A Message Of Hope For These Times
Hi fellow seekers and teachers, I sent this out to my mailing list subscribers yesterday, and felt called to also share this message of hope and renewed focus with you today. My aunt jokingly used to say: "If you show up early and patiently wait in the front row, when the show starts...you get to see everything first!" THE QUIET EXHAUSTION HANGING OVER THE COLLECTIVE A quiet, ominous sense of exhaustion has been weaving through our collective consciousness in recent times. In my sessions with clients, I increasingly come across hearts and minds struggling to keep up with a co-created reality that now seems too loud, too fast, too threatening, and seemingly without an "off" switch. I also find many people I work with are currently living with unrecognized trauma from the sustained uncertainty of recent years: the pandemic, political upheaval, economic unrest, and the rise of algorithms, doom-scrolling, and AI technology. If you have also been feeling overwhelmed, or the need to just "keep your head down," play it safe, and put your life on hold, you are not alone, and you're completely justified given the times. However, the "lower my gaze" strategy may not be the recommended approach right now. Your current exhaustion is simply your soul seeking sanctuary to protect your inner light. But profound grace is at work. We are being called to stop looking at our feet only, but to also lift our gaze towards the horizon. We are powerful spiritual beings in human form. We can chew gum and walk at the same time. SO, THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY, AFTER ALL... Since late 2018, I sensed a major global upheaval looming. I had a sense it would be mainly economic, but I felt the origins would be political. I also had a vision of international conflict, or some sort of intense civil unrest. But when the pandemic arrived like a "thief in the night," I thought, well, I must have misinterpreted the whole thing. I even wrote about this in a blog post back in April 2020.