You are a God/Goddess
Your guides ask you to release yourself from the constraints/shackles of self-judgement to liberate the power of your OWN wisdom. Acknowledge that you have divine wisdom and are ready to share the wealth of knowledge and grace that resides within you.
Congratulations on choosing this card. You have been on a quest for self-love and have arrived at the final stage of this journey: self-acceptance. Those who are full of the grace of self-love stand out as different because they no longer question their essential self. They understand their inner core and work with both their strengths and weaknesses equally. They do not see their weakness as the ugly beast that needs to be tamed but rather they harness the power of their self-doubt, cherish the child within and use that knowledge powerfully.
The gods and goddesses that walk amongst us are not the elite, spiritual gurus or superhuman men and women who pushed themselves beyond normal limitations to achieve the black belt of life. Divine energy is found everywhere in ordinary mums and dads who juggle raising children while holding down a full-time job, in your local library, in people going to work every day while still taking the time to hold the hand of someone who is afraid. True God/Goddess energy is finding the love placed in your heart. This love is there in every heart to be found and experienced by everyone.
Most people struggle to visualise and accept themselves as a divine being because they question their right to deserve such an honour. This is not an honour for achievement but rather a way of being – it is an approach to life. When you understand how to leverage your strength to support your weaker points there is no resistance to what is, no division within yourself. There is no dark directing the light. There is only light to shine on the journey ahead. Like the river you flow seamlessly from one experience to another on your way back to the sea of grace. How do you get to this state of being? One key is to unlock the feeling of love inside you, knowing that you don’t have to wait for everything to be perfect in order to feel love. You can look for the perfection in each imperfect moment. Use what works within you to support what doesn’t.
Within each experience/quest/journey are questions that, when answered successfully (consciously or unconsciously), can help you achieve the peace that comes from self-acceptance.
1. What is the challenge I set for myself ?
2. What will I learn from this experience?
3. What skill/s do I need to complete this task?
4. What are the strengths and weaknesses I bring to the task?
5. What is the key emotion I need to release in order to perform this task?
6. How do I learn to totally accept myself in this moment (regardless of how I performed)?
For example one experience on your journey to self-acceptance might be that your new partner has three children that don’t appear to like you. Your challenge is to create a sustainable relationship that takes into account the emotional needs of five people and yet still remain true to yourself. Your Higher Self has set the challenge for you to discover your identity and how to love. You are learning how to set boundaries in a respectful way while over-coming fears of rejection. You release the key emotion of feeling powerless, shame or guilt. You may not have succeeded in winning over your partner’s children but have found a deeper relationship with your partner who has appreciated the effort you made. You accept the journey that you co-created as a stepmother or stepfather.
Whatever your current experiences, consider that until now you have not seen the tasks you set for your growth in the right way. You suffer from self-doubt, self-pity, feeling angry and confused, or you are resigned about what you can expect from life. Your thoughts and feelings diminish you. They act like a voice hovering over your shoulder criticising your every move. As a result your self-esteem and confidence are low. You listen too readily to others’ opinions and are afraid to make a mistake. Your cautiousness makes you smaller than you are. You lose the connection to your baseline, your Source – a vital life force of love. If, for instance, you struggled with weight loss for years, being disconnected from your Source meant you also judged yourself for not being able to say ‘no’ to your favourite doughnuts. You may have given up the battle with your weight and accepted yourself as you are but there was no peace in this acceptance. You may have misunderstood the purpose of the task you set for yourself. Why did you set the task of learning to say ‘no’ to your favourite food? Who or what emotional situation do the doughnuts represent for you? Who do you want to say ‘no’ to – your father, your mother? Or did your parents say ‘no’ to you all the time and now you can’t say ‘no’ to yourself ? Maybe saying ‘no’ to doughnuts is the graduation step of learning how to manage your energy or a symbol of emerging maturity.
When you explore your strengths and weaknesses instead of judging yourself look at how perfect the symbol of doughnuts is for you. If you struggled to say ‘no’ to your father’s judgement, how does eating doughnuts (or your addiction) help you feel less controlled by him or safe, and therefore help you reset your boundaries? Acknowledge the emptiness you felt when you failed to stop yourself from eating doughnuts. Accepting those moments as truly perfect, that you met your needs exactly as your inner child wanted you to will help you understand the journey for what it has been: a quest to find the place of true self-acceptance.
The answers to and the insights from these questions provide the key for each person to connect to the kingdom of inner wisdom and Source. Acknowledge now that you have divine wisdom and are able to unlock the wealth of knowledge and grace within. Embrace your God/Goddess energy to help others feel connected to the God/Goddess within themselves.
To feel God/Goddess energy you must embrace and not reject being human.
