The first step in my spiritual growth journey was a recognition that I was sorely lacking in compassion. I felt so angry and defensive most of the time. I made my life hard for myself and others. I didn’t have any compassion for myself and I really didn’t have much for others either. It was tough times.
I didn’t understand it back then, but now I can see that I had come to believe that I was fundamentally a bad person. I couldn’t have articulated it, and I don’t think I saw it, but I believed I deserved to be punished for being mean and unkind to others. I was judge, judge, judging all the time.
A miracle occurred and I saw the value of shifting my consciousness.
I set an intention to become compassionate. I made that decision and that’s when my life began to open up to Spirit.
I now know that compassion is loving understanding. When we choose Love, we choose our own healing.
When we choose compassion we’re choosing to be a healing presence AND to be healed ourselves. I’ve proven this in my own life.
Being able to be actively compassionate with ourselves and others is life-changing and life-healing. Being actively compassionate means taking steps, thinking compassionate thoughts, speaking kindly and much more.
Now I feel invulnerable most of the time, because I’m not attacking something or someone most of the time.
I encourage you to set the intention to be more compassionate with yourself and with others in order to have the maximum healing experience every day of your life!
There’s no extra charge for being happy and living a fruitful life!
SATURDAY Free Forgiveness Workshop TODAY! Come join me to have a healing. The workshop is free, but you do have to register. I hope to see you soon. Please share with others.
Are you ready to stop playing small? I’m offering an online retreat that starts on September 5. It’s one of the most effective and successful things I’ve done. People repeat it 3 and 4 times because they get so much out of it. If you feel like you might be playing small in some area of your life – this could be your breakthrough! Plan for your success and we’ll do it together – click here to learn more about the Stop Playing Small Online Retreat in September. It’s on Early Bird Special right now!
Latest ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is You ARE the Treasure: Why God Values You Above Everything Else. Exploring “The Treasure of God” from A Course in Miracles Chapter 8, I share the profound revelation that WE are God’s only treasure – not money or worldly things, but us. Through Jesus’s retelling of the prodigal son story and my reflection on how movies like The Matrix, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings all feature “savior of the world” themes, I realized we’re all meant to be saviors through joining with the Holy Spirit and seeing Christ in everyone. The key to moving from confusion to clarity is accepting that EVERYONE is equally valuable to God – from the worst person imaginable to Mother Teresa – and understanding that God’s will is our will, there’s no separation. Our function is to create and extend love in whatever form that takes, whether cooking a meal or teaching a class, and when we accept our true value as God’s treasure, we can finally live in the peace and freedom that is our birthright!
