Hey, beautiful butterfly. This is Natalie. Welcome to another flying higher moment. Today I'm

to share something that could radically shift the way you see your healing journey. It's something

that sounds simple, but it's actually one of the hardest things we will ever do. Letting go.

Now before you roll your eyes and think, I've heard this a hundred times,

I want to invite you to stick with me because we're not talking about some trite Pinterest quote

or fluffy self-help mantra. We're talking about the first step on a deeply spiritual path

toward real embodied freedom. And when I say embodied, that means feeling it in your body,

experiencing this freedom in the very core of your soul. And if you've lived in emotional or spiritual

abuse at any point in your life, you know just how tightly we cling to survival strategies, to certainty, to doctrine,

to relationships that feel safe but are actually toxic. Here's the thing. We don't hold on

because we're weak. We hold on because we were taught that control is safety, that suffering is godly, that fear is reverence.

And so we white knuckle our way through life, believing that God is only pleased when we're

small, silent, and scared. But what if healing starts not with hanging on more tightly to all these things,

but with loosening our grip?

Dr. David Hawkins, a renowned psychiatrist and spiritual teacher,

created this framework called the Map of Consciousness.

It's basically a scale that measures human awareness from lower states like shame and fear to higher

states like love and peace. And each level reflects a dominant emotion, worldview, and spiritual posture.

So from a Christian perspective, this map mirrors the inner transformation God desires for us,

moving from fear-based living to love-based living, from self-condemnation to grace-filled freedom.

Scripture consistently affirms that true life is found not in performance or punishment, but in renewed

minds, healed hearts, and spirit-led freedom. Some verses, you can look up if you want to,

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