Striving to Be Our True Authentic Selves ...

"The journey of consciousness, of mysticism, is to come to know yourself and your own motivations."  ~ Caroline Myss

For many of us, Life is about striving to become our True and Authentic Selves. It's about being able to laugh at our mistakes, because if we live as authentically as we can we instinctively know there are no mistakes, only different paths to choose from. One day we may choose the path to the right, the next we choose a path to the left. Striving to be our True Authentic Self is living freely, with deep joy, serenity, and peace despite those who attempt to block our happiness. 


There are no regrets or guilt about the Past, because the Past is long gone. There are no worries about the Future,  because the Future is yet to come. There is only contentedness in the Present, in the moment, because it is where we know we belong. When we are striving to be our Authentic Self, we stand fast, honoring the Past and the Future, but with our feet firmly planted in the Present.


Some will attempt to bump us out of our peace, by intentionally attempting to hurt us with words, actions, thoughts. But because we are steadfast in our desire to be our True Authentic Self, we move forward with ease and joy, leaving those negative Souls in the Past. We choose not to associate with those who wish to constantly hurt us time and again. Our internal compass guides us along, as we walk hand in hand with our Higher Power, on our Journey to becoming our Authentic Self.


We are free from the ties that bind us to those who want to squelch our happiness,  because we are choosing our Authenticity. We know deeply that our love for them, for all, is unconditional, but we also remain discerning in not allowing our Authentic Self to step into the web of intricately woven resentments and negativity that some weave around themselves and attempt to snag us in. We are striving to be Authentic, and in striving to Be, we are. We let those negative Souls go, with love, peace, and understanding. No longer do we allow their poison to affect us in any way. We simply allow them to Be.


Striving to be our Authentic Self is a Journey, a Sacred Chore ... it is internal and external work. Internal and external changes must be navigated with the assistance of our Higher Powers. We must live in constant awareness of our actions, words, thoughts. We must monitor our emotions carefully. We must be aware of all our human emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, fear ... and carefully weave our way through each when necessary. Emotions are never right or wrong, they just are. And when we are striving to become our Authentic Self, we need to learn to work with them, not against them. 


In becoming our Authentic Self, we need to learn everything about our Self. What is it we enjoy, what will we tolerate, what will we not tolerate, who do we want to embrace in our sacred circle, what are our likes and dislikes  ... indeed, we need to become our own best friend. We need to learn to be as comfortable with our Selves as we can be. 


More to come, my friends ... 
Namasté.

Healing the "Scars" of Life

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." ~ Kahlil Gibran

"The most massive characters are seared with scars", Kahlil Gibran wrote. What, exactly, is a scar? The dictionary states a scar is: "1 a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed quite completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed"

But the dictionary also provides a figurative alternative: "a lasting effect of grief, fear, or other emotion left on a person's character by a traumatic experience"

It is an unavoidable fact of Life that each and every one of us will experience or has experienced one or more traumatic events at some point or another. And for some of us the word "trauma" is absolutely no stranger within our existence.

Some of us were born into trauma, like the infant who suffers from shaken baby syndrome, or the child with cigarette burns marring her tender skin, or the toddler with the greenstick fracture of his femur. Others have merely been "in the wrong place at the wrong time", so to speak, like the people in Indonesia when the 2006 day after Christmas tsunami struck, or the families who lost everything in the wake of Katrina. No matter what the trauma, or where or whom it strikes, none of us can avoid a traumatic event over the course of an entire lifetime. It is all in how we, as individuals, deal with the traumas of Life that is important.

The inevitable traumas of Life can teach us how to handle a traumatic event with ease and grace. We can choose to learn from each situation, or we can choose to avoid the residual emotions at all costs via denial. No situation presented in our lives comes without choices. 


There are always  choices: a choice in how we handle the situation, a choice in whether or not we forgive, a choice in whether or not we forget and move forward. At times, a person finds him or herself in a situation in which he or she proclaims: "I have no choice!" Those four words are perhaps four of the most self-limiting words in the Universe! There is always a choice in any given situation.

Today, I choose to see all the options open to me in every situation. I pray for Divine guidance in choosing the appropriate actions, words, and thoughts. I choose to live my Life feeling happy, joyous, and free. I choose to share unconditional love, serenity, laughs, and kindness. I choose to be the wonderful, amazing, beautiful woman God created me to be. I choose to remember that it is none of my business who thinks negatively about me, because how one thinks about me has absolutely no impact on who I am. 


The only person who has an impact on who I am is ME. I define my Self, and the Truth about who I am is within my Soul, and within the Mind of God. As someone so eloquently in history stated (I think it was the philosopher Rene Descartes): "I think, therefore, I am."

Namaste, my friends ~