01 January 2019
The moon is a reminder that no matter what phase I am in I am still whole.
I can’t love this enough!!!
Right now the moon is in its ‘new’ phase and can’t really be seen. This is the ‘death’ of one cycle of the moon and ‘birth’ of another cycle of the moon. The moon’s rebirth is first evident as a thin wedge of light that gradually grows to reveal more of the moon – a quarter, then a half then full. This period leading to the full moon is known as ‘waxing’ The full moon occurs when the moon is in direct line of the sun thus illuminating the sun through it.
Voila! A full moon.
The moon shines proudly and brilliantly in all its glory when in true alignment…
Then begins the period of waning where the moon, moves closer to the sun resulting in it gradually reducing to a half moon, quarter, a tiny slice and then disappearing.
And so the cycle of waxing and waning (the moon getting closer and further away from the sun) continues as it has since time immemorial.
So the moon is not really ‘new’ per se. Its essence is the same, just its form appears to change to our eyes.
This is not unlike each of us.
At our core we are our whole, authentic self, truth, pure love (take your pick) then we are inspired into human form and from there we go through cycles of waxing and waning instigated by family beliefs, abuse, encouragement, diagnosis, love, disappointment, acceptance, war, achievement, fear, education, instability…
The moon’s cycles happen at regular intervals, so much so we can track and anticipate them.
For each of us though, the frequency and length of these cycles can vary tremendously because of what happens to us AND because of how we deal with what happens to us – ‘life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react/respond to it’.
It is with, or rather since, this knowledge (or belief) of our wholeness, beauty and wonder at our core, that I now aim to live and connect from a very different place. Obviously this has also changed how I see and relate to the people I live and work with in all areas of my life.
We live in a world today filled with words/labels like broken, wounded, healing, trauma, empath, introvert...
To me, these words keep us in a victim mentality.
Often the story around them defines people and people live into them – rarely in a beneficial way.
Of course there are those that can profit by having us believe we are wounded and/or need healing.
They have the ‘product’ that will save, heal or fix us - until it doesn’t. It serves them to keep us in our wounded victimness.
To my mind we don’t need fixing or healing.
There is nothing to fix or heal.
We are all whole and complete.
It is remembering and uncovering that is required, and that comes with going within, sometimes needing to dig deeply, really deeply, really, really deeply ‘til you uncover that spark of light that is your brilliance and gift to this world.
The more it is uncovered the more magnificently it shines.
Lights come in many shapes, sizes and types be they candles, torches, lanterns, light bulbs, fires etc yet ultimately they all shine light – that’s their purpose. Their reason for being.
So many people lament looking for their ‘purpose’ and search outside of themselves often trying to be a different kind of light that they perceive as ‘better’ – they’re a candle but think being a light bulb is more exciting or useful so spend so much energy trying to be something they are not and can never effectively be. This takes a toll on every aspect of your being especially health, often manifesting as a diagnosis. And it's not just you affected or that gets the diagnosis. Those around you suffer too, sometimes more so.
It’s so much easier and fulfilling to be a first rate version of yourself not a second rate version of someone else.
Uncovering, accepting and shining YOUR light how ever that looks, is living YOUR purpose and what a gift (and relief) to yourself and the world that is!
SO… if I don’t believe we need healing, then I certainly would not call myself a healer, and don’t.
Nor would I say I’m in a healing profession, I’m not and it’s not.
To me, that just keeps people small, dependent, powerless and in a state of dis-ease.
Remembering and uncovering is up to each of us as individuals and is mostly solitary work.
Sure you can seek guidance as a springboard, just not dependence, a panacea, a miracle worker or magic bullet from outside of yourself.
All you need you already have.
Uncovering my wholeness and living my true essence – a work in progress to my human end – has me, for the most part, living in a wonderfully fulfilled way and enables me to inspire and encourage others to do the same.
In my work I see that, gradually the choices made, maybe from suggestions I might offer, and the way life is lived, changes positively and in turn so does life, relationships and health.
Witnessing this truth and empowerment on an almost daily basis and experiencing it for myself in my own life is true joy and contentment.
No, life doesn’t become endless sunshine and roses.
Like the moon there will always be waxing and waning - that’s just a phase.
You are still whole.
Always have been.
Always will be.
My thoughts, experiences and beliefs…
Wellbeing is so much more than what you eat and how you move.
