By Jeremy Riden
Your Soul, Your Essence
Your soul is the deepest essence of all that you are. It is a combination of your character, thoughts, and feelings, which are transitional traits, as well as the Divine spark inside of you that supersedes your five physical senses. The individual Divine spark living inside of you is also linked to the greatest supernatural spark of all—whether you call this link God, Goddess, Higher Power, Holy Spirit, Universe, Infinite Intelligence, Love, Mother Earth, or The Source.
The most important objective of your soul is to link to the divine spark that dwells inside of you because your soul gets its light from your spiritual link.
When you allow disbelief, bitterness, fear, hurt, or negative thoughts and emotions to cloud your inner light, the soul becomes dark and your essence (all that you are) begins to feel dead.
Just as a strong battery is needed to run a car at optimum efficiency, your inner essence strongly linked to your divine spark is required to live an empowered life. From time to time, car batteries can experience corrosion, resulting in a loss of power. The same can happen to your soul when it loses its connection to its Divine essence. Negative, hurtful feelings and self-limiting beliefs sever our soul connection, and this causes us to feel frustrated, angry, directionless, sad, and a host of other disempowering emotions.
How do we fix a car battery that has corrosion? Clean out the corrosion and reestablish the connection from the car to the battery. What do we do as spiritual beings in human bodies living passionless, pointless, and empty lives? We clean out whatever is blocking our connection with our spiritual Source.
Here are some tips for recharging your spiritual battery and reconnecting to your true soul essence.
Practice Forgiveness
Forgiveness is a powerful tool that can remove bitterness and any hurt that may be blocking the ignition of the Divine spark in your heart and life. Forgiveness is making a conscious choice to no longer dwell on past injustices. It does not mean you condone or approve of unfair or cruel behavior; forgiveness is about releasing internal judgments about the people you believe caused you harm.
As long as we hold onto our injustices, we become prisoners of our past. Do not allow your past to hold your future hostage. Release judgments against any toxic memories and find a deep peace that fills your soul. Forgiving people is not about healing them, although this would be one of the most wonderful gifts you could ever share with another human being. Forgiveness is about healing you. It is not about being right; it is about becoming whole. Healing in the present cannot be complete without letting go of old soul stories!
Speak the Language of Faith
Another way to reconnect to your highest good is to speak affirmations of faith aloud. They will help you to confront and challenge self-limiting beliefs, fears, and doubts. Speaking of faith is a way to remind yourself who you really are and what your life is truly about. Going through life’s challenges, and the accompanying exposure to negative environments, has a way of zapping your soul’s energy levels.
And when our soul’s energy levels are low, we develop a sort of amnesia about our innate greatness, divine destiny, and the awesome privilege it is to just be alive. We forget that we can create and attract miracles with the right attitude, and we slip back into an autopilot mode of just existing. Albert Einstein is attributed with saying there are only two ways to view life, one is that nothing is a miracle and the other is that everything is a miracle. I choose to see everything as a miracle, and speaking faith helps to remind me of this important decision.
Express Gratitude
Having an attitude of gratitude is one of the quickest ways to jumpstart your soul essence into being more joyful, thankful, and happy. Identifying just one thing to be grateful for each day can literally keep the doctor away! Gratefulness is the spiritual antibiotics that can counteract all the harmful effects stress has on your health. Some people seem to be born with more of a sunny disposition than others, but I am a firm believer that kindness, thankfulness, and optimism can be learned through practice. Take the time to slow down, breathe deeply, and focus on something for which you are currently thankful. It is a powerful daily habit that will eventually cement gratitude as a permanent part of your character. Changing your perception to see the good in your life will create more good things to come!
Read, Listen, and Watch
Read and re-read books, magazines, and other materials that pour into your spirit all that is good and uplifting. Listen to music that supercharges your soul, and remember that music is the language of the soul. If you want to really reinforce your new soul story listen to lyrics that resonate with the new person you are becoming. Best way to get out of a funk is to listen to songs that make you feel empowered and hopeful.
Additionally, Oprah Winfrey has a life-inspiring cable network channel called OWN, which features many of the most talented and spiritual teachers in the world today. Her once-weekly show “Super Soul Sunday” even can be watched for FREE on YouTube! I believe Oprah is an amazing soul who is literally helping to heal the old soul stories of our planet and change millions of lives in the process. Thank you Oprah!
Feel Worthy
Oprah has interviewed more than 20,000 people during her inspiring and successful career as a talk show host. She has said that of all the different people she has interviewed, what has separated the winners from the losers is one word: “worthiness.” Those who become highly successful in life believe and feel they deserve to have success. Feeling you deserve to be happy and are worthy is the single most important factor in actualizing your dreams! You can say all day long that you are ready to live your best life, but if you don’t believe it deep down inside of yourself you will never be able to create and sustain the changes you need to make to fulfill your destiny.
Hear me loud and clear: You must truly believe you are worthy and deserve to have an amazing existence! This is the most powerful secret and key to creating the life you’ve always wanted! Let “I am worthy” become the mantra of your life!
The Divine spark is where we get all of our best ideas, and the wisdom to guide our life.
The Divine spark is what encourages us and leads us to the people and places that will help us receive guidance for our highest good. Connecting to your Divine spark makes you feel alive and happy. Connecting to your spiritual source gives life meaning, purpose, and enthusiasm. The greatest love you can ever feel is self-love, which cascades into self-approval and self-acceptance. This powerful love comes from the Divine spark that burns inside of you.
Inspiration means In-Spirit. All creative souls share genius from connecting to the Higher Power that resides inside each of us—and your life can come alive with the same inspiration that you witness in people you deeply admire. Slow down and listen to your Higher Power’s loving and encouraging voice. Act upon its suggestions and watch your life start aligning up in such a way that you begin to see you are not alone in this world. You have a powerful partner when you ignite your soul essence with the Divine spark!
Jeremy Riden has been blessed to travel internationally the past 20 years working with diverse spiritual, charitable, educational, and humanitarian organizations. Teaching in the areas of spiritual, emotional, and personal growth, Jeremy has been a catalyst for hundreds of people to tap into their unique inner greatness. He is a believer in the human potential movement and is the host of the “Intuitive Destiny Show” on blog talk radio, Thursday nights at 8 p.m. EST. Among his many distinguished awards and accomplishments, Jeremy was voted by his peers as the 2014 radio personality host of the year. He is also a certified soul coach, motivational speaker, and 21st century spiritual leader. Contact him at jeremyriden@gmail.com, call 616-795-5999 or visit IntuitiveDestinyCoach.com. Jeremy currently resides on the shores of Lake Michigan with his two four-legged furry babies, Oreo and Buddy.