14 Self-Realizations

As part of the America Meditating~Pause for Peace campaign, Sister Jenna invites you to feel good!

I hope you've had time off from work or school this summer but what time have you taken for you? Try to take a "self-cation" before the end of the season. It's a great way to reduce stress and boost energy and it all starts with a little self realization. Here are 14 realizations to get you going:

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• Realization 1

  <em>To change is to enhance the self. I want to change and change needs me.</em>

• Realization 2

  <em>If you can understand that your being aware of how much more you are today, rather than looking into a past you cannot change, or walking around with an unfulfilled expectation, then just maybe, you're ready to really embrace freedom.</em>

• Realization 3

  <em>Forgiveness is giving up the expectation that the past should've been different.</em>

• Realization 4

  <em>To push aside pure love is to neglect the love that you are. To recognize when love is not true or pure and walk away with grace is to embrace that true love was always you.</em>

• Realization 5

  <em>Eternity does exist. It hides in the feelings of our memory. Our purity is eternal.</em>

• Realization 6

  <em>Every one of us carries a story within, it is our responsibility to know our own story and not waste time thinking about the story of others.</em>

• Realization 7

  <em>Hurts from the past tend to hide themselves in unique and respectable places within the soul. Fear walks along the side of hurt. With empathy and wisdom, listen to your allies who are not afraid to tell you where your healing can begin.</em>

• Realization 8

  <em>Attainments are spiritual experiences inside the soul. Achievements are external. However, to attain spirituality from achievements is real, true success and offers the soul deep satisfaction.</em>

• Realization 9

  <em>By knowing your own secret that resides deep in the soul, you will be able to know the secret of all. The secret is, life's greatest fortune and meaning for being here is, to love, love, love, no matter what.</em>

• Realization 10

  <em>Thinking how courageous you are and that all you have to keep doing is remembering the original spark of light in which the body tends to make us forget ... the path is about love.</em>

• Realization 11

  Our soul is light and to feed it with fear or hate is to extinguish its power. These times are gifts, signaling us to only feed the soul with what keeps it lit, and that is with love and spiritual understanding.

• Realization 12

  <em>It requires a quiet inner courage to admit to yourself that our conscience is calling us to let go of old beliefs that no longer support pure love and real freedom.</em>

• Realization 13

  There are two energies existing in the world. One that is degenerating and obvious - fear, worry, greed, anger.., and the other that is uplifting - compassionate, divine, noble, humble, peaceful, cheerful, kind... It's up to you to choose on which side you wish to live from.

• Realization 14

  <em>As is my attitude, so is my vision, as is my vision, so are my words. Speak less, speak sweetly, speak softly.</em>

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Comments

[katsatterley]

08:19 AM on 08/28/2012

Awesone realizations! They help me get through the day. These are not selfish at all, on the contrary how can you really help other if you are not taking care of yourself? Your advice in helping other will just come from the wrong place if you are not in your own divinity first.

[Stacey Burling]

06:42 PM on 08/12/2012

i dream things b4 they happen its scary

[CommonSensor2012]

12:50 PM on 08/10/2012

Our potential as "Loving" human beings is limitless!

[Kruzer Kuz]

12:00 PM on 08/08/2012

I guess its supposed to be a bunch of touchy feely words,but basically its just little blurbs about being selfish.

[oldstudent10]

12:37 PM on 08/10/2012

Exactly!

It is all about me and how I feel and what I want and what you can do for me.

This is nothing but sophomoric non sequitors with slides.

[Kelley Harrell]

11:43 AM on 08/06/2012

Wonderful! Thanks for the reminder(s)!

[Claude Hosch]

09:33 PM on 08/05/2012

"8) Attainment"

Enlightenment should lead us from awareness of our talents to"attainment" of their application. I think a "refinement" should follow leading us to a life of virtue. We should embrace all things pure, creating a glow for all to see.

[Imago1122]

04:18 PM on 08/05/2012

Thank you for these realizations.

"Forgiveness is giving up the expectation that the past should've been different." #3
---because this is the only way to be truly free and not be shackled by the oppression of painful memories.

"Attainments are spiritual experiences inside the soul. Achievements are external. However, to attain spirituality from achievements is real, true success and offers the soul deep satisfaction." #8
---because it is possible to enjoy the things of the world without being of the world.

"Life's greatest fortune and meaning for being here is to love, love, love, no matter what." #9

"Our soul is light, and to feed it with fear or hate is to extinguish its power." #11

These realizations are difficult emotionally to remain within, but what other way is there really...

[Lightwins]

03:18 PM on 08/05/2012

I didn't make it past the first realization, "To change is to enhance the self. I want to change and change needs me." This has nothing to do with spiritual truth. We do not need to enhance or change what we truly are, it is already perfect. We can come into direct contact with that perfection only when we stop trying to change who we are and accept everything as it is.

[Claude Hosch]

09:52 PM on 08/05/2012

Positive change requires scientific and spiritual truth. Change promotes growth; growth requires change, and only spiritual truth will lift us to the life of virtue Peter speaks of adding to faith (2Pet.1:5). While we do not need to change the "true self" we do need to change ineffective scripts, some habits and customs to become better acquainted with our true self. When we remove ineffective obstructions out of our lives we enhance the true self.

[Connie Markley Boppre]

11:14 AM on 08/05/2012

thank you for this !

[rebekahstarrband]

05:05 PM on 08/04/2012

spiritual truth = oxymoron

[spartanmom]

11:53 AM on 08/04/2012

I like #3.
"Forgiveness is giving up the expectation that the past should've been different."

Never been able to put that into words but that is spot on.
Giving up expectations has been key to making progress on my journey.

[frankiejones24]

10:22 PM on 08/04/2012

i like 14..I've been feeling stressed out and got on the computer....seen these...gotta write and frame 14. see it every morning. Just thought someone should know the LORD working on me.