I’ve been part of a few conversations in the last year or so that have centred around intrusive thoughts. People have asked me whether I believe it’s a spiritual issue, if I think it’s inner demons that can be eradicated with the right approach, or if these troublesome thoughts are common to us all in…
There are multiple entry points into a life that consciously follows a spiritual path. For some, the route is one of enthusiasm and expectation, hearts so full with positivity that communion with higher planes of existence is the only means of release. For others it’s the extremities of trauma that will crack them open.…
Instead of viewing patterns as unchanging reactions that have us careening from one disaster to the next, it’s helpful to see them as multi-faceted parts of ourselves. Ones that are in constant vibration, willing either to be left on course or interrupted. Imagine, if you will, yourself as the grand ballroom in which various parts…
Where did we learn, that it is necessary to compose ourselves, to pull together the framework of a calm self that others are expecting to see? If we aim to have honest hearts, what stops us from speaking truer sentences, from stating our desires more accurately? Give me a minute, to repress everything I…
Here is a better question: Is it worth the risk? Here is an even better question: Will I survive and be able to cope, if the worst possible outcome occurs? There are no complications with questions like this, the answer is usually guttural and immediate. You cannot create reasons, excuses or strategies around…
There’s a key piece of information you should have been taught as a young boy; a fact that once adopted, can vastly change the course of your relationship to the entire world around you. This is where I want to begin. I want to start not with a denial of your right to ask…
James told me he found Lucy too draining, that he had to pour too much into who she was, constantly top her up every time they met. I’m done he said, he needed to save his resources for himself and be with others who didn’t require quite so much from him. Fair enough, I thought,…
Imagine believing the clothes you have on are what define you. Imagine believing they make you better or different from someone else. Maybe you don’t need to imagine so much, maybe it is more of a remembrance for you, of less than stellar judgements you’ve made. Why is this unravelling of separatism important? It’s important…
Emotional mastery is primarily about a self awareness so potent, you cannot help but see the alternative choices in each state you find yourself. It is about learning to act from that awareness, for your highest possible good. It is about being so evolved that even when you choose the action least aligned with your desired…
You are royalty. You are sovereignty. Act like it.