Who Is Your True Self?

Who is your true self?

I suppose some of us know who this is.

Some of us are still searching.

Others aren’t even thinking about this.

For me, my true self is the God within waiting to be expressed.

He is best expressed when I push aside the small me.

This small me is expressed when I feel angry, jealous, insecure, afraid.

This small me is expressed when I am unwilling to listen to or accept someone who I view as different.

My true self is calm, confident, content, unafraid.

My true self quietly listens with no judgment.

My true self accepts love and speaks love.

My true self works best when I remind myself that I am connected to the Divine.

My true self is more than connected to the Divine.

My true self is the Divine within.

My true self knows that I am loved by the Divine and that is all that really matters.

Everyday my true self yearns for expression.

Go Further:

The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See by Richard Rohr

Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots by Amos Smith

The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth by Christopher Heuertz (Listen to this book for Free when you try Audible with a 30-day free trial.)

Pilgrimage of a Soul: Contemplative Spirituality for the Active Life by Phileena Heuertz

Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition by Thomas Keating

 

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