*Vulnerability*


Q:  I'd like to talk about the idea of vulnerability.

B: Thank you.  Vulnerability is the idea of being open.  Being totally open
means you are connected to All That Is.  Being connected means you are
supported by All That Is.  Being supported by All That Is means you are
infinitely powerful.  That's vulnerability. The willingness to be who are,
knowing that who you are is completely supported by All That Is, otherwise
you wouldn't even exist.  So that's a beginning for you, and when you begin
to know that, to make it your own, you will not be so hard on yourselves,
because you will no longer deny that you are the reflection of the Infinite
you were created to be.  That's what being hard on yourselves is all about,
"I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy."  This is a side note, not a chastisement,
or a judgment.  Understand that we are simply giving you a little bit of
guidance here from unconditional love.

To say "I am not worthy" of that which I have been created to be, even
though it may seem as if you are attempting to humble yourself, is actually
one of the greatest acts of arrogance there is.  Because you are saying
that, out of all the universe that works flawlessly, I alone, am not
worthy, thus I stand out, and I'm more special than anything else.
Everything else works fine, but not me.  Creation made me, the one unique
being that in all of Creation does not work flawlessly. Thus, I can point
at myself and say, "See, I have a reason for not being the perfect creator
I know I am, because I alone am the special flawed creation within the
Infinite."  So, that is a statement of arrogance.  The truly humble knows
that you infinitely deserve to know you are great. Exemplify that in your
behavior, not in the idea of your negative ego, but in your actions of
being willing to show the Infinite, that you are willing to accept what the
Infinite created you to be.  Then you will no longer be hard on yourself
because you will value and honor what the Infinite honors and values in
having created you.

In a sense, to be hard on yourself is to deny the idea that, in a sense,
Creation knew what it was doing when It created you. You are saying, "You
are wrong in creating me, you didn't know what you were doing when you
created me. I am a mistake in the overall creation." Thus, you are in that
sense, devaluing all of Creation, so how can Creation support you?

If you allow yourself to know you belong in all the ways that you can
express that, then you are valuing not only yourself, but Creation
simultaneously, and then Creation can support you in the valuation of
yourself.