Feb 4 • Integration
Next Integration Call 2/11/26 at 6 pm PST
From Don Miguel Ruiz's Little Book of Wisdom -
"The story of our lives is always changing, because we never see the world the same way from moment to moment. In my own case, when I was 10 years old, I saw the world in a completely different way than I did when I was twenty, or when I had my children, or when I had my car accident. The way you see the world is always changing - it is never the same. It's important to understand that the whole story of your life is just a story, and you are the one who created that story. With this understanding, you can ask yourself, "What do I want my story to look like going forward?"
This can sound empowering - or unsettling - depending on where your nervous system is.
Because while it is true that our story is something we create, it's also true that we don't rewrite it through willpower alone. Our story changes because WE change. And we change through both insight AND through experience in the body.
After a journey, an awakening, or a period of deep healing, people can feel caught between two versions of themselves: who they were, and who they sense they're becoming. The mind wants to decide the new story quickly. The nervous system moves more slowly.
Your perception of life shifts as your nervous system gains capacity, safety, and choice. What used to feel inevitable begins to feel optional.
*Story Follows State*
At different moments in life, you had different nervous systems, different levels of safety and capacity, and different resources. Your story in the past was accurate to the state you were in at the time. In integration, we learn to let our current capacity inform how we understand the past - and how we move forward.
*Reflection*
Think about a past event/story. How has it changed over the years, as you have changed?
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