Upon the spiritual awakening pathway, I have experienced many lessons of character building as a necessary part of cultivating self-love and self-acceptance. This is necessary in order to progress through self-deception ego blocks and reclaim personal power. I remain committed to my inner work to further create peace and harmony within my life and to support others upon their journey.
Cultivating Self-Love
Self-deception blocks are levels of ego denial, the half-truths we tell ourselves because we are really afraid to see all of the picture that currently blocks our awareness.
When we have low self-esteem, our ego defense mechanisms will act to block our progress moving forward in our spiritual awakening and evolving in our life.
One who understands they are a loved and worthy spiritual vessel for the spirit of God Source, will begin to learn that self-love is at the core of self-acceptance which is the quality one must build to truly feel and experience inner peace and harmony.
Once we feel love for ourselves, we build inner confidence which further builds our trust with the process of life. In these chaotic times, it is very important to build trust in our communications and relationship with our higher power to help us navigate the challenges we find now in earthy life.
A person who is more confident about themself, feels more stable in their spiritual foundation and will be more focused and determined to achieve a better state of consciousness with all of life, regardless of whether it is for career, spiritual purpose, inspiration, family, or personal goals.
A Peaceful And Fulfilling Life
Is most possible to create when one seeks inner truth and self-knowledge while building a relationship with God Source and the relationship to the self.
When building the relationship with the self it may mean we are taken through character building and challenging life experiences that we do not prefer.
We must push through our fears that live in the houses of ego in order to experience the accomplishment of moving past our perceived mental limitations and negative ego habits.
If our mental limitations and/or self-entitlement govern our actions, we will become stunted in our emotional-spiritual growth and fall into symptoms of low self-esteem.
Safe People
If we are to begin to recognize the qualities that define Safe People and safe relationships, we need to first understand what a safe person is and why we need that kind of safety to overcome fear.
We need people in our life that will be honest with us, telling us where we are creating harm and potentially where we may need to change, in order to improve ourselves. We need friends that walk according to the truth and are accepting of us, yet they are honest about our weaknesses and faults without condemning us.
Relationships in which people use shame, guilt, or condemn us for our actions are ultimately destructive and traumatizing, which does not produce emotional or spiritual growth.
These are the Unsafe People that require us to be different than who we are, in order to be accepted and conditionally loved by them. Conditional love that must be earned is useless, it is a made-up projection from the negative ego demands and is not real love.
If we do not have this kind of safe person around us yet, we can become that person for ourselves and others. As we intend to clear fears and improve our character, we attract similar people.
Qualities Of Safe People
Safe people can be fully present with others, connecting at deep and intimate levels.
Safe people can speak truth to one another, without being offended or taking things personally.
Safe people give others the opportunity to grow and become their highest expression, for them as God intended.
Safe people create loving and positive feelings and inspire good works, such as being in service to others.
Safe people create relationships that allow people to be as they are and draw us closer to feel unity and connection with all of life.
Feeling Safe
In order to heal our mental and emotional body to overcome deep fear, we must know how to establish safety within ourselves and recognize what makes us feel unsafe.
Taking good care of our body, having a consistent meditation or spiritual practice to become more inner directed, avoiding exposure to self-harming behaviors, and learning how to manage fear or trauma reactions is essential to being safe within yourself.
Identify what choices we do have and make changes in our environment that can increase our sense of safety and comfort while in our physical space.
Assess the physical and emotional safety of your environment and realize it may be necessary to remove people or situations from your life who are entrenched in destructive and harmful behaviors, in order to make the necessary changes to your lifestyle.
When we are more competent in emotional self-regulation our inner safety is enhanced, so that trust can be formed, as we discover that we really do have the resources inside of us for feeling comforted and safe.
To Forgive Others Is Forgiving Self
To forgive another person or circumstances is the most generous thing one can do for themselves. When we forgive others for perceived transgressions it frees us from the bonds, entanglements and cords which manifest painful patterns such as judgments, resentments, and anger.
Forgiving yourself is the most important action one can take to clear those self-sabotaging bonds of victimhood and their painful wounds from past, the present and future.
A powerful forgiveness technique is to practice self-acceptance which allows one to acknowledge themselves as a good person, with faults and all.
No person needs forgiveness for just being who they are. The practice of forgiving yourself is about targeting the specific things that make one feel bad about themselves, the things that make one feel inadequate or unworthy and not about the truth of the real person that you are.
This does not mean that one ignores the faults or stops making genuine attempts to improve oneself, but it does mean that one values themselves above all of those elements.
When one recognizes self-worth by acknowledging one’s whole self, then the personal power is generated to stop allowing these faults to be used as weaknesses and continually halt one’s progression and evolution throughout life.
Love yourself unconditionally and give yourself permission to heal with the necessary time it takes to do so.
Understanding the importance of forgiveness is that it brings you to the current state of now, rather than dwelling on past hurt and pain.
Forgiveness allows one to live in the present instead of the past, which means that one can move into the future with a renewed sense of purpose focused on change, improvement, and building on current experiences, rather than being held back by past pain.
Time To Forgive
Some people are afraid to forgive themselves because they fear losing their sense of self that has been built on the foundation of anger, resentment, blame and vulnerability.
In this case, one may ask themselves is feeling victimized and angry, being the easily hurt and reactive person the image you want to show the world and live with as your self-identity?
Is the familiarity of being in the victim or victimizer role, or the perceived ego security of this mode of thinking, actually worth the energy, effort, and harm it is causing you?
Without the ability to forgive and accept circumstances, in relationship to the self and others, not only does one allow themselves to remain stuck in the past, but this takes a huge energetic drain on your emotional and physical health.
Inability to forgive is sourced from anger and resentment, two emotions that can wreak havoc with your health and keep one stagnated and feeling stuck.
(Source: Adapted From Krystal Aegis, Ascension glossary.com: Overcoming Self Deception and Relationally Safe People)
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