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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
July 23, 2024
The focus for today is:
Behind my shame and pain
is a precious, innocent child that deserves love.
Today's inspiration was written by Barry Vissell:
We all have parts of ourselves that we prefer to remain hidden. We are all ashamed of certain things we have done or were done to us, or even feelings or thoughts we have had. We imagine that if people knew these things about us, they would not like us. We would be rejected, abandoned, judged or criticized.
We think we are safe by keeping this shame hidden, but we are far from safe. Shame kept hidden keeps us from our freedom and happiness. The parts of ourselves that we try to hide are the parts that have the most power over us, because they control us from our subconscious. Trying to bury our past is thus really rejecting, abandoning, judging and criticizing part of ourselves.
Behind our shame is our pain, and behind the pain is the precious, innocent child that deserves love. When we touch upon this precious child inside ourselves, we more easily accept the shameful parts. And this brings freedom ... and peace.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
Accepting Ourselves Completely, Inner Monster and All
Written by Barry Vissell.
Read the complete article here.
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of recognizing that you are deserving of Love (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: We all have made mistakes, done things we are not proud of or are ashamed of. But hanging on to them, ruminating over them, judging and blaming ourselves, and not forgiving ourselves or learning from the experiences, just keeps our inner child in an internal prison. Free yourself and allow your true self to shine forth.
Our focus for today: Behind my shame and pain is a precious, innocent child that deserves love.
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RELATED BOOK: Heartfullness
Heartfullness: 52 Ways to Open to More Love
by Joyce and Barry Vissell.
Heartfulness means so much more than sentimentality or schmaltz. The heart chakra in yoga is the spiritual center of the body, with three chakras above and three below. It is the balance point between lower body and higher body, or between body and spirit. To dwell in your heart is therefore to be in balance, to integrate the lower three chakras with the higher three.
Click here for more info and/or to order this book. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author(s)
Joyce & Barry Vissell, a nurse/therapist and psychiatrist couple since 1964, are counselors, near Santa Cruz CA, who are passionate about conscious relationship and personal-spiritual growth. They are the authors of 10 books, their latest being A Couple of Miracles: One Couple, More Than a Few Miracles.
Visit their website at SharedHeart.org for their free weekly 10–15-minute inspirational videos, inspiring past articles on many topics about relationship and living from the heart, or to book a counseling session on-line or in person.
