TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD

One of the most profound lessons I've learned and what I hold space for with others is to experience the opportunity to be judgment free. How I've done this is through deep personal work and transformation of my own judgments that kept me stuck and isolated for years. The realization the I had an opinion about everything prevented me to get to know people for who they really are. It also prevented myself in having any depth or intimacy in relationships with myself and others.

This is much due to the self judgment I had been programmed to participate from learned behavior. Yet, as an adult I am the one responsible for choosing this way of being or not. First, I became aware of the fact that I wasn't feeling good about being around people and felt guilty just by having feelings. Then I would make myself wrong for feeling what I felt and not knowing how to manage this. Often concerned about what others were thinking of me under the guise that I didn't care was an outright lie I unconsciously told myself. I would hold back my feelings and step down from my truth in fear of judgment of others.

The level of energy it takes to seek approval is overwhelming and just pure exhaustion. I felt like I was blindly walking while fighting a fight I didn't know I was fighting. Truly, I desired change to feel better and be able to see with love and clarity. Frustrated about not getting the results I wanted in life by experiencing so much blindness by being shut down felt like I was above myself looking at myself saying "TAKE OFF THE BLINDFOLD!"

Once I was willing to set down the heavy burden of carrying a scale of judgment knowing it wasn't my job in life, I woke up from the nightmare of judgment. Then I took off the blindfold, laid down my arms and now see with discernment. I had to be willing to take a deep look at self resentment and where ever I made myself wrong, I had to learn how to be gentle and kind with myself for the journey called learning. Deep down, I had to forgive myself and others. I even had to admit, I couldn't do it alone anymore. I was lost!

After making a list of all the things I didn't feel good about including being alone, it created space for me to have freedom, joy and love. This is a regular practice I cultivate to shed the layers of illusions that can keep me blind if I don't actively participate in letting them go. I did this with assistance and guidance and highly recommend coaches and gatherings that support self love. I also learned to tune into the assistance of angels and ancestors supporting me.  Now I experience legions of angels guiding me saying "I see, you, I love you, you are not alone". Part of my healing journey was to create LUXME COLLECTIVE, a gathering of self loving women committed to spiritual and material wealth and prosperity through a soul centered knowing. Creating LUXME COLLECTIVE  lead me to get out of my own way and nurture others as I would want to be nourished. It's about a we journey now rather than a me journey.

After the rain comes rainbows. Cultivating what I do want is easier after I practice forgiveness because there's a clean canvas to paint the miracles. There are many people who were just like me with negative self talk and negative judgment towards others. Now, I feel honored to be able to assist others in creating love, connection and abundance in their lives by offering the tools I share from my personal transformation.I have been able to witness miracles of women transform their own self judgment into self love inspiring so many to self care with support.

If you feel like you'd like support, join our next LUXME COLLECTIVE gathering or contact me.

Jamie Brandenburg is the founder of LUXME COLLECTIVE and Being Illuminated. She is a writer, speaker, consultant and scholar of all things sacred. She adores hosting LUXME COLLECTIVE gatherings that light you up to light up the world. Jamie inspires embodiment of divinity that opens infinite possibilities. Find more at www.beingilluminated.com