Notes from India
How long have you been running away from yourself?
From a young age most of us have developed a personality through which we receive love. Usually, very far from our Essence.
Gradually we lose touch with ourselves completely
In our culture we are so well trained to avoid feeling our emotions. Taking the gaze away from whatever contains pain
There are countless ways we run away from It
Numbing through substances, medicating, meditating, shopping, overeating, scrolling down, netflixing, pleasing, playing small, codepending, spiritually bypassing
Yet, pain is the way to Love
Uncomfortable emotions contain the nectar of Life
We are so keen to fool ourselves, again and again
Sooner or later we are called to return back home
Our emotions are our compass of this sacred journey
Sitting with our pain
Witnessing
Accepting some difficult realities about ourselves
Welcoming back the exiled parts of ourselves
Facing our deepest fears
Our deepest darkness
Giving up our personal story and all the stories in our head
Start disappointing the others around us
Loosing friends and followers
Giving up all attachments
Material possessions, toxic relationships
Successes and losses
Outer expectations
Even giving up our beauty
The need to be loved through our role
Breaking through the persona
Finally feeling worthy to be loved
For who we are
Exactly as we are