Author: ratnadyer

Imagine if every flower were the same shape, colour and size. We would crave difference, diversity and interest.

Why then do we marginalise and judge difference within our own human kind?

Our judgement/lack of acceptance of others is simply a reflection of our own mind and the degree of separation and worth we feel inwardly.

When we are unconscious to this in ourselves; to varying degrees denying it, then we have to put it some somewhere and so we project it outwardly.

When unkindness is present, it has nothing to do with the object we are judging/marginalising. It has everything to do with the mind perceiving and enacting it that way.

Equally, don’t stay too seperate and isolated in your own tower. Remain available, open and authentic with your needs.

Relationships are so important. Alone time and space is very important too, but all in all we are not born to be an island.

Life is interconnected. We are each individual and distinct and yet we are not seperate.

We need each other. And we also need to be allowed and trusted to be ourselves and given the space we need.

Everyone’s pace and path of growth needs to be respected. The more we might monitor or analyse or try to influence it, often the more resistance is created.

We have to learn to trust what is. To come into a space of allowing and love. A space of contentment in our own knowing of ourself, not rely on someone else becoming what we think we need them to be to ensure our happiness.

If that happens then it’s a bonus, but it cannot be a reliable means for happiness if we aren’t centred in our own self.

Pay most attention to your own fears and inner conflicts, rather than someone else’s.

And yes make wise choices about what is good for you with healthy boundaries. It is never ok to accept abuse, and often in a case of abuse the change needed is in our own choice to leave and to become clear that we are worth protecting.

We cannot change others, but we can be inspiring and we can make choices that change our part of a dynamic.

There is no separation between life and spirituality. Life IS spirituality.

Separation only comes because we think of ourselves as seperate.

However we are born from the life force of nature, we express through nature, we live because of nature and we breathe the air provided by nature, by life itself.

We are spirit in the physical body of life itself.

Everything is interconnected. Everything is growing, moving, expanding, changing all the time. This is life. Even on a scientific level, cells are constantly vibrating and moving as they are alive.

Life is spirituality. You don’t need to do anything to be a spiritual person, other than realise and live your true nature.

What is your truth?
Are you listening to what you know is right for you?

Things on planet earth are shifting and there is a call to be more authentic, more conscious, more true.

Are you opening, or are you fearful of change?

In the end there is nothing to fear, as it is simply all about coming home to yourself.

Everything else that is not aligned with this needs to fall away.

Silence is not merely the absence of sound, it is alive and filled with presence and grace. Become alive to it, feel the silence.

‘Be inside the silence as silence itself’ -Mooji.

The food you eat generates your cells. In that directly literal sense, you are what you eat.

We all need to be as supported as possible by our body to help us feel good in our emotions and our thoughts.

Our body, feelings and mind are intrinsically linked and impact each other more than we often realise.

We all need to be as healthy as we can to, not just survive, but thrive in this changing, unpredictable world.

Look after yourself and those you love.

Read the ingredients list on things you buy. If there are too many numbers and preservatives and goodness knows what in it, don’t buy it. It’s NOT actually food.

Life, aliveness is now. Nowhere else.

Listen and respond to this moment. Follow what flows naturally.

Yes have practical things planned that need to be planned, and yet live this moment. It is all you have.

A friend of mine today was pained at the thought of having to go back to work next week. And yet its Wednesday, he’s still on holiday and it’s a stunning sun shining day. I said.. don’t get too far ahead of yourself, you won’t be able to enjoy your time off.

Not a new idea. We all know this one, and yet to come to a point of really be able to live this way, this is a great learning.

Each of us needs to follow guidance that resonates with our heart and speaks to our truth.

There is no one religion or path that is superior or right for everyone.

I myself have benefited from a multitude of spiritual teachers and teachings. Receiving insights in different ways through each.

I found it has also been very helpful and important for me to go deeply into a framework of teachings, so as to go to that depth in myself with applying it and gaining understanding experientially rather than just theoretically.

No point in being ‘all spiritual’ if you’re not actively practicing and applying the teachings in your life.

We cannot know how it is for someone else. They have their own journey. Our journey is our journey and theirs is theirs.

We are all on our path, up the same mountain. This mountain appears different from different positions, and it is not until we reach the top, that we fully see all paths come together to the same point.

Spirituality has many paths, whether we have a religious path, an atheist path a yoga path or no seeming path at all, we are all still walking on this same mountain, this journey of life and self discovery. Whether conscious of it or not.