Day 318 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Those Who Seek the Dark...

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Lesson 318: Those Who Seek the Dark...

“Those who seek the dark, do so to be in pain. They believe it is easier to stay there; but it is not. If you are in pain, if you are still moving from pain into compassion, take a look at this now.”
— Sara Wiseman

Today is to move some pain into light. That’s where we are all headed in the end right? We can ask ourselves to move pain into compassion right now. There is nothing stopping you from transitioning like this.

I sometimes forget about moving my issues from pain to compassion and then connection. I sometimes have reminders that pop up in my life through subtle angelic messages and synchronicity. I was wallowing in some dark emotions recently but I was reminded by some positive affirmations to think about all the good I have in my life. I watched a facebook video recently that I had seen a year or so before. This video had colour blind people receiving those special glasses to help them see in colour. A lot of these people started crying as they saw colour for the first time. It reminded me of all the things I take for granted. I had been looking at my life of all the things I didn’t have, when right there and then, I had the pleasure of seeing in colour. Something I don’t think about as being a gift and yet some people go every day without this simple pleasure.

I decided there and then to start a gratitude practise of just saying some thing out loud of what I am grateful for. I didn’t need to be in the pain of whatever I was going through – I just needed to change my thinking. I moved from pain to compassion. It’s something to keep up for sure. I am not perfect and don’t always remember these lessons, but I find, there is always something trying to remind me.

What did you overcome today?

Day 318 - A Year to Clear - See Yourself

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Lesson 318: See Yourself

“Seeing takes time.”
— Georgia O'Keeffe

Today we are to take a photo of ourselves and truly look at it. What is it that makes you fond of that photo? What do you see in yourself?

LiLi Loves Elephant Thailand

One of my fav pictures of me in this whole world is the time I got to go to Thailand and spend it volunteering in an elephant village. It was to educate the owners that they don’t need to use their elephants for exploitation. That the elephants don’t need to have their spirit broken (phajaan) in order for the owners to use them for entertainment purposes. It’s to try and stop these inhumane practises and teach them that people are happy to visit these elephants without extreme measures taking place.

We get told that we are not to stand in between elephants as they can literally crush you and you would be seriously injured. If you do, it’s at your own risk. I was very new on my spiritual path when I took this solo journey to Thailand. I was having a nice day in the creek washing our elephants when I thought how nice it would be to connect my mind to my elephant. I decided to lay my head against hers and see if we could connect. She murmured as I held my head against hers. It was a really beautiful moment. I threw caution to the wind to share a most memorable moment being loved by this elephant. All I felt was calm and peace. It was magical and I am so grateful. In that moment, one of my friends took this photo of me.

It’s one of the most precious photos I have. I love the stillness in that moment. That my mind was away and free of pain, hurt, stress and darkness. I had been having the roughest time of my life and I wanted to bring more light into it. It’s in this photo that I captured a pure moment and it always reminds me of the love all of us beings can experience. I do want to return to this village to volunteer again. It really was one of the best experiences of my life and I wish I had more time there.

What’s a moment you captured that is your fondest memory?