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The process for a sculptor is a journey of discovery. Removing excess clay or stone, to reveal the intended identity of the final perfected piece. 

This is a slow process; requiring contemplation and patience. Often, the sculptor needs to step back and consider the next steps. 

There is no rushing, no magic button to push, or reboot. The process is slow - painfully slow. 

When I think of a divine sculptor, I think of our lives in reference to trusting in the divine within us and around us to guide our path; leading us to our best selves. We surrender; willing to allow the work necessary to chip away and discard those things that don't serve us anymore, so that our true beauty and being can be revealed.

The pieces we chip away represent a wide variety of life experiences that served their purpose for a time, but now must go in order to reveal deeper finer features of our enlightened being. Consider your experiences; failures, shortcomings, joys, sorrows, successes, wounds, healings, victories, and more. These things come and then go. They serve a purpose, but to hold on to these parts of our stories too strongly holds us back from allowing the divine sculptor to reveal the next layer of our beautiful being.

For example, perhaps you suffered a loss (a job, a pet, a person very close to you, etc) and you cannot let go of the grief. It has been years, and you can't let go because you feel like if you do - you will be disrespecting that persons memory (or will be uncomfortable without the pain as your identity). I have been there, so I know. When my sister died in 2012, I could not see myself sitting here right now writing this. No way. Today, I still miss my sister everyday. My heart has sadness, and I have worked through that sadness over the years; chipping away and allowing the sadness to reveal my life purpose. Allowing that sadness to reveal strengths I did not know I had. Through the work of the grief process, and letting go I have slowly begun to understand the work of the divine sculptor. 

Part of our journey is to discover our true self, as G_d divine has intended us to be, and become that true self. This means allowing the divine sculptor to chip away everything that is is not serving us. In Sanskrit - ishvara pranidhana means Surrender to Lord.

"Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?" (Isaiah 45:9) No, the clay trusts the skillful hands of the potter; the divine sculpt0r. 

The Surrender to the divine sculptor is a trust that each chip when loosed will reveal the next layer of beauty.

My heart bows to yours.

Namaste.