A Message To Folks On the Journey
In a recent journey with my teacher Anand Ji, he asked us to send a message to fellow beings on their journey. I send this message out from my heart to you.
These are the words that came to me.
Stay your course
Commit to your practice
It is possible
Know yourself
Trust your path
Be Kind
Forgive yourself
Stay your course
For me, it has been so easy, a habit, familiar to compare myself to others, to what they are doing, what they have done. I notice it now, creeping up and catching me off guard. We have been conditioned to compete with one another, to want, to desire, to think “if only I have -----, then -----,” or “when I get -----, then I will be ------.” We have been taught to look outside of ourselves for validation, for acceptance, to belong.
Turn inward and allow your inner guide, the voice within you to guide your way on. Stay on your path and allow others to be on theirs. Stay your course.
Commit to your practice
Commitment, this is your sankapla, your inner will, inner drive. Show up for yourself. When there is resistance, inquire within. What is it really? What is getting in the way? Do you show up for others and not for yourself? Why? Listen to the answers that come, are they real or are they excuses, false stories from the ego resisting change and wanting you to remain the same.
Show up.
Begin.
Practice takes practice.
It is possible
Everything is possible. Everything is possible if you are willing. Any change requires energy. Again, ask yourself what am I resisting? What stories am I telling myself?
Know yourself
We have become so accustomed to listening to the doubt of our mind, the self violence, the self deprecating voice, the one that tells us to remain small, to hide.
You are not that voice. You are not that voice. You are not that voice.
You are powerful. You are love. You are strong.
The stories we have been told, the stories we have listened to, the stories we play out in our minds, over and over and over again have made a home in ourselves. They are so familiar, they are so known. We have come to believe them. The belief is strong, there is a strong pull, a strong lure to stay here. To stay in the known, to stay with this comfort.
We are not the stories. We are not the stories. We are not the stories.
I know that:
We are enough.
We are more than enough.
We are complete.
We are whole.
We are who we are meant to be.
This is from my Yogi Tea. It is on my altar. I look at it everyday.
If we do not know ourselves, if you do not know yourself, how can you know anyone else? How can anyone know you?
In the process of knowing yourself, love happens. An inner connection is established. An inner reliance is formed.
Access silence. Meet yourself there. Meet yourself in the silence of your being.
Beyond labels.
Beyond Identity.
Beyond Stories.
Beyond Narrative.
Trust your path
My path is my path. My experiences are for me, they have led me here to this very moment. You are your path, your path is you. Your experiences in life have led you to where you are.
You are your path and the path is you. There is no where to go, no thing to do. You are already here. Being you.
Be Kind
To yourself and others. We are all doing the best we can with where we are at, with our current consciousness state. Access your breath. Bring yourself to center before responding.
When you react rather than responding, be kind to yourself.
Forgive yourself
When you forgive yourself, you accept that all is happening for you. Every moment, every interaction, everything is here, an offer for you to see, to grow, to evolve.
There is nothing wrong. Nothing bad. Only opportunities to learn.
“I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you.”
Hawaiian ho'oponopono prayer
Recent conversations with Beloved Jeanette have me returning to some version of these words, these steps, to guide my way on.
Surrender
Listen
Step
I used to ask. I found, in asking I am seeking. I am wanting. All is offered for me. So what I am telling myself now is to surrender. Soften in and trust. The trust is the surrender. It is accessing the knowing. Since the knowing is already within me, I access the place where is can be offered, which to me is silence. So I access silence to listen. Once the message is delivered, then I step. Take the step. Take action.
You are not alone on this journey.
Sitting, Standing, Walking, Running beside you,
Sara