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As We Believe.

I remember having a conversation once with a young, many years ago.

He’s been wrongly accused of a crime he had not committed, spending much of his youth behind bars.

“Five long years,” he said, his voice trailing into resignation. “But the worst part is the stigma; that never goes away.”

We sat for hours as he recounted the many incidences of ‘having to prove one’s worth’ — job interviews, college entrance examinations, and even a failed relationship or two.

“I carried a burden that was never mine,” he said. “Until I realized, that I was a victim of my own holding on.”

There’s something that occurs when we feel misjudged or wounded. Immediately we’re faced with a whole plethora of emotion, the deepest of which is our need to be heard.

It occurred to me that the majority of conflict in our lives are predicated on this single source – “I am here. Please see me; know me for who I am.”

So much so, that we become trapped in the discursiveness of dialogue, rather than opening to the truth as it has always been.

We become victims of our own holding on.

It’s only when we realize that our existence extends far beyond the limitations of word that we are finally able to enjoy this freedom within.

In peace, my loves…

Namaste ❤️

This True and Boundless Heart.

There’s such a great focus to define who we are. Even from the youngest of age, we’re begged for our reply, “Who do you want to be when you finally grow up?”

I’d always felt such pressure to answer. I mean, how could I possibly assign all that I aspire into a singular label of one?

And, yet – society expects nothing less. Every day, through a variety of means, we feel a sense of obligation; an obligation to ‘lock it in.’

When I look at ‘tree’, I’m not limited by label. Why then must we limit our own sense of self?

Author and Amercian Spiritualist, Ram Dass, referred to this as the ‘confusion of somebody-ness’; that it was the means by which we sought clarify and reassurance from this world.

Though, therein lies the paradigm, my loves. As the joy of happiness can only occur within a true and boundless heart.

In peace…

Namaste ❤️