Lumin Essence

Self-love, the light that radiates from our hearts, light shining in the darkness, heart-centered living, removing your heart armor, accepting your shadows as the flip side of your strengths, a vulnerable wide-open heart, authentic heartfelt needs.

When we choose to journey through life from our hearts, it illuminates the darkness, all illusions drop away, and we see what is real. What does self-love look like for you? Self-love is often talked about, but we don’t always consider its deeper implications. One of the keys for bringing heaven to earth is the realization of our optimal reality. To create a New Earth, not dissimilar to the Lemurian utopia, we navigate or illuminate our journey through our hearts.

When our core foundations are integrity and kindness, our choices are ethical, and our souls radiate warmth, hold compassionate space for others, and inspire others to carry it forward. Unfortunately, as we travel through life, we often armor ourselves to protect our hearts. We fear them to be delicate and vulnerable, but this is contrary to the incredible power of having a fully open heart.

Sadly, we can toss parts of ourselves in the “trash” because we cannot see how they serve us, or they may feel too ugly or painful. Loving yourself is about accepting all of yourself, including the parts you may consider less desirable. Self-love is unconditional. As we make the journey to wholeness, we see that the parts we have severed from ourselves are counterparts to our greatest strengths.

We also realize the actions we thought benefited others, when we went out of our way to please, fall short or fall away. In their place, we can allow authentic gifts to unfurl and bring luminosity to shared endeavors and environments. Consider how you relate to your world when you come to it from a happy place of fullness, doing things because you want to. Sometimes we feel we must give away our happiness to show we care for others. But, when we live our joy, it affects others. Acting from uninspired obligation and the cloud it brings, can hold no light to that joy!

Remember, your internal world reflects your outer reality. If you are met with less than ideal dynamics, they may hold a clue to your unloved parts. Accepting our less-desirable aspects doesn’t make the behaviors that arise from them okay. Accepting your whole self means being okay with the foundations that created these insecurities and bringing them back into balance.

A technique for painting light involves balancing the surroundings with a darker color. The darker the juxtaposition, the brighter the light appears. This is a great analogy for accepting all aspects of our deeper selves. Be real with your shadows, so you can let more light in and shine brighter.

Love is the most potent and healing tool we have, and the more we feel, the more we create. It’s contagious, too! The more we live from our hearts, the more we find it in our lives. So how do we kickstart this wholeness of being? Be present and authentic with your heartfelt needs. Have an awareness and a softening toward your unloved parts. It may seem easier said than done, but start seeing things from a gentler, more compassionate place, away from judgment. In the nigger picture, we are all doing the best we can within our circumstances.

Often the things that keep us out of our hearts are much simpler to release than we realize. Finding what makes us happy and surrounding ourselves with those who really “see” us and encourage us goes a long way. Be aware of the parts of yourself that you find easy to love, and set goals for healing themes that require extra care and attention. Honor the fantastic vessel that your body is. Look at what you are good at and grow your self-appreciation from this place. Wonder at the challenges you have moved through. Dream big, but also be real about what is achievable. Do not compare yourself to others, as we all have our different struggles and strengths. Think about all you are grateful for. Acts of kindness are another way to expand that heartfelt feel-good vibe.

Divinatory Meaning

Consider the parts of yourself you may not be accepting. You may be experiencing an inner dissonance dur to what you are trying to push away. This card is about self-love. That is, the deep, compassionate, unconditional love that brings you into wholeness. Lumin Essence means the essence of light. There is nothing that makes us shine more than a heart that is full of love. You can shine through the shadows most gracefully when there is no fear within. Accept your shadows so they can more easily resolve. Allow more light and love, inside and out of your world.