Author: ratnadyer

Often people think that to be spiritual means that we follow something, do certain things, look at life in a different way etc… and yes spiritual practices and teachings certainly are part of what enhances and accelerates our spiritual path.

However…. whether we realise it or not, whether we actively live our spirituality and do everything or really don’t think about it at all and do nothing along that vein…
We are a spiritual being by the sheer fact of our existence.

We are all spirit.
We are awareness, consciousness in form, a spirit in a human body, moving and learning in the school of life.

Awakening to this and dancing to that beat is when life gets much more meaningful, fulfilling, deeper and richer.

May we all awaken to the truth of who and what we are.

Be like the tree. Your roots deep in the earth, grounded and strong, drawing nourishment.

Your branches spread wide, reaching the light while providing shelter and nourishment to nesting birds.

Your leaves fresh and vital in Spring, withered and surrendered in Autumn as you move in trust with the rhythm of the seasons.

Standing in the full glory of your simple yet incredible, natural self.

Opening and sharing yourself allows for connection and learning and growth.

It creates the possibility for fullness and aliveness and a life of depth and meaning and authentic relationships.

Notice where and how you might close. Notice when you shut off and why. Learn to be open within your self towards yourself with these moments.

Things come and go. What is it that stays constant inside? This is the most important discovery to ‘find’. Everything else is a chasing after of the changing.

We overlook our own awareness presence, take it for granted as a ‘yeah and..?’.

However without awareness we cannot experience anything at all. Usually we focus on the content of our experience. Awareness is the context of all experience.

We have many ideas of what it means to ‘be in our heart’, when really in simplicity one way of understanding what this actually means is that we have our thought process suspended/rested enough for the simplicity of our already always present awareness/being to come to the fore. The heart does not have to be anything about emotions. Emotions can be there or not. Our heart is more like the clear space of allowing that is our being, in which all content can arise.

I am the stillness that sits inside.
The presence of a hundred nights.
The trust of a flower reaching for the light. – Your Heart of Awareness.

Before thought I am watching my thought.

I am here first, still inside, knowing that I feel my emotions. No matter how strong.

All is allowed.

My body is alive and senses dance before me, around me and move through me.

I am still inside.

We can’t always see the way life is unfolding in order to help us grow.

We need our mistakes as much as we need successes. In fact ‘mistakes’ are often a much more potent compost for the maturity of our being.
They also help us forge our determination and certitude.

Be kind to yourself. Let’s face it, ultimately none of us really know why anything happens in the big picture.

Self growth work and building self awareness is a contribution to all humanity.

When the storms come, we are so grateful for someone who is able to remain more present and calm, silently reassuring and available.

This is the gift we can then give when we have cultivated our ability to be this way with our own inner storms and the emotional parts of our self.

It can be a long road, but there is nothing more worthwhile than inner peace.

A calling from the inner self to come back from externally focused seeking. A communication of the need to go within.

Behaviours driven by loneliness can often bring us back to even more of a sense of loneliness.

However loneliness does not need to be seen as a weakness, a punishment, a trap or an abandonment.

Actually it can be received as another way that the divine is calling us into self care, self love and self discovery. Another way to keep bringing us home to our self, as nothing else is permanent or enough.

‘Rush!’ says the mind.. ‘Figure this out before it gets you down! We have to have this wrapped up and under control! Just sort it, fix it, twist it, contend it, get rid of it, anything to get it sorted. No matter who’s in the way!’

‘But there is my hurt and sad and the need to be helped and heard’, says emotional heart. What do I do with that? She asks the mind.

‘Get over it, drink it, drug it, plug it, collapse it. Never mind it. Transcend it. It doesn’t matter. You just have to not exist. I have got this.’ Is the reply.

‘But how am I to heal and open and feel love when even you don’t want me?’ cries emotional heart.

Heart: ‘What you don’t realise dear mind, is that I hold the key to the freedom you seek. I am a doorway to peace. I am a opening of grace, when you can connect deeply within me and allow me to move you. I am the one who sits and waits and will never leave until you see you are whole. I am here as your guide and guardian. I am the one whom will not let you stray too far, as my suffering pulls you back to the path. If you neglect me, you will inevitably find me and, when you learn how to finally allow yourself to be safely present with me, I will wash you clean with my ocean of tears. And we find ourself together on the shore of self love.

It is that we can learn to be with the lonely part in us with a level of self care, self compassion and clarity that it has never received before.

Loneliness requires your presence. Your own company aware inwardly with yourself.

When we can be guided to learn to do this, it can be a healing process that can open our heart to ourself in our journey home.