Stand out

Apparently, what they say about this age is true.

The turning inward, the attachment to simple truth, the active filtering-out of anything that lacks the flavor of honest living, the deep sense of no longer caring about what’s expected… all this is exactly what’s hap

pening now. 

And the truth is that it feels like a great light.

I too grew up inside the centrifuge that destroys anything different or unfamiliar; the eternal desire to be and do what’s expected, accepted and familiar.

To truly internalize, again and again, that there’s no one like me, no one like you, and no one like us, is complicated and emotionally charged. It requires leaping over the fear of standing out, the fear of standing exposed as you, yourself and your spirit.

This is what Ayahuasca teaches. This is what channeling teaches: to fully stand in yourself, with courage and boldness, and simply be there.

This inner dialogue is deeply important and destabilizing. 

But being destabilized is vital and beneficial. Challenging old internal structures is simply necessary.

I came home from my recent spiritual studies with a clearer understanding of my place in the world, and my working language. 

Living and working without a simple common language can be challenging and, at times, deeply lonely. 

But lately the dots have started connecting for me.

My longing to live closer to myself, in the presence of the Spirit, and to teach myself how to rest from everything fake, forced or strained has shaped me beautifully.

I feel my love for myself in every breath. I see my role with clarity and experience a completely new kind of ease, effortless, fearless, without wasting time. I am deeply grateful for the wise and gentle filters that have grown within me.

There’s immense power in taking full responsibility for my closeness to myself, and in allowing the Spirit to nourish me. The ability to choose what will fill me, calm me and bring me joy is absolute. I truly didn’t know how wonderful and unconditionally resilient that inner stability could become in the face of whatever life brings to my doorstep.

To be part of the frequency of unconditional joy for life is almost like following a kind of diet. Your taste changes. Your desire sharpens to the point of eating only what strengthens you.

These are the kinds of lives I live, and these are the kinds of lives you can have too, if you want them.