That Iron String: Trust Your Authentic Self! #Emerson #ironstring #psychology #authenticyou #beingyou

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron string." Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) led the nonreligious spiritual movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and showed knowledge of events before they took place, even with the overwhelming pressures of a society founded on religion, not spirituality. He shared his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 lectures across the United States.

In my search to understand what most people find as one of Emerson’s greatest quotes, I found no references on Google to iron strings, even where I’d imagined they first existed, constructing acoustic instruments. Hence, I decided to give my own take on this quote.

Iron, in the time of Emerson, was the strongest metal available. So, to vibrate in strength to the solo melody of plucking of one individual strong string is our most amazing feat as humans. Emerson is, also, quoted in this same essay as saying:

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

In all of this particular essay, Emerson’s spiritual take is to come back to finding your authentic self, use it to bless the world, and get very comfortable in your individual gifts. This should be your primary goal as a human being.

We all have within us an amazing something that can only be defined by stripping ourselves of the attributes that may make an unauthentic posier:

1. Anywhere in your life that you are imitating another person, dissolve the idea that you need to be like anyone other than yourself. You have been perfectly created with a consciousness that has the power to change anything in your mind or body that isn’t resonating to your greatest good.
2. Trust that all you are and were created with (your looks, your size, your lacks, your peculiar traits) is a gift. Think of one of the many stars who became famous from his/her individually. No one has ever become truly famous imitating others.
3. And most importantly, we all must realize that we have only what we are given to work with. So, why try to till your neighbor’s soil, when your plot of land lies in waste and full of weeds. Tend to you own land with strength and endurance, and you will always see the power of Divine Consciousness working through your authenticity in your planting, nurturing, and growing of your dreams to full fruition.

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Bloated Nothingness

In a class about prayer, last night, our assignment had a passage from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s writings, which said: “When we stand in the light, we cast a shadow across the pathway of our own experience.” He then suggests that… “you get your bloated nothingness out of the way of the divine circuits.”

During our class discussion, some of the participants said that this bloated nothingness was nothing more than our Ego standing in the way of God’s perfect intention. Some said that it was our human self, with a small s. Some insisted that we get out of the way, entirely, from the process of the ONE spiritual power creating on earth.

First of all, I believe that we can only perceive a shadow in our lives, if we face AWAY from the light of God. So, our bloated nothingness may be simply that part of each individual that seeks to strive for an egocentric desire, outside the will of Spirit. In doing so, we can easily create a world made of ego matter, but we will, then, not be contributing to the greater good of Love on the earth.

What I learn from Emerson’s writing is simple: We know that Spirit is All Powerful and All Loving, and that we are a part of that love and power. We can use this power for good or for selfish, negative needs. The Law of this Loving power gives us the license to create without judgment—good or negative.

The decision to choose to live as a conduit for the Light of the Greater Good is up to you. When we pray or simply think thoughts, we are continually creating in our lives with the matter of our brains. The more passionate we get about the thought, the more creative energy moves toward that creative thought. So, if we are insistent that we are poor and everything in the world is against us, the Law of Love will allow you to create this effect in your life.

However, should you wish to create WITH the substance of love, you may be led by the wind and by the Divine current to move in a direction, different that you had initially imagined. This is the power of Love that can grow the plant, when the ego cannot. (We plant the seed. God grows the tree. God has the hard part.)

So, this loving power always wants you to be in joy and love; however, this power allows you the right to make your own choice in your thoughts and in prayers. The Spiritual power is intelligent and seeks to be led to the best through our intelligent use of this power.

So, don’t stand in the way of your greatest and best, by seeking the smallest good for yourself. Instead of praying for enough money to get you through the month, intend that all the resources of creation are working together for your good to always have more than enough to be happy, healthy, and peaceful. Get your bloated nothing thoughts out of the way of Unlimited Good, and you will find yourself richer and happier than you could ever possibly imagine.

 

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Take the time to look at Bo’s bookshelf of self-help books, novels, healing downloads, and yoga DVD. All of Bo’s books help people such as you, make SIGNIFICANT CHANGE with habits, find your SOULMATE, your PASSION, reach YOUR DREAMS, and dictate your own FUTURE.

Chosen to show his new hypnotherapeutic techniques on The Learning Channel (TLC) and also given the opportunity to teach at the world conference for Learning, and received the award of excellence for Helping Overcome Obesity in Nashville, Bo Sebastian is the writer and director of Finding Authentic You and Uncommon Gay Spiritual Warrior. Go directly to Amazon/Amazon Kindle to buy any of his wonderfully inspired books: ]