“He Restoreth My Soul”
Twenty-Third Psalm
Everyone who has ever lived has, at some point, sent up a prayer to an unseen Holy Power to be restored, whether in soul or body, situation or relationship? Is this not true of us as well? Do we not long to be elevated to a heavenly state where suffering and loss are no longer a part of our lives? Even the most callous among us has entertained this prayer, secretly wishing to return to the heavenly home from which they strayed. The good news is, they can, and so can we. For the Holy Power we instinctively turn to in times of need has never abandoned us or cast us out of its divine kingdom, forcing us to live in exile. It is we who have left of our own volition, lured by dreams of distant shores, traveling so far we lost our way, suffering countless travails as we wandered through the dreamscapes of our imaginings.
Yet regardless of how far we have traveled, regardless of how submerged we have become in the labyrinthian tales playing out in the days of our lives, we have not totally forgotten where we came from or where we belong. On some deep level of our being we remember and this remembrance is drawing us home, lighting the path so we can find our way through the thickets of darkness that seem to surround us. Sometimes its beacon is strong. Sometimes it is faint. Yet it has never gone out, nor can it. For it is coming from the core of our being, from the essence of us that never lost touch with the Infinite Being that gave us life or the secure sanctuary that is our eternal home. Like a divine homing device, it is ever drawing us back to the sacred land we believe we left, insisting if we fail to turn our sails in its direction.
It is too loving to leave us wandering in the desert of our human hopes, too loving to allow us to forever be caught in the stormy seas of our emotions, teetering between the poles our egos incline to. It wants to bless us, to free us, to divest us of the egos causing us suffering and pain. It not only wants to, it is doing this right now, forcing us to let go of the personas we created in our exile, doing this whether we wish to let go of them or not. Which, we rarely do, for we believe these personas to be who we are and fear if we let go of them there will be nothing left of us at all. Yet this is far from the truth. For the personas we adopted during our travels have nothing to do with the real us, the eternal us, the us that never became enchanted by its imaginings, immersing itself in their mesmerizing images. Thereby, if our true Self is to emerge, as it must and will, we have to surrender these adopted personas. When we surrender them willingly, our journey home is safe and smooth. When we resist, it is painful. For we feel every rip and tear as our divine essence forces the dissolution of the ego at the root of our personas, doing this, with or without our conscious consent.
I would, therefore, encourage you to give your consent, turning inward to the sacred sanctuary where your Soul resides, opening yourselves to the wonders that await you. Open your mind to the insights that will dawn as you enter. Open your heart, clearing away the debris that would hamper the restoration your Soul intends. Forgive. Forgive yourself and others for falling heir to the dream, inadvertently becoming buried in its magical tales. Forgive and be grateful for the divine angelic essence of you that is wide awake. Rejoice as it helps you move through the briar patches your ego constructs and sets in your way, dissolving each and every one as you move deeper and deeper into the core of your being, where the restoration of your Soul is transpiring. Be courageous. Catch the ego at its game, subduing it as best you can. You will win. You must, for, in reality, you are not separate from your divine essence, nor separate from the Infinite Being that created you in its image and likeness. You are one with this essence, one with the Infinite Being that brought you into existence, whether you are conscious of this or not.
Choose to be conscious, to be restored, to live above and beyond the magnetic field that seems to affect the bodies living here on Earth. Choose to heighten and expand your awareness, especially your sensory awareness, lifting it beyond the limited perception of your physical senses, which would convince you that the particle world of material forms is the full extent of your reality, whereas the divine essence of you is able to sense so much more. Move deep enough within to sense what your divine essence is sensing, allowing yourselves to transform as your sensitivity heightens, willingly transiting from insensitivity to sensitivity to the spiritual sense you were endowed with when Being conceived you. Become more resonant, more radiant and soulful, more able to entertain the music of the spheres, allowing their immortal strains to flow freely through your being, all the dissonance that seems to envelop you transposing into the harmonies that fill the universe of being. Transpose with them, sensing harmony where dissonance would sound its horn. Become less reactive, less caught up in the whirlwind of emotions that stem from this dissonance, bringing turbulence into your life. Vow to stay in the eye of these physical and emotional storms, remaining calm as those about you seem to lose their balance, swaying from pole to pole in a continuous reactive self-destructive arc.
Granted this can be challenging, as the ego is cunning and has no intention of losing its reign. It will find fascination in immorality, duty in morality and confuse you when you attempt to shift from the high moral to the spiritual, where Being alone dictates your activities and actions. It will create situation after situation to hold you back and keep you off balance, tugging on your heartstrings, pulling you into conflict. It is up to you during these trying times to confront this devilish ego, subduing it, despite how hard it is rattling your cage, trusting it can be subdued if you are willing to go deep enough inside to touch into the calmness and stability that reigns within your Soul.
Let your divine angelic essence, your Soul, come forth in full bloom, every quality, every element of your true character rising to the surface of your being, where it can light up the universe. Be the amazing radiant being you are intended to be, no longer lost, but found. Your divine angelic essence will help you every step of the way, shoring up your belief of separation as it awakens you and draws you near. Trust it. Follow it. It knows you and loves you well.