July Affirmation: I celebrate my freedom to be my true Self and live in the Light.
There is a wonderful story about the sculptor Michelangelo who saw the sculpture waiting, already complete, in the uncut stone. His job, he maintained, was simply to carve away the excess to reveal the beauty trapped within. We are very much like that stone and as we empower ourselves as potters and sculptors, we release the true beauty that lies within each one of us.
To do that we first need to ground ourselves into the physical plane and affirm that this is good. I return to my tarot cards, the Voyager deck, for insights into this journey. Our first card is the Woman of Worlds. Worlds is the earth suit in this deck and this feminine energy is all about preserving and nurturing. As we explore who we truly are, we need to affirm the good of our physical environment, nurturing and caring for our beloved Mother Earth. Our true Self is interconnected with our Mother and we can only be truly free when we honor her and preserve her health and well-being as our own.
Our second card is the major arcana of Fortune, or the Wheel of Fortune. This powerful energy comes to remind us that fortune is not just about money or financial stability, but most importantly it is about abundance in all its myriad forms. True freedom comes when we recognize the countless blessings of the Universe and live our lives in gratitude. This energy also brings the reality of the wheel of karma, not in any negative or restrictive way, but the simple realization that we are what we speak and manifest in the world. Recognizing and owning that is our responsibility as free beings of Light.
Our last card is another major arcana, Balance, or Justice in traditional tarot. As we think of the scales of Libra, the scales of Justice, we recognize that true freedom for ourselves comes with the responsibility for others. We are not alone. We are interconnected beings. As we discover more of our True selves we affirm that our sense of who we are and the center of our world depends on that interconnection. As it has been said so eloquently “We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing each other.” (Luciano De Cresenzo)
Almighty God, you created us in Joy and in Freedom, and your Divine Will is that we continue to live as free men and women. Forgive us when we bind ourselves with limitations and restrictions that implant seeds of death, not life, in our world. Gift us with the courage to walk our path without fear in the freedom of your Divine Guidance. We know and affirm that you are within us and that you walk beside us, but you do not control us, you do not dictate our beliefs or our lives. Your Way is the open door of Freedom, not the restricted box of limitation. Thank you, God, for entrusting us with such a wondrous gift. May we use it wisely and with discretion, and never forget the Source of our freedom. So it is.
