Self
Mastery
What
is self-mastery? Self-mastery has to do with ridding oneself of doubt, guilt,
shame, fear, anger, resentment, jealousy, hatred, judgments, and violence that
suppress your authentic self. Self-mastery arises from authenticity.
Authenticity naturally arises from self-love and self-respect. Observing your
mind and its thoughts, you begin to realize why your life is being created in a
particular way. One is either creating from a place of fear or love. This can be
challenging since the lower mind has had free reign to think in certain patterns
of negation. Love and abundance in all things cannot be created from fear
thinking. Even a little bit of fear can be destructive. Authenticity creates
success in all areas of your life. Success by itself cannot create authenticity.
When
you become sufficiently aware of where your thoughts are taking you, then the
next step becomes obvious. Becoming conscious requires doing something with what
you become aware of. This is what response-ability is; and no one can tell you
what your response-ability is. When one becomes aware of what is not working in
their life, then one must become aware of what does work. We are creator beings,
which means we are creativity itself, which is what spirituality is, and it is
our birthright and ability to create and express authentic self.
Authenticity
is priceless and in the expression of Self, as long as you are harming no other
person, then that expression is the most precious thing you have; it’s what
you are. The materialistic world would have you believe otherwise, but that is
simply their delusion of settling for scraps. All of the pain and suffering and
lack arise from seeking a sense of self in some external person, place, or thing
or obeying others to the exclusion of one’s inner guidance. No person, place
or thing has any relevance in your expression of authentic self.
When
one expresses the opposite of their authentic being, they begin the process of
self-hatred. To not be true to oneself is self-hatred. A small amount of
self-hatred is all it takes to destroy self-love and authenticity. To go 9/10th
of the way is utter madness. Loving all of your authentic self is the only way
to true freedom. Freeing oneself from self-judgment, releases one from judging
others. In judging ourselves, we disrespect our authentic self and in doing so
we begin the process of disrespecting others. We judge others only because we
judge our self. Your power is in your willingness to love and respect your self
completely. In claiming your true power, you rid yourself of pain and suffering,
and pave the way to create what your heart desires.
A
person changes when their pain and suffering is greater than their fear of
change. Fear of change has to do with fear of something outside of one’s self.
Self-mastery has nothing to do with anything outside your self. When you have
mastered your inner self, the world around you will begin to change in
accordance with your heart. I am available to assist you in mastering your
authentic self. Remember, self-mastery is an ongoing transformational process.
Sherman
R. Buck
Updated: 7/10/10