soulful impact / CLG

Through the sheer bigness of your heart, you recognize that even the most repulsive parts of you still contain a sacred essence. They are redeemable, and therefore, so are you. You get to come home to the wholeness that you already are.

It’s like suddenly beginning to understand a new language that someone has been speaking to you your whole life — but instead of rational thought, this language is rooted in metaphor, imagery, dreams, feelings, emotions and numinous encounters with wild nature.

Genuine awakening occurs in the delicate, dynamic and delicious balance between agency and surrender.

Our egos like to separate themselves from the world by judging certain qualities, experiences or identities as “good” and others as “bad.” Then they try to control our inner experiences and outer appearances to align with those judgments. In other words, they resist the dark and bias toward the light.

Choosing to embrace rather than deny the intensity of our feelings and emotions is like building a new muscle or gaining confidence with a new skill. It may feel scary and awkward at first, but each time you do it, you build more comfort and capacity. Ultimately, this practice unlocks greater integrity with yourself, as you stop fighting with your ... See more

I experience this journey as moving through an ever-expanding spiral. Each time I make it through a cycle, I expand my awareness of what’s possible. I expand the range of experiences and parts of myself that I am capable of fully being with from a place of open-hearted equanimity. I expand my understanding of what it means to give my gift. I expand... See more

Unconditional joy springs forth from connection to truth and devotional attunement to life. It’s not circumstantially dependent, meaning things don’t need to be a certain way for you to feel it. It can actually be derived from opening to, experiencing and accepting great darkness — welcoming it all home into the infinite heart of your being.

The trouble is that ego-based motivation also creates a sort of toxic, fear-based sludge. We might achieve our goals, but sooner or later it costs us in some other way.

This journey is like a wilderness expedition on steroids. It beckons us to explore the wild frontiers of our living and breathing home planet, the expanse of the cosmos, and the dark fertile depths of our souls