Molding
Our Experience as Powerful Artists of Our Own Reality
What a blessing it is to realize that we have the ultimate
freedom to shape the world around us because reality is ultimately created by
our unique perception of it. We are the artists (creators), molding the clay
(Source), to create the masterpiece (our reality.) To wake up each morning
choosing to be happy allows us the opportunity to set our own conditions to the
events of each day. In this way, we mold our circumstances instead of being molded
by them. The real beauty of life is known when we take accountability and
responsibility for the creation of our daily experience.
Contentment is realized when we choose to celebrate the
quiet victories of the soul as it makes its way through the process of
expansion, growth, and learning with each purposeful twist and turn in the
spiritual journey of our lives.
How often do we hear ourselves or those around us
complaining about the behavior of others, the way others made us feel or
moaning and groaning about what’s wrong in our lives? So often we blame anyone
and everyone outside of us for what happens inside of us. It’s a sad state of
being when we don’t realize or embrace our personal power to create our
individual experience by consciously choosing our actions, our mental and
emotional state, and our responses with awareness, compassion, and soul-full
enthusiasm.
Our focus determines our experience. What we choose to
focus on expands, and we create more of whatever it is we choose to feel in each
moment. If we consciously begin our day choosing to be grateful and
appreciative of who we are and what we have no matter what happens outside of
us, we step into the role of a conscious creator and away from the role of
victim.
It is an illusion to believe that we are complete victims
of circumstance. Does this mean we never feel sad, angry, depressed or any of
those negative emotions? No, it does not. As a spiritual being living in human
form that is part of our journey. As long as we inhabit this reality we will be
subject to being human and all that entails. We must allow for imperfections
and not beat ourselves up over them and refrain from condemning another because
of theirs. We are all perfectly human. An oxymoron? Yes, but it is real. It is our
reality.
The gift of choice is very powerful. The power of our
intent is astounding, having an effect on both our outer and inner world. Even
though being human involves feeling emotions such as confusion, anger, sadness
or even despair, I’ve learned firsthand that it is up to us to determine how
long we remain stuck in the abyss of those heavy emotions. We have the ability
to choose to emerge from darkness and back into the lightness of love (for
ourselves and others) at anytime. It may seem challenging, yet it’s as
challenging as we make it. Feeling all of our emotions is normal and its
healthy. The key is to feel every emotion that arises and move through and
beyond them as quickly as possible if they are weighing us down or preventing
us from moving forward.
When we are no longer paralyzed by power-LESS emotions and
thoughts we become spiritually liberated and begin to live in a world filled
with possibility. It is empowering to embrace our role as the creator of our
lives and not as the victims of our circumstances. Of course, situations in our
lives unfold over which we have little control. The weather. A freak accident.
The death of a loved one. Unfortunate childhood situations. But we do have
control over how we view and respond to those situations as adults. And, in my
experience, its these views, our perception, and our responses that make all
the difference. I don’t wish to diminish or dismiss the severity of
circumstances beyond our control. What I do wish to focus on is our potential
as limitless, powerful, and creative spiritual beings not to allow the painful
experiences of our past to dictate the way we live in the present. As adults,
we have the power to choose the life we want for ourselves. We don’t have to
remain powerless and exist as the effect of experience outside of us. We can
choose to be the cause the determining
factor of our experience because we are
powerful enough to do so. This is our birthright.
Creators accept their power and use it and become
responsible for their lives. Living from the perspective of the ego, one only
sees opportunities for struggling, defending, hiding, pretending, attacking,
feeling offended, or running away. The ego-based mentality keeps one imprisoned
with an extremely limited lens through which it sees the world. Our personal
memoir is a one-time book with no sequel. Every day we add sentences toward a
final manuscript. If we disliked the previous chapters, we can change them,
write new scenes, and adapt it in whatever way we choose. This is the power
behind being a conscious creator and the artist of our destiny.
May your creation be as beautiful as your soul intended for
it to be.