So beautiful, Julie! I love your practice of speaking your truth to yourself. It's the kind of real relating that leads to self trust, which, to me, is the foundation of all kinds of great things. Do you know the work of Connie Kaplan? She has a book called The Invisible Garment where she guides the reader through a process of finding their life principles. (It's been many years, so I can't quite remember the process.) When I did it, I learned my primary life principle is Innocence. It was such an incredible insight to learn how sacred this state of unknowing really is, just as you describe here in your post. And your mandala! Oh my gosh, that's amazing! At our next zoom, I'd love to hear more about your process.
Love this post and your take on innocence….similar to what I have come to believe. Innocence in my understanding is not naiveté (as in lacking wisdom and judgment) Innocence feels like the innate wisdom of belonging to the world in a state of wonder and acceptance… lacking cynicism… lacking artifice and releasing control❤️🙏🏼
This was so beautiful, Julie! I appreciated your exploration of uncertainty. Like you, I've been exploring my own feelings around uncertainty, so it was really valuable for me to read your thoughts on the subject.
Read this with my morning coffee and was pleased to feel my own vague uncertainties about life slip out of my attention as I pondered the thoughts here, with appreciation.
I see this being played out so much Julie. The reality is that no-one is going to be able to move forward with certainty, my guides emphasis the no-one, because we haven't been where we're going before. We cannot rely on what we are seeing, we can only rely on our soul guidance. Yes, a return to innocence, where what we work with is Mother Earth, Mother Nature, inner guidance. It's all coming to pass, it's all that we have ever know and we are at the very centre. Thank you Julie, so much to consider. x
On occasion I have wondered if I am just too lazy to find the right answer, the right choice. When making decisions, I have come to understand that for me it is not necessary to find the answer to the question, "Which of the choices is the right one?" There is no answer. A decision is simply a choice to be made. I grieve the choice not made, and the very choosing of a path makes it the right one until some time I might come upon a better choice to make. Uncertainty is my friend, and for me certainty is a roadblock to discovery. The freedom to step into uncertainty seems to me to be the only viable path to a life worth living.
Julie, what a beautiful invitation you are offering us. What a beautiful invitation you have gifted me here... to pause in my uncertainty like an Innocent child would and yet you write this with the invitation to pause also with the Wise Woman and feel her Innocence of Wisdom. We can be wise and joy-filled. As I write this I am reminded of the cycle of death, life and rebirth...that Innocence comes around again and again and again...in ways that remind us to be in the moment, to be joyful, to be creatively excited by life and love and hope and passion.
And then you spoke of Uncertainty...and to hold Uncertainty with Innocence, I like that invitation. It opens an invitation in me to be safe in the moment of uncertainty. "INNOCENCE is the key, the willingness to step into the mystery of not knowing. Curiosity as the listening and following the insights, intuition and guidance. The wonder of watching the next step as it unfolds."
Thank you also for sharing your Truth meditation...That is so powerful and reminds me also of a practise I do...It is profound what opens up for us when we approach the topic with tenderness, honesty and curiosity.
So beautiful, Julie! I love your practice of speaking your truth to yourself. It's the kind of real relating that leads to self trust, which, to me, is the foundation of all kinds of great things. Do you know the work of Connie Kaplan? She has a book called The Invisible Garment where she guides the reader through a process of finding their life principles. (It's been many years, so I can't quite remember the process.) When I did it, I learned my primary life principle is Innocence. It was such an incredible insight to learn how sacred this state of unknowing really is, just as you describe here in your post. And your mandala! Oh my gosh, that's amazing! At our next zoom, I'd love to hear more about your process.
Love this post and your take on innocence….similar to what I have come to believe. Innocence in my understanding is not naiveté (as in lacking wisdom and judgment) Innocence feels like the innate wisdom of belonging to the world in a state of wonder and acceptance… lacking cynicism… lacking artifice and releasing control❤️🙏🏼
This was so beautiful, Julie! I appreciated your exploration of uncertainty. Like you, I've been exploring my own feelings around uncertainty, so it was really valuable for me to read your thoughts on the subject.
Read this with my morning coffee and was pleased to feel my own vague uncertainties about life slip out of my attention as I pondered the thoughts here, with appreciation.
I see this being played out so much Julie. The reality is that no-one is going to be able to move forward with certainty, my guides emphasis the no-one, because we haven't been where we're going before. We cannot rely on what we are seeing, we can only rely on our soul guidance. Yes, a return to innocence, where what we work with is Mother Earth, Mother Nature, inner guidance. It's all coming to pass, it's all that we have ever know and we are at the very centre. Thank you Julie, so much to consider. x
Beautiful piece...thought provoking and a really nice "good morning" read to infuse the thoughts of the day.
thank you
On occasion I have wondered if I am just too lazy to find the right answer, the right choice. When making decisions, I have come to understand that for me it is not necessary to find the answer to the question, "Which of the choices is the right one?" There is no answer. A decision is simply a choice to be made. I grieve the choice not made, and the very choosing of a path makes it the right one until some time I might come upon a better choice to make. Uncertainty is my friend, and for me certainty is a roadblock to discovery. The freedom to step into uncertainty seems to me to be the only viable path to a life worth living.
Julie, what a beautiful invitation you are offering us. What a beautiful invitation you have gifted me here... to pause in my uncertainty like an Innocent child would and yet you write this with the invitation to pause also with the Wise Woman and feel her Innocence of Wisdom. We can be wise and joy-filled. As I write this I am reminded of the cycle of death, life and rebirth...that Innocence comes around again and again and again...in ways that remind us to be in the moment, to be joyful, to be creatively excited by life and love and hope and passion.
And then you spoke of Uncertainty...and to hold Uncertainty with Innocence, I like that invitation. It opens an invitation in me to be safe in the moment of uncertainty. "INNOCENCE is the key, the willingness to step into the mystery of not knowing. Curiosity as the listening and following the insights, intuition and guidance. The wonder of watching the next step as it unfolds."
Thank you also for sharing your Truth meditation...That is so powerful and reminds me also of a practise I do...It is profound what opens up for us when we approach the topic with tenderness, honesty and curiosity.
Thank you xxx