August 6, 2009
Accepting Myself & Others Completely
Sitting by
the Bellagio pool in Las Vegas, I experienced an 'aha' moment. I wouldn't say it was a
terrifically new insight, however, it was a deeper sense of conscious awareness
that came over me.
As the sun
beat down on my body at 110 degrees, I found myself looking at all of
the people that surrounded me. They were every size and shape, every color, and
almost every ethnicity. Despite the fact that they were wearing bathing suits,
they appeared to share one thing in common. They seemed comfortable and
accepting of themselves. One woman in particular caught my eye - she was approximately
280lbs, reading her book on the lounge chair adjacent to where I was sitting.
As I looked at her, I heard my inner voice say, 'if she can be comfortable with
how she looks in a bathing suit, why the hell am I so critical about how I look?'
Almost immediately, I found myself looking around at other people observing
their energy or vibration and noticing their sense of self-acceptance. As I "tuned
in" to their frequency, I felt myself being affected by their state of being. I
could not tell whether it was my judgment of their state that caused me to feel
a certain way or whether it was really their state that influenced my feelings
and it didn't matter. What mattered was that I needed to practice accepting and
loving myself and others.... COMPLETELY.
So, I began blessing everyone that I looked at - anyone that caught my
attention for better or worse. I began saying in my mind, "I love you and I accept
you". After about 5 minutes of saying this silently to myself, I noticed that I
felt remarkably different. I felt peaceful and I could sense that my own
self-acceptance and self-love was increasing as I consciously loved and
accepted others more intently.
Then, I
got out my journal and began to write these statements:
I love
myself completely.
I accept
myself completely.
I love and
accept myself completely.
I love and
accept myself and others completely.
This is when
my 'aha' moment arrived. It dawned on me that this concept is nowhere on my
vision statement. Yet, I deeply aspire to achieve this state of BEing of loving
and accepting myself and others completely. How could I have missed this as
part of my conscious compass and life intention?
To date,
my vision statement is:
"I am a
radiant, inspiring and powerful being. I am a vehicle for love and light. I
bring hope and healing to everyone I meet and make a meaningful difference in
the world."
'I love
and accept myself and others completely' is not there. With this realization, I
have decided to add this to the top of my vision statement. By fully loving and
accepting myself and others, I enable the rest of the aspects of my vision to
become a reality.
Can you
imagine what our lives and world would be like if we all loved and accepted
ourselves and others completely? Imagine the peace this state would bring.
Imagine the cooperative culture that would be born. Imagine the feeling of
safety, contentment, and harmony this would spawn. For me, I know that this is
a state of BEing I want to achieve. I am willing and committed to practicing it
within myself - for that is where it MUST begin. I practice this by catching
myself in judgment - good or bad - of myself and others. Then I turn it around
and shift the energy by blessing myself and others with a mantra, "I love you
and accept you". In doing so, I shift my perception from separation to oneness
with all. Will you join me in doing the same?
Enjoy the
full moon tonight. I will too as it glistens over the lake in Maine. Tune into my blog entries at www.jennifermulholland.blogspot.com to read more daily entries during my vacation.
With love & light,
BELIEVE in the possible. CREATE the possible. LIVE the possible. |
