Many believe that we are all children of God and therefore, we all have a part of God in our hearts and souls.  Many take that concept a step further and believe that our core, our soul, is Divine and that we have the ability to understand, feel and know a God-essence that dwells within us.

    How does that God-within play out in our day-to-day lives?  We have free will choice, but what about our own Divine intervention?  When we are guided by our Higher Self or gut intuition, is the God-within keeping us on the path to our highest and greatest destiny?   What does the Higher Self or God-within mean to you, personally?

    In a recent series of meditation groups, my spirit guides, a loving angelic entity named "ONE," spoke of this very subject and led a beautiful guided meditation to help us honor the God-within every day.   In this article, I will share with you their message and their meditation.

    "ONE":   "Greetings, dear ones.  We so often talk about the God-within and your own Higher Self, but how often do you have that strong sense of knowing, that strong connection, that strong integration with your own Higher Self?  Your day-to-day busyness can sometimes cause you to feel a bit overwhelmed, tired or perhaps distracted.  You might feel a longing within your soul that you can't quite place or identify.

    "We want you to know, dear ones, that this is a time for truly developing an intimate relationship with your Higher Self.  We'd like to talk about that God-Self, that Higher Self within you; the part of you that is Divine, the part of you that is a Creator, the part of you that knows all, sees all, understands all and has access to the wisdom of the ages. We want you to know, dear ones, that you are so much more than just your physical body, and indeed death is evidence of that because as the body may die, the soul lives on.

    "Indeed, today we are going to help you access that soul part of yourself with more consciousness than perhaps you have had before. We want you to have an awareness of the soul that dwells within the body.  Certainly it is good to have unity of body, mind, and spirit and to feel the oneness of all that you are in your present form.  However, remember that in all your other lifetimes you also could experience oneness of body, mind, and spirit with a different body.  Even in this lifetime, your body changed and evolved from a baby to an adult, and yet it is the same soul that occupies it.  So, dear ones, the oneness is really more about a state of acceptance and honoring and acknowledging of all that you are in your present moment.  We want to help you develop this greater intimacy, knowingness and consciousness about your own Higher Self.

    "We'd like to begin by explaining to you how it is that we see your soul.  We want you to know, dear ones, that you are all indeed divine magical beings. If you take away the physical body what have you got?  Well, we see a lightbody.  We see you, but it is light.  It is not so dense with all of the molecules together like you have in your physical third-dimensional body, but it is a body, a lightbody that is in what you might consider to be the etheric realms, but yet here you are dwelling in the physical realms simultaneously.  It is as though the lightbody integrates, merges and finds oneness with the physical body.  When you have an awareness that the lightbody (or God-within/Higher Self) is present within and about the physical body, that is when you are feeling fully integrated, feel your best, and feel the oneness of all that you are.

    "Of course the lightbody may extend and be larger than your physical body.  Meditation will help you amplify the lightbody, to bring more energy into your auric field so that you are actually even bigger and more light than what appears in the physical.  You can actually extend your aura to fill the entire room (and beyond) with your lightbody.

    "When we guide you in meditation, we always bring in the light of God/Goddess/All That Is and ask you to imagine Divine white light filling the room. From our perspective, you all become one with the body of God energy and, indeed, it expands your auras so that your auras all blend as one, one beautiful combination of all your delightful individual energies resonating in the bliss of oneness. Of course it isn't always experienced on a conscious level and understood by each individual that that is what is happening but that is how we see it from our nonphysical perspective.

    "Dear ones, know as well that when we see your Higher Self, when we look at you and we see your lightbody, your soul, your spirit, we see a beautiful loving energy pulsating, radiating from the heart chakra. In your lightbody the heart chakra can often glow the brightest and have the most amount of energy flowing around it because truly this is the center of your physical body. It is where the life force pumps and keeps the body going, but more than that the heart, as you know, is the center of love, and truly love is the driving force behind the greatest Creator Source energy.  The love energy indeed is fuel for the soul.

       "Know, dear ones, that finding oneness and the bliss of fully experiencing the God-self is simply a matter of acknowledging that it is a part of who you are.  From our perspective you are all Gods walking around in these human bodies, playing upon the earth plane and experiencing all that there is to experience here, learning your many lessons that you came here to learn, helping all of those that you came here to help, and finding yourself in those almost comical circumstances from time to time to remind you of your humanness.

    "Know, dear ones, that you are so much more than your physical body plodding though your day, walking your path. There is a soul in you that needs to be reminded that it is never alone, and that it is always dwelling in the heart of God.  Your soul wants to be reminded of its own power, of its presence, of its own purpose.

A Morning Exercise

    "Taking some time each day to honor your soul with some form spiritual practice can be a wonderful gift you give yourself.  We'd like to offer some very simple techniques to help you honor the God within.   When you wake up, get yourself out of bed and take some deep breaths.  Stand with arms outstretched and say with power and strength: ‘I welcome the God-within and I honor all that I am.'  Bring into it all that you are and feel it in your heart center.  Let the energy of God-within spread throughout the entire body and feel your body come alive with the energy of your soul, your own spirit. Awaken your spirit along with your physical body and that will give you a wonderful feeling of inner peace to start your day.

    "Mornings are a wonderful time to take a moment to have a quiet meditation, if that fits into your world. It is also a good time to take a nice walk outside and start your day with some fresh air and with your feet firmly planted upon the earth as you walk and enjoy the beauty of nature that is around you. Actually, anytime during the day, make it a point to take a few moments, take a break and take some deep breaths.  If you can, take a walk in nature or sit under a tree and breathe with the rhythm of the earth.

    "The breath is a source of life for you.  Pay attention to your breath at least a few times during the day, and take the time to breathe deep. Let the breath be cleansing and full.  Breathing fully can indeed help you live longer.  The breath can also be used to accelerate your vibration and to help you achieve higher levels of consciousness and deeper levels of concentration and focus. These deeper levels of meditation can help you to connect with your spirit guides, angels and with your own Higher Self or God-within.  Indeed, dear ones, have fun with this one and play with how the breath can be directed and focused for any intention that you place upon it.  It is a powerhouse that is always there for you with every breath you take. Use it.

    There are many techniques and rituals that you can incorporate into your every day to honor the God-within.  Allow your imagination to help you find your own ways.  In the meantime, the following meditation can be practiced to help you find new ways of honoring your Higher Self.

    One of the ways we learn is simply to remember, on a soul level, things that we have known before, in our own past lives.  This meditation takes you on a time-travel journey to a past life that you knew and honored God-within.

Meditation

   Let us begin our meditation by taking some deep breaths, deep cleansing breaths, allowing the body to completely relax.  Begin to visualize the white light of the Creator Source filling the room. Imagine the heart of God descending upon you, filling you with a loving, peaceful healing energy.  Just imagine that the arms of God/Goddess are wrapped around you, nurturing you, holding you and loving you. Feel yourself being completely supported and held in the energy of God/Goddess/All That Is.

    As you release all the tensions of the day, feel your body becoming more and more relaxed, as the day melts away behind you.  In this meditation you are going to blend with your Higher Self and take a journey… Take some more deep breaths, feeling yourself becoming lighter and lighter, and becoming more aware of the God-Self.

    Imagine the lightbody that you are. Feel and see your lightbody becoming alive, the part of you that is eternal, the part of you that lives beyond the physical. Feel how bright your lightbody is and allow yourself to let go, let go of the physical body and feel yourself ascending as your lightbody can soar with wings. You fly!  Enjoy the feeling of flight as we soar into the heavens to explore the nonphysical realms.

    Feel your soul reaching out and flying through the heavens as we are going on a journey back through time to a magical place, a place you have lived before. There has been a lifetime that you knew God-within, a lifetime of honoring your power. It may be your Egyptian lifetime. Or it may be a lifetime in Atlantis, Lemuria,  or some other magical place.  Allow your soul to travel back to one of these favorite lifetimes, a lifetime of power, a lifetime of great knowledge, a lifetime of spirit living its fullest.

    See the surroundings of this place. Smell the scented air. See the beautiful detail around you and hear the sounds.  And in this magical place your spirit guides and angels are coming to join with you as they help you to remember more of who you are.

    Your guides and angels and your Higher Self will show you now an aspect of yourself, a past self, that truly honored the God-within you.  Open and see more of who you are by seeing who you have been.   [pause]

    You may see ways of honoring God-within, ways of expressing who you are. [pause]

   Ask what magic or miracles have you performed. [pause]

    You may see some of the rituals you have done to honor your spirit. See those rituals now. [pause]

    And you may see some of the creative ways of play and joyful expression of the joy that is within you, within your soul. See your honoring of the joyful, playful part of you. [pause]

    Breathe into the spirit and ask your guides and angels to show you how to honor your spirit in this lifetime. [pause]

    Ask your guides and angels to show you the magic and the miracles you can create in this lifetime. [pause]

    Ask your guides and angels what ritual your Higher Self would like you to do each day to remind you of the God and Goddess that you are. [pause]

    Ask your guides and angels and your Higher Self what form of play and joyful acts can you integrate into your life today, to honor your joyful spirit. [pause]

    Your guides and angels have one last message for you to help you honor the Higher Self and the magic and the power within you. Open and receive that message now. [pause]

    As we honor the Higher Self and acknowledge all that we are, the Higher Self begins to find its way back again to blend with the physical body and we give thanks to our guides and angels for helping us to find new way of honoring our spirit. Allow these honorings to come and integrate back to your body.

    Take some deep breaths and feel once again the oneness of body, mind, and spirit. Take a moment to feel the joy and the exhilaration of the Higher Self to have a physical body to dwell in at this time. Remember that the expression of the soul is truly joyful.  Allow yourself to gently come back into full consciousness when you are ready, feeling fully alive, fully awake and filled with joy at finding the oneness of all that you are.

    "ONE" wishes to share some thoughts in closing:

     "ONE":    "Allow the soul to sing, to dance, to laugh, and to play and indeed you will know the joy of all that you are.  We hope you can feel what we are sharing with you and apply it in your life in whatever way fits for you. Embrace some type of ritual into your life to help you in your appreciation, gratitude and awareness of all that you are, and indeed you will experience more joy."

    We hope these messages and meditation have helped you to find ways to honor the goodness and the greatness that is you!  We send you our love and blessings as we
honor the God within you.

                                                                                Terra Sonora

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