Bloom

There is much emphasis on finding your purpose. Paying attention to that which lights you up inside, finding your own true north. And while this is a necessary piece of our own personal and spiritual development, and while our journey is a solitary journey, there is also another just as important piece, and that is to be aware of how our own unique purpose is connected to the collective.

As above, so below, and as below, so above. We need to make the connection between the inner and outer workings of our own existence, and how that contributes to the world and universe in which we share. We live within a multitude of interconnected, interrelated systems, all interdependent within the law of cause and effect.

The health and wellness of ourselves, is connected to the health and wellness of the earth. The health and wellness of our inner world, directly affects the health and wellness of our outer world.

There is an ebb and flow principle which guides our lives. In simplistic terms, an input and output; we reap what we sow. We see this on a global environmental level and we see this on a personal level. Our feelings of disconnect and discontent are signaling us that we are out of balance within ourselves, and we are making choices that throw us out of balance within the natural environment in which we live.

To live a beautiful life, is to live in harmony, in alignment with the internal and the external, personally and collectively. Nature teaches us balance if we pay attention. There is much to be learned, but we must have eyes to see what is right in front of us.

We are in a time now, of shifting consciousness from a self-serving, egocentric focus, to making the connection of how our choices affect the whole, within our personal relationships, and the impact on the environment.

We are all called to do our own inner work, and to look through the relational lens beyond self. This does not mean that we take on the task of changing the world, we can only make changes within ourselves that positively affect our lives in an environmentally friendly way. Both the internal environment and as the law of cause and effect go, our external one.

The notion of finding our purpose has lead us on a never-ending path of searching outside of ourselves for that ‘thing’, that ‘job’, that ‘spouse’. I wonder if perhaps, our purpose is to fully embrace this human experience, period.

With this purpose, it stops the searching externally, and turns our focus inwards to learn about ourselves, which leads to the question, what does it mean to be human?

We are relational beings, who seem to be disconnected from the awareness of the natural world of which we are a part. Disconnected from the awareness of the natural laws that govern everything.

The journey inward requires us to take a look beneath the surface of ourselves and our lives. Self-exploration means shining a light in those dark places, to see patterns and programming that serve to sabotage us and our choices, as well as acknowledging our strengths; those gifts that when nurtured, positively affect ourselves and our world.

The fullness of being human is not about perfection, it is about living in the fullness of the experience, whatever that is.

We have been lead to believe that we just have to find that ‘thing’, to land in a place called Peace, and all will be well. We live in a world of duality, where dark and light co-exist, both a necessary part of the whole.

With Human being, as our purpose, we learn to blossom where we are planted, as a human. To understand what is necessary for us to be healthy and bloom. To contribute our piece by being who we are, in health and wellness.

What contribution are WE to this planet? What impact are the choices WE make internally and externally?

As each of us endeavor to understand ourselves at our roots, and understand the earth on which we have been planted, we can bring this awareness into a collective consciousness, creating and living by example, and in harmony with the natural world we live in.

It is an inside job. But as we bloom into our full potential, we affect the whole, as we support and encourage each other to do the same. The personal and collective are one living organism.

The seed in the earth must crack open in order to grow, the life force contained within it, watered and nurtured to blossom into its full expression. Are we not the same? Are we not the seeds within a cycle of growth that are called forth by the sun to bloom?