Do We Really Want "Back To Normal?"

What a year 2020 has been! Whether we realize it or not, we have all been shaken to our core. How could the collective uncertainty and fear not affect every single one of us? How have we been managing our stress? What have we learned about ourselves in these extreme circumstances? How will this global chaos forever change the lives of our children and future generations to come? Can we trust our leaders? What do we really want in the end? Do we want things to be back to what was comfortable and familiar, or are we ready to do what's necessary to heal our planet and our hearts? 

Here's the good news. We are not powerless in the face of these overwhelming circumstances. It may sound naive or simplistic, but it's the truth. Healing our hearts is the prerequisite to healing our planet. There's no other way around it, as our world is an external reflection of our collective inner-state of consciousness. If we want to improve the quality of life of all living beings on this planet, we can certainly roll up our sleeves, take action and be of service wherever we can, but the most direct and influential thing we can do is to heal our own heart.

And how do we do that? It's quite simple, yet very challenging. We stop running away from our discomfort. This discomfort we have been avoiding our entire lives (mostly unconsciously) is filled with precious wisdom. It is showing us disowned parts of ourselves that want to be reintegrated and healed. Our difficult feelings want to be heard, they want to be felt, understood and released. They are messengers here to help us on our journey of awakening back to our essence and our joy.

Our heart wants to bloom again. It wants to be wide open and free like when we were little. Do you remember what that felt like? By trapping our pain inside and numbing ourselves from our uncomfortable feelings, we shut life out. By retreating to the safer world we have created in our minds, we deaden ourselves. By doing whatever we can to avoid feeling our discomfort - constant running, consuming, blaming others and pleasure seeking, we ultimately create more suffering for ourselves, others and our planet. What our heart really wants is to experience the fullness of life again. It craves wholeness. It wants to trust life, just like it used to. 

An open heart is a loving, nurturing, healing heart that effortlessly and intuitively knows exactly what to do to be of greatest service to the collective. The breathtaking intelligence of life flows through the open heart and guides it. Rest assured, life knows what it's doing. It has created the perfect circumstances for us to be still, to stop running and to notice in what particular ways we attempt to avoid feeling the discomfort that has arisen in us as a result of the recent triggering circumstances. Will we rise to the challenge? Will we have the courage to face, feel and release our painful past that desperately wants to be healed and integrated? Every single heart that heals creates a more conscious world. It's up to us. What do we want? We don't need to wait, we can start building the new world right now!

I invite you to take a deep breath. Tune in to your body. What physical sensations do you feel? Is there any discomfort, contraction, or tightness? Can you become very curious about what you are experiencing? Can you simply allow it to be there? Just breathe through it. There is nothing to do. Be with whatever is there without trying to escape it or judge it. Repeat this every time you feel discomfort and you will start to experience profound changes in your energy.

Peace,

Lise

www.lisevilleneuve.com