Soul Lessons from God: Courage

The theory of self-actualization refers to the concept of fulfilling one’s true potential. It is the lifelong quest for emotional, physical, material, and spiritual wisdom to realize our soul purpose. With self-actualization, we begin to realize our full potential and what truly drives us within. 

Self-actualization opens us to the highest level of psychological development where we live in trust and faith and no longer allow our fears to control us. We can embrace our lives from a place of love, esteem, and safety. Giving us the opportunity to develop our abilities to maximum capacity and realize our true purpose in life. Self-actualization gives us permission to be our true authentic selves.

The journey into our inner world can get tricky as we begin to figure out who we are, what we truly believe and why we behave as we do. We may be inclined to hold back and hide who we are becoming out of fear of what our family, significant other, friends, or coworkers will say. 

Like Alice, from Alice in Wonderland, once we jump down the rabbit hole and open our eyes, we cannot close them again. And once we are in Wonderland, although strange, somewhat creepy, and very unknown, this is a mystical place where we can reach our inner landscape and begin to release our fears, insecurities, and negative belief patterns. 

At the core, many of our fears are tribal fears, fear of being rejected, judged, or cast aside by the group because we are no longer following tribal beliefs held by others and society. 

With the Grace of Courage, we can take back our individual power and rise above the fears blocking us from progress and growth. We can recognize that people will hate, judge, ridicule, troll, and cause division out of their own fears, insecurities, and negative tribal belief patterns. 

As individuals, we have the inner power to look at the situation symbolically and figure out the lesson the experience is trying to teach us. We can choose to act courageously and embrace compassion and empathy to those who are struggling on the journey, understanding that they are currently stuck in their own fearful thought patterns. 

Afterall, something that seems so mundane by societal standards, like finding out Santa does not exist, can cause all sorts of tribal fears within us. If we do not process these experiences properly as children, they follow us into adulthood. They are no longer just part of the ego as they manifest into our shadows. 

Showing grace and compassion to those around us can help us spiritually mature into who we are meant to become. With self-actualization we can honor and embrace who we really are, leading by example and embracing our truth freely and authentically. This gives us permission to be our true authentic selves and gives others permission to live in their truth. 

An example of this is someone who has been married multiple times. One person has been married five times, owns this truth, and embraces the lessons from each relationship. They chose to view each marriage symbolically and understand and appreciate that each experience was a lesson for growth and spiritual development, and they share this truth with others. 

The other person has been married twice but has deep angst over this as their personal long held tribal belief is that you only get married once and if you can’t stay married, something is wrong with you. Whether those reasons are the inability to establish and retain long term relationships or being irresponsible with the sanctity of marriage, the list of nonsensical fears is endless. 

When we can witness and feel the inner power of another and how they own and embrace their light and their truth and speak about it, unapologetically, it gives us power. They own who they are and do not care what others think, say, or do. They have enough self-esteem, trust, and faith in themselves that it just doesn’t matter what others say about them. 

They released their fears and negative tribal beliefs, so they no longer worry about being judged or rejected because they know we are all on our own journeys. They approach life and others with compassion and understanding and leave the hate and judgement behind. 

There will always be those that are fearful of change and losing their comfortable routines, but we can’t let their fears get into our heads, hearts, or bodies – we must stay true to ourselves. And when we are strong and honor ourselves and our beliefs, we give ourselves permission and others permission to be their true, authentic selves.

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