Vice, Virtues and Soul Expansion
From one extreme to the other, we can choose to see Vices and Virtues as good friends, working for our growth and expansion.
As I sit to write to you, to the world, I think I am writing a beautiful message of hope. Then I am turned to Vices and Virtues. It seems odd that this is what needs to be said, but then I begin - and the rest is guided and always as it needs to be.
Note to self: Let go.
Vice and Duality
Our energetic selves understand that thought patterns contain energetic value and determine the quality of our company and our experiences. Low vibration, human-limited thoughts are firmly held by Earth’s magnetic agency and are the invitation to transform into something better. These sit at the polar opposite of virtues, the result of ‘doing our work’ and a strong example of the duality that is the companion of Freewill.
We can think of vices as ‘evil’, things to be avoided, shunned or hidden away, yet no experience or emotional response is the enemy. The most common equation is relying on a vice to numb or create a sense of security when we hold unresolved trauma.
Pain + Vice = Self Soothing
Whether numbing, or a vice that causes us to be shunned, we effectively create a barrier our sub-conscious mind is using to protect us but is not sustainable without long term consequences. Why? Because our pain is designed to move us forward - emotionally, spiritually and sometimes even physically.
Through our pain and challenges, we are pushed forward by our Higher Self and Divine Blueprint to learn to restore our state of pure love. How can we forgive…?
How can we not?
Entrapment
The harm holding on to blame, shame, anger, resentment, guilt, etc, creates is the very stuff of Karmic debt and the low vibrational entrapment that rolls around, lifetime after lifetime.
When we visit our Higher Self / Source, we discover the infinite love you hold at this level for you family, friends, enemies, and all that is. Each player in our lives is inviting us to resolve negativity through situational discord. There are no mistakes and how we react to these events will determine what we experience next. If we miss the message, we can certainly expect more discomfort - and that IS the gift in discord and vice.
Working to untangle pain moves us to service, tolerance, courage, bravery, and forgiveness. As we acquire these virtues and strengthen them through practice, our level of consciousness and inner peace rise.
What is Your Soul trying to Grow within You?
Service - grows when we remember all are one. My thoughts, words, actions towards you will return to me in the same form.
Tolerance - requires acceptance of duality; light and dark, good and ‘bad’; low vibrational events in our and others’ lives to provoke growth.
Compassion - grows from tolerance as we remember each of us are having experiences to evolve - and generally we have agreed to participate in the learnings.
Courage - to accept believing is seeing and risk choosing a different path. Courage sits behind the growth of other virtues.
Bravery - to be without fear requires we have developed enough courage to hold onto our faith in All That Is, and our Divine Right Timing.
Forgiveness - is the essence of freedom. All unhealed cycles can be ended with forgiveness and what we cannot find forgiveness for will return until we can - in Divine Right Timing.
Recorded in biblical times, we have been taught that forgiveness is the highest protection from our ‘enemies’ available. The word ‘forgiveness’ holds such a powerful vibration that even using the word can eventually build forgiveness within us, dissolve its hold and transmute the negative vibration.
So Much More than the Physical
Understanding the metaphysical story behind our experiences and their potential to support our expansion is central to our personal growth. It may seem unconventional, yet embracing the duality of human experience—where low-vibration vices act as invitations for transformation—illuminates our path. By recognizing that pain and vice are not enemies but catalysts for evolution, we begin to understand that through forgiveness, we can resolve karmic debts and achieve spiritual expansion.
Each vice a spiritual invitation to align with our Divine Blueprint and flow through life with ease and grace.
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Blessings
Michelle Cowles
Spiritual Leader/Teacher/Learner
Copyright Michelle Cowles 2024
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