28/08/2023
I rarely get ill but when I do it always reminds me of the art of surrender. Of letting go. Not trying. Not fighting against. Trusting. And ultimately recognising that we’re not so in control as we believe ourselves to be—at least not in the way we perceive “control.”
I really surrendered this time. It was testing at times, let me tell you. It was 41 degrees outside. I was shut in a darkened house. I kept getting hit with one thing after the next. It was a far from ideal situation after a recharging holiday. But I accepted. It was what it was and I could be nowhere else other than that present moment.
I take this lesson into life. It’s how I approach emotions and our human experience.
* You can’t get anywhere if you don’t accept where you presently are.
* Resisting your current experience only makes it worse.
* Surrender makes way for life to flow through you rather than against you.
* Trusting in ourselves, life, the Universe, God, whatever it is you bow down to with respect as a conscious part of who you already are but have merely forgotten, is what takes you through the moments. The hard ones, most especially.
We try too hard. We expect too much. This isn’t about mediocrity this is about knowing that in this moment, you’re good enough as you are. You’re worthy. You’re loveable. Your being is enough. Your existence is enough. Don’t worry so much. You can’t get this wrong.
You can only turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to your heart and the calling of your soul and then it is that, that will cause the most suffering and the greatest loss of opportunity to be who you truly are. But there’s no proving required. You’re good. Just listen. Love. Allow.
One step at a time…
Loving you from afar,
Corinne
Ps.I’m grateful for my returned health.A practice (gratitude) that invites me into the now.
04/08/2023
The joy of learning about we humans…
I’ve been immersed this week in deepening my knowledge of the enneagram. I was introduced to it twenty years ago but something inspired me this week to dive into it more fully.
It’s not just the information that I find interesting and the mental stimulation that I find energising, but it’s the compassion that it evokes. It’s the feeling that arises when you expand your mind, perception, beliefs and perspectives and begin to place yourself in the shoes of another. There’s a warmth. A gentleness. A humility and a care.
We all see differently but we can learn to see through the eyes of others. But perhaps first there’s the invitation to understand ourselves better. To take the journey inwards and explore not only our personality but our essence.
Beatrice Chestnut said something along the lines that it’s interesting that we’re so curious about exploring the universe, but what of our inner worlds?
I find it a cosmos unto itself. One that reminds me of how complex and paradoxically simple we are.
Some are scared of opening the door and looking inside, and I get it. Yet I’d respond by saying that it’s so worth mustering the courage to brave the journey in, because ultimately knowing, accepting and loving ourselves is the way to self-liberation and peace.
So today I feel grateful that I get to learn these things, better understand others and myself and cultivate greater compassion for this human experience.
Loving you from afar,
Corinne
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19/04/2023
Can we allow? Can we return to love, over and over again, even when we forget? Even if and when we feel triggered and hurt? When we resist and fight against?
The invitation to return to love is always there. Our human self will wander off. It will get bruised and hurt. It will cope and defend, protect and seek safety. But eventually we remember that home is where love resides. Where love holds our sweet and tender humanity in its lap and says it’s all ok.
It’s when we meet the resistance and allow, soften and surrender, trusting the process of our human experience, that we find peace. That’s when love enters and reminds us of who we truly are. Reminds us, that it is an amazing gift to be uniquely YOU in this lifetime!
Stay tuned for this week’s podcast on meeting our resistance.
Loving you from afar,
Corinne
17/04/2023
You are love and you are loved.
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04/04/2023
Yesterday the field at the back of my house was in flames. I shared a post about it. The words that kept coming through to me yesterday and again today have been: The phoenix rising from the ashes.
The burning of things is a powerful ritual. It can be a cleansing, healing and letting go.
The spring for me is always the start to the new year and with it comes a freshness of energy. So in a way, the timing of my field burning felt somehow ritualistic.
What am I wanting to burn down in the flames? What am I wanting to have rise from the ashes?
When you actively choose to work on yourself, to heal and let go of old patterns so that you can fully step into your truest, fullest Self, life presents you with opportunities, signs, affirmations that you are on the path. As within, so without…
I believe we always have an invitation to crack ourselves a little bit more open every time. To burn away what no longer serves us, to peel off another layer, all of which lead us closer to our true selves. All of it leading us closer to a more open and loving heart.
But we must be willing. It is always a choice. In fact, nothing in life is never NOT a choice. The victim might not see it that way (it’s blind spot is not recognising that it has the inner authority to make that choice and change its life), but we always have the freewill to choose how we show up in life.
How willing are we to do the work?
How willing are we to be honest with ourselves?
How willing are we to be courageous enough to be vulnerable, open-hearted, loving?
How willing are we to receive the very thing(s) we’ve been yearning for?
The invitation is there. The choice is yours.
Loving you from afar,
Corinne
