Self-expression

[BlueSky]

Self expression-

It’s funny these days how the term ‘self-expression’ has found new meaning for me. As an artist and more importantly, as an expression of the divine, coming to realize that I am the divine expression itself as ‘me’ has opened up a beautiful freedom to really be myself. I’m excited to see this expression flower and I am amazed at how my own ignorance kept this freedom of expression locked up behind a lack of knowledge of the ego and life and spirituality.

Being myself was seen as something to overcome, ego. Loving life and seeing her expressions as my feelings and likes and everything about me was seen as something to put aside in hopes of uncovering something more spiritual about myself. Spirituality was me becoming something other than what I was and life, the mind, the body, was something trying to lure me away from it.

Now spirituality is the divine as me becoming a unique expression called me and life is its lover, its power, its expression medium. ‘My’ lover, ‘my’ power, ‘my medium’

I am so grateful and so excited…. to not only witness this self-expression develop but to also be it.

Thanks for listening

[Touched]

Thank you for sharing.

I see your insight as a major revelation. After all, who Created you but The Creator? And what purpose has S/He but to see It's Creation Manifest in all It's Potential?

The Divine is your Source. Being is your Status. Spirit is your Essence. Expression is the Manifestation of what you Are. Amen.

[IAmNemo]

Yes, there are many people who pretend to be spiritual and tell you that your body and your needs and even your desires are all 'evil', or whatever pretentious word that they have for it.
You can always identity someone who is actually awakened from the pretenders by the fact that they do not attempt to deny who they really are but instead embrace these things to realize themselves.

I would personally try to stay away from calling any of this 'divine', though. That may be another presumption you don't want to take on from the ways of others in case that is where you've gotten the term from. Divinity is traditionally withheld as a term for what is higher than Self, in which it seems in this case you are conflating it with Self. Might be something you want to look at next, I don't know.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by Touched

Thank you for sharing.

I see your insight as a major revelation. After all, who Created you but The Creator? And what purpose has S/He but to see It's Creation Manifest in all It's Potential?

The Divine is your Source. Being is your Status. Spirit is your Essence. Expression is the Manifestation of what you Are. Amen.

Thanks for listening and thanks for hearing me...

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by IAmNemo

Yes, there are many people who pretend to be spiritual and tell you that your body and your needs and even your desires are all 'evil', or whatever pretentious word that they have for it.
You can always identity someone who is actually awakened from the pretenders by the fact that they do not attempt to deny who they really are but instead embrace these things to realize themselves.

I would personally try to stay away from calling any of this 'divine', though. That may be another presumption you don't want to take on from the ways of others in case that is where you've gotten the term from. Divinity is traditionally withheld as a term for what is higher than Self, in which it seems in this case you are conflating it with Self. Might be something you want to look at next, I don't know.

Yes but even in denial lies the divine. It's all the divine, unique in its creations as its creations. Still, I'll hear you and I thank you.

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by Self

Self expression-

It’s funny these days how the term ‘self-expression’ has found new meaning for me. As an artist and more importantly, as an expression of the divine, coming to realize that I am the divine expression itself as ‘me’ has opened up a beautiful freedom to really be myself. I’m excited to see this expression flower and I am amazed at how my own ignorance kept this freedom of expression locked up behind a lack of knowledge of the ego and life and spirituality.

Being myself was seen as something to overcome, ego. Loving life and seeing her expressions as my feelings and likes and everything about me was seen as something to put aside in hopes of uncovering something more spiritual about myself. Spirituality was me becoming something other than what I was and life, the mind, the body, was something trying to lure me away from it.

Now spirituality is the divine as me becoming a unique expression called me and life is its lover, its power, its expression medium. ‘My’ lover, ‘my’ power, ‘my medium’

I am so grateful and so excited…. to not only witness this self-expression develop but to also be it.



Thanks for listening

In my reflection, I suppose I could say I see, I am simply the artist creating all this that I am being in the expression of who I am in every way I am and choose to create.

We are always being ourselves as we know ourselves to be through the *nature* of change and awareness of being a complete creation continuously becoming aware of more in us that wants to be expressed.

We are artists expressing what we create, understand and come to know in feeling and being in us in everyway we create, because we are part of creation and the creative nature of life as one. :)

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by Self

Yes but even in denial lies the divine. It's all the divine, unique in its creations as its creations. Still, I'll hear you and I thank you.

What is this word divine?

Why do you use this as part of your self expression?

What does this really mean in you?

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by naturesflow

In my reflection, I suppose I could say I see, I am simply the artist creating all this that I am being in the expression of who I am in every way I am and choose to create.

We are always being ourselves as we know ourselves to be through the *nature* of change and awareness of being a complete creation continuously becoming aware of more in us that wants to be expressed.

We are artists expressing what we create, understand and come to know in feeling and being in us in everyway we create, because we are part of creation and the creative nature of life as one. :)

thank you for sharing.

[BlueSky]

Originally Posted by naturesflow

What is this word divine?

Why do you use this as part of your self expression?

What does this really mean in you?

The divine is what is expressing and the expression is the divine. All is the divine, when I use the word it is a word to express all that is. It just a word but for me it suggests a holiness and reverence.

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by Self

The divine is what is expressing and the expression is the divine. All is the divine, when I use the word it is a word to express all that is. It just a word but for me it suggests a holiness and reverence.

Ok. Is killing another life/taking another life in bitterness and resentment or rage a divine aspect of life?