I’ve decided ….. I’m going to attend Unity Church on Sundays. I’m going to find a yoga studio and get serious about flexibility. I’m going to find a gym so I can rebuild muscle and fill out my skin. I don’t need approval or permission. I don’t need company. If I meet someone along the way who is interested in what I am, also, perhaps we’ll be friends. I’m not going to force myself into someone else’s idea of what my life should look like. It took me 20 years of shadow work to get where I am. Folks who have barely meditated, coming in to steer me … denied. I’m not a “member” of anything other than Life, and the Love it should embody. I flow into what brings me joy. When it stops, and begins to bring me upset, I cut out whatever it is. Not because there’s no love, or any disrespect. But because I love, honor and respect myself enough not to let her drown in others opinions about what is right and best for her. I’ll figure it out for Self. She deserves her authentic and transparent heart to live in beauty without these trespasses and abuses which attempt to squash her heart, strip her song, and replace it with their own. Just because someone gives you a gift doesn’t mean you have to relinquish yourself. Just because someone shows you a kindness doesn’t give them permission to reformat you. Leave the kindness if you must. Pack up, live in a tent. Whatever it takes to come back to Self, and it’s connection to it’s own higher self, and to God. No one can walk your path for you. Although many will insist you’re doing it wrong, And disapprove. Trying to force you into their mold. Gotta let them go.
Nobody watches you harder than the people who can’t stand you.
You will reach a point on your path where you do not require a single person to understand or relate to you.
You become a more positive, peaceful & harmonic person when you don’t react to people who use you as a mirror for their own insecurities & self hate.
When people say “you’ve changed” – there’s a 99% chance that you just stopped tolerating their bullshit.
Apologize to yourself for letting someone get comfortable with treating you like you’re average.
No longer responding or reacting to people who trigger you is one of the ways to strengthen your spiritual muscles.
No matter what’s going on in your life – always prioritize self-care. Some people may not like you because your light illuminates the shadow work they refuse to do.
Being happy is a very personal thing & it really has nothing to do with anyone else.
The key to breaking a pattern is to respond differently.
You know you’ve grown when the old you would’ve reached out by now & the new you never will.
What’s for you won’t lower your vibration – that’s how you’ll know. Any time you find yourself giving more energy than you receive – fall back.
Before clarity – there is confusion. Before healing – there is hurt. After pain – there is purpose. You’d be surprised how many things fall into place when you learn to follow your spirit & speak with your soul.
We can only share worlds if our vibrations meet at a common state of honesty & love.
Find your equal – not your whole.
Grace over grudges.
To fully heal you must understand why your subconscious prioritized their manipulation over your self respect.
Trust the process – even when it seems like it’s not processing.
The heartbreak that comes from leaving a one-sided relationship is never as painful as the loneliness that comes from abandoning yourself in order to stay.
A big fuck you to anyone who used you to make them “feel good” until they didn’t need you anymore & then left you wondering where you went wrong.
The ego wants more – the soul needs less.
When someone ghosts you – respect the dead & never disturb them again.
Any relationship that requires you to be quiet or a watered down version of yourself for it to “work out” – is not the relationship for you. Never allow someone to control your narrative. Feed your soul – not play a role. The journey of freedom awaits you.
Love does not leave someone traumatized. Whatever happened – it was not love.
Sometimes the Universe will hold you back temporarily until the road is safe & clear to continue. Be thankful for the stall.
“We’ll figure it out together” is a love language.
Trust what you feel – not what you hear.
Never let irrelevant people control your mind, feelings & emotions. Peace of mind is the real bag. Secure it.
Never be so loyal that you betray yourself.
Seeking validation from others is a reflection of lack of self-love – accept yourself in order to be your authentic self. Your soul doesn’t give a shit about impressing others – it seeks fulfillment over validation.
The more healing you do – the more sensitive your body is to recognizing bad energy.
A person who finds peace instead of revenge can never be bothered.
You know you’ve mastered a soul lesson when the circumstance has not changed but the way you respond has – that’s true energy self mastery.
Stop chasing what your mind wants & you’ll get what your soul needs.
Turtle woman is making an offering of wampum to the plants of the river.
“Please”, she asks, “can you help us?”
She explains how we need the rivers to be clean and she acknowledges the plants as the cleaners of the river.
She speaks to the wampum and thanks them also for the light they bring the world.
She talks to the plants for a long time. Telling them what is happening. She explains that the two legged have lost their ways. But there are still some who remember. She tells them about the babies that are coming who need clean water. She cries for her grandchildren.
The plants, being loving and generous, wait for her to finish speaking and then they tell her they have heard her prayers. They agree to help. They are gentle. They never have an unkind word to say about anyone.
From the shore a young person sings a turtle song. Unbeknownst to them, turtle woman is pleading for the world only a short distance below at the bottom of the river.
My daughter handed me her school progress report. Although it displayed a steady stream of positive check marks, there was one check mark standing dejectedly alone from the rest.
“How am I doing, Mom?” my child asked with a level of maturity that did not match the small dishevelled person gazing up at me with smudged eyeglasses that teetered on the tip of her nose. With her small finger, she pointed to her teacher’s neatly printed words next to the lone check mark.
It read: “Distracted in large groups.” But I already knew this. I knew this long before it was written on an official report card. Since she was a toddler, this child has offered astute observations of the world around her.
After pointing out all the positives on the progress report, I told her what was written. Upon hearing the news, she gave a tiny, uncertain smile and shyly admitted, “I do look around a lot.”
But before my child could feel one ounce of shame, one iota of failure, I came down on bended knee and looked her straight in the eye. I didn’t want her to just hear these words, I wanted her to feel them. This is what I said:
“Yes. You do look around a lot. You noticed Sam sitting off by himself with a skinned knee on the field trip, and you comforted him.”
“You noticed Banjo had a running nose, and the vet said it was a good thing we brought him in when we did.”
“You noticed our waitress was working really hard and suggested we leave an extra good tip. You noticed Grandpa was walking slower than the rest of us so you waited for him.”
“You notice the beautiful view every time we cross the bridge to go to swim practice.”
“And you know what? I don’t ever want you to stop noticing because that is your gift. It is your gift that you give to the world.”
As I watched my daughter beam with the glow of acceptance, I realized her approach to life had the power to change the world.
You see, we are all just waiting for someone to notice—notice our pain, notice our scars, notice our fear, notice our joy, notice our triumphs, notice our courage.
And the one who notices is a rare and beautiful gift.
~Rachel Macy Stafford, author of “Hands Free Life.” Her author page is @TheHandsFreeRevolution on Facebook.
“Every man is a Divinity in disguise, a god playing a fool.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emmerson
“I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my soul.” ~ Rumi
“In other words, the sum-total of all the outward guidance of the world doesn’t hold a candle to the wisdom of the guiding force within you. Remember you’re at one with the One. Open your heart to the divine within you. When you open your mouth to speak, allow this higher perspective to express through you.” ~ The Hero’s Journey, Dream Oracle
Mantra :: I trust the wisdom of my higher self, and follow it, step by step, toward higher ground.
Remember: Their response/reaction “to you” WILL affect everyone else. How do you choose to steer this?
How far do you suppose the human essence can expand outward, remaining intact, while touching everything?
Beyond our planet to others? Maybe even beyond that?
“I Am a connector of Worlds.”
Another world, another form, another density.
I don’t need to know the mechanics of it. It will move as one.
We all get a chance to “create” our surroundings. Peoples response to you WILL affect everyone else there in some fashion or other.
What surroundings are you wishing to spend time in? How will you interact with people in order to gain responses which will affect your surroundings in peace and joy and laughter? Even Love.
Pure, simple, no agenda but family … Love, Honor and Respect.
Every action gains a reaction. If the energy is used for negative, that is the echo, the reverberation, the response which will affect everything which surrounds the Doer, therefore forming the world the Doer creates for themselves.
Same as opposite. Energy used to create a positive response echoes, affects all others present, creating the reality of the Doer.
In dreamland, Spirit informed me that there are “gates” within the body. I woke, remembering only the one in the feet.
I began thinking of the vital force that runs through our bodies. Life is symbiotic. Mother Earth has her energy, but it is meant to be a symbiotic relationship, a give and take.
When we began using shoes with rubber soles, we disconnected our vital force from Mother Earth. We are no longer feeding into her, or being fed by her, through the gate of the feet. Also, she doesn’t receive the higher connections which are meant to flow through us.
This is important. It’s about the vital life force connections. Higher(heaven) lower (earth) connected by the transmitter receiver (human).
We are suffering. The earth is suffering.
We need to figure out a footwear that allows us to remain connected to, in harmony with, and in symbiosis with, the health and well-being of Mother Earth.
Today, I wear nothing but socks … until I go get my doggie his food.
Thank you Spirit. I am grateful you are here. I will learn about these gates and how to seal them up from intruders.
Do you know Jezebel spirits, the spirit of Leviathan and others enter these gates … they crowd our mind, they syphon our energies, they “plant” energies that aren’t ours, they ”plant” thought forms, and upset the nervous system to cause terrible reactions.
Dark, manipulative spirits use these gates to affect our relationship with each other, to cause turmoil and suffering.
We must learn about these gates and how to protect them from infiltration.
Don’t you find it interesting that the man given task of injecting the bioform with unknown, harmful substances is named “gates”?
Stop giving access of your vital force to these ones. Learn. Research. Grow. Expand. Develop the tools needed to stand firm against spiritual intrusion/invasion.
