We all carry wounds, big or small, that leave their mark on our hearts and minds. The path to healing often feels like a long and arduous journey, filled with the hope of someday becoming whole again. But what if the answer to wholeness lies not in waiting for some miraculous healing to happen, but in actively embracing – deliberately holding – every part of the human you are right now, just as you are?
We can chase therapies, self-help books, and the latest wellness trends, all in pursuit of that elusive state of “wholeness”, but nothing really changes until we can look in the mirror and actually start to love what is there.
“Love is the greatest healing power I know. Love can heal even the deepest and most painful memories because love brings the light of understanding to the darkest corners of our hearts and minds.” – Louise Hay
“The human mind and what we’ve achieved with it is remarkable. But it does not come close to what we can do, be, see and heal with our hearts” – Rasheed Ogunlaru
“Nothing beats love. Love is the greatest healing power there is; nothing else comes close. Not ancient cures, modern medicines and technologies, or all the interesting books we read or the wise things we say and think. Love has a transformational power.” – Naomi Judd
The words above are all beautiful, but it is when we truly understand the practical application and implementation in a way that we can embody, that we go from beautiful to powerful! And the next thought from Stephen Levine really gets to the power that love can play in our healing:
”To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.” – Stephen Levine
This shift in perspective is fundamental, it speaks of seeing yourself through a different lens. Not waiting for yourself to be perfect and then liking what you see, but being able to approach the parts of yourself that you have been avoiding, and hold them in love right now… to heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear…
This is at the core of my work and message. Being able to find love for the parts of ourselves that we used to fear and even hate, creates within us the wholeness that we have always been seeking. And then finally we understand that it’s not healing that makes us whole, but it’s becoming whole that makes us heal.
Pushing away what is not perfect, is the cause of our lack of wholeness, and we’ll only BE whole when we’re able to draw closer and hold that which is flawed.
Mantras for embracing my wholeness:
- I choose to love myself, fully and completely.
- I embrace all parts of myself, even the ones I find challenging.
- My wholeness is my birthright, and I claim it now.
- With love as my guide, I become whole and I heal.
Wholeness is not some eventual destination, it’s the continuous journey of opening up to your own love. You are not broken waiting to be fixed. You are an inherently whole being, and it’s through this realization that true healing unfolds.
Have a beautiful Friday peeps!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Sharing love.