I’ve shared this message a thousand times before, but it keeps coming up, and it’s important enough that I will likely share it a million time more. It is this: You are enough.
We all feel the pressure to perform or produce in some way, and we tend to tie our value up in opinions (our own and those of others) about our performance or our product. But what everyone really wants is YOU. Not your perfect product or your flawless performance, but your genuine presence. Just you being fully connected, completely you, present in open-heartedness. It’s that simple, but sometimes feels so challenging. So we practice.
You’ve got to be okay with you, spending time with the you that you are presently (whether that happens to be a tidy or messy package) before you’ll be comfortable enough to truly be with others.
Marianne Williamson says, “Only what you are not giving can be lacking in any situation.” When I first heard this, it literally stopped me in my tracks. It’s hard to swallow. I completely believe it.
And while I agree with Williamson, the way it’s phrased might lead someone like me to interpret to mean that I’m not doing enough, which spirals into guilt-shame-fear. So, with tremendous regard for Marianne Williamson and her teachings, I’ll temporarily rephrase it a bit and say, “That which appears absent in any situation is that which you are not opening to.” It may appear absent, but intact is not. There isn’t anything you need to conjure or invent. It’s right here and always has been. We’ve just got to be willing, really honestly willing to open to it and give up that which is keeping us from seeing and receiving.
So we practice opening and spending time with ourselves in that raw state. How do we do such radical opening and staying? One way is working from the mind to the body (top-down), and another is from the body to the mind (bottom-up). Both are done with the intention of accessing the heart/soul/Self.
Why do we crave such authentic, raw, open presence in ourselves and others? I believe it’s because it is there that we recognize our truest Self, our shared Source, see our oneness, and that feels like Home.
We can infect each other with our presence. So when we make that shift and begin to remember and live as our authentic Self, we inspire others to do the same.
“Change in the world comes from individuals, from the inner peace in individual hearts. Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.” — Dalai Lama
There is a tremendous ripple effect when you know you are enough, when you are open and willing to see clearly, and live your Truth.
Krystal Barschig 