Sound uncomfortable? To many people the title of this article may jolt them a bit. People are just not used to thinking in terms of loving themselves without feeling, well, kind of strange or awkward about it. When I am talking about this subject to people, there is this little tinge of hesitancy about the very topic! We have been so programmed to think in terms of love as something we give out, rather than something we are in for ourselves. And we have been programmed to think that if we are “in it” for us, well, that is not such a good thing; in fact, we should not feel good about it.

In fact, some of us believe that we are so poorly equipped to be a “good” human, that we need a savior to come and save us. Why is that? What facets of our humanity have been slowly divorced away from ourselves through beliefs that those traits, which make us human, also make us unacceptable to ourselves?

I watched the new television show Saving Grace the other night, hoping that I would see something new and different being presented about spirituality. I was disappointed. The same old messages were there, people are sinners; they don’t seek God enough or pray enough so that they are not sinners. Boring. So boring I turned it off halfway through. I truly don’t belief that the great enlightened spiritual masters of the past, both female and male, such as Jesus, Mother Mary and Buddha believed that people are “bad” and need something other than themselves to be an authority to mend their shameful ways.

In fact, I think these empowered people went inside of themselves to find the path of truth in greater connection to themselves. The path requires courage, courage to love what is already there, love what is seen and love what is felt, not forfeit ourselves in the already beat-to-death message, that we are sinners, we don’t deserve, we don’t deserve what we know, we don’t deserve to love what we know.

The truth is the path of greater understanding of who we are and cannot be made without love. Love is the only way to allow ourselves to see who we are without closing the door on what we see. It is not that we are pretty, there may be parts of ourselves, well, that we may just not like, but love can lead to understanding why those parts exist and help us heal those parts that kept us unhealed.

Isn’t that what the great masters were and are about? Healing? Certainly to be told yet again, that we are sinners and need to pray is not going to heal us, but will aid us in divorcing ourselves from ourselves and ironically, beget more sin. In that case, we would need a savior! No, the path of empowerment is enlightenment. Bringing into conscious awareness the unconscious recognition of who we are and through knowing who we are the greater connection to God. That can only be made with love. Love of who we are, love of all and love of ourselves, not just the pretty parts of ourselves we think look good to others.

When we love ourselves, we give ourselves unconscious permission to allow all of the parts of who we are to live. Including those parts of ourselves that would be discounted because we are too busy or inclined to think of ourselves as “bad.” What would happen if those parts we thought of as “bad” came to life through understanding? Then through understanding, a greater connection to God can unfold, to knowing a deeper depth of who we really are which would automatically broaden our choices about who we are?

Isn’t that what grace really is… to allow acceptance to happen through understanding and love? I believe that is the path, that is the way towards the light, the light that shines within us, the light that does light the way and the light that is true love. The love inside of ourselves is the key, the simple antidote to our ills and the ills within us all.

You can start with the cure. Right here, right now. Love.

Rochelle Sparrow, Psychic Trance Channel, offers individual and group sessions and is now offering a ten week intensive course, Manifestation: Healing Your Relationship with Spirit. See www.rochellesparrow.com to sign up for newsletter and more information on events, 602-430-6447 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .