Braving the Hot Mess
Check out Braving the Hot Mess on Facebook
  • Blog
  • My Story
  • Documentaries and Videos Worth Your Time
  • Books I Love
  • Vegan Recipes
  • Meditations
  • Affirmations
  • Tracy's Upcoming Events
  • Contact
  • Testimonials

What Would Jesus Do?

9/12/2016

0 Comments

 
Picture
Have you ever been in difficult situation and didn't know how to handle it? Maybe you're personally angry, frustrated, confused or hurt. Maybe it's an even larger social issue like racism, or refugees, or war and you don't know how to respond, what should be done, what the solution might be. What tools do you use to help you decide what to do, how to respond, how to react? 

I was recently listening to a guided meditation on forgiveness and I really liked the instructor's approach to help guide your heart to a place of forgiveness. The approach is one that I use for many different circumstances and scenarios in life. In the mediation, she suggested that you spend a few moments recalling the situation that's bothering you and then envision that Jesus walks into the room. Notice the difference in how he handles it. What does he say? How does he act? What do I think Jesus would do?

She then suggested that you envision swapping bodies with Jesus. Watch how the scenario unfolds with him in your place. Feel in your heart what emotions, thoughts and feelings he brings to the table. What are they? 

Or you could look at it this way… What would my higher self do? I believe that we all have what I call a higher self. This is the part of us that is pure. It is truth, it is goodness, it is love, it is empathy and compassion, it is forgiveness, it is faith, it is grace.

If you were to strip away my human ego, if you were to strip away all of my fear, what would my higher self do? How would my higher self respond and react? Would I choose anger or would I choose forgiveness? Would I choose hatred or would I choose love? Would I choose empathy and compassion or would I stick to my guns thinking that my way is the right way?  What would my higher self do? What choices would it make? What would Jesus do if I were to switch places with him? What choices would he make?

I believe that sometimes we forget who we are, where we came from, that we are all one, that we are all children of God. I think that sometimes we let fear get in the way, we let our ego get in the way. We feel we need to protect ourselves or protect our loved ones, but what would happen if we made decisions based on our higher self? What would happen if we acted in the highest and best good of everyone? What if we first practiced empathy and compassion? What if we first brought love to the table? What if we exercised forgiveness and faith? What would our communities look like? What would our world look like? 

​I believe that as we journey through life part of our job is an  unlearning and a remembering. Unlearning fear and ego and remembering our oneness, remembering love.

Next time you are facing a challenge, bring your higher self to the table. Set aside your fears, set aside your ego and connect with your higher self. Take several deep belly breaths and ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?", "What would my higher self do?" Conjure up those feelings to help guide you, to help you to remember who you are and what you are made of. 

I would love to hear your feedback on this post. What do you think of the idea of consulting our higher self? What do you think about unlearning fear and ego and remembering? Do you agree that we are all one?  Drop me a comment or send me an email. 
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Archive 

    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015

    Picture

      Please sign up to receive weekly new blog posts. 

    Submit
Proudly powered by Weebly