A tremendous boost in our spiritual growth is getting to the point where we can accept and fully embrace what the mind sees as vulnerability… which has traditionally been considered a “weakness.” The hierarchal existence we have explored to its fullest in the past has come to glorify what has been considered “strength” and “being strong”; when we’ve used that word, we’ve meant something along the equivalent of being a fortress: not letting someone see our “soft spots,” and hiding what we feel would be considered a weakness. Leaders, teachers, mentors have all been expected to be beyond that, to “be strong”… to hide what would be considered a weakness and to “give good face” to others. In societies and practices where we’ve grown to glorify only the Divine Masculine without the balance of the Divine Feminine, we’ve grown to consider that this perception of “strength” as the only one… and of course in such an environment, we’d perpetuate it in the leaders, teachers, and mentors, to pass on that energy and perception of what the ideal is to be.

It’s time change all of that… and to recognize that full vulnerability is TRUE strength.

Why? Because it’s only when we quit hiding our Divine Self, in its completeness – accepting ALL of the energies as part of the whole, and thus, fully accepting ourselves – that we show our true strength. When we “hide” or “guard” something about ourselves, that’s based in (self-)judgement and resistance, which is based in duality. “Hiding something” is actually repression, which causes us to give something power over us… and then actually DOES cause the perception of weakness, because we believe we have something to lose.

Part of this process entails connecting with our Higher Self to live from a higher consciousness (vs. living solely from the mind/ego), releasing that which we judge about ourselves (including releasing the valuation of the Self based on the judgment of others), learning to live from love and connectedness as part of the Oneness/Divine (vs. fear and separation)… and in full responsibility as creators of our own reality.

When we do that, we can simply BE. There is no need to hide, no need for secrets, no need for shielding, nothing to fear. It becomes living in honesty, from love, in our Divine Truth… that is TRUE vulnerability – and simultaneously, it is TRUE strength. When we remember how to do so, then we welcome and embrace allowing others to see the whole of us, without excuses, rationalizations, or shame. We accept and honor who we are, and our journey… and simultaneously, we can accept and honor all around us for who THEY are, and theirs.

THIS is from where it’s time for us to lead, teach, and mentor… to teach others that THIS is the ideal… living from love, connectedness, and in our Divine Truth.