Life Question of the Week: 2.20.26
Take Back Your Mind
Michael B. Beckwith
5.0 • 826 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today, our first letter comes from Sandra in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: Sandra's mother rejects Sandra's gay brother and his children, cutting them off completely. Sandra wants to have a loving and authentic relationship with her mother, but how can she hold compassion for her mother—who's harboring unhealed pain and trauma from the Rwandan genocide—while standing for peace, reconciliation, and acceptance in their family?
Our next letter comes from Fatima: As Fatima builds a spiritually-aligned community of friends, she finds that some of her "conscious" connections feel off. She asks how to discern between being judgmental and recognizing whether her friends might truly be out of alignment so she can cultivate friendships rooted in integrity, presence, and shared values.
Finally, Michael leads a meditation on paying undistracted attention to that which is Real.
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| 0:00.0 | Peace and Rich's blessings. I am Michael B. Beck with the host of Take Back Your Mind. Dynamic Blessing. Dynamic blessings and thank you for tuning in as I am prepared to answer these questions on the life question of the week, obviously emanating from Take Back Your Mind podcast. |
| 0:57.4 | The first letter comes from Sandra, from Abidjan, Cotivar, country in Africa, |
| 1:02.9 | that I had a chance to visit from time to time. |
| 1:07.0 | Sandra says this, |
| 1:09.3 | My family and I are survivors of the genocide against the Tulsi of Rwanda. |
| 1:15.6 | And my mother carries a lot of unhealed pain and trauma. |
| 1:18.6 | My older brother is gay. |
| 1:21.6 | Since finding out my mom has cut him off and even told my sister |
| 1:25.6 | she would consider her dead if she were to be gay too. |
| 1:29.3 | My brother now is married with two children and his deepest wish is to simply reconnect with her and be accepted. |
| 1:37.3 | I don't want to hate my mom. I want to stay loving and authentic with her and I wish she could love all of us unconditionally. |
| 1:46.5 | I can see that she is trapped in her mind and often hurts those around her. |
| 1:52.1 | I began using affirmative prayer for her, writing down what I love about her and refusing to speak negatively about her, hoping that this will help. |
| 2:01.4 | How can I bring more peace and love to my family while staying sincere and authentic in my communication with my mother? |
| 2:07.3 | Without closing my heart and abandoning myself. |
| 2:11.4 | Sandra, within this particular question, you've articulated your answer. |
| 2:16.4 | How can I bring more peace and love into my family |
| 2:19.0 | while staying sincere and authentic in my communication with my mother |
| 2:21.8 | without closing my heart or abandoning myself? |
| 2:24.7 | What you just described there is your spiritual practice. |
| 2:28.6 | That is, you're going to continue to write the beautiful things about your mom. |
| 2:34.8 | You're going to ultimately have a realization that you have to have compassion for her, |
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