It’s lovely to meet you here… Here is very a beautiful place to be.
In this blog post, I’m going to answer a question that comes up a lot and that is ‘What is awareness?’.
If you’re on a journey of self-discovery, chances are you’ll have seen words like awareness, consciousness, alive consciousness, conscious awareness and so on floating around as you begin diving into spiritual podcasts, books, videos and social accounts. You may have even arrived here from my FREE beginner’s guide to mediation series.
I know at the beginning of my healing journey I was slightly overwhelmed by all the new terminology I was meeting with and, to be honest, I felt a little nervous about asking questions in fear of being such a ‘newbie’. It was only when I experienced a meditation retreat at The Body Holiday back in 2018 that I found the platform and the courage to ask away.
This was when my journey truly began…
Healing journeys are so beautifully displayed and encouraged on social media these days and with them comes a wealth of new concepts and terminology. I get it though, it can all feel too much to take in at once. Too much to learn.
The advice I’d give here is to take it one step at a time and to go easy on yourself. There is no expectation to learn everything at once, in fact, healing absolutely cannot work that way. Healing is a process of slowly unwinding and peeling away all the layers of your existence.
The journey of healing is a way of life and a dedication to yourself. There’s no end goal, no mark of completion.
Healing is a lifestyle choice and you’ll only embark on it when you feel ready. When you feel called to awaken beyond the material world…
Some ‘awaken’ young, some old, and some never do. If there’s one thing I have learnt this year it is that healing cannot be forced upon someone.
The choice to heal can only come from the heart of the person that is healing and a sustainable journey can only be fuelled by the soul of the individual on it.
Healing is a personal inner journey to meet oneself and the time at which the motivation arises to do so is completely unique to the individual.
Just remember, no matter what it is that we are learning, we are all beginners at some point and, only by accepting yourself where you are fully, can you receive the help and guidance to take you to the next stage.
See my reading list here for the books that have contributed most to my spiritual journey so far.
