Three words that are screaming so loudly for me recently I cannot hear anything else. So here is a question for you, how often do you sacrifice your own belief and inner truth to appease the opinion and perception of someone else? We call this “keeping the peace”, “not wanting to cause a scene”, “wanting to fit in” - I call it bullshit. Recently I have made a ton of excuses to myself for why I didn’t speak up or stand up for myself and my truth, but the truth is there is no excuse. There is absolutely no reason that you should hide your inner light, shy away from sharing your story, and I’m not talking about just speaking just for the sake of it, I don’t mean just share your opinion because you want others to believe what you do so you aren’t alone in how you feel, I mean sharing a universal truth, an energetic truth. Bottom line is we are all physical beings, a body that is home to so much more than the eye sees. We are an energetic field coated in years and years of others opinions and perceptions poured onto us, leading us away from our universal truth all for the sake of being “part of a whole”. Now ask yourself this, how often have you judged a person based on their appearance, the way they move, speak, what they wear and the opinions they share? I know I have so I definitely know you have too. How do we stop this vicious cycle, this unhealthy turmoil of the one thing we all have in common – gossip.
Story time, over the past few weeks I have begun to notice more and more of a sensation within, at first it felt so uncomfortable it made me feel physically unwell and my mind was in a million pieces. In yoga we call this samskara, going again the grain of your habitual pathway that at first causes friction and discomfort. Now this sensation is everywhere surrounding me, in everything I read, watch, think, and speak about to my loved ones, it has become more and more real and tangible. And though at first I didn’t recognize its form I now see it is a manifestation I created. Something I put energy towards unknowingly but intentionally, now that I can see the whole picture I am more comfortable with allowing it to spread and making it my reality.
My manifestation is personal and I don’t feel that that is what’s important here, but what is important is understanding how manifestation works and how to bring yourself towards your absolute universal truth not for selfish gain but to be wholesomely who you are, and that brings me to practicing being who you are all the time, this means being the same person you are at home, with family, with friends, with colleagues, and when you are by yourself, by being consistently who you are takes you away from the idea that you need to be someone else depending on the environment you are within and the company you are around at a time. Once you begin to remove these layers that opinion and perception have placed upon you, you move towards your truth, this is when you begin to see manifestations appearing in your immediate present. Have you ever experienced when something good happens and then suddenly so many good things begin to happen at once, you have that feeling of “everything falling into place” well let me share this, that is because you have moved from a false state towards an honest and truthful state, and that begins to attract more honesty and truth to surround you. It is like noticing a purple flower, suddenly the mind will begin to see purple flowers everywhere that you never saw before, this is what happens with the mind, the more you allow within it you suddenly will feel, see and absorb it constantly. Being aware and conscious of what you allow to be absorbed is where it gets tricky. That leads me on to boundaries, not a wall you put up to block off all your emotions, but a healthy distance you place between you and a particular thing, person or feeling that brings separation but still shows compassionate love and care, just from a healthy step away that ensures you do not absorb the negative you do not wish to hold in your life. We are quick to shove away, to turn inward and revel in self-pity, that is the unhealthiest trait you could possess. By acknowledging feelings but not allowing them to sink in and alter your being is something that requires constant work until it itself becomes habit, a part of who you are, boundaries set up that don’t allow anything or anyone to clock your energetic field, your inner light. Start small and watch the magic that begins to unravel, the greatness that begins to continuously flood your life, be authentically, wholesomely and fearlessly yourself, all the time.
Namaste xx