Spirit

The Sacred and our True Voice

In an earlier blog post I stated that congruence depends on a right relationship between our self, the sacred and others.

For us to be able to access our true self, which Wayne Dyer calls our Sacred Self, and thus truly find our voice, we need to be in right relationship with ourselves, others and the Sacred, whatever we term the latter to be. So let’s talk about the Sacred.

By the term Sacred, I mean

  • the invisible, life-giving dimension of love, peace, grace, life and truth many of us refer to as ‘God’
  • the Sacred web of Life that connects us to Life, Love, Wisdom, creativity and intelligence
  • all of that which is beyond our wildest comprehension
  • that invisible, enlivening essence beyond our highest imaginings that permeates all of life and bathes us and everything in the universe in its higher dimension spirit-frequency or energy field;
  • that invisible yet undeniable Wisdom ever available for us to tap into, if we care to pause long enough to access this
  • that Life-enhancing spirit-dimension that is ever-ready to support us through our darkest fears;
  • the Mystery and Grace that we become aware of as soon as we stop trying so hard to do it all on our own;
  • that ever-flowing hum in the universe that permeates everything with its Life, Energy and Spirit;
  • that mysterious something that acts like a tuning fork if we care to let it tune us and let it infuse us and stabilize our individual spirit and our collective field or spiritual sensibilities, when we pray or meditate or do yoga or show gratitude or love;

And, I’m aware that my attempt to define this Infinite Source of Life and Love and Wisdom is hugely inadequate. How can one describe the indescribable?

While I call this Sacred dimension, this force for good, this Source of Infinite Intelligence – ‘God’  – you may prefer another term from our modern vernacular, such as: ‘The Sacred’  ‘The Divine’ ‘Life’  ‘The Mystery’, ‘the Allness’ ‘The Oneness, ‘the Holy One’ or ‘The Universe’. Whatever name you choose, there is no denying that this sacred dimension exists and interacts with us in ways we can’t even begin to fully comprehend.

Spirit vs Energy

The terms ‘Energy’ and ‘Spirit’ are also often used interchangeably by many, though for me they are not the same. For me energy and Spirit both exist, and Spirit is more than Energy.

  • Spirit is more personal and engages us in a relationship where Wisdom is imparted, by grace through faith.
  • Energy on the other hand suggests a completely impartial frequency that exists around us but is impersonal – and this is the vernacular that physicists use to describe the sacred dimension in non-spiritual terms.

There is a dynamic relationship between us and this dimension in the universe. And, quantum physics, quantum science and quantum biology are increasingly finding evidence to corroborate what spiritual and religious believers as well as indigenous people’s have long believed in and experienced.
Another term we could coin is the God-Factor!

So, the Sacred is with us, whether we believe it is or not! And, tapping into our multi-dimensional nature – mind, body, spirit and soul – is what is required for us to truly find our voice and step into who we were meant to be so that we can make the contributions we were born to make!

Copyright © Deborah Rossouw of DebSpeaks.com  29 April 2011 – All rights reserved.

 

Finding your voice and the three-legged stool

Finding our voice rests on a three-legged stool of congruence, courage, and commitment, and depends on a relationship between our self, the sacred and others.

When last did you express the ‘true you’ to someone else? How do you know that you did? Seriously, how do you know?
And, when you compare that moment when you felt truly in touch with your inner being, to any other moment,
what differences were you aware of? What do you notice in your body? Where in your body? What do you notice about your voice? What do you notice about the way you relate to others? Have you ever paid attention to these cues?

Many of us grow up learning to mask or hide who we are for fear that if we expressed ourselves more fully others might not like or accept or approve of us.And so, in our effort to self-protect, we get off-center and lose touch with who we really are, thus becoming strangers to ourselves. One outcome of this is that we present to the world a pseudo or substitute self, one that has learned to play the game, to comply, provoke, defend or please. I know this because I too lived this way for a very long time! Over the years I realized that by reacting from my own sense of insecurity, defensiveness and fear I stayed stuck. That didn’t feel good and it didn’t serve me or my relationships. Life provided opportunities for me to learn how to get unstuck and be more true to myself  and that is the work I now support others to do.

Over more than twenty years of working with professional men and women, what has become clear is that whether they are front-line leaders or VP’s, every person wants to be heard, understood and accepted for who they really are, namely intelligent, creative, worthy human beings who deserve to be listened to and taken seriously and to be treated with respect, compassion and dignity. Not so?

Finding our voice is about feeling most like ourselves when we engage with others personally and professionally.
It’s about congruence, about walking our talk. It is about an inner feeling of rightness between who we feel ourselves to be
and living our lives aligned with and in tune with that.

Finding our voice is about embracing the match between what our inner being calls us to be and living that on the outside also. It’s about relating to others from our whole selves – our body, mind, soul and spirit – because we are naturally
multi-dimensional beings. It’s about expressing our innermost self freely, creatively and authentically.

When we make contact with our core identity, we immediately feel the rightness of who we are and in that moment we have access to our most deeply held values and our core self. And, if we express ourselves from this place within, that is when we speak from our true voice, and it’s that quality of inner resonance that attracts and draws others to us. It’s about being in a coherent state – alignment between our head, heart and emotions.
And here’s where a paradox comes in: People sense us long before they’ve even heard our voice. How come? Because ‘our voice’ is so much more than the words we speak!

Finding our voice is about tapping an inner reservoir of wisdom, clarity, power and peace so that we can express ourselves naturally with freedom and confidence! Isn’t that what we all long for? Well, our inner being longs for this too!
What one action will you take to become more congruent?

Copyright © Deborah Rossouw of DebSpeaks.com  1 April 2011 – All rights reserved.