The Three Dragons

There are three dragons that must be slayed in every person’s life in order to live well. They are shame, guilt and fear. As you slay the first one, you move on to the second. And if you make your way past the third dragon (fear) you will live well for the rest of your life.

The spiritual journey is about facing those dragons so you can realize the Truth of who you are. They are in your experience so you can have a “personal” awakening to that Truth.

Each person must slay their own dragons. No one can do it for you. Everyone’s spiritual journey is personally designed with their particular challenges. It’s an adventure story. Approach your life knowing that you are the “Indiana Jones” of the story, who in the end, will always triumph!

Don’t make the mistake of identifying with the challenges or obstacles in front of you. You are NOT your problems. You are the person who can overcome them. You are NOT your dis-eases. You are the person who can heal them.

Nothing comes into your life to destroy you. Everything comes to lift you up to a greater knowing and a better life. You are the Victor in the story—the only thing that lives beyond the story itself. Everything else is just an illusion that allows you to meet the challenges and know the Truth. Act as though this is so. Meet the challenges knowing you are the only one carrying a sword.

Dragon One – SHAME

“And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said to him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?”
King James Version

At some point in your life, someone told you that you should feel ashamed. We all get the message that we’re “bad and wrong.” We are taught to be ashamed of our bodies, our desires, our ideas, choices, etc. All of that shame depletes our life-energy and disables us from living well.

At the core of every problem we have is the belief that we are not good enough. This is the issue that must be brought to the surface of our current awareness and healed by the Truth.

What were you taught to be ashamed of? How did it affect your self esteem? How did it affect the choices you made in life?

Dragon Two – GUILT

“I do not explain, defend, or justify my life to anyone. I let the results speak for themselves. I am not here to make people feel comfortable. I am here to assume the unique post that God created for me.

I cannot be made to feel guilty. Whatever I have done, I did because, at the time, I thought it was the best thing to do. As I grow in wisdom, I forgive myself for past mistakes and make better choices.”

Chris Michaels

To live well, you must be sure you have a right to be here—and a right to express who you are. You are your own authority! No one else is cause to your emotional state of being; unless, of course, you allow them to be. No one can MAKE you feel any particular way.

Living well requires self-forgiveness for past errors. It requires you to live in a guilt-free zone.
In the past what did you feel guilty about? How did that guilt affect your life? How did it affect the choices you made in life?

Dragon Three – FEAR

“All doubt and fear must go and in their place must come faith and confidence, for we shall be led by the Spirit into all good.

Dr. Ernest Holmes

You cannot live well as long as you are living in fear. If you are making choices in your life based on fear, you are making the wrong choice. To live well, we must live absolutely fearlessly. We must abandon our fear as we would an old car that can no longer take us where we want to go.

Knowing the Truth sets us free of fear. The Truth is: You are surrounded by a Power that loves and cares for you throughout eternity. It is the ONLY Power in the Universe and you are safe in It forever!

What are you afraid of? How have those fears affected your life? How did you let fear affect the choices you made in life?

Prayer for Living Well

The life of God is the only life there is in the entire Universe. That life is inherent within me—and at work restoring my body and all of my affairs to match It’s own perfect design.

I have nothing to fear. I have nothing to feel guilty for, or ashamed of. God created me to express myself exactly as I am. I will no longer edit myself to fit other people’s comfort zone. I am here to give the world the “full dose” and that’s exactly what I intend to do.

As I set myself free to be me, God supports my faith by drawing into my life everything necessary for my success. I am a magnet for love, wealth, joy and ease. I set my spirit free to live a life unencumbered by my past.

This truth establishes a new identity within me. I am my own authority. I am cause to my own experience. I am no longer a victim of my past. I am a powerful co-creator of my future. And so it is!