I wish I could show you when you are
lonely or are in darkness the astonishing light
of your own being.
-HAFIZ
You are not alone if you are feeling lost, scared, confused and exhausted in the world today.
We have been squeezed and pressed to our breaking points for prolonged periods of time and in so many ways.
The pressure is dense and painful. The trauma is palpable in ourselves, and in one another.
With the collective stress and anxiety we’ve all experienced in one way or another over these past years, it’s no wonder the majority suffer from dis-regulated and overtaxed nervous systems.
I want to acknowledge the pain and suffering you are feeling. It is real and it is valid. And, it is your responsibility and opportunity to heal and transform it.
One of the deep ethos I live by and practice from is – ‘A problem is not the true problem rather, what matters most is how we orient ourselves to the problem.’
Certainly, the circumstances of your pain matters, but what matters more than the details is the process you apply to these trials.
In other words, your life is what you choose to do in response to your challenge, tragedy or upheaval.
These choices define our quality of life and wellbeing and ultimately communicate our energy signature and values to the world around us.
And so our life is.
That’s why I practice from a lens of opportunity and ownership. An eagle’s perspective greets the torment and torture we are in, but ultimately rises beyond the limitation to a higher altitude.
Any real growth is born from the paradigm of our empowered being. To move beyond distress and dis-ease, we need to truly witness the density of emotions and energy which are a natural part of our humanness.
We can then absorb the shift that will come in this allowing and tender self-witnessing. We may come to know that we always possess choice if we turn our gaze inward with clear sight.
The clearest pathway to our personal liberation will illuminate itself if we dare to listen and take conscious action.
Who are you becoming? Does the expression of that align with your deepest desires? Are you operating from lack, fear, anger, impulse, or victimhood?
Our desires are a road map to the deepest longing of our highest selves.
These are our virtues.
It is prudent that you bravely explore your true desires and be willing to endure the longing as you consciously walk toward your true pleasures.
There may be a distance to walk, but this is the pathway of the awakened life.
Notice where you cling to your suffering. Where you actually choose to collude with it and therefore, draw it closer to you.
Accepting what exists inside your reality not only allows you to understand what you are doing, but to see clearly it is not who you are.
You get to choose who you are when you come to understand that life does not happen to you, it happens through you.
This highly conscious work can be confronting and overwhelming.
It is vital to commune with these internal disparate parts in order to walk toward our healing and transformation so that we may be a renewed source of healing and luminary for others.
It’s ok to ask for help. Through invitation and curiosity, you will find the guidance you seek.
If you are going through an initiation and descent currently, (which simply means that you are having a hard time and life is not in flow for you), remember you are being called to a higher space inside yourself.
If you answer the call from your heart-center, I assure you, liberation and rewards await.
Above all else, it is most important for you to remember that no matter your circumstances or hardship, you do not have to navigate through any of it alone.
It’s ok to feel what you feel and it’s ok to not feel ok. This space is in-fact the gateway to the unfolding and becoming.
The way I practice is unique and pulls from both science and spirituality, and it’s not for everyone. That’s ok. This is elevated work which is indeed available to anyone who chooses to walk toward a peaceful, abundant, pleasure filled life.
