The Unexpected Gift

Question: I am accepting myself so much more these past weeks and feeling more love and compassion for myself. Looking in a mirror more and with less judgement! Breathing more and trying to be more grounded in my body.

Dorothy: Thank you so, so much for emailing. I would like to offer the following perspective as a support for this particular point in the process. 

The things that people don't like about themselves are also the manifestations of Divine Being. Imbalance is born of incompletion. In order for balance to restore, Divinity must take a specific shape which completes the incompletion. Wholeness blossoms forth from incompletion. That shape, assumed by Divine Being is a gift from you to the Creator. It supports Self knowing from the unique perspective of your being. In this way a deeper union is forged between individual reality and Divine Reality . When you experience any dissatisfaction, this lays the ground for an awakening of Being. Your suffering is never wasted. Instead it is the very thing which makes you infinitely precious to the Totality of Universe. 

The interactions between your "imperfections" and your Divine Being are your gift. The action step is to offer this gift to the feet of Divine Being, with love and gratitude for the blessings of human experience. Anything unsatisfying about oneself or one's life are simply areas which don't align perfectly with the soul's full potential. The most brilliant minds often slow the lesson down, so that they can appreciate the finest details of the process of dissolving darkness and bringing light. The strongest hearts frequently slow the lesson down because they are capable of carrying great weight, thus experiencing a more dynamic relationship between the pain of separation and the pleasure of Union.

Ultimately, you are in the driver's seat and in control of this situation. You can offer the suggestion to Divine Self to speed up the lessons and derive less information and less poignancy from them. Or intentionally slow the lessons down so that more details can be gleaned from them. As a general rule, faster is smoother. The one thing you can't change is the fact that, ultimately, Brahman will consume everything. Nothing will be left in the end but Pure Being.

Regarding how quickly or slowly one learns lessons, there is one more thing to consider. There is a sweet spot where the lesson is coming fast enough that it is totally engaging and slow enough that the lesson's challenging aspects are just uncomfortable enough to expand consciousness at its optimal speed. To achieve this bliss point, first, recognize its reality on the level of finest feeling, then offer this feeling to the field of inner silence. With love and gratitude, allow that feeling to naturally return as experience. With each experience, the feeling can be offered again, refining with every dip in to infinite silence. 

The whole thing is so adorable. You are SO adorable ........ and SO powerful. You can do this, it is an amazing process, far exceeding any expectations. Thank you so much for courageously pursuing the human experience at this time in creation when so much is at stake and there is so much to be gained.

Heart full of love,
Dorothy