I think all of life is a rite of passage to embodying our purpose with fearlessnes.

All rites of passage go through the ” ignorance is bliss ” phase and then the encountering of challenges that have the power to transform us or the power to subdue us.


We start out being more connected to our inner voice, but over time we allow the noise in the world to dim that voice inside of us. Afterall the noise outside is loud and the voice inside is quiet and does not insist upon being heard.

It respects free will.

Coming home to ourselves is therefore where we start to let go of the outside noise and turn inwards.
As we listen inwards more and more, our courage returns.

By this time we have first hand experience of our dashed expectations and broken dreams (in most cases) and so whilst we are aware of all that can and has gone ‘ wrong’, our inside voice tells us that it is all ok as everything that happened was within the Divine plan.


And if we listen to that wisdom within us we have nothing at all to fear.


So we start to build faith again

This is when we can start to really tune into our purpose with faith and awareness of the support and love with which we are held.


However, as human beings, we can at any time be seduced by the illusionary drama playing out and can forget to listen inwards to this quiet calm voice.

That is when we step back into fear.

Fear is how the illusion perpetuates afterall.

What are you choosing in this moment ?

In my waking state, if I feel Ive accomplished some level of embodying surrender and going with the flow, in my dream state, Im being shown how much control I still subtly exercise over this experience.

That, whilst my understanding has shifted, the letting go by my ego is still very much a work in progress.

I learnt from my dream state, that I am still stuck in some of the sticky traps of this human experience.

It is what it is.

There is work to be done …and Im realising that the only way this work can be done, is to remain in awareness of my thoughts and observe my reactions, as they spontaneously arise.

That is the only place I can truly grow.

The rest follows.

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What is enlightenment and can we achieve it without suffering?

At a certain level of consciousness, we feel enlightenment is a state of ultimate knowing.

A state in which one has achieved a permanent zen state.

In my experience, all of us go through a series of transformations and enlightenment in parts.

This includes going through periods of darkness / emptiness / voids/ dark nights of the soul whatever you want to call these periods.

Every time we bring something that was in the darkness, into the light of conscious awareness, we are ‘ enlightened ‘. We can either do this because of the suffering we go through which causes us to seek answers within us ( because try as we might, we will never find the answers outside of us ) OR we can be active seekers and be proactive and connected to our intuition and therefore understanding the life themes and what we are here to  experience/ remember without the suffering.

In fact a lot of the suffering is something we bring upon ourselves because of the thoughts we create in our minds around what is happening.

Life just is.
It is neither good nor bad. We classify it as such.
As we go on this path however, whilst we become more discerning, we lose the urge to judge and classify stuff into ” wanted ” or ” not wanted” , ” good ” or ” bad”


Enlightenment ultimately , is all about seeing life as a series of experiences and not needing to classify parts of it as suffering.

It is remembering who we truly are completely and being free of the illusion playing out.

Last night, I fell asleep pondering upon the power that words have.

Pondering upon the energy that actually creates words.

Contemplating on how when we are no longer in this world, words are no longer needed to communicate.

I woke up, aware that I was being dictated a poem, ( as it often happens …Im very often taught through poems ) so I grabbed my phone and started typing it all down.

The poem was simple and beautiful and spoke about how to remain free and impertubable in this world, full of words.

It spoke about the power that words have upon our experience here in this world and how we can be swayed and bound by them.

It spoke about remembering that our ultimate destination is that beyond any words.

And it spoke about always remembering our true nature whilst we live in this world.

It was a beautiful poem and right at the end, as I signed it with my name ( as I usually do) my finger in my sleepy state, hit a key that wiped out the entire poem.

For an instant, I was dismayed, then I got the joke and the powerful lesson that I was being taught.
Theory and practicals in one shot ….and how I laughed.

I woke up laughing at the sheer absurdity of me trying to hold on to the very words that the poem told me to remain free from.

So sharing the joke and the powerful lessons with you, my dearest ones who are on this journey towards surrender with me.

Even our words do not belong to us.

So what else are we holding onto and not surrendering ?

Ive often noticed that when Im going through a particular challenge or have noticed a particular theme in my life, and I happen to discuss it with my tribe, very often they are also going through something similar or a different version of the same theme around the same ” time”.

There are also those that tune into the energy of the collective and forecast the main themes we are all going to experience. 

This makes sense only when we truly  understand the connectedness of all beings.
The different water particles of the same wave.
At various points of the wave, so experiencing the wave slightly differently but experiencing it the same way, largely.

This has profound implications when we feel into this connection at a level of our knowing rather than an intellectual concept of the” Collective consciousness. ”

A  few simple yet profound implications of this understanding are that if we awaken deeply to this connection and to the oneness, we are not alone and whatever each one of us contributes to this consciousness can help uplift all.

Whatever we understand and learn about ourselves and how to navigate this journey, individually, is being contributed to the collective field of consciousness.

So all those who are ready to receive this understanding, do so effortlessly or with very little effort, depending on their own readiness.

We are all born ready but through the interference of our minds we create blocks to this readiness.
The more we awaken to our oneness the more we automatically rid ourselves of ideas around separation and individuality.

This then makes us powerful influencers of the collective consciousness or the light bearers of this journey.

This is not at all a call to the ego to feel important. That is a sign of separation, hence a part of the illusion.

When each person awakens to oneness,  he or she operates with the knowing that being in the service of ” others” is merely being in service of the self.

At various stages of this awakening we interpret this differently too. At some stages we feel an urgency to awaken another and express this in different ways.
At more advanced stages, we know that embodying the change is powerful enough to affect change in the collective.
So the urgency leaves us.

At other stages we lose the concept of the individual self completely.

All the last remaining barriers come down.

And we feel complete trust and faith, knowing the only ultimate truth.

” I Am”

In the work that I do, Ive observed that

” You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink”.

In fact I have applied this to myself and found it to be true.

I do not ” realise ” anything until Im good and ready to realise it.

I can know all the theory there is to know about a subject, but not really truly comprehend it unless its ” time “.

What is this ” time ” ? The ” divine timing “?
Why does it not apply equally to everything we want to know or progress in ?

Divine timing is the right time for us.
Uniquely, individually, perfectly in relation to all there is.

As you meditate, contemplate, observe, introspect, learn and based on this you refine your thoughts, your ideas and beliefs and then change your actions in this world, you experience divine timing.

The universe is in perfect sync for you to evolve in your own unique way.

Based on the much larger plan that you can not comprehend whilst you are in this human body.

So instead of questioning , rebelling , getting stuck in control issues ( trying to make the universe bend to your will), why not just relax into faith.
Knowing how beautifully it is all orchestrated for your highest evolution.

Knowing that all you need to do is what you truly CAN do.

Prepare yourself in mind, body and soul, adjust your sails , ride the waves and keep God as your guiding force.

Simi

As you go into the energy of acceptance in your heart,   your ego diminishes simultaneously.

It is after all your ego that generates the resistance to any experience in the first place.

As that happens, there is more room for your spirit which is already in surrender and flow.

The first time you consciously allow this without running away or distracting yourself or going into fight or flight, it can feel really uncomfortable.

However, when you get to the other side of the discomfort, having gone through it, there is suddenly a feeling of lightness, of a deeper, older heaviness having lifted, of peace, of expansiveness.

Thereafter, your body remembers this sense of ease so it no longer takes too long to allow this discomfort and subsequently,  “discomfort” takes on a purpose and new meaning and therefore no longer feels as uncomfortable.

It becomes easier and easier to go into acceptance and this ease then translates into inner  peace.

Do not dismiss  “romantic love ” as being not as worthy as the unconditional Love of Source as you see it, or refer to it.

All kinds of love, if you want to put it like that, are merely facets of Love.

The love that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, whether its for a partner, a child , a parent, friend or pet …that love, no matter how it shows up, is precious indeed.

After all,  its that feeling of Love, which has the power to remind you of that original Love that lives inside of you and the love that you incessantly search for outside of you.

Its what awakens you to the rememberance of your true nature and gives you the courage to go through this crazy, beautiful experience called Life.

Value whatever form of love that shows up in your life and use it to keep your heart open.

Simi

The fear of missing out is another illusion, just like any other fear.

Nothing that is meant for you, will ever miss you.

In fact when you flap around trying to not miss something, you lose the ‘quiet’ inside that is needed for you to sense what is needed in the moment.

So when it does come up, learn to sit with it patiently, observing it with kindness.

It dissipates, as you still yourself, as you lean into it.
As you smile gently at it.
And you realise, it was easier than you thought.

Simi

Message in meditation –

“Do not come to me , because you are dejected with the world.

Do not come to me as a backup plan.

You will still be given solace but you yourself, shall ensure that the solace is shortlived.
As you turn back to the same world, as if drawn to it like a magnet.

Your mind, your desires will pull you back.

When you truly come to me….come with joy.

Come with love.

Come to me because you seek me above all else.

Come to me……. because you finally realise that only I can fulfil that longing deep in your soul”