As you consciously choose to grow spiritually and set the intention be embrace the authentic “you”, you may start to notice your day-to-day choices may be based on a lot of fear based emotions. The activities you consciously or unconsciously engage with may have a lot of addictive nature such as checking emails, messages, reading magazines, tabloids news etc. in order to feel some level of excitement or fulfillment. This type of addition can really disconnect with your inner feelings, intuition and soul wisdom. Ask yourself, are you able to embrace solitude? Do you really treasure the time you spend with yourself? Do you allow yourself to feel and accept your true feelings and hold compassion for them or are you afraid of them and feel the need to run away from them, suppress them or distract yourself by busy doing something? The external life circumstances are really reflection of your inner world. If you dis-associate with your true feelings and desires internally, you will find it very difficult to stay authentic with the external world too. Before you can truly be vulnerable with yourself, accept yourself for you are right here, right now and love and respect yourself no matter what, you will always feel the need to modify yourself when you meet the outside world, because the way you judge yourself is the way you think the world will judge you.
There are three aspects to self-love which you really master that can tremendously improve the quality your inner and outer experiences.
1) Love:
Love is only thing that is real and is hold everything together. Fear is an illusion created by our ego. That’s why many spiritual teachers define fear as false expectations appearing real. To solve any problem in life, ask yourself “What choices that lead you closer to love and peace?” Also love cannot be defined. Everyone experience and express love in different ways. Love is not just a concept. It’s a force but it’s also a feeling. Love is gentle. Love is passionate. Love is creative. Love is courageous. Love heals. Love challenges. Love frees. Love always tell the truth. Spend some time alone and ask yourself, what makes your heart really sing even if nobody knows or sees? What are you naturally drawn to? What would you do if money is not the problem? What would you do if you know anything is possible? Close your eyes and let go all of your thoughts, emotions and preferences and allow the wisdom of your souls to show your true purposes, qualities and paths through gentle knowingness or flashes of insights. To some people, it may come as images or voices that are so distinguishable yet familiar because they resonate with your souls on multi-dimensional levels.
2. Truth
In a world that almost everybody concerns with their outer appearance more than their inner qualities, it can be difficult to see the importance of being truthful and honest.
However, as you evolve spiritually and desire more love and meaning in your life, you start to see that being completely honest with yourself and accepting life for what it is and trusting the workings of the universe is the only way to stay sane and grounded in this ever-changing world where illusions and duality are the true obstacles that we need to overcome. Spend some time alone and examine exactly how you feel about what you are going through in life. If judgments and self-critical thoughts surface, let go of the thoughts and pay attention to the emotions, feeling or energy beneath them. Breathe deeply in your diaphragm and as you breathe out, set the intention to align your heart, mind and spirit to be one with the ultimate truth and be a channel to allow divine energy wash away all the false beliefs, limiting emotions and feeling etc. that can be let go at this moment. As you keep practice this for at least thirty days, you will start to notice more positivity, clarity, confidence and peace in you
3) Vulnerability/ Humility
Vulnerability and humility go hand in hand. Both are essential to help you open your heart and mind to learn new aspects about yourself, life, laws of the universe and be flexible and be willing to change. Having the vulnerability to face your fears and the humility to honestly examine your life are essential for deep rooted growth and changes. Vulnerability and humility are also vital in the process of letting go of your personal judgments and releasing the resistance to your truth paths. When you are flow of life, your desires, intentions and longings can be manifested in miraculous ways which take you to wonderful places you have never been to both internally and externally. Vulnerability and humility are both prerequisites and enhancer for experiencing more true love in your life. As you allow yourself to be vulnerable and humble, you consciously accept the enteral oneness that connects all people, things, and experiences. As you consciously integrate this truth and energy into your daily life, you will start to experience more harmony, peace, joy, love and gratitude. You will feel less need for other people’s acceptance and be connected with your true power.
Love and light
Jane Huang