Foundation is so very important in everything. We wouldn’t construct a building on shoddy foundations, so why do we think building a human being is going to work at all when s/he is being torn down from the get-go?

The weight of human mis-perception that we’re somehow flawed is a heavy weight to carry & throw off. It causes much unnecessary suffering & can lead to many other shadow aspects. It’s not that we don’t have opportunities for growth, it’s that in essence (as you say) we are good & whole & beautiful.

The pronouncement of any authority figure in childhood that we are this or that becomes our reality because we are innocent & too receptive then. Once we believe it becomes self-talk & thus even heavier. Fortunately we have a motive evolutionary force within us & awakening happens!

Yes, I do believe we are born with “Original Goodness” or what I call the Divine Essence, yet tragically it can be squashed, shattered, and sometimes irrevocably broken by experiences at the most acutely vulnerable stages of life. Childhood experiences are immensely powerful.

For some it’s possible to rediscover the Divine within, for others it never happens. For some the coal never has the chance to become a diamond. This is the most tragic consequence of all.

Thank you so much for the love, gentleness, and caring energy you transmit through your site. I feel the authenticity of your desire to uplift and heal other beings.