In the beginning …

I felt myself being called forward toward something greater than I had ever known, and also conscious of what I yearned for. I wanted to live in a state of clarity while being at peace with my mind, body and soul. I yearned to have the confidence to exude this through every bit of who I am, and I wanted to live a life through intention, showing up in my journey with kindness and compassion and with the awareness to reflect on the idea of greatness. I wanted my words to express fluidly, flowing from me with ease, so as to live in my most natural state… divine consciousness and creativity.

While I was on a journey to find the answers I needed and develop this sense of integrity within, I learned that holding sacred space for others to communicate and express their deepest heart-felt feelings was the greatest gift I could come to know on this planet. In the process of discovering this all, I thought to myself, how special it was to have such a vision for life, to know your path, and to find such meaning through it.

I believe that when we have a vision for what our life should be, it means something is moving us to create and evolve beyond what we know right now.

In time, I’ve come to learn that when you have the awareness of infinite possibility, it is your duty to accept what is and choose to support that vision in any way you possibly can. It is through the self-discovery process of finding faith, power, and strength within that you can assume the awareness and presence of what you need in order to have the audacity, tools, and even the resources within your reach—all to ensure that idea of infinite possibility comes to be.

In doing so, know that your walk of faith will inspire others to change while you do so as well.

Wouldn’t that be so beautiful? That as an idea for how you can change comes to mind, and the action taken for it to come to light happens, and the world within you feels those effects, that your entire reality will begin to shift?

Knowing this means that when you have an idea to create something, it actually means it’s possible, and we need not be afraid of it or the actions necessary to rise up into it. I’ve found time and time again that when we truly believe in the power of our mind and dare to take the leap of faith necessary to arrive at our fate, no matter how many times we fall, we will find the alignment we need and the Universe will support you endlessly to ensure that dream happens.

Trust the Universe conspires to support your dream reality.

It is in the process of trial and error, learning and growing, that we cultivate the lessons needed to fulfill our destiny. In finding our higher purpose and discovering the power within our being, it is by choosing to answer our calling and live out our greatest visions in some way that we can begin to see the truth and know what life on earth is designed to be: a space for knowledge cultivation and soul growth.

Along my way, I’ve come across countless stories, beyond my own, from friends and others who continue to express that no matter what happens in their lives, if they dare believe in the higher power and follow their hearts toward their greatest joys, the Universe will show them what they need and provide answers in synchronicity.

This is why pattern recognition is so important to me and to all who find themselves on the path of self-discovery, seeking answers to our most profound questions. We do this to test our skills and experience by cultivating what we know for our soul’s growth. As we choose to do so, we will come to notice the patterns present within our lives and their reflections.

In order to rise beyond the known and the limitations of our minds, we must begin to apply our insight and perspective to explore what it means to truly be free while moving to the rhythm of our own heartbeat.

So, as you choose to move forward along the path, answering a calling and letting go of the idea that this is the end, know that we are here again because of creative intellect.

Meditate With Me

Close your eyes for a minute and focus on the center of your forehead between your brows.

As you do so, I want you to breathe deeply, allowing the energy within you to flow from the tip of your head to the base of your toes and just slightly beyond this. Now, as you continue to breathe, becoming ever so present, listen to your breath and notice how you feel inside your body. Through this, you will find the rhythm of your heartbeat, realigning your mind and body.

Repeat this mantra as infinitely as you need.

“I accept the miracle I am.”

When you are ready, take a deep breath and release the breath entirely. As you do this, you should find yourself with a weight lifted from your shoulders.

Now, open your eyes.

As you continue to do this practice, you will become ever more present in your waking reality and the miracle you are in your own life. You will notice everything from the small and big changes that you make in order to create the change you want to see happen in your life and you will find greater levels of self-acceptance, one step at a time.

The more you choose self-acceptance, the more at peace you can be with the world as it is. Life has a funny way of making us stronger and moulding us into something more than what we are right now. It is through finding your greatest joys and choosing repeatedly to live out those joys, no matter the cost, that you will find freedom. And you will recognize that any price you need to pay in order to feel the freedom you seek within your being is a deal.

When you experience joy and peace within you, notice that no matter what it took for you to get there, there is gratitude and appreciation that the path you took, no matter the choices that came along with it, have been reconciled, and you can live without fear. Fear most often comes from the unknown. We all do our best to make choices that will serve a higher purpose, but in times we come across experiences that we cannot comprehend the idea of how we got here, we most often question what we did wrong. As if some choice we decided to make, was a poor decision. When it was not.

Instead of looking at choices as right or wrong, healthy or poor, look at all choices as providing you something to learn, finding value and meaning from even the meaningless, most insignificant acts or paths of life. This is where the gold is found. This is where the truth of love is found. We all have stuff we carry around that reflects the issues that we need to overcome in order for our individual experience to achieve spiritual mastery.

And we can.

In order to be at peace with your life, it’s important to come to a point of non-judgment with what is and, in turn, experience clarity. Clarity, as experienced in spiritual mastery, can be a spontaneous effect that lasts mere moments before we lose focus. However, with keen attention and openness to the potential of spiritual mastery, we can begin to find ourselves living and experiencing this clarity with more prolonged states of awe.

In turn, the greater the peace we know, the more immediate the effects we will feel from the energy within us moving to create according to the higher plan. It is in finding peace and experiencing clarity that we become privy to aspects of the higher plan. These aspects are pertinent to our own divine well-being and give us the power to lend a hand.

In some ways, this elevated state is in direct communication with the whole. Yet the information and perspective shed is also merely a fractal of the reflection of what truly is.

I believe that when we begin to open our eyes to the higher potential of our divine creativity and the aspect of our soul’s participation, we can awaken to life as spiritual beings.

It is in this awareness that we are less consumed by the material world and find ourselves in greater acceptance of the abundance the Universe provides when living in alignment with our soul’s mission and purpose for embodying a human life.

But what’s the difference between the human form and the spiritual life?

In truth, they are connected. In order for us to have consciousness, we must awaken to our spirit and acknowledge that the differences between being awake and asleep are merely a shift in perspective. Like an opening between one world and another, you embody a human being so you can live spiritually and ascend your divine nature. Human beings are biological creatures; spiritual awareness is the conscious connection between the soul’s life and the life of a human body.

When you become aware of spiritual reality, you are conscious of the one life you live and yet also, in fact, knowledgeable of the reincarnations you've had to live that life and evolve yourself as a spiritual entity.

So, as you become less focused on the physical aspects of life on earth and more in tune with the energy that moves us all, you find a state of being in flow. This flow grounds us all and helps us evolve. It is the creative intellect that inspires the ideas, visions, and dreams we hold, and it's also the part of us that ensures our success, even through hardship.

What I’ve come to learn about hardship is that it is a relationship with yourself in physical reality, the nature of your connection between your soul and body. You experience hardship when you need to find greater strength and connection to your purpose and passion in life, and through this relationship, you find a greater depth of meaning for living through physical existence.

For some, we experience hardship after hardship after hardship because of our relationship with ease. When we do not believe in an effortless nature, a nature that moves freely, we will find pain in our process and disconnection from our purpose or mission. And yet it is through this hardship that we experience the awareness of resistance and can outwardly express our passion for such value in having both ups and downs, hills and valleys, pushes and pulls in our lives. It offers us the opportunity to acknowledge the value of polarity.

But we are not to live here.

The path of spiritual mastery teaches us this. It teaches us to accept the nature of suffering in the world and to grow from it so we may all evolve and find peace within ourselves and our world at large.