Breast Cancer and Victimhood

Breast cancer is devastating for every woman who has to go through this experience.

I have heard many breast cancer patients who feel that they are victim of this disease. My question is; are we really victims? Or this is an easy way out of taking responsibility for our creation.

As a metaphysical student, I believe that whatever happens to us is our creation, including breast cancer.

Like it or not, you are given many opportunities in life to choose to be a victim or to be a creator. When you choose to be a victim, the world is a cold and harsh place.

Why is that?

Because, you put the blame on some body else that caused all of your pain and suffering. "They" did it to you therefore life is rotten as long as "they" are around. Let us look at this situation from another perspective. Who put them in charge? The truth is that you put “them” in charge of your life. Your life is likely to stay that way as long as you see "them" as having control and yourself as the powerless victim of breast cancer.

Those who choose to be creators look at life quite differently. They take responsibility by recognizing that they are co-creators of every thing that happens to them in their lives. Creators feel no need to blame anyone as they know that whatever happens, they have choice in the matter. When Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela were put behind bars by those who wanted to control them, they used that opportunity to meditate and pray, to write letters and books, and to inspire their communities to stand up and make a difference in the world. They were powerful creators who continued to have a very high quality of life.

Victims relish in anger, resentment, revenge, and all sorts of negative emotions and behaviors that cause others to feel like victims, too. Creators consciously choose love, inspiration, empowerment, and positive emotions, which inspire not only themselves, but all around them. Victims and creators live in the same physical world and deal with many of the same physical realities, yet their experience of this reality is worlds apart. Whether they know it or not, both victim and creator always have choice in each moment to determine the direction of their lives through what they choose to do with what they are given.

In reality, all of us play the victim and all of us play the creator at various points in our lives. Yet few people realize just how much choice we have in which role we play at any given time. One person, on losing a job or a special relationship, may feel as if it is the end of the world and sink into terrible suffering for months, years, or even a lifetime. Another with the same experience may choose to experience the grief of loss fully. They learn a life lesson and in a relatively short amount of time move on to be a powerful creative force in their life. In every moment and every circumstance, we can choose to be that creative force in our life.

So, how do you choose to live your life? As a victim or as a creator? The choice is yours.

With much Love, Laughter and Conscious Creation,

Lea Yekutiel