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When I think about the current state of the world I feel the need to use words like unusual, surreal, unprecedented, traumatic and unsure.
While the entire planet is being affected, the perception of the circumstances as well as handling the impact varies from person to person. Everyone is experiencing this individually, depending on personal conditions, with a different point of view and following different rules.
For me, I learned that during these exceptional times stillness coexists with turbulence. Twists and turns are stirring up the inner anchor and activating the necessity for safety and freedom. Stillness provokes turbulence. For numerous people, the circumstances are scratching the edges of survival and many loose life.
Everything that was not in order before, is even more ungrounded now. Everything that was already fragmented, is more shattered. Many lives are suffering despair, sorrow, and pain. At the same time, stillness freezes the flow of daily life, the beauty of normality and leaves all areas of life in uncertainty.
Yet, stillness allows also the planet to restore and to take a break from mankind's recklessness.
Stillness and turbulence currently beat the rhythm of our lives. This rhythm reminds me of an Ayahuasca Ceremony. In Stillness, I can find connection - to myself, to community and spirit. Turbulences stir up what needs to be seen, what is present and what needs to be healed. Already existing struggles are amplified and it is very uncomfortable to face them. Many times, in a ceremony, turbulences surprised me with which I didn't want to deal. I just wanted to leave. I caught myself wanting to do the same thing with the current happenings. Honestly, I didn't want to be part of it. I had other plans and dreams which I felt the urge to accomplish and experience. Overcoming the resistance and accepting the current events, was the moment to tap into stillness, to slow down. A familiar realization sunk in: The only way out is through. When the struggles in a ceremony are becoming overwhelming, I reach out for support and connection. The connection to spirit is essential, it guides me and the support of the community helps to overcome difficulties. Living and manifesting outside of ceremony what I endure inside requires practice. Connecting - to spirit - to myself and other people carries me through this time of unknown. At this moment in time, I feel called to promote holding space for each other and being in solidarity.
Connection is humanities most powerful resource. Connection is life.
During this fiscal distant era, now needed more than ever. Now it is shown how we rely on each other and stand by each other, how we care about life.
I was wrong when I thought a few weeks ago that my life was put on hold.
Life is never on hold.
It is what is happening for me right now. I am experiencing that the spoken words on the phone with friends and family, the waves of laughter taste better. The sun rays on the skin, the crisp air feels richer.
Gratitude expands. Vulnerability strengthens my heart and tears keep my soul warm. Honesty and realness extend. Solidarity restores connection. Patience and hope counts.
Between Stillness and Turbulence, I realized that my dreams are not on hold. I created a dream book with the title: Dream about what counts now! What counts now - the real, raw, undistracted essence - will always count.
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