For those of us who had a religious upbringing this can be a sensitive or even overstated notion. Growing up Catholic I heard a mix of two messages: One, you are never humbled enough to please God and must continually do all you can to please the Higher Power, and two, God loves you, always and unconditionally. Sounds like a contradiction to me!
If you also grew up with this contradiction you may have experienced the same uncertainty whenever you prayed for anything. In the back of your mind you heard yourself asking, "Am I good enough?"
Today, however, as a person free from religion but still steeped in sprirituality I finally have the freedom to see with my own eyes the truth about our inherent goodness in the eyes of the Divine. And it only makes sense! To know that you are the perfect creation of a perfect being is to know that you are always and ever perfectly loved. Religion likes to teach you that you aren't good enough and must behave accordingly to earn God's love and a place in Heaven. But the truth is that no matter who you are or what you do at any time in life Divine Source can not help but love you always.
Imagine it this way. If you were the Divine Source and you wanted to experience expansion of your Divine Self, you would create more of your self and make each part unique so it could interact with all the other parts. But the part must come from you, not be created from something outside of you. So, you take pieces of yourself and like a hair clipping or skin folicle and from that small piece you create an entire being who is made of you. It contains your Divine essence and your Divine goodness. It is more than just a creation it is a part of you that can never be anything but what you are, Divine. And the Divine is perfect. Now ask yourself, could you ever not love this being? It is beyond just giving birth to a soul, it is giving birth to your Divine self. Therefore, the Divine can not help but love each and every one of us because we are of its Divine self. We are in existance not to live separate from our Divine Source but to experience every unique part of God through each and every other Divine part (or person) Source has created. And in doing so, in experiencing our selves and others God is experiencing growth and expansion in each and every one of us.
So though you may think you are alone, or that each of your experiences in this world are yours alone, think again. Source is with you through everything. There is no separation. There never has been. That is merely the illusion because we need the illusion in order to feel we are separate from the other parts (people) that Source has created for the purpose of this expansion. And no matter what we experience, no matter how good or how bad we perceive it to be, it is all growth in the eyes of the Divine. Source can only see each experience as good because all experiences allow for growth, learning and understanding of God's own Divine self.
Now, understanding that you are now and always have been one with Divine Source, can you possibly see how it is totally impossible for God not to love you just as you are? There is no way God can not love you! The truth of who we really are makes it impossible for any other situation. Source will always be one with each of us and will always love us because we are Source. There is no separation.
When you ask Source, or your own higher self, for anything you must ask with pure faith in knowing your inherent goodness. Of course you are entitled to anything you ask for because it is this simple; when you desire something for your experience and growth it is God within you who desires it. All you have to do is allow it into your experience. To do that you must know and believe with everything within you that God is one with you and your desire and gives it to you freely.
You are inherently good. You can't help that. It is your birthright. No matter what choices you have made in this life, no matter how you think you might have screwed up, Source is still growing through your experiences. This is not to say that we are all saints!!! Yes, there are some very dark souls out there but even because of them God knows why we do what we do. To understand every part of the human experience God must be present in each of us during even times of darkness to see why we would turn away from our own goodness. How else can Source know everything?
But this is about knowing who you are and knowing where you come from. If you know in your heart that you are truly and completely connected to Source at all times and in all ways your mind will begin to focus on that relationship and as you focus on it, it grows and expands within you. As this expansion happens you will begin to see life very differently. You will see yourself as God sees you and you will begin to come to know you true self. Which is the most important part of all of this. Ask for what you will from Source and ask knowing you will receive it. But the most essential lesson here is not in receiving what you call forth, it is in knowing your true self. Know without any doubts YOU ARE DIVINE. Then start living in this knowledge and see the miracles you create!
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