In the Full Dimensional Living model the Emergent Self is that part of us that is both essentially unique and universally coded. The purest individual Self directly born of the unified whole.
I hold the Creation story to look something like this: it begins with the Absolute, where all is One…from that One comes a multitude of individual droplets, all containing the wisdom of the Whole, but each a delicate, precise and individual design. Like exquisite compositions of music…the notes remain the same, but the arrangement is unique. Each of us holds the signature of Divinity, but our expression of it is singular, meant to be channeled through our gifts and talents, our passions, purposes and stories.
Our Emergent Self holds all of this in its highest form; it is the bearer of our Truth, in wait of our claiming. It holds no judgment, no expiration date. But it does call for us, its calls coming in the forms of opportunity and loss, synchronicity and discontent, wonderment and heartbreak… urging us to step, to leap, to break open and soar into the space of our greatest Becoming. To touch upon and remember the beauty and truth of Who We Are.
Discovering the Emergent Self is not something we must earn, but is our deepest birthright. It is our most essential nature. But…ah, the but…truly coming Home to this treasure often requires a journey taken…a journey through all the aspects of the self, which require us to face the heroes and demons within.
We must be willing to open the dusty boxes of our stories, where our oldest held beliefs have been packed away - some unconscious, outmoded and even dangerous, these beliefs are often unconsciously directing our lives, but not serving us well. We must be willing to dive deep, into the dark murky waters of our Shadow, where we run into the disenfranchised, the lost, the abandoned and the damaged…only to discover that we are they. We must be willing to share space with these parts of ourselves, to hear their cries and their longings, to bring light to bear upon them, and to do so with a soft touch and an open heart.
Such a journey is rarely easy to embark upon, to say “Yes!” to and is often best done in the company of a supportive other. But it is a journey well worth taking, for what we are given in return are the keys to the kingdom, those that unlock our energy, our passion, the full spectrum of our gifts and potential. The greatest treasure, however, is the way we come to love and accept ourselves and the constellation of Life…how we begin to grow in Love and our capacity to Be it, to Give it, and to Know it from within, as the light of Divinity shining through our entirety. And when we are able to bask in that glow, to open our arms and accept its warmth and fullness, to not turn our backs on it in fear of undeservedness or of being burned by goodness, we recognize ourselves as both Lover and Beloved, Source and Beneficiary.
And in the space of such awareness we feel the hand of our Emergent Self upon us and we know, if even for one shimmering moment, that we are Home.