lessons of spring
leading with the courage to ascend
I am quite content making a temple out of my underworld. Tending to roots. Watering the seedlings. Pleased with true progress, I dust myself off and rest. A roaring eruption startles me awake as Spring rises through the belly of Earth. Fumbling through limbo my tongue tastes death and ears ring of summer. My nauseous ego splatters before the portal of Spring. Spirit comes with an offering and asks what if you can have everything you need?
The human conditioning can be very… persuasive. Early development muffled Earth’s teachings. I adopted an instinct to fixate on the lack. Unwaveringly pessimistic to protect me from infinite possibility. My nervous system attuned to emotionally volatile environments. Starved of validation, I repeated family patterns to feed unmet childhood needs. I'd transform into the hunter and prey. My codependency grew ravenous as I came to empty wells and continuous heartache. I lost compassion for myself and others. To validate emotional pain, my brain filtered black-and-white. Like a film it assigned victim/villain to each encounter. This karmic cycle continued until I acknowledged the creator and destroyer within me. In order to accept my rightful abundance, I had to heal deeper with radical acceptance.
Cyclical change interrupts the Ego’s approach of ‘all-or-nothing’. The Shift begins as the power of ‘and’ riddles human experience. Whispers of marvelous wonders expand the heart and prepares us to receive. What if the joys of life are just as common as the horrors already experienced?
Until the next time darlings, here are the lessons of Spring:
The poison is often the medicine.
Offer solace to your pain, but do not let it lead your life.
Love and hate are two sides of the same coin.
There is power in the union of opposites.
Creative Corner Highlights - playlist and resources
"Ego Death" a playlist for the collective death & rebirth
"How to build somatic and nervous system capacity" educational resource to practice mindfulness and expand safely
Little Simz - "I Love You, I Hate You" short film centered around inner child and relationship healing
This was wonderful. I will remember those 4 very valid lessons. I also very much enjoyed the short film, YT video and playlist. I love you!