Four Steps To Reveal Your Divine Essence - Step 1

In this segment, you will discover areas of your true essence (the mind, body, and spirit connection) that you’ve neglected or were unaware of. You will get clarity about your divine essence and concrete options for dealing with challenging life situations.

After listening to this episode, you’ll learn how to change the direction your unconscious life was heading and gain a greater appreciation for the life path you’ve agreed to follow.

Resources:
Youtube clip: Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson
David Hawkins, Letting Go The Pathway of Surrender
David Hawkins, Discover the Presence of God
Eknath Easwaran, The Bhagavad Gita

Transcript

Hi,

I'm Shirley,

And I am a Rebel for Change.

Are you ready to step up to the next level and explore the wonderful adventures you can co-create?

Let's rise together and create a world that reflects the truth of who we really are.

I'm the author of the award-winning book,

Conversations with the Little Girl Within,

A Journey of Forgiveness,

Healing,

And Liberation from Unresolved Childhood Issues.

I've been on the spiritual path for more than 25 years.

I have a degree in Christian Ministries.

I am a New Thought Leader and Intuitive Practitioner who is passionate about coaching women on living from the inside out.

I am spiritual,

But I keep it real.

On today's podcast,

You will learn about your true nature and how you can identify with it.

Once you appreciate who you are as your higher spiritual self,

You'll ultimately eliminate pretentious patterns of behavior.

The objective is for you to recognize the dual nature of your personality and to understand which nature,

The virtuous or the malicious side of your personality,

Is a driving force of your life in any given moment.

When you get that fundamental truth assimilated into your consciousness,

Your perspective of life will completely change.

Let's talk about spirituality for a moment.

Simply put,

Spirituality is our connection with what exists beyond what can be seen.

According to David Hawkins,

Who was the director of the Institute for Spiritual Research,

He was renowned as a pioneering researcher and leader in the field of consciousness.

He was recognized worldwide as a leading teacher of the way to enlightenment.

He writes in his book,

Discovering the Presence of God,

Spirit is the aliveness that accompanies and is the expression of alignment with life force energy.

Spirituality is what gives you meaning and purpose.

It may or may not involve a specific religion,

And it's a way to find hope and strength in difficult times,

Along with bringing comfort and help with healing.

I also read somewhere that Spirit is the invisible moving force that influences the physical realm.

It's the primary force that controls everything,

And we recognize it by our inner being,

Which is your intuitive self,

Which also is the infinite substance of life.

According to the first chapter of Genesis,

God created you in its own image of perfection and endowed you with the infinite substance of life,

The creative spirit,

Also known as the specialized power to make your life whatever you wish it to be.

Simply put,

The fact that you were born means that you have this spiritual nature,

And the reality is you are a spiritual being.

The infinite substance of life is innately a part of every human being,

Whether they realize it or not.

It has nothing to do with any external factors.

You don't have to be worthy enough to receive it.

You don't have to go through any rituals to catch it.

You already got it by divine right,

Which is your birthright.

The essence of God is housed in the person you see in the mirror,

As well dwells in every person regardless of how they appear on the outside.

Everyone has a spiritual element,

And that includes you.

Every human being has the essence of God inside of him or her.

The essence of God is the infinite substance of life.

It doesn't matter what your economic background,

Skin color,

Religion,

Or non-religious beliefs are,

Or even what country you live in.

You have the infinite substance of life lying dormant in you right now.

Throughout the history of civilization,

Mankind has sought to understand the significance of human life,

And different cultures have produced a variety of religious,

As well as philosophical and mythical belief systems.

David Hawkins writes,

So many people hold firmly to belief systems about themselves until it's almost become a sense of duty.

People live within their own perceptual version of reality.

They only see one right way to approach life,

And that's through their physical slash mental body.

They ignore the something inside them,

That still small voice that's alerting them that it's time to wake up to the higher consciousness of life,

That it's time to make that change.

Instead,

They firmly assert their belief and assume it as their truth.

I see little kids in the street They've got enough to eat Who am I to be blind Pretending not to see their need I saw us disregard A broken bottle top Never wondering of each other Or knowing they'll know Cause they got no way They don't want you to know Get yourself up and make a change Essential it is to make that change,

And it starts with you,

The person who you look at in the mirror every day.

When your soul is urging you to make some changes in your life,

Why do you continue to ignore it?

If you're in a car driving to a specific destination,

And you get off track and head in the wrong direction,

Do you knowingly keep heading down the wrong road?

Or do you turn around and change direction?

Your life is no different.

Some of you know that something is not right in your life,

But you keep heading down the wrong path that only leads to death or destruction.

Some of you sense a deep urge within your soul that there is a higher,

More purposeful destination for you.

That urge is a divine essence that you are made in the image of.

People can be broken after withstanding the crushing pressures of enduring the ups and downs of life,

An evolution that would surely break anyone.

Consequently,

They continually suffer in silence and are afraid to break out of the mold they've held themselves in while drowning in a bottomless ocean of despondency and self-pity.

You didn't click on this podcast by chance.

You were drawn here because you are seeking answers to your life's most pressing issues.

You are ready to learn about your true nature and how you can identify with it.

You're ready to be your authentic self and stop pretentious patterns of behavior.

You're ready to answer the call to your higher purpose in life.

I know what it's like to feel a driving sense of purpose and no longer be satisfied with the daily grind of the same old,

Same old,

Day after day routines that don't really serve your highest good.

I was at a point in my life where I was so disillusioned with life after a failed marriage.

I was disillusioned with Christianity and the traditional church rhetoric.

I felt lost and alone in life,

Even in the midst of raising my children.

It was as if there was a tug-of-war going on inside of me and I didn't understand what it was.

I know you sense that there's more to you than meets the eyes,

But you're not sure what it is.

And people around you,

They just don't have a clue.

Like me,

You are so ready to be at peace within yourself and to stop what seems to be the tug-of-war going on for control of your life.

Well,

I'm here to let you know that you can be genuinely happy and transform your life.

You can have everything your heart desires.

That is your birthright.

David Hawkins writes,

The way out is to become more conscious.

Becoming more conscious means to start looking for the truth for ourselves instead of blindly allowing ourselves to be programmed,

Whether from without or by an inner voice within the mind,

The ego,

Which seeks to diminish and invalidate,

Focusing only on all that is weak and helpless.

The smaller aspect of ourselves is very willing to accept negative programming.

In order to get out of it,

We have to accept the responsibility that we've brought into the negativity and have been willing to believe it.

The way out of this,

Then,

Is to start questioning everything.

So how do you understand and appreciate your divine essence?

You recognize your divine nature by simply being still and allowing your inner world to reveal itself to you.

By doing so,

You're tuning into the higher frequency of life.

The stillness allows you to listen for the inner voice while paying attention to any sensations your body may experience.

The inner voice speaks from your heart space and not the mind.

The heart connects to your soul and the mind connects to your ego.

This process is about reestablishing the spiritual connection to the divine source of your life.

I'd like to share a few passages from the Bhagavad Gita,

That is the best known of all Indian scriptures.

The Gita,

As it's respectfully known,

Is not what it seems.

It's not a dialogue between two mythical figures at the dawn of Indian history.

And the battlefield is the perfect backdrop.

But the Gita's subject is really the war within,

The struggle for self-mastery that every human being must wage to live a life that is meaningful,

Fulfilling,

And worthwhile.

And so the Gita reads,

In this world there are two orders of being,

The perishable separate creature and the changeless spirit.

But beyond these there is another Supreme Self,

The Eternal Lord who enters the entire cosmos and supports it from within.

And those who see that Supreme Self truly see they have found the source of all wisdom.

We're reminded that spirit lives not just in this highest realm,

But also in the world below where both darkness and light coexist.

In this divine mystery,

Spirit sends fragments of itself to become the inner self in each creature.

In this sense,

The self enters the body at conception,

Dwells in the body,

And then departs at death.

The prana,

The breath or vitality of the body.

When closing their eyes,

Steadying their breathing,

And focusing their attention on the center of spiritual consciousness,

The wise master their senses,

Mind,

And intellect through meditation.

Self-realization is their only goal.

Freed from selfish desire,

Fear,

Anger,

They live in freedom always.

They find their joy,

Their rest,

Their light completely within themselves.

And how can you not appreciate that?

Always remember that you are a divine original.

Stop trying to be a copy of other people in the world around you.

Let your light shine,

Follow your path,

And dance to the beat of your drummer.

Most importantly,

Keep in mind that being on your spiritual journey is also a quest of self-improvement in all areas of your life.

I hope this podcast is helpful in you growing in awareness and in discovering your true nature.

Email me at AspireMe2.

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