Empower Thro' Surrender & Divine Love.....

[Dr. SohiniBen Shukla]

Empowerment through Surrender, Awakening and Divine Love

by Dawn MacIntyre

Making most of our time here on earth is not difficult but does require us to develop certain states of mind as well as the higher qualities of our soul. This includes empowering ourselves to succeed and enjoy life, learning to trust and surrender to a higher power, our Divine Selves, and stop trying to do everything by ourself from the place of our personality and finally, becoming fully awakened by developing higher states of being.

How can I transform my victim mentality to one of authentic empowerment

and truly succeed in all areas of my life?

We are, by and large, born with an authentic sense of our own power;one that is unfettered by the consciousness of our parents, family, teachers and society. We are innately aware of our innocence and our intrinsic capability to fulfill our soul's mission easily and gracefully.

As we grow up we become unconsciously transformed to possessing a victim mentality, especially as women, in at least some area of our life if not in most areas. We are run by anger, fear and worry by the time we are adults. Again, while some of this mentality is known to us, much remains unconscious and will continue to do so until we choose otherwise.

It is imperative to take responsibility for our lives and choose empowerment through the process of loving ourselves more fully and deeply, by accepting ourselves as we are in this moment, with all of our strengths and weaknesses, being willing to forgive ourselves and others completely and finally by letting go of our past ….letting go of our pre-conceived notions of who we are and instead become unlimited in our spiritual power and magnificence as women.

Love, acceptance, forgiveness and letting go ….these are the secrets to self-empowerment. It becomes easier for us to develop these deeply within when we are able to finally acknowledge that we are ultimately responsible for the peace, happiness, and personal power that we so richly desire and deserve. Now is the time for us to step up and be fearless in our pursuit of expressing our inner beauty and greatness.

About two months ago I experienced an attempted break-in at my home …I startled the robber as much as he startled me. Fortunately he ran away before any harm came to me. For that one day I allowed myself to feel the shock that comes with the invasion of our privacy and places we deem as our sanctuaries however, the next morning I woke up and chose to not feel like I victim in this situation. As a result I was able to see the gift in the experience and empower myself to act on its blessings.

We will no longer be victims when we choose not to be. And we will become authentically empowered instead.

Why do we need to surrender?

When we move from the victim mentality to one of empowerment we are so busy planting seeds for the manifestation of our desires. This is a time when we work very hard and act on all of our hunches, our intuition, to move forward and lead fulfilling lives.

During this process we will be challenged with certain obstacles and things may not seem to be going according to our original plans and/or in accordance with our timing.

The only solution for this is to surrender and TRUST in the divine process, in divine timing and in the fact the universe is co-creating with us every step of the way. And sometimes our job is to simply step back and let the universe do its job.

If we try to force things, our results are far from what we envisioned and likely won't last. On the other hand when we surrender and trust, we enter into a state of allowing things to happen easily and gracefully, in perfect timing and with end results that are far greater than we could have imagined.

This is how the universe works and it is a beautiful thing …if only we would let it be.

Regardless of how far down the spiritual path we are …this is a constant lesson that will show up for us until we get it …believe me, I know! As evolved as I am, I still get caught up in the timing of things and am learning the art of surrender right along with you.

It may seem that being surrendered is a lazy, inactive way to go about doing business or creating your dreams. The truth is there is no greater act of faith and confidence in our trusting that our divine blueprint is indeed being fulfilled, even when we can't see it, than when we are totally surrendered, at peace and celebrating our accomplishments thus far.

In the end, if we do surrender and enjoy the process, things actually do come together more quickly because we have gotten out of our own way. Solutions magically appear where none were to be found no matter where you looked. It is that simple.

God wants you to be happy ….when you feel stuck or things aren't happening exactly as you had hoped simply "Let go and Let God".

You're worth it and then some.

Why is awakening so important to leading fulfilling lives?

An awakened state of being is ultimately blissful. After mastering the art of trust and surrender we can more easily enter into conscious states of grace, gratitude, beauty, compassion, forgiveness and divine love for ourselves and others. The gift of each of these states is separately magical and collectively heaven on earth.

* Grace: to live in a state of grace simply means that we are mentally and emotionally centered and grounded regardless of outer circumstances and behaviours. In each moment we are able to feel the gift of life and see the best in people and experiences.

* Gratitude:

to live in a state of gratitude asks us to take nothing and no one for granted. To see the blessings that have been bestowed upon you, daily and over time ….and as you do this you will create much more of the same. We always have a choice to focus on the good, or the bad. Choose to focus on all that you have to be grateful for, every day!

* Beauty:

to live in a state of beauty means that we honour the existential beauty within all people and we appreciate the beauty of nature with more reverence…. the beauty of nature, which exists without our forcing anything, is the best example of our unlimited capacity to create beauty in our lives with as little effort.

* Compassion:

as compassionate beings we see the bigger picture. We also see people as doing the best they can given their current level of consciousness ….in being compassionate we create the space for the acceptance and therefore, the growth of others.

* Forgiveness:

Although I listed this one last, forgiveness is paramount to living an awakened life. Radical forgiveness of ourselves and others frees us to become more conscious and awakened ….and to experience the daily miracles life has to offer.

Does this mean we have to live in these states of being all of the time? Absolutely not! We can, at best, only ask of ourselves to come back to these states as quickly as we can. The key to awakening is to be aware of the moments and days that we exist in lower states of being and to have the courage to lift ourself up and out of them, with ease and grace.

And through the Divine Love of ourself,

this becomes second nature.

Dawn MacIntyre

Circle of Divine Light

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[Beverly Karakochuk]

Wow I really like this. May I use it to read in my meditation class ???