years of sobriety?James – (pause) I know that being sober is better than being wasted. I know that life is about learning….about growing…about helping others.O – Let's see. I know that it's worth it to stick your neck out. I know that you can make something of yourself regardless of your past. I know that I want to be honest above all else…and I know that I care.So – what do we do with you? A million people are waiting.James – Oprah, you have been a tremendous gift. This is my next step in becoming well. Thank you. I will make a commitment to write the truth – if that's my genre – from now on. And, if writing fiction, then make it honest!!!! I believe people are hungry for that.O – And I want to thank my human nature for, once again, showing me where I can get bigger – expand in my loving of my humanity…and the humanity of others.Let's here it for all the spiritual scientists out there who would rather take full responsibility and work in self-mastery than blame and shame.Light to you!!!
RebeccaRebecca Skeele, MA, MSS President of Make It Heaven LLC, is the creator of the course Becoming a Spiritual Scientist, and author of You Can Make It Heaven: How to Enrich Your Life with Abundance and Loving. Rebecca facilitates classes in spiritual growth internationally. Her authentic, wise and humorous approach to living as a cocreator with God uplifts and inspires us to see ourselves and our life in a new way. Her passion is demonstrating the power of each person to access their divine reality and cocreate their personal heaven on earth.Rebecca holds two Master's degrees: in Spiritual Counseling and Spiritual Science—which positions her perfectly to present the tools necessary to shift into soul awareness. She speaks from experience and teaches what she knows—that everything in life is designed to uplift us and that our home with God is waiting for each of us—when we have the wit to shift and claim our spiritual heritage.Rebecca has been in private practice as a counselor and coach since 1990. http://www.makeitheaven.com http://www.makeitheaven.com/ssblog/
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