A Silent Revolution: Living an Intuitive Life
Each day I begin by reacquainting with my being. Taking a few moments to integrate my sleep and dream state, as much is going on during that time. Some days I wake up ready to start the day, most days lazying in bed a while longer, eventually drifting into a liminal state for another hour or two.
Every day is different for me. I do not have a steady schedule, aside from if I’m working. I’m not too keen on making plans; and routines tend to come and go depending on my current needs or situation.
Of course we need to make adjustments before major change. Creating routines and schedules for life, events or projects we’re working towards. But in creating too strict or rigid of a structure, we can easily become discouraged for not sticking with what we had originally set out to do.
This is the main focus in living an intuitive life: not being hard on self for genuinely listening to your wants and needs each day, hour and even minute. Rather than placing further pressure on self, comparing to others or thinking of what you ‘should have or could be’ been doing, we can allow room for adjustments or compromise as they arise.
We’ve been placed into default settings limited beliefs:
- We must work hard to obtain- We only have weekends to enjoy
- We must eat healthy to be fit
- We must work x amount of hours in our craft to reach success
While achievements can be and are made through these beliefs, we can become depleted constantly pushing ourselves to reach something. In the process of doing so we lose touch as to why we were in the first place. Slowly drifting back into autopilot, ultimately causing a loop cycle of limiting thoughts and beliefs.
Not only do we feel this societal pressure, but we can also feel this pressure for time. And while we do only have ‘so much time’ here, time is constantly contracting, expanding and shifting with our emotions.
We are creatures of duality; how could we experience one extreme without the other?
We must hold space for ourselves through the long nights of loneliness that seem to have no end. As well as accepting the blissful moments that seem to be quickly fleeting. Embracing the multitude of emotions we are able to experience until we are able to find the balance in our effortless natural state of being and acceptance of multitude.
This does not mean one cannot experience ‘negative’ emotions as a full range of emotions is what we are here to experience and will always be a part of life; but it is rather in what we do with those feelings and thoughts.
Through the journey we become so curious about ourselves and our existence that in the process of ‘finding ourselves’ we often ‘lose ourselves’. In the moments of feeling lost, stuck, confused, not knowing what to do, we are being asked to pause, quiet down the mind and listen.
It requires us to stand in the eye of the storm, forgiving and loving self unconditionally. Coming face to face with our deepest fears that shine truth on our desires. Becoming self aware and accountable for the stories we are telling ourselves and following our heart through and through, even when it doesn’t make sense.
Ultimately surrendering and trusting in the timing of our lives and knowing that everything is always working in our greatest favor.