By Jim Koury, Seeker of Inspirational Forces
© 2014 James R. Koury. All Rights Reserved.
Life is a series of choices. The choices we make bring us to where we are in life, good or bad. The final journey to join with our higher selves is one that does require a choice. What is different is that the only other choice is simply “no.” Some choices lead us in a new, maybe undesired direction away from our ultimate existence. Choosing not to venture forth in this instance will not sway the journey’s end at one's ultimate state. It will simply defer it to a later date.
Self-revelation is necessary to get us to make decisions to move forward toward reunification with our higher selves. We go through many periods of self-revelation in our life’s journey. They are the periods where we begin to take the next flight of stairs up to the next threshold, trepidatiously placing our feet on that first step. On our journeys we must willingly and unabashedly share the experiences learned despite consequences of self-revelation beyond the confines of one's own mind.
What are the “consequences of self-revelation?” They are the end results that are achieved due to a transition through a period of self-revelation. It is that which we must share with others in order to assist them in their life’s journeys.
In our journeys to the end result of ultimate existence as shaped by our higher selves, the path may have been riddled with some actions that could, if revealed, be very embarrassing, and/or create a sense of shame and regret within ourselves. These are our “I should not have done that” or the “if only I could go back in time and do something differently” times of our life. We all have them and we must embrace the consequences of verbalizing these moments and share them regardless.
Hiding the adverse realities of our past only create conflict within us. They serve no purpose to be harbored deep inside us. They must be freed along with the good realities that shaped our existence to help others. Not doing so could result in anguishing self-torment and in the worst case lead to a self-inflicted death.
One of my periods of anguishing torment was my time in my dark closet. I never would want to re-enter such a repressive and negative existence. One moment in particular during my days in the closet almost led me to that fatal decision to end it all and put my Earthly journey to rest. I was at a point where I thought I just did not have the strength to continue and overcome the challenge creating the feelings of hopelessness and despair.
In the end, after wandering for a long time after that particular instance, perseverance and an invisible guiding hand led me through the darkness. I came to the realization that I needed to take the action I knew I had to take to escape the abysmal place I was in and came out and began to shape a brave new world focused on the real me and not the me others thought that I should be.
What is your brave new world? Are you willing to endure moments of intense and often agonizing moments of self-revelation that could have potentially dire effects to get to your brave new world? Make the decision to not fear the consequences of self-revelation. The power to make this decision is within us all. Don’t give your power away. Use it to your benefit and rise above your current level of consciousness and enter the light of your brave new world that has been molded and shaped by your higher self.
OK, I had a big long comment, but it erased it! Anyway, thanks for writing this wise and thoughtful piece. I wanted to add my 2 cents from my point of view as a Spiritual Counselor. I don't think of "self-revelation" as a need to publicly confess things that you have done in the past that you were not so proud of, or have regret for. Rather I think of "self-revelation" as an individual process of taking a look at yourself and those regrets from the past that still are circulating and stopping up your progress in the present. This can be done with the help of some kind of teacher or guide, or on your own if you are a highly self motivated person. But sometimes, as you said, things feel at such a dark place, that you absolutely need to reach out for the helping hand and get some tools to help yourself. There are many powerful processes and exercises out there to do this. But the point is to learn from the mistake, you chose that path for a reason at the time, what did you learn, what decision did you make - how are you a different person now because of what happened? Learn from it and move on, move the incident to the past where it belongs, so it can no longer haunt you, and stop you from becoming the amazing person you are- the creator of a satisfying, joyful and meaningful life, starting here, starting now. Confession all your mistakes publicly is just plain painful for everyone else to hear and not a powerful step towards resolving them.
ReplyDeleteWell I was writing this more from the aspect of reassuring others that may have gone through or are going through similar experiences and that they should not feel guilty or bad about it. But I see what you are saying too. Thanks for your input and response. It's always great to get some feedback!
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