Finding a love for life is finding love for ourselves
Who are we but a bundle of hopes & dreams?
Welcome!
You’ve entered into the liminal spaces where time does not exist, thoughts can carry you to another world & inspire you to keep living soulfully in this one.
May these words sooth your soul, inspire your greatness and remind you that it’s okay to be human.
As I age, I begin to wonder if I’ve been a mystic in a past life. Possibly of the Zen discipline, however the details do not matter much. I’m here to help us all remember what it means to experience our human existence with less pain and sorrow. I’m here to help us re-imagine a way to connect with our soulful selves in order to live soulful lives.
Because the truth is, no matter the details of our lives or who we think we are… there seems only one spectrum we are all experiencing. This spectrum is that of one’s own awareness of one’s own experience in life. This awareness can only be cultivated in what many call; the now moment, the forever now - the eternal now.
Over my years of study and practice in both counseling psychology & in spirituality, I have come to see this is our saving grace and the butterfly that is forever flying farther away from us. (That is, the more that we chase it.)
The nuances of happiness in our modern lives has the potential to take us on a myriad of philosophical conversations, road trips across our own & the collective mindscape & back to the only place we can ever really try to know; ourselves. I am reminded of many cliche’s that can be assuming and annoying to those of us who desire clarity and at least; some contentment within our inner lives.
We must love ourselves first, before we can love others. (Ugh, right?)
And ….
There is no moment like the present. (Which is quite literally true, there is no moment BUT the present but my, oh my how easy it is that we live within the mental constructs of past and future.)
Alas, there will be more cliche quotes that I will discuss in future publications. We’ll be debating them in a way, working to get our minds to accept them so our consciousness can open with ease. Other intents of these writings are to remind you of a thing I call; healing within our humanity.
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In this, I am encouraging you to remember that dropping into being is a much faster & more enjoyable way to discover the inner (& eventual, outer) jewels that you seek (whatever they might be). By dropping into being, we remember that enlightenment isn’t the goal; embodiment is. We can root into our humanity and allow it to teach us, guide us & show us the path of liberation. There is a balance of outward/inner, sky/earth, mother/father, dark/light and death/birth.
There is an honoring of the dance of duality; that we can witness two truths at the same time with out polarization or rejection. This balance is what leads to flexibility, understanding (“innerstanding”), wisdom & grace. And when we have those capacities because we are not avoiding the difficult emotions or happenings of life, we also don’t simultaneously shut down the joy, expansion, laughter & connection to what fills us back up.
May we honor the reasons you are here.
May we honor the person you are in this moment while you read. May you take a deep breath and remember that you are a complex bundle of atoms crafted by memories & sensation, a beautiful and sometimes heartbreaking superpower of our human intellect & physical body.
So I’m here to remind you, to go easy. Forgive yourself for not being where ever you think you need to be. Allow the idea of perfection to float away from you like leaves in fall kissing the earth and flowing down the river away from their Mother tree.
May you remember that you are a human being with a lovely & complex orchestration of melodies played out throughout your entire life.
The older I get the more I question fate, destiny and free will ~ join me so we can ponder these ideas together. Accept that life is complex & accept grace within (for yourself) about how much it truly requires of each of us to learn about who we are in this world, while the world never stops moving and moulding us.
You are a magnificent accomplishment.
✨What does it mean to feel satisfied & fulfilled?
✨What does a person have to do to wake up and instantly feel electrified about the day ahead?
✨How do we sit with grief and let her tell us her story?
✨How do we hold love and loss at the same time?
✨Where do we go when there is nothing left to “do” but more still to lose?
These are the questions we will explore together! Along with many, many more. Feel free to leave your questions in the comments. I am so grateful you’re here on this journey with me.
May we rise each time a bit stronger & with a bit more of a smirk on our face.
Ta ta for now my dear friends.
Big Love,
Maeve Lee
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