When you create from your essence, you create with purpose.

Dancing to the Beat of Your Own Drum

Your Essence

There is a source of energy that is all-knowing and loving. This source has been called many names, such as Infinite Intelligence, Divine Guidance, God, Buddha or the Goddess. You can refer to it by whatever name you feel comfortable with.

There is a part of you that is connected to this all-knowing and all-loving energy. This part has also been called by various terms: your higher self, your spirit, your authentic self or your essence. I will refer to this as your essence or inner nature, but you call it whatever you feel comfortable with.

Your essence is that part of you that is connected to the Divine and knows who you really are. Your essence is a like an internal compass that is always guiding you in the direction of your truest vision and highest potential. You are one with the Divine thus you always have access to Infinite Intelligence.

Our environment and surroundings are always feeding us ideas on how things can be. The images we see and the ideas communicated to us can be quite forceful on a subconscious level. This information can come from many sources, such as your family, friends, groups, organizations, the media and your environment. This can make it difficult for you to know your essence.

It is important to remember that whenever you receive information, there is bias from the source of that information or opinion. Knowing this will make it easier for you to decide whether that information received holds true for you.

It is good to have ideas and suggestions because they fertilize your mind with new choices and possibilities however, real power comes from making choices from that place within you that supports your highest good and that it is in accordance with your essence.

When you are in tune with your essence, you will make choices that will support only your highest good. Your desires will come from a place of truth. Your life will reflect what you choose to experience rather then by manipulating yourself into thinking what you should want based on other peoples’ opinions or desires.

When you are in this space, you will have the ability to create and manifest abundance. The truly abundant person experiences peace and happiness in most areas of their life, health, wealth, family, love, community, creativity and spirituality. They will have the ability to transcend challenges more easily.

When you are in tune with your essence, you are connected to the Divine, which is pure creative energy. This energy is unlimited and inexhaustible and all supply comes from that source.

If you always feel you are struggling, that you lack direction and have difficulty achieving goals and desires, this would be a good indication that you are out of tune with your essence. Perhaps what you are striving for is not in harmony with what you really desire. Or, perhaps you are choosing from old beliefs that no longer serve you.

When you bring your essence forward, you will find all your desires will be based on this truth and manifesting will become easier and quicker. Your choices will be life-supporting and nurturing. Obstacles that appear will be resolved with less effort. Opportunities will seem to come from everywhere. You will feel like you are beginning to live a balanced and fulfilled life, claiming what is rightfully yours.

What keeps people from claiming what is rightfully theirs is usually their limiting, negative self-talk and beliefs such as:

• I do not deserve,

• I’m not worthy,

• I feel greedy,

• God does not love me,

• I must have been a bad person in a previous life,

• I’m a bad person in this life,

• I feel guilty because others are suffering,

• It makes me feel noble to have less, and so on.

There is nothing divine about a limited life. You know deep down you are only cheating yourself.

We begin this journey in well-being by making contact with your essence. Your divine plan is waiting to be fulfilled. No competition is needed; no one can take your place or get there before you. Nothing that belongs to you by divine right can be taken away or lost. Let us begin to create an abundance consciousness.

It is your birthright to express yourself in ways

that are fulfilling to you.

~ Louise Hay ~

Exercise

• Write a brief description of your life so far. Jot down your experiences and the choices you have made. Indicate where you are now. One or two paragraphs are fine, but if you choose to write more, go ahead and write as much as you like.

• Write down one thing that makes you happy.

• Make a note of the one area in your life that you know must change.