We all have a story, we are main characters in the midst of all the chaos and beauty that is happening around us. It can feel as though we’re alone on our path, that the hardships are unique to us. It’s not our ego’s neccessarily that narrow our thinking but the lack of vulnerability and connection we have with others.
We don’t know what the people we interact with are going through. In a culture where we’re disconnected from our own feelings and bodies, how can we possibly be in tune with the feelings and experiences that others are going through?
I used to think that our Soul Journey is separate from our embodied journey but our WHOLE journey is a mixture of different parts of us. We can have a more harmonious experience of our lives if we only knew how to collect and connect the different parts of us. I suspect the golden thread that we need for this stiching is that of connecting with others. Being in the human experience not through isolation but through community.
We carry far too much pain alone. So much self-criticism and judgement is stored in our minds away from the ears of others. We shackle our minds to things that have hurt us and are too afraid to admit that we need love. This is a product of the world we have designed. A world where our priorities have shifted from living to making a living. A world where we promote division over connection.
Even those of us who try to be on the right side of history are fighting the fight with a hint of judgement of those who are destroying our democracies and stripping our freedom. We are not leaning into conversations with compassion and curiosity. How can we when we don’t have leaders who role model goodness?
We can’t change the world overnight; we can’t undo decades of programming and we can’t erase the trauma, inequities and inequalities that have tainted our lives. We can’t pretend the pain isn’t there; nor should we try.
What we can do is in each moment choose to let go of the attachment to the things that disconnect us further. To sit with our scars and love them better. To be deliberate about building communities and prioritising connection. To re-opening our hearts and allowing our bodies to guide us home.
One step towards loving ourselves can create a ripple effect for others to take a step towards their healing. Little by little we can start feeling the vibration of love again and release ourselves from the fear.
Love Always,
M
Souloom™ 