Day 243 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Heart of Connection is One...

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Lesson 243: Heart of Connection is One...

“Heart of connection is one of the most difficult passages: it is about releasing all the ideas you have been taught since childhood, and coming into your own as a conscious adult, for the very first time. This may happen at age 20, age 40, age 50. There is no age this must occur, only readiness.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about beliefs that we are holding onto that are no longer ours.

I think everything that I learned as a child I’ve let go of. I mean, it wasn’t an easy feat to wake up to the world that society is built on. Many things of what we’re fed and taught, I find are untrue. That covers a whole range of topics and I feel like the beliefs I hold onto now are actually mine. This comes from research, curiosity, learning, engaging with others, reading and then structuring my own truth from there. I’ll just go through some of the things I had been taught and shaped into my own beliefs.

I was raised Catholic and do not believe in one God. I don’t believe in hell, and to say that I am going to hell at a young age because I did something bad, is just cruel. I believe Jesus was a healer ahead of his time and was on Earth to teach us to be kind and to practise compassion.

I don’t think respect should be given to just elders – I believe it should be given to all people.

If I have something to say, I should say it. I shouldn’t hide my own truth just to appease someone else’s feelings. If something doesn’t agree with me, I shouldn’t have to give in to another person’s viewpoint.

Woman should not do everything for a man. They should be equals.

Success isn’t how much money you have or having the best job or biggest house. Success is how you want to feel in life and achieving that.

No one has the right to tell you how to live your life. Sure, they can give advice and guide you, but ultimately they should not make the decisions for you. It’s your life, so live it how you want to.

Time is not real. It’s a construct in order to bind us to an illusion that society is built on.

So, these are just a few of mine. What are some of your beliefs that you’ve changed to make your own? Are there still some beliefs that you follow that are not yours?

Day 230 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - When You Think You Are Separate...

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Lesson 230: When You Think You Are Separate...

Today we are to think about the misguided belief that we are separate. We sometimes tackle things on our own or reside into loneliness. We can talk ourselves out of not seeking help from others or not wanting to have the company of others. We need to believe that we are all “One”. We are able to connect more than we do or even realise. Today we are to practise that being “separate is illusion” and to imagine ourselves being separate and then as one, separate and then as one… See if you can break the illusion of us being separate.

I think separation is caused by the immediate environment we live in. I live in the Western world and even though we have things like the internet that brings people closer together, I have never felt more disconnected in my life. I think the internet has created a world where people are locked behind their screens and this doesn’t allow for personal interaction. I don’t really get the sense of community from it. If I think about tribal communities, they are the epitome of true connection and practise oneness than I ever have, or possibly will.

By doing this exercise, I can see that we as a collective are and can be “One”. I feel like the problem is that of our environment that separates us from one another. We buy our homes, we live in them with our immediate families, we may not interact with our neighbours, we focus on our family but not of others, we say bye to our children as they grow up and then we retire by ourselves or with a partner. I’m not saying that is everyone’s life but it’s pretty much the setup of the society I’ve been brought up in. There may be moments where we join a club for sports, arts, interests… though is that ever long lasting? We work hard to go home to rest and then rinse and repeat the day. It’s quite clinical in a sense – routine accompanying our lives to pay for the lifestyle we create. We are so disconnected from one another when we don’t have to be. We can establish true connection at any given moment.

I think if anything, this exercise has opened my eyes to trying to lead a life of more connection. If I am not getting enough, there is nothing stopping me from seeking it. Maybe I just need to try more in order to feel this oneness. At times, I do feel as though I am more connected to nature than people, though it still encompasses this feeling of oneness, so have I learned the lesson? If everything is energy and everything is cycling around on this Earth, then maybe we have more understanding of oneness than we realise. Maybe just being aware of our collective energy is all that is needed to feel more connected? I guess I will ponder on this further…