You Are A Spiritual Being

The secret to living a fulfilled life without fear of dying is to realize we are spiritual beings seeking a physical experience, rather than physical beings seeking a spiritual experience. (Author: Unknown to me)

We let other people's opinions of us shape us, especially the negative opinions. If someone tells a person that they are useless, that they can't do anything right, that they are ugly, any number of negative comments, those comments are taken to heart. We see this with verbal abuse. If the abusee is a child they grow up feeling worthless. If the abusee is an adult they lose their self esteem and feel they can't make it on their own. They don't leave because they believe the abuser, they believe that they are worthless. Other people can tell you that you can do it, you can break free. That really doesn't help, you have to believe in yourself.

Of course verbal abuse is the extreme, nearly everyone has had someone say somethingnegative about themselves and it sticks in your head, and it comes to the forefront when a similar situation arises.

The exercise this week is to build self-esteem and rid ourselves of the negative seeds that have been planted.

Start a list of your good qualities. Start with I am wonderful. I am a beautiful person. Now add your other good qualities. Read this list every day and as you think of more add them, take this list to heart, replace those negative opinions with it. When someone says anything negative to you (about you), remember your list, think about your good qualities not what they are saying. Push those negative opinions right out of your mind. Yes, it will take some time to rid yourself of them all, but you can do it.

The Divine loves you for who you are, love yourself.

You are spiritual being and you deserve love, love yourself and you send forth energy that will attract love to you.

You are a spiritual being and you are perfect the way you are. After all, you are a reflection of the Divine.

Until next week,
Rev. Tammy