Unblocking Your Blessings

Our blessings flow to us easily and effortlessly when we are in the vibration of unconditional loving acceptance. We use prayer and meditation to move into this vibration. In this state of bliss, we align with the energy of God, which is the creative substance that creates our blessings, because God is also the energy of unconditional loving acceptance and according to the Law of Attraction, like attracts like. Therefore, to draw our blessings to us easily and effortlessly, we must open ourselves to God’s grace through prayer and meditation and release anything within our hearts, minds and souls that would otherwise block our blessings.

One of the key energies that will block the blessings of God is guilt. Guilt was described by one person in the following way: “No matter where I am, I feel that I should be somewhere else… No matter what I’m doing or experiencing, I feel like I should be doing or experiencing something else… No matter what, I often feel that I am wrong and that something bad will happen to me as a result.” When we feel guilt, we erroneously believe that we must be or do something other than what we are to receive God’s grace. When we feel that we must meet some “condition” in order to be worthy of God’s grace, we are in the energy of conditional love, which is counter to the energy of Unconditional Love that attracts our blessings.

Much of this guilt resides in our subconscious minds, where we were inundated with teachings, perceptions and images of what “perfect” should be. We then were often made to feel “imperfect” if we didn’t measure up to this standard of perfection, and felt guilt. Guilt made us feel unconsciously undeserving of our blessings, and we block them as a result of these feelings of undeservingness. We often allow ourselves to be manipulated by this sense of guilt, as many products offer the implied promise, “buy this car- toothpaste-dresshouse, etc., and you’ll be perfect, and therefore deserving of love, admiration, and fulfillment.”

One key source of guilt is sexual guilt and sexual shame that results from Guilt. The Judeo-Christian consciousness has created a virginal standard of perfection that has caused many to feel unworthy of God’s Grace. This guilt was caused by the early church fathers’ interpretations of ancient teachings. For example, the Story of Onan, in Genesis 38 was about being disobedient to the still small voice of God that we hear within when we are still. The early church fathers who took the ancient teachings and molded them into Christian Doctrine interpreted this story to be an invective against masturbation, creating eons of shame and guilt for many who believed that they must adhere to a standard of virginal perfection despite the natural impulses caused by the hormones raging through their bodies. The early church fathers who interpreted ancient stories did not have the awareness of biology and human maturation that we now have. They did not realize that branding a natural process as sinful and unnatural would cause shame, guilt, pain and suffering for many.

Similarly, in I Corinthians Paul (whose writings formed the basis for many Judeo-Christian teachings) wrote volumes about “moral” and “immoral” practices such as adultery, virginity, celibacy, etc. However, in 1 Corinthians 7:6 and 7:25, Paul wrote that these verses were Paul's opinions, not divinely inspired teachings. The early church fathers seemed to discount that disclaimer when interpreting Paul’s teachings into an invective against sexual activity, and sexual fulfillment.

In truth, sexuality and spirituality are intertwined. Sexuality is a pathway to the bliss, healing, connection and transformative energy of God. Sexual expression was never designed to be a shame-filled furtive act that focused on the genitalia, but was a spiritualized, ritualized way to stimulate the blood flow to the various energy centers of the body that would open these energy centers to the divine light of God in the same way that jewelry, such as chokers, belts, amulets and rings were originally crystals placed over energy centers to focus light onto our energy centers. For example, the wedding ring is worn on the 3rd finger of the left hand because it is believed that an artery runs directly from that finger to the heart, and the crystal (diamond) would focus divine healing energy on the heart and keep it open for love.

When sexuality became de-coupled from spirituality, and became interpreted as a shameful act that would induce guilt, our collective consciousness became guilt-ridden and that guilt blocks our ability to be in the flow of unconditional love that would attract our blessings. It is difficult to stay in the flow of God’s love if a part of our subconscious mind believes that we are unworthy of this unconditional love based on shame, self-rejection and the fear of punishment, pain and suffering. This subconscious part of us attracts its reflection in the form of frustration, pain and confusion because the Law of Attraction does not discriminate between our conscious and subconscious minds. It acts equally on all our thoughts, all our energies and all of our consciousness. Our task is to release guilt, reclaim our innocence and stay in the flow of unconditional love.

We can do so by understanding guilt more clearly (please see the companion article “Healing Guilt” . Healing sexual guilt and shame and embracing our divine sexuality as an integral and powerful part of our creative process. Healing sexual shame and guilt is one of the hidden keys to helping the Law of Attraction work to create our joy, fulfillment, bliss and peace in every aspect of our lives. It is truly how we can stay in the flow of God’s unconditional love and unblock the flow of our blessings.