Journey #23

My first thought, when I think of cherishing Self, is a pamper session.  A massage, getting my nails done, a gorgeous lunch with friends, a walk on the beach… but that isn’t the meaning I want to explore today.  I want to feel into what it means to Cherish the aspect of your Soul that is your Conscious Self. 

For me, this is about stopping and recognising just how far I have travelled.  It is about acknowledging the continuous work on Self.  In the last eight years that I have been a serious student of the Mysteries, I have battled my Ego (which was definitely running amok); I have faced my fears (and still do on a daily basis); I have felt as if I have energetically jumped off a 40 storey building into a tea cup.  I have flown high and I have crash-landed.  I have learned much about my  human Self – some of which I really did not like and some of which I can see the light shining from.

Right now though, I’m recovering from one of those crash-landings and that is why it is time to cherish my Self.  It is time to acknowledge that the wants and the desires of the human “I” are not necessarily where the deeper “I” needs to explore.  It is time to come to understand that every single thing that I have experienced through all the years of my life – the good and the bad – is a part of my Journey and holds something that is meant to bring information, knowledge, experience and more to the aspect of me that is nothing more than a miniscule filament of the One Mind – my Conscious Self.  It is time to truly understand – and not just repeat the words – that I, like you, have purpose. 

As I look to cherish my inner self, it is impossible not to cherish all the aspects of Self that have accompanied me on this Journey.  All the parts of me that have lived through dark times as well as joyous times.  I love and cherish all parts of every experience that has made me into the ME I currently am – a conscious human.

With those deeper thoughts, and knowing that you can’t separate the physical from the spiritual…. I’m off for a bubble bath!