Walking on Sacred Ground

As a child, I asked God many times to help me while I was experiencing trauma.

No God came.

But I came.

From the future.

I remember crying alone in a bathroom after I was abused, begging God to save me.

Instead, I heard my own older voice.

She reminded me that I would survive this. That I would be okay. That even if no one came to protect me in that moment, I would one day become the person who helped carry myself through it.

I couldn’t fully understand it then, but I could feel her presence.

That experience challenged everything I had been taught about God being somewhere far away—watching from a distance.

It was one of the first moments that made me question whether the divine was separate from me at all.

I’ve seen posts circulating that question why so many people feel shame when they hear the idea that God exists within them.

Growing up in a Christian environment, I can relate to the fear of “blasphemy” that once kept me from recognizing the divine within my own being.

For a long time, guilt and shame made people afraid to explore their own spiritual nature. Many were taught to seek divinity outside of themselves while fearing what they might discover within.

And I can’t help but wonder if that guilt and shame has delayed an important shift in human consciousness—one that requires us to remember that the divine was never separate from us to begin with.

The fear of recognizing your own divinity is often rooted in conditioning—belief systems that taught people to seek power outside of themselves rather than within.

Knowing your divinity is not arrogance. It is not superiority. It is the understanding that the divine exists within you, just as it exists within everyone else.

“My divine light recognizes the divine light within you.” ~ Namaste

That awareness removes hierarchy. It removes the need to control, dominate, or place yourself above others.

Not everyone is consciously aware of their divinity, but that does not make them any less divine.

The difference is awareness.

If people truly understood the sacredness within themselves, they might move through this world differently—with greater responsibility, compassion, reverence, and care for one another.

You would walk this earth knowing you are standing on sacred ground.

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