That Inner Connection To Truth

A very big aloha.

My name is Reverend Cindy Paulus and I wanted to talk today about the old adage of to thine own self be true.

And I thought I'd talk about this because there are so many outside influences that we're getting without even being aware of it these days,

Especially if you're posting online and everyone,

You know,

You'll want to get more mentions,

You know,

More likes or more loves or whatever.

And you are without thinking a lot of people are just trying to be liked more.

And it even happens in all levels of our life.

You know,

It's very easy to want to be liked and to be successful.

Sometimes we acquaint with how many likes we get or how many loves we get or that,

You know,

And it's so interesting because I've done a lot of books and I've done a lot of different albums as well,

Music albums and speaking albums.

And I have found that it's really interesting that I have what I want to convey,

But at the same time,

I really want to make sure that I am providing what people want.

And it's an interesting razor's edge you walk between being true to your own self and also trying to be accessible and to be available and to be liked.

And it's a balancing act you have to really stop and consider for yourself.

It's gotten to the point with how easy it is for people to sell you things or get you to buy things or influence you.

I love the term social media influencers.

How many people,

I know so many people that want to be influencers and get liked by millions of people and be successful that way.

It's very easy for people to think,

Oh,

I can make a lot of money if I just go and put this out there and I'll be liked by all these people and then all of a sudden I'll be wealthy because I'm doing what I'm appealing to people for.

The question is,

Is that really the goal in life?

Is the goal to be liked by a million people?

And for a lot of people that's become the way it is.

It didn't ever used to be this way before the internet.

I'm old enough to remember.

The idea is to try to really be true to yourself.

So first of all,

Above all else to thine own self be true.

Now it can be so powerful and influence that sometimes you don't realize what your real true self is that you can get molded into what people want and what people like.

And that's a dangerous thing,

I think.

I think it's best to really,

No matter what or how many people say they like you,

Social media is a very fickle beast.

It's not a matter of being liked by social media.

It's a matter of finding what your own gifts are and then following those gifts.

And that's really an interesting walk to walk.

And it's not that you should try to avoid success.

It's just that you can find out what is successful and then interpret it into your own language,

Into your own expressions.

I've seen this happen even here on Insight Timer about the people who get very successful with what they're doing versus the people who are just doing what they're doing.

And it's not as big a subject or as popular a subject.

So I brought,

I decided I had to bring this up because it's very important that something resonates with you,

That it's really something that you relate to that is speaking to your own inner self.

And the best way and place to do and discover and to focus on that is to go inside,

To go into that inner place of your soul,

To go into that quiet place within,

That sacred place within and let it guide you and let it direct you and let it influence you.

I think one of the best influences we can have.

So let's take some time to do that deep dive,

Beautiful dive into that lovely center we have within that goes so deep to connect us with who we truly,

Truly are inside.

And let that be our influencer.

And we can do this in meditation.

If we just relax and let go and let go and let go and go deep,

Deep,

Deep inside by breathing first and just getting comfortable and honoring this time and the space as your sacred time to go within.

And we do that by sitting erect,

You know,

Making sure there's a flow of energy going through our whole body from our head down to our toes and making sure the energy is there from your feet and everything's clear and your calves and your thighs and your hips and through your base of your spine and all the beautiful centers you have from the base of your spine.

Breathing into it and just allowing it to be full of light and allowing that next chakra up to be lovely.

So beautiful there that the lovely place you store your emotions and have that beautiful radiant color of a radiant,

Let's make it a beautiful gold,

Huh?

Shall we make that area gold and light just radiating forth and going up to the next chakra and letting that beautiful chakra there that holds so much of your center and also your emotions allowing that to go through your body there and think of all the lovely organs that work so hard for you there.

Oh my gosh,

You have your stomach muscles,

You have your all the lovely liver and all the good things working.

So your kidneys,

Oh my gosh,

Give that area your love and appreciation.

Thank you,

Thank you,

Thank you for working so hard for me.

And then go into your heart center and let your heart be open and full.

Just let your heart center,

Your beautiful radiant heart center be open and full of light and allow it to expand and expand and expand.

Breathing deeply into it and allowing that heart to go to the heart of the heart and letting that heart of your heart have a voice and ask your heart,

Do you have a message?

Is there something you would like to express about love,

Your love,

To me and through me?

And just allow that message of love to radiate out into your conscious mind.

Ah,

Just letting that beautiful heart bring that radiance to your awareness and letting that energy go up to your throat center,

That lovely throat center.

Let that energy there in your neck and your shoulders and your throat radiate with a lovely light and going on into your third eye center and allow the third eye to have that vision,

The inner vision to see.

When your eyes close,

You might see some lovely colors from your third eye.

Allow those colors to be radiating forth and moving on up to the crown chakra at the top of your head,

Letting that lovely energy go on up and making sure the entire energy field that you have is surrounded by this wonderful protective white radiant light way above you,

Below you,

To the side in front of you.

And now just allow yourself to be in this wonderful space of the I am,

That I am.

Breathing into that I am consciousness and being so grateful for that presence of the I am.

To come to your awareness with any deep feeling or message or light,

Any way it might wish to speak to you.

And that old phrase comes to me,

Be still and know that I am God.

That I am,

That I am is that presence of God there that you're able to reach deep inside yourself.

That highest part of yourself and that higher part beyond yourself that connects you to that highest source of all light and love.

And just be grateful that you can travel through these different layers of consciousness and awareness to that highest level of all light and love right there connecting to your soul,

To you.

And let that energy completely fill you full of a great source of inspiration in spirit.

And be thankful,

Oh so thankful for this gift,

This gift that's given to you,

Through you,

For you by that source within you.

And allow this to be your inspiration source,

To be your guiding source in life.

And feel grateful and take a moment to come back to your total conscious mind.

And is there anything that you could write down,

That your soul,

That your highest source,

That light of all lights would like to convey to you.

Now you may not always be conscious of what it might be,

But if you start writing,

Even if it's just a word or two,

You will learn to trust that gift of whatever comes to you to write down.

And just be grateful for that wonderful gift of connecting,

As I am ever so very,

Very grateful to you for being here.

I bow to you in gratitude and love.

Thank you.