Man is not destroyed by suffering; he is destroyed by suffering without meaning
Victor Frankl
Life is hard enough. I just want to be happy. I see SO much pain and suffering all around me already. I thought people who have done a lot of spiritual based self work learn to live in a state of Peace and Joy...even BLISS!?!? I'd rather not face my TRUTH because I am afraid of what I may find.......... OR..... I'm too busy to deal with my own shit!! I'd rather stay in this state of unfulfillment than commit to the painful changes I may have to make......
Sound familiar?!?!!??
BUT...Being in Acceptance of the BIGGER picture, completely changes the palette you are working with and for. Your focus is NOT on the pain itself, but rather WHAT the pain came to bring you. Our most powerful Spiritual Breakthroughs come when we give ourselves permission to DEEPLY AND UTTERLY FEEL OUR EMOTIONS. For our feelings are the guideposts to our very SOUL! In fact, when we fail to completely inhale our emotions, we miss out on the spiritual lessons that they contained!
Sometimes we must allow ourselves to FEEL THE DEEP BURN within us......
Sit in the Fire of your Own Truth... And be in Allowance of the Flames to burn you to ashes.. Having Faith in the Universe .. That it will rush in with a gust of LOVE so uplifting.. That your Soul will be rebirthed as a Phoenix of Hope and Inspiration. And Purpose! Jeffrey L Martinez
Our suffering is often our Spirit calling for a lifeline into the Soul's version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It's a powerful, albeit often excruciatingly painful sign a miracle is looking to be birthed through you. Often contained within a Lesson of re-membrance wrapped in a new found understanding and wisdom. In order for the AMAZING, stupendous, disruptive calling you came to manifest to occur, there needs to be a larger gateway for SOURCE to work through. You need to be rebirthed into the ‘The Greatest Vision of the Grandest Version’ of yourself! And as all moms know, the birthing process is an arduous one. It forces us to stretch and grow. Often without having a single idea what might be waiting for us on the other side. Tough stuff! No doubt! (Moms inner monologue..“YOU...have NO idea!!” lol)
And as Joseph Campbell declared, “We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” But that can be a Journey that sounds scary, overwhelming, and many of us refuse the calling. Once we start down this path, life will never be the same again. And somehow, we know it. Letting go and having the courage to transform from the caterpillar into the beautiful butterfly takes a lot of faith and persistence, not to mention the absolute willingness to allow the rebirthing process to occur. And do you know what happens, if someone assists the newly formed butterfly, as it fiercely fights to break free from its cocoon? It fails to gain the strength its wings need to fly, and it dies. It actually MUST suffer in order to thrive! Not unlike the Journey that awaits every one of us.
Our most profound Life Lessons often leave us with a series of scars. But aren't scars the signs of a Wound that has been Healed?!? In fact, many of the most conscious Spirits on this planet bare the most vicious scars. For they gained the Courage and Fortitude to stretch their Soul and LEAN INTO THEIR LESSONS! And in return, they have gained the gifts of Re-membrance ensconced in the meaning of their pain and suffering. Including the Re-membrance of their Calling and the wondrous talents that they came here to wield. All to be used IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS!!
The secret to our Salvation lies WITHIN....... All the answers we seek, the LOVE we crave, the Wisdom we Wish for, the Peace we Desire, the unimaginable POWER we have been granted and the utter Understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE.......
So I invite everyone in The New Age Nerd community to begin a practice of LEANING INTO YOUR LESSONS. It's OK to be scared when entering uncharted territory. But within the depths of your COURAGE lies the keys to your greatest awakenings! And in your times of trepidation and fear.......Re-member THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE....
I would like to leave you with one of my favorite tales of such wondrous TRUTH....may it bring you the PEACE of your own understanding..............
A Native American myth recounts that the Creator gathered all of creation and said,
"I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they can create their own life and their own reality."
The eagle said, "Give it to me; I'll take it to the moon and hide it there."
But the Creator said, "No, one day they will go there and will find it."
Then the salmon said, "Give it to me; I'll hide it in the bottom of the sea."
"No," said the Creator, "they'll get there too."
Well, the buffalo came and said, "Give it to me; I'll bury it in the plains."
The Creator said, "No, they will get there. They will cut into the skin of the earth, and they will find it even there."
But then Grand Mother mole came, the one who has no physical eyes to see on the outside but has spiritual eyes and the capacity to see on the inside, and she said, "Put it inside them; they'll never find it there." And the Creator said, "It is done."
by Unpublished
And as Joseph Campbell declared, “We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” But that can be a Journey that sounds scary, overwhelming, and many of us refuse the calling. Once we start down this path, life will never be the same again. And somehow, we know it. Letting go and having the courage to transform from the caterpillar into the beautiful butterfly takes a lot of faith and persistence, not to mention the absolute willingness to allow the rebirthing process to occur. And do you know what happens, if someone assists the newly formed butterfly, as it fiercely fights to break free from its cocoon? It fails to gain the strength its wings need to fly, and it dies. It actually MUST suffer in order to thrive! Not unlike the Journey that awaits every one of us.
Our most profound Life Lessons often leave us with a series of scars. But aren't scars the signs of a Wound that has been Healed?!? In fact, many of the most conscious Spirits on this planet bare the most vicious scars. For they gained the Courage and Fortitude to stretch their Soul and LEAN INTO THEIR LESSONS! And in return, they have gained the gifts of Re-membrance ensconced in the meaning of their pain and suffering. Including the Re-membrance of their Calling and the wondrous talents that they came here to wield. All to be used IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS!!
The secret to our Salvation lies WITHIN....... All the answers we seek, the LOVE we crave, the Wisdom we Wish for, the Peace we Desire, the unimaginable POWER we have been granted and the utter Understanding that WE ARE ALL ONE.......
So I invite everyone in The New Age Nerd community to begin a practice of LEANING INTO YOUR LESSONS. It's OK to be scared when entering uncharted territory. But within the depths of your COURAGE lies the keys to your greatest awakenings! And in your times of trepidation and fear.......Re-member THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE....
I would like to leave you with one of my favorite tales of such wondrous TRUTH....may it bring you the PEACE of your own understanding..............
A Native American myth recounts that the Creator gathered all of creation and said,
"I want to hide something from humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they can create their own life and their own reality."
The eagle said, "Give it to me; I'll take it to the moon and hide it there."
But the Creator said, "No, one day they will go there and will find it."
Then the salmon said, "Give it to me; I'll hide it in the bottom of the sea."
"No," said the Creator, "they'll get there too."
Well, the buffalo came and said, "Give it to me; I'll bury it in the plains."
The Creator said, "No, they will get there. They will cut into the skin of the earth, and they will find it even there."
But then Grand Mother mole came, the one who has no physical eyes to see on the outside but has spiritual eyes and the capacity to see on the inside, and she said, "Put it inside them; they'll never find it there." And the Creator said, "It is done."
by Unpublished
Nerdmaste,
Jeffrey Louis Martinez
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