Doesn't Everyone Need A Place In The World?
– Mary Chapin Carpenter
Do you ever wonder what life would be like if we had been born into a world that honored and celebrated the qualities of intuition, compassion, and vulnerability in addition to things like logic, competition, reason, and productivity?
I often ask myself why it is so difficult to step into the world with my intuitive gifts and why I consistently continue to lean onto science to “validate” what I offer to the world. Honestly, some days I feel a sense of elation, wonderment, and awe at how personal and spiritual transformation emerges in my groups or workshops when we align with the world of the formless. On other days, I find myself searching for just the right scientific words to ground the mystical into the practical, so others can digest it within their current framework or paradigm.
Yet I do wonder if something gets lost in translation when I do this.
Why can’t we bathe in awe and wonder at the magical things that take place in the formless realm?
What if transcendent experiences are part of our everyday life?
What if intuitive people do have a place in the world as we welcome the mystical and the formless as part of the newly emerging paradigms in our evolution of consciousness?
If you grew up like me as a highly intuitive empath you likely felt “out of place” in this modern world giving reverence to the left hemisphere of the brain over the right hemisphere. In this left-brain world productivity, logic, and reason are nurtured and supported, while in the right-brain world sensations, creative inspiration, and empathy are often looked over and dismissed. I often describe it as the sense that you got off the train at the wrong train station. Often there is a sense and knowing that you see and experience life from a very different perspective than others and this can leave you feeling isolated and alone - that is, until you meet others who are similar and they will feel like kindred spirits.
In addition, the energetically sensitive being often finds the world to be full of dense energy and harshness. Life itself can feel harsh. And, if you experienced hardships and even trauma that was not acknowledged or attended to, you may feel an even deeper sense of aloneness in this modern world.
Storytellers and analysts invite us to explore the experience of “not fitting in” through the archetypal story of the inner child. The epic journey of the inner child requires us to find a sense of home within ourselves. Welcoming all aspects of the inner child home is the spiritual quest that has been laid before us at this time. Here we are invited to make meaning of our suffering, restore the child to wholeness, and reconnect to the soul essence - to our innate wisdom.
Presently, many sensitive individuals are emerging as healers, teachers, and helpers - waking up and answering the call to be of service in some way. This wake-up call is critical at this time because the gifts of insight, intuition, creative inspiration, and compassion are indeed the qualities that are most needed in the world at this time. As Einstein noted, the move from the left-brain consciousness to the right-brain consciousness is critical if we are to evolve beyond our current conditions because we can not solve the world's problems with the same brain that created them.
If you have not responded to the “call “, it is possible that life has forced you to slow down through a health crisis, a loss, or some kind of stress urging you to stop and listen to the quiet voice inside.
For today, start with this question: "If I felt like there was a place in this world for me to be all of myself, what would I do with this beautiful life?"
Where are the places we can go for conversation, support, and guidance to heal the inner child, learn about our gifts, and listen more deeply?
If you are an intuitive, empath, sensitive individual, or curious explorer of consciousness and you are ready to move forward on your path of conscious evolution, join one of our programs or courses where we offer refuge and space to listen deeply, reconnect to your soul, and find your Embodied Wisdom through the path of inner alchemy.
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