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  • Bev Sartain posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago

    Today’s prompt: Is there anything that stops you from seeing yourself as a loving essence or spiritual being? If so, what is it?

    • The biggest thing that stops me from seeing myself as a spiritual being is that I still feel situations and patterns that seem unbreakable or insurmountable are mandated by the universe, God, what have you, as punishment for reasons I have yet to determine.

      • How does it serve you to think of it as punishment? Said another way, what’s the positive intention in you seeing it as punishment?

        • It gives me a reason to not blame myself for repeatedly being unable to overcome the situation.

          • What if this your experience is divinely intended for you to fully accept yourself as a spiritual being and let go of any of the stuff that’s ego or attached to your humanness? I love asking “what if”…How can you look at this in a way that would work for you not against you? Thanks for sharing this and exploring it.

    • I think sometimes what stops me from seeing myself as a spiritual being is the fact that I get so frustrated with God sometimes as to why I am going through what I’m going through like how could he want this for me? What is he doing in my life? I am pretty active in my faith but sometimes when I don’t have answers I want to turn away and stop asking for God’s help anymore. I have felt like that lately like I’m losing the battle anyways.

      • I used to have these same questions. I was really angry with God.Then I learned that the experiences were actually opportunities to heal and free myself. The harder the lessons, the greater the opportunity for spiritual awakening. You are not alone Miranda.

    • Deep shame and unworthiness used to get in the way of me seeing myself as a spiritual being. Another thing that used to get in the way was that I didn’t even know that I was a spiritual being. I thought that I was my humanness. Seeing myself as the spiritual being has changed everything for me because I don’t buy into the humanness stuff as truth or something against me. Everything is working in favor of my spiritual curriculum. Once I bought into that, life got WAY easier. I’m not looking for what’s wrong anymore, I’m deepening in all that’s right with me and the world. Just some thoughts…

    • I think seeing my loving essence is blocked by a lot of guilt, shame, and self-judgement. I am willing and working on seeing myself as a spiritual being first. It seems a lot more possible now than ever before.