Welcome to Day 21 of 21 days. A series of 21 daily posts to provide inspiration to connect to your source, prompts for journaling and contemplation, as well as a few little surprises along the way. I hope you'll join us. Click
here to read more about 21 days: creative divine.
Source: the point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained; the point of origin, such as a spring, of a stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates; a maker.
Connecting to our Source is, in many ways, about finding our way home. Our Source is the divine part of us, something we know naturally as children, but in most cases, separate from as we grow older. Yet many of us crave that connection but don't necessarily know what we crave or how to find it.
The Source for you may be something different to what it is for me. You may call it by a different name. You may have a different philosophy about it. I define my view of life by what feels right to me and what works for me.
You may call Source by the name of God or Soul or Divine. I think it has to be what resonates with you. For me Source, or the creative divine, as I like to call it, is my highest self. It's a part of the Whole - my whole and a universal whole where we're all connected. By connecting to my creative divine, something transformative happens. I cease to worry about all the worldly things that might normally concern me and tune into an energy or force that puts me in alignment with who I really am.
The journey home is the journey to self and who we really are. And sometimes we hide that so well!
It's a journey of small steps.
Lao-tzu:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
It's about getting our ducks in a row more and more often until we reach a point where we're being who we really are more of the time. It's quite a journey and each of our journeys is unique to us. If you're reading this, chances are that you're already on your own journey.
I believe we all have a mission to fulfil in this lifetime. Part of connecting to Source is about remembering what that mission is. The more often we connect, the more we start understanding what we are here to do. Synchronicities also start to occur and signposts appear in our path. I think that the heart of the mission is about being the best we can be and who we really are. It's about not hiding your light or talent under a bushel.
I Ching:
It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognised.
Part of connecting to Source is recognising the shadow side of ourselves, the bits of ourselves that we don't especially like and try to hide. To be whole we need to learn to accept these elements of our self and acknowledge them so that we can move forward. We don't have to deny them but look for the gifts that they bring us on our journey. The biggest hurdle is accepting the shadow side as a part of us. In the foreword of our
book today, Neale Donald Walsch writes:
I believe in living a life of utter visibility. That means complete transparency. Nothing hidden, nothing denied. Not even the part of myself that I didn't want to look at, much less acknowledge. If you agree with me that visibility is the key to authenticity, and that authenticity is the doorway to your True Self, you will thank Debbie Ford from the depth of your being for this book. For it will lead you right to that doorway, beyond which is found lasting joy, inner peace and a place of self-love so vast, you will at last find the room to unconditionally love others.
The journey to Source is really about coming full circle. It's returning to where we began, to our origin. We just don't really know that when we're on our way. It's only when we arrive that we know. Because it's then that we recognise home.
Marianne Williamson:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Be inspired: The journey is my home by Julie Jordan Scott just said it all when I saw the post headline appear in my Twitter feed. The journey to Source is our journey home.
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The Journey Home.
Read: Dark Side of the Light Chasers by Debbie Ford was recommended as part of my Reiki Master course and was a book I used a lot over the following year. It has come uncomfortable truths in places but also gifts.
Do: Today is the last entry in 21 days. I hope that some of the posts have resonated with you and helped you on your own journey. If you wrote your intentions on day 1, take a look at them and see how they have manifested over the last three weeks. Also, consider what it means to you to be whole. What shadow elements of your self do you need to accept? I wish you much joy on your journey to your creative divine. Thank you for being a part of 21 days.
Jung:
Would you rather be whole or good?
