When did you decide you were not Enough?

As we end generations of self-abuse by refusing to perpetuate the cycle of self-hatred, we show our children it is okay to continue to love themselves.

When we learn to love ourselves exactly as we are including the differences that make us unique, our different abilities, appearances, our roles, our choices - ‘good’, ‘bad’, and otherwise, we come to see the world and ourselves with greater clarity.

There are plenty of articles about transforming our beliefs into unconditional love, so for today, let’s focus on how we perceive our physical bodies.

It doesn’t take much searching to find examples of how we are ‘not enough’ in the media.

Need confirmation that you aren't enough as you are?

Body fashions, like eyebrow shapes, come and go, but they haven’t gone away - as yet. And there is a seemingly endless stream of advertisements to shape, mould, reduce, inflate, trim and dye for any part of the body you care to imagine.

Ultimately it is about the viewer gaze, whether we are applying that gaze to ourselves or whether we perceive it from others.

Children do not see themselves through this filter. It is something that we have learnt - and why wouldn’t we when we are surrounded by it?

Onslaught - what are we doing to our children? View the Dove ad here.

There is no Divine way to compare or judge our bodies.

What would it mean if you understood how long you waited and planned for this physical body, the very form your Divine energy is housed in?

You chose your ancestral line, your genetics - your hair colour, eye colour, skin type and colour, your height, build, face shape, gender, physical ability… Why?

Our physical bodies are the vehicle and the messenger. They allow us to have a physical lifetime and allow us to have emotional experiences for our expansion. Further, they show us where we may be holding limitations.

For example, how is weight being used to protect us? Manipulate weight without dealing with the underlying issue and the weight will return or manifest as another symptom. And how are we to learn grace in a physical body if we refuse to acknowledge the lifecycle with its beauty in every stage?

A wise beautician once said to me that the best remedy for correcting a frown line was to remove the reason to frown. Our faces and bodies will eventually settle into a reflection of the lives we live - a superficial correction will never create the inner peace we seek. And this does not dismiss the benefits of modern medicine in anyway, as physical corrections can improve the way we live our lives. It is merely an observation that if we cannot accept ourselves, no amount of external work will change that.

So won’t you join me in aspiring to emulate the older men and women in our lives who live with grace? Those who acknowledge life’s cycle yet choose to see the blessing in every stage? I hold gratitude, too, for those who have experienced significant challenges yet refuse to dwell on them, meeting each day with renewed enthusiasm and self-belief.

How do we know to age, to accept our bodies with unconditional love, if we never see it? This time of ascension is asking us to re-learn and remember to love ourselves unconditionally. As we end generations of self-abuse by refusing to perpetuate the cycle of self-hatred, we show our children it is okay to continue to love themselves.

Choose not to compare yourself to others, your body is unique and incomparable.

Finally, through self-acceptance we find our healthy balance - we no longer need to overeat to stuff down our emotions, hurt ourselves through self-criticism (heart, joint pain, etc), or perpetuate unhealed trauma by attacking others.

The place to begin is right here, with us - we are one with everyone and everything on the planet. As we remember this, we ascend as spiritual beings in human form. Leveling up our consciousness heals discord, clears the energetic miasma of suffering, and unites all with love.

So what of those who earn from the trillions of dollars invested in the ‘beauty industry’? Perhaps they will take the opportunity to invest in ways that truly heal - change is only a form of opportunity. Hold unconditional love for all, for they are us and we are them.

Blessings

Michelle x

Michelle Cowles

Spiritual Leader/Teacher/Learner

Copyright Michelle Cowles 2024

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