Embrace the Divine Mess: Celebrating Our Authentic Humanity

Embracing our humanity can be challenging. It's often more appealing to focus on the light, what some call our true nature or true essence. I, too, tried this for a while—sitting at the altar of my true essence, banishing everything else. It is more comfortable living this way, looking in one direction with a closed focal point.

Sometimes, we need this approach to survive, to get through some days. Honor those days.

However, it's difficult to turn around and face our shadows—the anxiety, fear, and self-doubt. The anger, the shame, and overthinking. This path isn't easy to walk. It's much simpler to dismiss these as mere thoughts created by the ego.

I never understood why some only refer to our perceived good aspects as our true nature—the part of us that's divine—while classifying other parts as mere thoughts, stories, or not real.

Here’s the thing: We have a physical existence, an inner world,
and a spiritual footprint. We are multi-dimensional.

On my journey, especially through overcoming intense anxiety, panic attacks, fear, and self-doubt, I discovered that unless we face all parts of ourselves with compassion and self-love, they will continue to disrupt our lives. I was held back for so long, searching for spiritual perfection. Beneath this search was the feeling of unworthiness, trauma, and inner wounds I hadn't faced.

When I stopped aiming for spiritual perfection and embraced my humanity, my life changed.

What if the mess is part of the divine? The uncomfortable parts, the ones we try to hide or ignore—what if they are all essential to our divine nature?

The notion that our true nature is only pure doesn't resonate with me.

All of us—our ego, shame, anger, fears, as well as our beauty, love, and essence—deserve a place at the holy table. They are all pieces of the sacred puzzle of what it means to be human, each breath carrying ancient wisdom.

Jeff Brown, the author, shared a profound insight: “Stop using spirituality as a tool for personal growth.”

We are inherently spiritual. It's the undercurrent of our humanity. All my spiritual awakenings and experiences hold equal space with my wounds, anger, and fears.

We are here in this human world for only a brief moment. Let’s be more human. Let’s be more real. We have an eternity to be our true essence.

A part of us is wild and untamed, another part conditioned and constrained. Celebrate the beauty of being real, imperfect, and authentically human.

Let’s stop seeking perfection and celebrate who we truly are—the mess, the emotions, and the divine imperfections.

Maybe, just maybe, that is okay.