There is a reason why you are here on the earth right now. That reason is because you are in the process of healing your soul. Everything that we choose to do on the earth is part of the process of developing a perfect soul. A soul that is no longer required to come to the earth school to grow, but can continue to grow within the realms of spirit. There are many theories as to how, as spirit beings, we came to be working through this journey. That’s a topic for another day.
Spiritual growth can only be achieved through the process of healing. When we think of healing, we automatically go to the physical body. We think about disease and illness. We think about bodies disabled through some cataclysmic event that requires rehabilitation to achieve perfection once again. We think about mental illness that requires therapy. We think about the medical profession. Healing comes through the medical profession. If it doesn’t come through the medical profession then we seek out alternate healers such as reiki.
And yes, we do require healing such as what I’ve just mentioned. But healing of the soul is on another level. It’s not about having a broken soul that requires mending and being back together. It’s about knowing that there are lessons for us to learn, experiences for us to overcome and that through these lessons and experiences, we are becoming more perfect as spirit beings. With each physical lifetime that we go through, our souls are becoming more perfect.
How wonderful the moment we achieve this perfection – I imagine! None of really knows how far we are on our journey to perfection. This is such an important point to note and I say this because, knowing that we are all on a journey and have all experienced many lifetimes, and the choices we make for a lifetime are specific to that aspect of our evolution – we cannot look at someone else and think that we are further up the ladder so to speak than them. That we are more spiritually evolved because we perceive ourselves to be better than them. Because we perceive ourselves to have made better choices in this particular lifetime than them. Perhaps you see yourself as being more successful, more in tune with the universe, more able to communicate with the spirit realm. Whatever that may be – you have no way of knowing that you are behind or ahead.
It is because of this very fact, that it is absolutely vital for us to treat everyone in the same way that we would ourselves. Now, if you think about that, maybe you don’t treat yourself very well and so it stands to reason that you won’t treat others well. Or, you may treat yourself very badly and still be able to treat others well. It’s all so dependent on the choices that you make and the choices that you made prior to coming into this lifetime.
Consider that self-healing can only be achieved through self-love. That self-healing is the foundation for self-love. Self-love is what resonates out into the world to draw to you, the love that you deserve. Self-love is what forms a perception of yourself that comes from a solid foundation of acceptance for who you are, an awareness of who you are, and the exhibiting of behaviours that exhibit to others that love exists within you, for you and others.
Self-healing happens when you absolutely align with your higher self. Your higher self is that part of your soul that resides within the universal consciousness and gives you access to the universal consciousness. It is that aspect of your soul that is a compilation of every bit of wisdom that you have accumulated along your spiritual journey. It is that aspect of your soul that knows what your chosen path is in this lifetime. It is your absolute true essence.
Of course there isn’t a magic pill to bring about the healing that your soul needs. It takes work, but that’s the reason why you have chosen the life that you have. When you can see yourself as the author of your own life, as the one in absolute control of every aspect of your life, and not as a victim to outside forces, then you know that you are achieving aligning with your higher self, the part of you that knows you and knows exactly what you need. And when this happens, you are doing the self-healing. That self-healing comes about because in aligning with your higher self, you learn to love yourself. You learn to recognise that you are perfect and imperfect all at the same time. Also that others are exactly the same. Only just on a different level, or in a different way to what your human understanding can relate to.
Only once we can feel loved and cared for, from ourselves that is – deeply loved and worthy of love – are we able to actually become aware of other’s needs and have the strength to help them through their own overwhelming problems. And that’s when we find ourselves in service to others. Service to others does not mean that you’re the one doing the dishes at home, cleaning the house, making beds, running errands on behalf of someone else. Service to others is opening up a space that allows them to walk their spiritual path. It is giving others the opportunity to experience love and acceptance. It’s about understanding that we are all in this life together and that many of us have chosen to walk through this life together.