You are holy
"You shall be holy, for I, YHVH, am holy." -Leviticus 20:26 From Rabbi Rami Shapiro: "You are holy as God is holy; your true nature is God's nature. Think of the Self as the rose of the rose bush. It is the nature of the bush to blossom the rose, yet the rose cannot blossom on its own. So it is the nature of God to blossom as the Self, the nature of the infinite to blossom as the finite, the nature of the One to blossom as the many, but the self, the many, cannot blossom on their own. Blossoming is not yours to control. It is the gift of grace arising naturally from the nature of God. " "As above, so below" . - from the Emerald Table of Hermes Trismegistus Our natures are of God, in essence. We do have an opportunity to manifest God's nature...