Writing
Sophie has been sharing her poetry and prose over the last few years. She writes from a place of deep contemplation and Silence and is currently in the process of writing her first book. Sophie shares her teachings and writings on a regular basis through her instagram page. To be kept up to date, please follow her on @the_kindest_thing.
THE DANCE OF CREATION
.
I Am the Universe embodied
Where Stillness meets form
And breath meets Life
.
Nothing can be added
And nothing can be taken away.
.
I Am the dance and the dancer
The 'masculine' and the 'feminine'
The 'light' and the ‘dark’.
.
All evolves and dissolves within Me.
All are One and Complete within Me.
,
Beyond polarity.
Beyond duality.
Timeless.
Infinite.
Always.
.
I do not need anything but You
I cannot be anything but You
.
I Am the Unseen embodied.
Wholeness in creation
All is birthed and danced within Me.
.
I Am the Universe embodied
Where Stillness meets form
And breath meets Life
.
Nothing can be added
And nothing can be taken away.
.
I Am the dance and the dancer
The 'masculine' and the 'feminine'
The 'light' and the ‘dark’.
.
All evolves and dissolves within Me.
All are One and Complete within Me.
,
Beyond polarity.
Beyond duality.
Timeless.
Infinite.
Always.
.
I do not need anything but You
I cannot be anything but You
.
I Am the Unseen embodied.
Wholeness in creation
All is birthed and danced within Me.
COMING HOME TO THE BODY
.
Feeling every touch
Of skin
Of clothing
Of Stillness
Through the Body.
.
No agenda
No where to go
But ever more deeply
Here.
.
Unending pleasure,
Simply
In
And
Of itself.
.
Experiencing the impenetrable
Silence
Through every pore
Of Being
In this Holy vessel.
.
Every sound,
The Beloved.
Every breathe,
The Holy.
.
All Bringing me back
Deeper
And
Deeper
To
You
.
To
All that I Am
.
This body
A portal to
The
Infinite.
.
Not through 'transcendence'
Not through 'detachment'
But through Being
Right Here.
.
No where else to go
But Here.
.
No mind left,
Simply Here.
.
For everything is Consciousness
Leading us back to Consciousness
.
Every cell in this body
Alive with Her
.
Feeling every touch
Of skin
Of clothing
Of Stillness
Through the Body.
.
No agenda
No where to go
But ever more deeply
Here.
.
Unending pleasure,
Simply
In
And
Of itself.
.
Experiencing the impenetrable
Silence
Through every pore
Of Being
In this Holy vessel.
.
Every sound,
The Beloved.
Every breathe,
The Holy.
.
All Bringing me back
Deeper
And
Deeper
To
You
.
To
All that I Am
.
This body
A portal to
The
Infinite.
.
Not through 'transcendence'
Not through 'detachment'
But through Being
Right Here.
.
No where else to go
But Here.
.
No mind left,
Simply Here.
.
For everything is Consciousness
Leading us back to Consciousness
.
Every cell in this body
Alive with Her
RE-MEMBERING ALL THAT YOU ARE
.
Allow the soft gentle
Strength of your Soul
To hold you.
.
To whisper words of silent Truth
Within
And around this Holy sacred body.
.
Carving out
Even more places within you
To hold your Light.
.
Releasing from you
All the old ancient stories of time
Etched into these cells
.
Making space for even more
Of You
To come Here
Into this world.
.
Choosing a new Path
A new Way
A new Story
.
One that is fully anchored in
The highest Truth
And the deepest Ground.
.
Connected fully to your innate ecstatic Innocence
.
Letting only Silence speak,
And only Silence remain.
.
Re-membering all that You are
And all that You came here to be...
.
Allow the soft gentle
Strength of your Soul
To hold you.
.
To whisper words of silent Truth
Within
And around this Holy sacred body.
.
Carving out
Even more places within you
To hold your Light.
.
Releasing from you
All the old ancient stories of time
Etched into these cells
.
Making space for even more
Of You
To come Here
Into this world.
.
Choosing a new Path
A new Way
A new Story
.
One that is fully anchored in
The highest Truth
And the deepest Ground.
.
Connected fully to your innate ecstatic Innocence
.
Letting only Silence speak,
And only Silence remain.
.
Re-membering all that You are
And all that You came here to be...
A NEW YEAR INTENTION
.
May this life be
Wholeheartedly
Dedicated
To that which is beyond Names.
.
In every
Single
Moment.
.
May all that is not love
Be offered up to Love.
.
May all thoughts be surrendered fully
To that which is beyond thoughts.
.
May all distortions and limitations
Of this conditioned mind
Dissolve into that which is Unlimited.
.
In every
Single
Moment.
.
May this body be a vessel of Light.
.
This voice a vehicle for Truth.
.
And may every cell
Of this Holy sacred body
Re-memeber
It's divine heritage.
.
Surrendering all I believe I am
To all that I Am
.
Bringing the attention
Always
Down
Into this wordless
Space
Of reverence.
.
Living from Here
Moving from Here
.
Allowing this Stillness
This Silence
This ineffable Peace
To touch
Awaken
And permeate
Every waking moment.
.
This is my prayer.
This is my intention.
.
For this year
For this life
For this moment.
.
May the flame of Truth
Forever be ablaze within this Heart.
.
May this life be
Wholeheartedly
Dedicated
To that which is beyond Names.
.
In every
Single
Moment.
.
May all that is not love
Be offered up to Love.
.
May all thoughts be surrendered fully
To that which is beyond thoughts.
.
May all distortions and limitations
Of this conditioned mind
Dissolve into that which is Unlimited.
.
In every
Single
Moment.
.
May this body be a vessel of Light.
.
This voice a vehicle for Truth.
.
And may every cell
Of this Holy sacred body
Re-memeber
It's divine heritage.
.
Surrendering all I believe I am
To all that I Am
.
Bringing the attention
Always
Down
Into this wordless
Space
Of reverence.
.
Living from Here
Moving from Here
.
Allowing this Stillness
This Silence
This ineffable Peace
To touch
Awaken
And permeate
Every waking moment.
.
This is my prayer.
This is my intention.
.
For this year
For this life
For this moment.
.
May the flame of Truth
Forever be ablaze within this Heart.
AWAKENING AND THE BODY
.
Can you experience the body,
Without the 'story' of the body?
.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the ‘story’
But when we allow ourselves to progressively drop the layers of story,
Of conditions,
Of labels,
Of identification,
We can start to experience the 'body',
And in truth ALL of life
As it really is...
Vibrant, Alive, Whole, Empty, Limitless and Complete.
.
When we allow ourselves to progressively drop the commentary of the mind
Whilst still remaining consciously present in the 'body'
We start to realise that this form that we label 'body' is actually not inherently personal.
.
In truth it is an ever-changing expression of consciousness
That the mind has projected an identity onto.
.
The belief that this is 'my' body is actually just a thought.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this thought
But at some point we must recognise the illusory nature of this unconscious identification.
Through this recognition we can then start to slowly allow the body to be freed from layers and layers of stories, beliefs, trauma, history, conditioning and programming.
We can allow the natural intelligence, radiance and joy of the body to start to Awaken and be fully expressed.
.
See, it is not that “you are not your body”
But this ‘person’ who has identified as this body
Does not exist.
It exists only on the level of the mind…
Drop the mental commentary
And we realise this is ‘God’s’ body.
It is ALL consciousness.
There is truly no separation.
The separation is created only through thought.
.
So perhaps you may feel drawn to find God 'beyond' the body
Or perhaps you may feel drawn to find God 'within' the body.
It ultimately doesn't matter which one you follow
Both paths when truly followed ALL the way
Will bring you to the same deep experiential realisation…
.
God is both transcendent and within all things
And You are that.
.
Can you experience the body,
Without the 'story' of the body?
.
There is nothing inherently wrong with the ‘story’
But when we allow ourselves to progressively drop the layers of story,
Of conditions,
Of labels,
Of identification,
We can start to experience the 'body',
And in truth ALL of life
As it really is...
Vibrant, Alive, Whole, Empty, Limitless and Complete.
.
When we allow ourselves to progressively drop the commentary of the mind
Whilst still remaining consciously present in the 'body'
We start to realise that this form that we label 'body' is actually not inherently personal.
.
In truth it is an ever-changing expression of consciousness
That the mind has projected an identity onto.
.
The belief that this is 'my' body is actually just a thought.
There is nothing inherently wrong with this thought
But at some point we must recognise the illusory nature of this unconscious identification.
Through this recognition we can then start to slowly allow the body to be freed from layers and layers of stories, beliefs, trauma, history, conditioning and programming.
We can allow the natural intelligence, radiance and joy of the body to start to Awaken and be fully expressed.
.
See, it is not that “you are not your body”
But this ‘person’ who has identified as this body
Does not exist.
It exists only on the level of the mind…
Drop the mental commentary
And we realise this is ‘God’s’ body.
It is ALL consciousness.
There is truly no separation.
The separation is created only through thought.
.
So perhaps you may feel drawn to find God 'beyond' the body
Or perhaps you may feel drawn to find God 'within' the body.
It ultimately doesn't matter which one you follow
Both paths when truly followed ALL the way
Will bring you to the same deep experiential realisation…
.
God is both transcendent and within all things
And You are that.
WE DO NOT NEED TO 'FIX' OURSELVES
.
Luckily the 'self' and the mind in no way have to be 'perfect'
In order to Awaken to the truth of who You are
.
Yes it can be helpful to work on yourself
Ofcourse!
To grow and evolve and come into greater wholeness and integration within our humanity
Ofcourse
.
BUT by always focusing on how this 'person' can be better,
We lose touch with our inherent wholeness right here, right now...
Already complete.
Already enough.
No trying needed.
No effort needed.
.
It can be a sneaky subtle trick of the mind
To constantly be feeling like we need to work on ourselves.
Another course.
Another retreat.
Another ceremony.
.
Awakening is not about the perfect personality.
But recognising the illusory nature of the personality.
.
It is not about getting somewhere
But uncovering what is already Here
.
Be careful of overdoing the 'self-work'.
There is a time and a place,
But when it keeps subtly taking you away from Now
It is unhelpful.
.
And seen from a higher perspective,
It is ultimatley just the mind trying to fix the mind.
Which in truth can never be 'fixed'...
The journey in itself is inherently unending.
.
So, yes self-exploration can be important,
Useful and necessary
.
BUT the more one rests in and as the Self beneath and beyond the conditioned mind
NATURALLY the personality starts to come into greater wholeness.
Naturally the personality can start to be 'healed'*
.
Not through force
Not through effort
But through natural effortless alignment with Grace
Through allowing all that is not love to be permeated by Love!
.
So rest sweet soul
Keep coming back to Now.
Beneath the story of Now
And beneath the commentary of Now.
All is well.
.
Let Grace takes the reigns for a little while.
No more 'fixing' needed.
.
The pressure only comes from the one who thinks they are broken.
.
We did not come here to fix ourselves
But to find what can never be broken.
.
Luckily the 'self' and the mind in no way have to be 'perfect'
In order to Awaken to the truth of who You are
.
Yes it can be helpful to work on yourself
Ofcourse!
To grow and evolve and come into greater wholeness and integration within our humanity
Ofcourse
.
BUT by always focusing on how this 'person' can be better,
We lose touch with our inherent wholeness right here, right now...
Already complete.
Already enough.
No trying needed.
No effort needed.
.
It can be a sneaky subtle trick of the mind
To constantly be feeling like we need to work on ourselves.
Another course.
Another retreat.
Another ceremony.
.
Awakening is not about the perfect personality.
But recognising the illusory nature of the personality.
.
It is not about getting somewhere
But uncovering what is already Here
.
Be careful of overdoing the 'self-work'.
There is a time and a place,
But when it keeps subtly taking you away from Now
It is unhelpful.
.
And seen from a higher perspective,
It is ultimatley just the mind trying to fix the mind.
Which in truth can never be 'fixed'...
The journey in itself is inherently unending.
.
So, yes self-exploration can be important,
Useful and necessary
.
BUT the more one rests in and as the Self beneath and beyond the conditioned mind
NATURALLY the personality starts to come into greater wholeness.
Naturally the personality can start to be 'healed'*
.
Not through force
Not through effort
But through natural effortless alignment with Grace
Through allowing all that is not love to be permeated by Love!
.
So rest sweet soul
Keep coming back to Now.
Beneath the story of Now
And beneath the commentary of Now.
All is well.
.
Let Grace takes the reigns for a little while.
No more 'fixing' needed.
.
The pressure only comes from the one who thinks they are broken.
.
We did not come here to fix ourselves
But to find what can never be broken.
THE JOURNEY OF AWAKENING
.
Yes you may have had an ‘Awakening’…
But if you haven't moved this Awakening through all human parts of yourself
Through the many layers and flavours of the personal self
And allowed this Awareness to be fully integrated and embodied into form.
Then you have only gone one step of the way.
.
Remember you are a ‘Human - Being’.
You can only ‘stay as Awareness’ for so long, before you must plunge back into the depths of personhood.
Plunge back into the depths of your humanity and integrate this newfound Light of Consciousness on all levels.
.
With one foot now consciously in the heart of the Beloved and one foot in the dream of humanness
This is where the real work starts...
The work of Embodiment.
.
At times you may feel lost.
At times you may feel you have gone too deep.
Plunged too far.
Started to believe the 'reality' of the dream again?
.
Do not fear dear one.
This is still just a trick of the mind.
In truth you can never be separated or lost from the Beloved that You are.
In every moment this Beloved is here.
Simply observing, humbly and unconditionally Being, patiently waiting for your recognition.
.
And luckily once you have tasted this Beloved's sweet nectar,
Her ineffable infinite stillness and all-pervading peace…
You can never stray too far again.
.
Remember,
The 'Awakening' is only just the beginning.
.
Yes you may have had an ‘Awakening’…
But if you haven't moved this Awakening through all human parts of yourself
Through the many layers and flavours of the personal self
And allowed this Awareness to be fully integrated and embodied into form.
Then you have only gone one step of the way.
.
Remember you are a ‘Human - Being’.
You can only ‘stay as Awareness’ for so long, before you must plunge back into the depths of personhood.
Plunge back into the depths of your humanity and integrate this newfound Light of Consciousness on all levels.
.
With one foot now consciously in the heart of the Beloved and one foot in the dream of humanness
This is where the real work starts...
The work of Embodiment.
.
At times you may feel lost.
At times you may feel you have gone too deep.
Plunged too far.
Started to believe the 'reality' of the dream again?
.
Do not fear dear one.
This is still just a trick of the mind.
In truth you can never be separated or lost from the Beloved that You are.
In every moment this Beloved is here.
Simply observing, humbly and unconditionally Being, patiently waiting for your recognition.
.
And luckily once you have tasted this Beloved's sweet nectar,
Her ineffable infinite stillness and all-pervading peace…
You can never stray too far again.
.
Remember,
The 'Awakening' is only just the beginning.
PRESENCE
.
We think we need to 'be present'.
But in truth we can never not be present.
.
There is nowhere we can go and nothing we can do that can ever take us out of this Presence.
.
You ARE it.
.
'Wherever you go there you are'
.
In truth we never really 'go' anywhere.
The mind has merely taken us into a projection.
.
Into thought.
.
Into story.
.
Yet ALL of this is happening in the present moment.
Within Presence.
.
There is nowhere you can go where You are not.
.
We think we need to 'be present'.
But in truth we can never not be present.
.
There is nowhere we can go and nothing we can do that can ever take us out of this Presence.
.
You ARE it.
.
'Wherever you go there you are'
.
In truth we never really 'go' anywhere.
The mind has merely taken us into a projection.
.
Into thought.
.
Into story.
.
Yet ALL of this is happening in the present moment.
Within Presence.
.
There is nowhere you can go where You are not.
THE MYTH OF AWAKENING
.
The myth of Awakening is that once you are awake to your True nature, everything is blissful and easy,
And nothing can ever disturb you.
.
This is true from the Absolute sense,
As it is only the 'person' that is ultimately 'disturbed' and suffers.
YET life is inherently messy, changeful and one could argue difficult.
This is part of the 'game'
We misunderstand life when we think it is something to escape.
.
Yes, as one starts to Awaken more and more to their essential timeless nature,
Life starts to be permeated by and within, this ever present, ever-deepening infinite Stillness and Peace.
.
YET your humanity does not disappear.
.
To believe your humanness disappears
Or is somehow no longer important, is a very old, and one could argue 'masculine' form of awakening.
.
It is 'transcendent' in nature and has served a purpose,
But it is ultimately disembodied.
.
Nothing can be truly integrated from this place.
And there is still a subtle form of duality.
Awareness vs. humanness
.
No, a new form of awakening is arising on the planet.
One that moves towards ALL of our humanity,
From a deeper place of Awareness.
.
One that allows this ever-present unconditional Love and Stillness to permeate ALL that is Here…
All layers, levels and textures of our humanity.
.
There is still difficulty.
There is still change.
But the ability to hold it with greater unconditional Love, Presence and Kindness increases.
.
Life is taken far more lightly
As the perspective and place from which you are seeing deepens and expands.
.
No longer are you solely experiencing life from a limited personal mind and constant mental narrative.
But instead from a vast unlimited openness and Peace.
.
From this place
Naturally and spontaneously all can be lovingly held.
As from this place there is ultimately no 'person' there to judge, limit, conceptualize or make life wrong.
It is just Life meeting Life.
.
Lovingly holding it All.
.
From this place we can allow life to flow and align back into its natural Grace and Harmony.
.
Not by transcending it.
But by meeting Life fully.
.
The myth of Awakening is that once you are awake to your True nature, everything is blissful and easy,
And nothing can ever disturb you.
.
This is true from the Absolute sense,
As it is only the 'person' that is ultimately 'disturbed' and suffers.
YET life is inherently messy, changeful and one could argue difficult.
This is part of the 'game'
We misunderstand life when we think it is something to escape.
.
Yes, as one starts to Awaken more and more to their essential timeless nature,
Life starts to be permeated by and within, this ever present, ever-deepening infinite Stillness and Peace.
.
YET your humanity does not disappear.
.
To believe your humanness disappears
Or is somehow no longer important, is a very old, and one could argue 'masculine' form of awakening.
.
It is 'transcendent' in nature and has served a purpose,
But it is ultimately disembodied.
.
Nothing can be truly integrated from this place.
And there is still a subtle form of duality.
Awareness vs. humanness
.
No, a new form of awakening is arising on the planet.
One that moves towards ALL of our humanity,
From a deeper place of Awareness.
.
One that allows this ever-present unconditional Love and Stillness to permeate ALL that is Here…
All layers, levels and textures of our humanity.
.
There is still difficulty.
There is still change.
But the ability to hold it with greater unconditional Love, Presence and Kindness increases.
.
Life is taken far more lightly
As the perspective and place from which you are seeing deepens and expands.
.
No longer are you solely experiencing life from a limited personal mind and constant mental narrative.
But instead from a vast unlimited openness and Peace.
.
From this place
Naturally and spontaneously all can be lovingly held.
As from this place there is ultimately no 'person' there to judge, limit, conceptualize or make life wrong.
It is just Life meeting Life.
.
Lovingly holding it All.
.
From this place we can allow life to flow and align back into its natural Grace and Harmony.
.
Not by transcending it.
But by meeting Life fully.
WHAT MAGIC...
.
What magic befalls me
In this still quiet emptiness with no name
And no face.
.
The void from which I can never be apart
The space from which all is born and will die back into.
.
This limitless unknown.
.
I hear you in my breathe.
I see you under my thoughts.
I feel you beneath my touch.
.
When the stars shine above me.
And the leaves fall around me.
I am reminded of You.
.
You that came before all names.
You that came before all forms.
.
I thank You for this gift of life.
For this presence that I Am.
.
There is nowhere left to go but here.
There is nowhere else I can be but here.
.
May we always,
Through the depths of eternity,
Find our way back home to You.
💕
.
What magic befalls me
In this still quiet emptiness with no name
And no face.
.
The void from which I can never be apart
The space from which all is born and will die back into.
.
This limitless unknown.
.
I hear you in my breathe.
I see you under my thoughts.
I feel you beneath my touch.
.
When the stars shine above me.
And the leaves fall around me.
I am reminded of You.
.
You that came before all names.
You that came before all forms.
.
I thank You for this gift of life.
For this presence that I Am.
.
There is nowhere left to go but here.
There is nowhere else I can be but here.
.
May we always,
Through the depths of eternity,
Find our way back home to You.
💕
THE SWEET PARADOX OF AWAKENING
.
You are not your conditioning.
AND an aspect of You has chosen to incarnate with this specific conditioning to learn and grow.
.
You are beyond this ‘person’
And consciousness has also chosen to express through this unique personality.
It has purpose.
It has meaning.
.
You are not just your ‘story’
And your story is beautiful and important.
.
You are not your beliefs
And it can be helpful and necessary to look at your beliefs.
.
You are ‘not your body’
And your body is also an expression of You.
.
You are ALL of it.
.
You are a co-creator with the divine.
And there is 'no-one' actually here to create.
.
You are already Awake
And part of you is on a journey of deeper Awakening towards this realisation.
.
No effort is required and yet it takes 'effort' to come to this deeper knowing.
.
You are not your emotions
AND we also need to honour, acknowledge and allow our emotions to move through us.
It is ALL relative.
.
The mind will want to understand all of this.
To conceptualise.
To analysis.
To try to work out.
But in truth it is all a sweet paradox.
A delicate balance where we need to be able to hold both.
Until it ALL dissolves into the mystery of Now.
.
We think we know,
Until we realise we can never know
All we can do is keep coming back to Now
Out of the layers of story of Now
And into Now
.
Holding the messiness of our humanity
With lightness and tenderness.
.
None of it ‘wrong’,
All of it welcome.
Bringing attention
Bringing awareness
Out of the mind
Down Into the Heart
Always.
.
It is a journey
An on-going journey
.
I am with you.
‘we are all just walking each other home'.
.
You are not your conditioning.
AND an aspect of You has chosen to incarnate with this specific conditioning to learn and grow.
.
You are beyond this ‘person’
And consciousness has also chosen to express through this unique personality.
It has purpose.
It has meaning.
.
You are not just your ‘story’
And your story is beautiful and important.
.
You are not your beliefs
And it can be helpful and necessary to look at your beliefs.
.
You are ‘not your body’
And your body is also an expression of You.
.
You are ALL of it.
.
You are a co-creator with the divine.
And there is 'no-one' actually here to create.
.
You are already Awake
And part of you is on a journey of deeper Awakening towards this realisation.
.
No effort is required and yet it takes 'effort' to come to this deeper knowing.
.
You are not your emotions
AND we also need to honour, acknowledge and allow our emotions to move through us.
It is ALL relative.
.
The mind will want to understand all of this.
To conceptualise.
To analysis.
To try to work out.
But in truth it is all a sweet paradox.
A delicate balance where we need to be able to hold both.
Until it ALL dissolves into the mystery of Now.
.
We think we know,
Until we realise we can never know
All we can do is keep coming back to Now
Out of the layers of story of Now
And into Now
.
Holding the messiness of our humanity
With lightness and tenderness.
.
None of it ‘wrong’,
All of it welcome.
Bringing attention
Bringing awareness
Out of the mind
Down Into the Heart
Always.
.
It is a journey
An on-going journey
.
I am with you.
‘we are all just walking each other home'.
HEALING THE SHADOW
.
We do not heal our shadow through shame.
We heal it through forgiveness, kindness and understanding.
.
What do I mean by 'shadow'?
.
The 'shadow' is the part of our psyche that we unconsciously deem unworthy, shameful or not good enough.
.
It can look like competition, judgment, anger, jealousy, shame, selfishness, fear, control etc...
.
It is the part of ourself that we tend to reject, deny and try to distance ourself from.
.
Unfortunately this denial then creates a 'shadow' in our psyche.
A darkness that we are unable or unwilling to acknowledge and look at.
.
Because we unconsciously don't want to look at this part of ourself, it then gets projected outwards.
We start to see it reflected to us through the outside world.
We may judge others for being a certain way
But in fact we have these aspects, to varying degrees, within ourself.
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In truth they are not really 'theres' or 'ours'.
They are just part of the human condition
That we have taken ourself to be.
The human condition that believes in separation, lack and fear.
They have been created through some warped wisdom of the psyche and it's way to adapt.
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Do not blame yourself for these parts, but be weary of disowning them.
Merely notice and hold them.
Hold them in gentle, loving Awareness and from this place they can start to be healed and integrated.
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💕
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Remember - whatever form your's or another's shadow may take.
It is not who they truly are.
Sometimes, when someone is angry or cruel, we like to say "we have finally seen their true colours"
No. We haven't.
We have simply seen their shadow...a very young, scared and wounded part of themselves.
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With this understanding we must try to have forgiveness both for ourselves and others.
We can only exist at the level of consciousness we are.
Nothing more, nothing less.
No blame.
Simply compassion, mercy and kindness.
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Kindness is the only way.
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Can you own your shadow without shaming yourself for it?
Can you take full responsibility without getting lost in it and turning it into another thing that is 'wrong' with you?
Can you see it and apologise and still realise you are worthy of all good things?
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We do not heal our shadow through shame.
We heal it through forgiveness, kindness and understanding.
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What do I mean by 'shadow'?
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The 'shadow' is the part of our psyche that we unconsciously deem unworthy, shameful or not good enough.
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It can look like competition, judgment, anger, jealousy, shame, selfishness, fear, control etc...
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It is the part of ourself that we tend to reject, deny and try to distance ourself from.
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Unfortunately this denial then creates a 'shadow' in our psyche.
A darkness that we are unable or unwilling to acknowledge and look at.
.
Because we unconsciously don't want to look at this part of ourself, it then gets projected outwards.
We start to see it reflected to us through the outside world.
We may judge others for being a certain way
But in fact we have these aspects, to varying degrees, within ourself.
.
In truth they are not really 'theres' or 'ours'.
They are just part of the human condition
That we have taken ourself to be.
The human condition that believes in separation, lack and fear.
They have been created through some warped wisdom of the psyche and it's way to adapt.
.
Do not blame yourself for these parts, but be weary of disowning them.
Merely notice and hold them.
Hold them in gentle, loving Awareness and from this place they can start to be healed and integrated.
.
💕
.
Remember - whatever form your's or another's shadow may take.
It is not who they truly are.
Sometimes, when someone is angry or cruel, we like to say "we have finally seen their true colours"
No. We haven't.
We have simply seen their shadow...a very young, scared and wounded part of themselves.
.
With this understanding we must try to have forgiveness both for ourselves and others.
We can only exist at the level of consciousness we are.
Nothing more, nothing less.
No blame.
Simply compassion, mercy and kindness.
.
Kindness is the only way.
.
Can you own your shadow without shaming yourself for it?
Can you take full responsibility without getting lost in it and turning it into another thing that is 'wrong' with you?
Can you see it and apologise and still realise you are worthy of all good things?
SILENCE
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There is a silence so pure
So holy,
So still,
And so profound
That the mind can never fully grasp it.
.
To fully know it one must drop all sense of 'mind'.
All sense of 'person'.
All thoughts.
All ideas.
And any need of trying to get 'somewhere' or be 'someone'.
.
Then...
Beneath.
Waiting patiently.
Always.
There will be this silence.
.
If you listen close enough beyond this infinite depthless boundless silence.
You might even be able to hear the singing of angels.
.
A vibration so high and so deep
That you must be so humble, so gentle,
and so patient to hear it.
.
The sweet wordless silence that goes beyond all words.
.
The very nectar of God 🌹
.
The tears will come...
Not just because you are no-thing.
But because you are everything.
.
There is a silence so pure
So holy,
So still,
And so profound
That the mind can never fully grasp it.
.
To fully know it one must drop all sense of 'mind'.
All sense of 'person'.
All thoughts.
All ideas.
And any need of trying to get 'somewhere' or be 'someone'.
.
Then...
Beneath.
Waiting patiently.
Always.
There will be this silence.
.
If you listen close enough beyond this infinite depthless boundless silence.
You might even be able to hear the singing of angels.
.
A vibration so high and so deep
That you must be so humble, so gentle,
and so patient to hear it.
.
The sweet wordless silence that goes beyond all words.
.
The very nectar of God 🌹
.
The tears will come...
Not just because you are no-thing.
But because you are everything.
YOU ARE NOT YOUR BODY?
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You are not your body AND you are your body.
Can you hold both of these truths?
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Yes you are a soul come into this physical form to use it as a vehicle to learn, grow and Awaken.
Yes you are a soul first and foremost.
Remember, it is solely your mind that calls this hand 'your' hand.
Without the mind's story or labelling
It would simply be a hand.
Actually 'hand' is still a concept of the mind - in truth it is simply vibrating energy in motion.
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Yet also.....
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Yes you are this body.
Your body is a map of your unconscious.
It shows your entire life story through its physical expression.
Where you are relaxed, where you hold tension, where there is health, where there is dis-ease*
It holds the emotional and mental patternings and experiences of this lifetime and many before this.
Your body and your mind are inseparable.
You want to know more about you as a person?
Turn towards your body.
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Yet whether you turn into the depths of your body or whether you turn towards the infinite space beyond it.
Both are God
Both are expressions of Spirit.
If delved into and experienced deep enough, both will lead you Home.
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You are both your body and beyond your body.
Can you hold both?
.
You are not your body AND you are your body.
Can you hold both of these truths?
.
Yes you are a soul come into this physical form to use it as a vehicle to learn, grow and Awaken.
Yes you are a soul first and foremost.
Remember, it is solely your mind that calls this hand 'your' hand.
Without the mind's story or labelling
It would simply be a hand.
Actually 'hand' is still a concept of the mind - in truth it is simply vibrating energy in motion.
.
Yet also.....
.
Yes you are this body.
Your body is a map of your unconscious.
It shows your entire life story through its physical expression.
Where you are relaxed, where you hold tension, where there is health, where there is dis-ease*
It holds the emotional and mental patternings and experiences of this lifetime and many before this.
Your body and your mind are inseparable.
You want to know more about you as a person?
Turn towards your body.
.
Yet whether you turn into the depths of your body or whether you turn towards the infinite space beyond it.
Both are God
Both are expressions of Spirit.
If delved into and experienced deep enough, both will lead you Home.
.
You are both your body and beyond your body.
Can you hold both?
GO SLOWLY
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Go slowly little one
Even slower than you think is 'slow'.
Move your feet to the rythmn of your breathe.
And your breathe to the rythmn of the infinite space around you...
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Breathe in
.
And
.
Breathe out
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Synch your breathe to the pace of your own Presence.
To the gentle pace of the natural world around you.
.
Check in...
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How fast does this presence want to move?
How fast does the natural world want to grow?
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Usually not very fast...
See, it is only ever the mind that wants us to 'get somewhere'.
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Try not to rush.
Notice if you can stay 'here' just a little longer.
.
Remember, everything happens in it's perfect time.
Everything that needs to get done, will get done.
It's okay to slow down.
It's okay to trust.
.
In truth, you can never miss out on your own life.
It truth, it is only you who decides the pace you want to go...💕
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So just for this moment.
See if you can give your mind and body some rest.
Notice if you can breathe just a little deeper
And breathe just a little slower.
.
See if you can connect to that ancient sacred rythmn beneath the mind.
How fast does this rythmn want to move today?
Can you allow your personal 'self' go at the pace of your timeless Self, even just for today?
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Slowly little one.
Even slower than you think is 'slow'
.
Go slowly little one
Even slower than you think is 'slow'.
Move your feet to the rythmn of your breathe.
And your breathe to the rythmn of the infinite space around you...
.
Breathe in
.
And
.
Breathe out
.
Synch your breathe to the pace of your own Presence.
To the gentle pace of the natural world around you.
.
Check in...
.
How fast does this presence want to move?
How fast does the natural world want to grow?
.
Usually not very fast...
See, it is only ever the mind that wants us to 'get somewhere'.
.
Try not to rush.
Notice if you can stay 'here' just a little longer.
.
Remember, everything happens in it's perfect time.
Everything that needs to get done, will get done.
It's okay to slow down.
It's okay to trust.
.
In truth, you can never miss out on your own life.
It truth, it is only you who decides the pace you want to go...💕
.
So just for this moment.
See if you can give your mind and body some rest.
Notice if you can breathe just a little deeper
And breathe just a little slower.
.
See if you can connect to that ancient sacred rythmn beneath the mind.
How fast does this rythmn want to move today?
Can you allow your personal 'self' go at the pace of your timeless Self, even just for today?
.
Slowly little one.
Even slower than you think is 'slow'
ALIGNING WITH THE GRACE OF THE UNIVERSE
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There is a silence in and around you
That cannot be described.
Only pointed to.
.
In this silence there lies a gift.
It is the ground from which all is born and to which all forms will die.
It is infinite. It is ever present.
It is the You in which all is held.
.
The more you focus on it
The more you align yourself with the innate rhythm and harmony of the universe.
.
Why?
.
Because this silence is Spirit.
The more you focus on it, the less there is a little 'me' trying to control the show.
.
The more you focus on it, the more you are surrendering and aligning to the very core of your Being.
To the innate wisdom and grace of the You-niverse that you essentially are.
.
By constantly surrendering to this silence.
You allow something greater to take the reins of life.
You can start to trust that the wisdom that created you is also the innate wisdom that is guiding you.
.
So stay in this silence of the heart.
Let the infinite ‘You’ carry the personal ‘you’
And from this place, simply watch as the magic unfolds….
.
There is a silence in and around you
That cannot be described.
Only pointed to.
.
In this silence there lies a gift.
It is the ground from which all is born and to which all forms will die.
It is infinite. It is ever present.
It is the You in which all is held.
.
The more you focus on it
The more you align yourself with the innate rhythm and harmony of the universe.
.
Why?
.
Because this silence is Spirit.
The more you focus on it, the less there is a little 'me' trying to control the show.
.
The more you focus on it, the more you are surrendering and aligning to the very core of your Being.
To the innate wisdom and grace of the You-niverse that you essentially are.
.
By constantly surrendering to this silence.
You allow something greater to take the reins of life.
You can start to trust that the wisdom that created you is also the innate wisdom that is guiding you.
.
So stay in this silence of the heart.
Let the infinite ‘You’ carry the personal ‘you’
And from this place, simply watch as the magic unfolds….