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The Earth is telling you there's
nothing to be ashamed of.
Speaker:Everything is part of me. Everything's
accepted, everything is welcomed,
Speaker:and you coming home to your own
self-compassion is the force of
Speaker:healing that you're meant
to bring to this world.
Speaker:Hello and welcome back to
Remember Why You Are Here,
Speaker:a podcast for seekers and sensitives
where you can relax, receive,
Speaker:reconnect to yourself, and remember
the most important thing of all:
Speaker:why you're here. I'm Asia Suler, author,
Speaker:earth intuitive, teacher,
Speaker:and in this episode today we're going
to be answering some more of your
Speaker:questions.
Speaker:I put out the call a couple months ago
for y'all to send me your questions
Speaker:via my voice messaging
service. And you did.
Speaker:And there were so many amazing questions,
I decided to do this in two parts.
Speaker:So part one was released over in
August, if you're interested in that.
Speaker:And now here we are in part two. And
there are so many rich questions here,
Speaker:so we're going to jump
into it in just a moment.
Speaker:But I wanted to let you know before
we started that we are running a
Speaker:never-before-done 30% off sale on all
Speaker:of my online courses and programs.
Speaker:We've never discounted anything
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Speaker:website, certainly not across the board,
Speaker:but it's really feeling like
the right time to open up
Speaker:this opportunity to make
this kind of offering.
Speaker:I am in the midst of my sabbatical,
Speaker:so I am writing my next book right now.
Speaker:And this is just the prime
opportunity to invite more
Speaker:folks into the door to be able to
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Speaker:sabbatical.
Speaker:So if you have been eyeing any
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Speaker:whether it's a single class or you want
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Speaker:Plant Medicine, Business as a
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Speaker:They are all 30% off from now
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Speaker:And I wanted to be able to give you a
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Speaker:something that you're interested in. So
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Speaker:check out those courses, see if
any of them are winking at you,
Speaker:and take advantage of
this once-in-a-lifetime
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Speaker:you're also supporting me on
this wild, brave, interesting,
Speaker:numinous,
Speaker:multilayered journey of taking a
sabbatical for the first time ever to
Speaker:really focus on bringing
through this next book.
Speaker:So thank you so much for your
support. Now let's get into it.
Speaker:Let's get into your questions.
Speaker:This first question is more of an
invitation rather than a direct question,
Speaker:and it's an invitation
I'm saying "yes" to.
Speaker:And this invitation was from a listener
named Christine. And Christine said,
Speaker:would you share with us more about your
spiritual journey, where it's taken you,
Speaker:what you've explored, and how it's
integrated into your life now?
Speaker:And I do notice this thing where, often,
Speaker:especially if someone has
been on the path for a while,
Speaker:maybe they've been out
in the world for a while,
Speaker:that sometimes they forget to share.
Like, oh, here's my origin story,
Speaker:or here's what brought me to this point.
Speaker:And as of the time that
I'm recording this,
Speaker:I have been on this path
for almost 20 years.
Speaker:And so there's a lot of history there,
Speaker:and I'm happy to share a little bit more
about my background and what brought me
Speaker:here.
Speaker:I always love in the podcast On Being
when Krista Tippett asks people about
Speaker:their spiritual upbringing,
Speaker:and I've been waiting for
someone to ask me about that.
Speaker:So I'm just going to go ahead and share
as if you had asked me about that,
Speaker:Christine. But I was raised Quaker.
Speaker:So I was raised in the Quaker faith.
Speaker:I was a friend.
Speaker:I grew up with sort of this
foundational belief system that
Speaker:everyone has within them the light of God,
Speaker:high values placed on non-violence,
compassionate communication,
Speaker:ways of relating with people that
are peaceable and understanding.
Speaker:Even though my family
wasn't religious per se,
Speaker:this was a faith that they decided
to bring me and my sister up
Speaker:in.
Speaker:And it did really inform
my life and my journey,
Speaker:just this baseline understanding
of this light of the divine
Speaker:within all people and also this
ability to directly connect with the
Speaker:divine yourself. And this is
one of the tenets of Quakerism,
Speaker:especially the kind of Quakerism
that I grew up in Pennsylvania,
Speaker:that we all have the ability
to directly access that divine.
Speaker:There is no hierarchy in
terms of one person who is
Speaker:leading the whole group
or the whole meeting.
Speaker:A Quaker meeting consists of folks
in a room sitting and communing
Speaker:and getting up when they feel moved
to speak. And then they speak.
Speaker:And then we sit in silence and acknowledge
what's been spoken and integrated.
Speaker:And so even though I didn't have a very
Speaker:spiritual upbringing in a certain way,
Speaker:I had this really foundational
spiritual belief system
Speaker:that I think supported me as
I moved deeper into my life
Speaker:path. And then if you've been
following me for a while,
Speaker:you know that when I was in my teens,
Speaker:I developed a chronic pain
condition called vulvodynia and was
Speaker:told that it was incurable,
Speaker:that I would live with this kind of pain
and nerve pain and muscle pain for the
Speaker:rest of my life. And that was
really a turning point for me.
Speaker:It was one of those moments where
everything falls apart in life.
Speaker:And I often say that the world
inside my body was so painful,
Speaker:I went outside and I started
connecting with the trees
Speaker:and I started sitting by the creek
and I started noticing how in
Speaker:nature, everything is always
moving towards balance.
Speaker:Everything is moving towards healing,
Speaker:that the body of the earth
is not making mistakes,
Speaker:that there's wisdom in what's
happening within the body of the earth.
Speaker:There's messages there.
Speaker:And so even though at the time
I wasn't a practicing herbalist
Speaker:yet,
Speaker:I began to heal through the wisdom
of connecting with the living world,
Speaker:through communing and having
relationship with the living world,
Speaker:having incredible numinous experiences
where I was shown messages of hope,
Speaker:shown messages of guidance and direction.
Speaker:And so I was having a really big
moment of awakening, of opening,
Speaker:of recognizing other layers
of reality and existence.
Speaker:Through this sort of shamanic
dismemberment, dark night of the soul,
Speaker:I was having all of these spiritual
experiences that were opening up me up to
Speaker:these other realms of reality and
especially opening me up to the
Speaker:sentience of the earth and this animistic
Speaker:reality of everything being
animated by living consciousness and
Speaker:sentience. At the same time,
Speaker:I feel really blessed to
have been supported by and
Speaker:learning from my advisor in
college, Molly McGlennen,
Speaker:who was my professor, my advisor,
Speaker:and was also starting up what would
become the first Native American studies
Speaker:program at Vassar where I went to college.
Speaker:And so I ended up learning a lot
through her as well as through all the
Speaker:indigenous thinkers, authors,
writers that I was being exposed to.
Speaker:And it all kind of coalesced
for me in this big opening,
Speaker:and really recognizing and connecting to
Speaker:the numinous reality of living
here on this planet and the
Speaker:deep sentience that we're
surrounded by. So from there,
Speaker:I moved to New York City. I got the only
job I could find taking care of plants,
Speaker:which was as a plant technician,
Speaker:which basically means I took
care of people's office plants.
Speaker:But I had a really amazing thing happen
for me when I was in New York where I
Speaker:had all this expansive time
to walk around and think and
Speaker:be in my experiences and started
having even deeper layers
Speaker:and unfurlings of really connecting
into what I would call deeper reality.
Speaker:I started being exposed to more
things like channeled texts.
Speaker:I started practicing reiki. I went
through the different training,
Speaker:the different levels of reiki
to become a reiki practitioner,
Speaker:to become a reiki master.
Speaker:And really was just having these
direct experiences of energy,
Speaker:of other realms of reality,
of my spirit guides.
Speaker:My dream world became a place where I
was really interacting with and exploring
Speaker:and getting information from
the Otherworld and got a very
Speaker:clear message to go to herbal school.
Speaker:And a big part of why I wanted to become
an herbalist was I knew I wanted to
Speaker:work with people.
Speaker:And at the time I thought that
would be in a one-on-one capacity.
Speaker:I thought that I would likely
be practicing reiki at the
same time that I wanted
Speaker:to work with plants. The plants
just were speaking to me so loudly.
Speaker:So I decided to go to school
to become an herbalist.
Speaker:And that just took me
on such an expansive,
Speaker:unexpected journey where I
ended up starting an apothecary.
Speaker:I moved down here to Western North
Carolina. I started my apothecary.
Speaker:I did start working
one-on-one with people,
Speaker:but also what opened up was this whole
realm of existence that I didn't know
Speaker:would be so important to
me, which was teaching.
Speaker:And so much of my spiritual journey has
been informed by my teaching because
Speaker:often I'm handed a lesson,
I'm handed a learning,
Speaker:and then I teach from that space.
Speaker:And a lot of my spiritual
journey and evolution has
Speaker:had to do with the hard things I've gone
through and I have had to move through
Speaker:in my life. After herbal school ended,
Speaker:I sort of naturally started to transition
into teaching some of the things I had
been learning:herbalism as well as flower essences,
been learning:dream work, these things that
have become important to me.
been learning:I went on to study with
dream teacher Robert Moss,
been learning:learning different ways of active
dreaming or shamanic dreaming.
been learning:I had a series of dreams where I was
specifically told to study shamanism and
been learning:was told in the dreams what that meant,
been learning:specifically being shown different ways
to work with energy, work with time,
been learning:work with shape shifting.
been learning:So then I went on to study
with Sandra Inkerman online.
been learning:So all these things were evolving at
the same time that my life was just
been learning:naturally evolving.
been learning:And one of the next big things that
happened to me was that I contracted Lyme
been learning:disease twice and was told
very specifically through
that experience - which I
been learning:share more about in
the podcast that I just
been learning:rereleased the other week about how I
healed from Lyme disease - but how that
been learning:whole experience took me deeper
into energetic levels of healing,
been learning:into spiritual levels of healing,
been learning:that I was completely healed
in a pretty miraculous way
been learning:through shamanic work.
been learning:So that story is in that podcast if
you're interested in listening to it.
been learning:But this all deepened my journey in this
way where then I was literally at...
been learning:when I had the dream that was informing
me that shamanism would heal me
been learning:from Lyme disease, I was literally
at a workshop, at a training,
been learning:with Brian Weiss at the Omega Institute
learning past life regression.
been learning:So I'm just one of those people
where I'm constantly learning,
been learning:I'm constantly growing,
I'm constantly connecting.
been learning:But so much of what has informed
my spiritual path has been direct
been learning:experiences,
been learning:direct experiences of hardship
that open up portals into reality,
been learning:direct experiences through my
dreams, through my own intuition,
been learning:through communing with the natural world.
been learning:And I taught for years a program
called Winter Intuition School.
been learning:It still sometimes makes an appearance
online. And in Winter Intuition School,
been learning:I taught all of these spiritual
skills and tools that I had gathered.
been learning:And so there's been times in my life
when it's been super integrated into what
been learning:I'm teaching,
been learning:and then I normally am moving
on to another edge or I'm
exploring another edge.
been learning:And so for past few years, for me,
been learning:that's absolutely been within the
realm of the nervous system and somatic
been learning:healing and really exploring myself
as a sensitive and an empath,
been learning:which is something I always
knew was a reality about me,
been learning:but through pregnancy and
birth and being a parent really
been learning:brought to the forefront in a way
that was no longer unavoidable.
been learning:So really learning how to work
with my body as a spirit guide,
been learning:which also included going
through this whole journey,
been learning:having chronic pain come up again in
my body. Really, we walk these cycles,
been learning:we revisit these spirals, and now, yeah,
been learning:I'm in this place where I just am so
excited about continuing to integrate
been learning:everything I've learned,
continuing to expand,
been learning:to weave in more pieces,
been learning:even deeper pieces of things I've been
working with and just delighting in my
been learning:own personal life for over a
decade. Things like ancestor work,
been learning:for example. And so yeah,
been learning:I feel like there's a million
ways I could answer that question.
been learning:And that was a long answer to this
request to share more about my spiritual
been learning:journey, but I'm sharing it because
all of our different paths are perfect.
been learning:They lead us exactly where we need
to be. And there's this piece where
been learning:I want to impart to you that
it's like everything that
been learning:you've ever done is valuable,
even if you didn't get the degree,
been learning:even if you didn't end up integrating it
directly into what you thought you were
been learning:going to be doing,
been learning:everything you've ever done
is valuable and is coming back
been learning:around to actually feed you
and what you're doing next.
been learning:And I remember my mom tells me
that when I graduated from college,
been learning:I spewed off to her all these things
I was interested in. I was lik,
been learning:plant spirituality, sentience;
I want to make baskets.
been learning:I want to make herbal medicine.
been learning:I want to explore other
realms of consciousness.
been learning:I want to find out about my past lives.
been learning:I don't remember all the
things I said to her,
been learning:but apparently I said all these
things. And then she was like,
been learning:I don't know how Asia's going to do all
this. How is she going to do all this?
been learning:I didn't know. I was just naming
the things I was interested in.
been learning:And then she told me she found it,
been learning:she wrote down this list and she
found it later. And she was like,
been learning:you did all those things. I
don't know how you did it.
been learning:You did all those things and you
integrated it into what you're doing now.
been learning:And it's a reminder for me that everything
that I've become passionate about my
been learning:life, the things I've listed so
far, stone medicine, channeling,
been learning:that all of these things, I'm passionate,
been learning:I'm interested about them because they're
here to support me in the next layer
been learning:of my unfolding, whether or not they
become the exact thing that I offer.
been learning:And I want to reflect
that back to you too.
been learning:That everything you've done in your
life, everything you've experienced,
been learning:no matter how hard it
was, how painful it was,
been learning:that all of these things come
together to make you who you are.
been learning:And that's ultimately...
been learning:like the ultimate
spiritual path is all of us
been learning:being willing to be who we are,
to walk the path of who we are,
been learning:and that is the gift that
we bring to this world.
been learning:And that's so much of what
every single one of my classes
been learning:are about.
been learning:And so if any of the things that I
mentioned that I've been passionate about
been learning:that I've integrated into my
work are interesting to you,
been learning:definitely head over the website,
check out all those different courses.
been learning:There's a huge variety of things there.
been learning:Things like learning about
how stones communicate,
been learning:multi-dimensional vaginal healing,
working with plants for your heart,
been learning:working with plants to
connect to the Otherworld,
been learning:learning how to become
a plant healer yourself,
been learning:how to be a spiritual
entrepreneur. These are...
been learning:each class has kind of been
like a capstone on a big
been learning:season in my life.
been learning:And many of these classes I'm continuing
to update all the time as I learn and
been learning:grow.
been learning:So if any of these are calling to you,
been learning:just know that at the base of
everything that I do is this:
been learning:is you recognizing the
value of your journey,
been learning:of you being able to understand how it
all fits together and how it's actually
been learning:here to support you in the gift
you're meant to bring to this world,
been learning:which in so many ways is
just your own becoming.
been learning:So let's continue with these
questions. That was kind of a big one.
been learning:And we're going to go onto the next one
now because I think that this next one
been learning:is a cool bridge piece for folks
who are maybe where I was at,
been learning:of being interested in herbalism of
starting to connect to the plants.
been learning:So this next question is as follows:
been learning:As a sensitive,
been learning:it's hard to discover and try different
herbs because of my sensitivity to the
been learning:plants. It can feel overwhelming.
been learning:Do you have any tips or advice on how
to try to incorporate plants in a gentle
been learning:way?" So I definitely ran
into this when I was in herbal
been learning:school. I couldn't take doses
as high as other people.
been learning:I found that it dysregulated me.
been learning:I also had certain food sensitivities
that at the time with the kind of alcohol
been learning:that was being used, I couldn't
take a lot of the tinctures,
been learning:so I wasn't even able to take what
other people were taking in class.
been learning:I had to work with it on a
purely energetic level until
I could make it myself.
been learning:And so I want to give you full permission
if you are a sensitive to experiment
been learning:with lower doses. To...
been learning:instead of if everyone's taking
a full dropper full of something,
been learning:try a drop, see what happens in your
body with just a drop. Like I said,
been learning:when I was in herbal school, a lot
of people were using grain alcohol.
been learning:At the time I was having allergic
reactions to grain alcohol.
been learning:And so I was not able to take any
of the tinctures in herbal school.
been learning:So I would hold it. I
would feel its energy.
been learning:I would often make a commitment to then
make that tincture with alcohol I could
been learning:consume, or with a menstruum I could
consume. And I received so much,
been learning:I learned so much.
been learning:So just know that smaller doses
often mean bigger results if you're
been learning:sensitive. So really experiment with
those smaller doses: A drop, two drops,
been learning:up to 15 drops. See how
that works inside of you.
been learning:Lean into the energetic side of herbalism.
been learning:What do you feel and experience
when you're sitting with the plant?
been learning:What do you feel and experience
when you hold the plant,
been learning:when you take a tiny little nibble?
been learning:So much of the healing and the information
that we receive from plants comes
been learning:from this very energetic level of being.
been learning:And so you choosing to tune in on that
level is you getting the bigger picture
been learning:of that plant's medicine, of
what that plant has to offer.
been learning:I also find it's really helpful
to work with one plant at a time.
been learning:And this was something I did
when I started in herbal schools,
been learning:is I would work with one plant
for every half moon cycle,
been learning:so from the full to the new
and the new to the full.
been learning:Each half I would pick a new plant to
work with and I would just take that
been learning:plant during that time and
I would experiment with in
all the different ways of
been learning:being with that plant: making a
flower essence, tasting the plant,
been learning:making a tincture, making a salve if
that's part of the plant's, medicine,
been learning:dreaming with the plant:
been learning:all these different ways of working
with a plant within a specific period of
been learning:time and just letting go of needing to
know all the things because overwhelm
been learning:is such a big reality for
sensitive people. As sensitives,
been learning:we are literally taking in more sensory
information about our surroundings,
been learning:our environment, the sensory
things we're exposed to,
been learning:than someone who is not sensitive.
been learning:And so limiting the scope
and then really letting it
been learning:be that the input is perhaps more subtle.
been learning:And you might need more subtlety in order
to actually feel what you're feeling.
been learning:I don't know if you've ever experienced
this sense of when something's too
been learning:intense, you actually go into overwhelm
and you're no longer experiencing it,
been learning:and you're no longer able to actually
tune into your sensations in your body,
been learning:what you're experiencing.
been learning:And so reducing the
dosage or the frequency,
been learning:or really getting specific about
just working with one plant,
been learning:will help your nervous system to be
able to experience that plant more
been learning:fully, to actually be able to
understand its medicine in a deeper way.
been learning:I really encourage you to do this.
been learning:I also really encourage you to
trust what comes up for you.
been learning:So we have material medicas.
been learning:We have beautiful writings that
people have done about plants.
been learning:We have ancestral understanding of plants,
been learning:and that has been passed
down for generations.
been learning:And a lot of these ancestral
traditions have been interrupted,
been learning:have been disrupted at
times. In a lot of ways,
been learning:we're rebuilding what we know
and understand about plants,
been learning:and there's always more to explore
because not only are we evolving,
been learning:but the plants are evolving as well.
been learning:So I really want you to trust
what you feel and experience.
been learning:What you're experiencing,
been learning:what you bring to the table as valuable
information to help other people
been learning:understand the full scope and
picture of this plant's medicine.
been learning:Plants interact differently
with every single person.
been learning:And this is why while
knowing plant constituents,
been learning:understanding disease processes,
been learning:knowing about an individual's constitution
is all incredible and important and
been learning:really helpful when
working with plants, and,
been learning:there's a magic that happens between
a person and a plant that cannot be
been learning:replicated between any other
person and any other plant.
been learning:And I've seen this time and time again,
especially working in private practice,
been learning:that I could recommend the same plant
to five different people and five
been learning:different people will have five
completely different experiences with it,
been learning:experiences that are specific to them.
So as you begin to work with the plants,
been learning:really take note of what you
experience: write it down,
been learning:commune with the plant, ask the
plant to give you more information,
been learning:to give you a clearer perspective
on what you're experiencing.
been learning:And that information is actually
really important to the overall body of
been learning:wisdom, information, that we
are gleaning again right now,
been learning:that we are rebuilding right now.
been learning:So really value what it is that you
are picking up on as you move deeper
been learning:into working with plants in a way
that works for you. And of course,
been learning:if this is something you're excited about,
been learning:working with plants on an energetic
level, an intuitive level,
been learning:working with plants as a sensitive,
definitely check out my course,
been learning:Intuitive Plant Medicine.
been learning:Intuitive Plant Medicine has been
running for over a decade now.
been learning:It has been so amazing to see all
the gateways it's opened for people,
been learning:whether they are training
to be an herbalist,
been learning:whether they're a seasoned herbalist,
or whether they're none of the above;
been learning:they're just interested in plants,
been learning:want to open up to be able to
communicate to the living world,
been learning:want to be able to have these numinous
experiences that really help them connect
been learning:into their path and their medicine.
been learning:So definitely check that out
if any of this is calling to
been learning:you. It is my seminal program and really
helping you become a plant healer to
been learning:become someone who can
commune with the living world,
been learning:who can talk to plants and who can receive
all of the medicine that this world
been learning:is so lovingly and so
continuously offering us.
been learning:This next question is a very tender
and sensitive one from a listener.
been learning:And I feel really honored to be able
to answer from my life experience so
been learning:far and hope that it is helpful and is
meeting all those who are listening who
been learning:need this. So the question is,
been learning:how do you connect to the other
side and people that we have lost?
been learning:So first I want to name about this,
been learning:that when we are in grief,
been learning:grief is its own kind of liminal state.
been learning:It is its own phase
state and change state.
been learning:And when we are deep in grief,
been learning:when we have lost someone
and we are deep in grief,
been learning:it can be really hard to
connect in, to hear messages.
been learning:And this is for a reason. Think
of it as a blanketing time.
been learning:Think of it as a time in which
your body is being asked to be
been learning:held, in which you are in
transition in your life,
been learning:in which the constellation of your life
and your relationships has changed in
been learning:such a big way that you're
going to need time to integrate,
been learning:to be with that.
been learning:And I am saying this because
sometimes people have this feeling of,
been learning:what's wrong with me that I can't
connect? Or is this not real,
been learning:because my loved one has passed and
I haven't seen them yet in my dreams?
been learning:And so this is often
what I see is that we are
been learning:in this liminal state of grief
and it's one of those states
been learning:that we just have to be in, that
we just have to move through,
been learning:that nothing is wrong with you
but the intensity sometimes of our
been learning:feelings can mean that it's
harder to receive the subtlety,
been learning:the really subtle hints or messages that
are coming in. And you will be able to.
been learning:You will receive that. So
trust that that is happening.
been learning:Ask to be held, ask for signs:
been learning:specifically request a
sign from your loved one.
been learning:It could be something in nature,
something you both shared or knew about.
been learning:Ask for that sign, ask
to be shown that sign.
been learning:This is a huge way that our loved ones
can communicate with us from the other
been learning:side. Ask to feel them,
been learning:even if it's subtle, just
literally asked to be hugged.
been learning:Sometimes that asking is
something we deeply need.
been learning:And just through speaking aloud
and connecting in this way,
been learning:it can start to create more of a bridge.
been learning:I also find that when people
transition to the other side,
been learning:they're often in a process.
been learning:Now it's a little complicated
because I think we all
been learning:have different levels to our
soul, different parts of our soul.
been learning:I think one part of our soul immediately
goes back and into connection with
been learning:all that is, back into the
divine - reconnect with source,
been learning:reconnecting with God,
been learning:able to immediately communicate with
us and be in connection with us.
been learning:And then I think there's other parts
of our souls that need more time to
been learning:process, that are still
processing earthly experiences,
been learning:that are maybe still
learning how to let go,
been learning:that are processing what they
experience in their life.
been learning:My experience of having
loved ones pass has often
been learning:been that if there's a lot for
them to process from their life,
been learning:it can take some time before
I can feel their energy too.
been learning:So sometimes it's not just my grief,
it's what they are still processing.
been learning:So I know that when my grandfather passed,
been learning:when I was a teenager, I didn't hear
from him in a dream for almost 10 years.
been learning:And when I heard from him
in a dream 10 years later,
been learning:he came and he updated me
on what he's been doing,
been learning:the kind of ways he's been growing and
evolving and it was so wild and amazing.
been learning:And so that took that amount
of time. And every time,
been learning:every once in a while now I get updates
from him and he's sort of in a different
been learning:place doing a different thing,
learning something different.
been learning:But I know that he's busy, he's working
on something. Same with my grandmother.
been learning:It took not quite as much time.
Because I think I was just,
been learning:at this point in time, had more practice
in connecting with the Otherworld,
been learning:but took at least a year for
me to see her in my dreams.
been learning:And so dreams are a big place in which
our loved ones will communicate to us.
been learning:So any way in which you could
connect more with your dreams.
been learning:I highly encourage you to check out the
episode that I have dreams as a bridge
been learning:to a new life to help increase your
dream life, to open yourself to dreams.
been learning:This is a very porous place
in which people can reach us.
been learning:And so I've normally had two experiences
of connecting with loved ones in
been learning:dreams:
been learning:normally it's much easier for me to
connect with people in dreams who either
been learning:there's a feeling of completeness
around their passing, it was their time,
been learning:they passed away of old age, or
they're not directly connected to me.
been learning:I definitely have had people
who are loved ones of my loved
been learning:ones, loved ones of really good friends,
been learning:and I find it tends to be that it's
easier for them to reach out to someone
been learning:who's not really deeply
emotionally invested.
been learning:And so I've had experiences
where people have reached out to
been learning:me immediately after passing,
been learning:but it's normally not my loved one.
been learning:And it's normally a message for
someone else. And there's an energy...
been learning:there's sort of an open energy in
those first few days or weeks after
been learning:passing where it seems to be that messages
can come through a little bit more
been learning:easily.
been learning:And so be open too to the ways in which
your loved ones might be communicating
been learning:to you through other people. Whether
that's very direct, someone saying,
been learning:I had a dream about your loved
one, or a song comes on the radio,
been learning:someone mentioned something.
And you just get that feeling,
been learning:that feeling of your loved one being
there, of them communicating with you.
been learning:Trust that feeling because they are here,
been learning:they are trying to communicate with us.
They want you to know that they're well,
been learning:that you're loved,
been learning:that they're so much love and peace
beyond our imagining on the other side.
been learning:So just really trust what
it is that you're receiving.
been learning:Anytime you receive any kind
of affirmation, confirmation,
been learning:synchronicity or sign, really trust that.
been learning:Really embrace that and trust
yourself and what you know.
been learning:Creating altars for loved ones is another
really big way to not only connect
been learning:with your loved ones, but also
help them on their journey.
been learning:So creating altars after they've
passed to help them on their journey.
been learning:You can bring fresh flowers to this
place, make prayers in this place,
been learning:put things on the altar
that they loved in life,
been learning:really setting forth that intention
and that prayer that they really...
been learning:Like all of them that is ready can bridge
been learning:over into source, can bridge
back into ultimate love.
been learning:And make the request too to
communicate with them there,
been learning:have it be a tableau that
they can communicate with you,
been learning:put on your metaphoric mind.
been learning:We recently had a very
sudden death in our family,
been learning:and I made an altar for this
person and put a picture of him
been learning:on the altar. And the day
that I made the altar,
been learning:the picture got blown back and down
onto the ground and I couldn't find it.
been learning:And this person was like,
he had such a twinkle,
been learning:he had such a good sense of humor.
been learning:He had such a sweetness to
him and was also very shy,
been learning:didn't want to be in the public
eye, didn't want to be seen.
been learning:And I knew it was a message
from him being like,
been learning:I'm here and I'm a little
bashful about this altar,
been learning:but also I'm happy you did it.
been learning:So I put the picture back up on there
and we haven't had any other incident
been learning:since. But these messages will
come through on the altar as well.
been learning:So make the altar, tend the altar,
been learning:see what comes through just
through the tending of it,
been learning:just through being with that.
been learning:And know that there are going to be
specific times of the year in which it's
been learning:easier to communicate with your loved one.
been learning:Anniversaries are one of those times.
been learning:Anniversaries of their
birth or their death.
been learning:These are really potent times to make
altars like this, to make offerings,
been learning:to ask to see them in a
dream, to ask for a sign,
been learning:your sign or synchronicity.
Also, in autumn.
been learning:So in many different cultures,
been learning:autumn is this very powerful
time to connect to our ancestors.
been learning:This time when the veil grows thin.
been learning:As the life from the above ground
world goes back into the underworld,
been learning:we have this opportunity to walk between
the worlds and receive communications
been learning:from our loved ones.
been learning:So it kind of happens without fail
that I'm not even thinking about it,
been learning:and as soon as we hit fall, I
start having dreams with ancestors,
been learning:with loved ones who've passed. And
then I'm like, oh, right, it's fall.
been learning:That's why this is happening. So
been learning:passed the Equinox into
the end of October,
been learning:into Samhain time or wherever
you are in the world,
been learning:maybe you're in the southern hemisphere,
been learning:and that timing's a
little different for you.
been learning:But to know that this autumn time is a
really powerful potent time to request
been learning:those connections, to
make those connections.
been learning:And if you're interested in
being walked through that in a
been learning:little bit more of an intimate way,
been learning:in my class Herbs for the Other World
I specifically talk about practices of
been learning:ancestor connection, of alter creation,
been learning:of doing journeys to the other world
to be able to connect into those you've
been learning:loved as well as your Otherworld guides.
been learning:So that class is there as a resource
for you if you're interested.
been learning:I go more into things
around connecting to the
been learning:Otherworld in all its varieties,
including our loved ones.
been learning:And it is a very true reality that
been learning:fall is just this time when the
veil gets thin and there's just more
been learning:possibilities for connecting here.
So any of the practices I mentioned,
been learning:as well as just being open to
what's coming through this fall and
been learning:trusting yourself for what you pick
up on and in what you're experiencing,
been learning:knowing that this connection is alive,
it's available to you, it is here.
been learning:And this connection is only going
to grow from this point onwards,
been learning:because in your heart of hearts,
you are wanting to connect,
been learning:you are wanting to open. And,
beyond a shadow of a doubt,
been learning:your loved ones on the other side
are wanting to connect with you too.
been learning:I love this next question
from one of our listeners.
been learning:I'm just going to play that question
because it's so perfectly put and then
been learning:we're going to launch into my answer.
been learning:I was wondering if you have some
insight on how you co-create with nature
been learning:and how you let nature inspire
your own creativity and your
been learning:own writing.
been learning:So this is really important to
mention that you are nature.
been learning:I think this is at the base of everything
that we're talking about here is you
been learning:are nature. So when we're talking
about being in co-creation with nature,
been learning:where we need to start here is
this awareness that you are nature.
been learning:You are already in co-creation with
nature because your body is part of the
been learning:planet, you are part of the planet.
been learning:It's just about becoming aware of it
and being conscious of the ways in which
been learning:we're cocreating.
been learning:One of the best ways to do this is
simply to ask to be in co-creation,
been learning:to take time, intentional
time, to go outside,
been learning:to connect with the living world and
really pledge, say with your heart,
been learning:"I want to be in co-creation.
been learning:Help me to understand how best to show
up inside of this relationship so that I
been learning:can co-create with you."
been learning:And then enacting a ritual of co-creation.
been learning:So one of my favorite things to do is
to create an outdoor altar, to ask,
been learning:to collect elements from nature to be in
co-creation with elements of nature and
been learning:to create an altar space outside,
to bring things to that space.
been learning:And then to let the living world
move things around in that space,
been learning:change that space and understand
that that's literally us enacting
been learning:co-creation in this way.
been learning:So very physical rituals
of being in co-creation,
been learning:being specific, speaking it out
loud, going into the living world,
been learning:telling the living world what you're
dealing with, what you're working on,
been learning:and then asking to be in
connection, to be of service,
been learning:to continually open your heart and
pledge your heart to be in connection.
been learning:That really goes a long way to
make it clear, to make it visceral,
been learning:to make it honest in that way. And then
really being open to what you receive.
been learning:I talk a lot about channeling
in different courses of mine,
been learning:like Intuitive Plant Medicine, like
Business as a Spiritual Journey,
been learning:because it's been a major tool for me,
been learning:and something I realized that
I've been doing all along.
been learning:But we are all channels,
been learning:we all have this ability to
bring through information,
been learning:and you are receiving information all
the time when you're interacting with the
been learning:living world.
been learning:So literally getting a piece of paper
and doing some spontaneous writing,
been learning:writing down anything that's
coming to you in that moment,
been learning:opening the channel of your voice,
speaking in that moment, singing,
been learning:see what comes through for you.
been learning:So much of the time we're being given
this information of how to co-create.
been learning:It's all right there. We're
just getting in our own way.
been learning:And the thing about channeling is
you're deciding to open yourself.
been learning:You're deciding to open
to the living world,
been learning:to the benevolence of the living world,
been learning:and asking for that information
to channel through you.
been learning:And that's really your only
goal. That's the only thing.
been learning:The only two things you need to do for
channeling is be specific about what you
been learning:want to connect to, and then
open up. And if you need to,
been learning:create this circle of protection around
yourself, have prayers, call in guides.
been learning:But as long as you're specific about
the energies you want to connect into,
been learning:that's protection unto
itself. And then you drop in,
been learning:drop into spontaneous
writing, spontaneous speaking,
been learning:spontaneous singing or movement. This
is all different forms of channeling,
been learning:and this will help you tune into,
been learning:what are the messages that
are coming through in nature?
been learning:And I really just want
to encourage you too,
been learning:to understand that the
intuitive hits that you get,
been learning:the places you're supposed to move to,
been learning:that projects you're supposed to
engage in, that is all co-creation too.
been learning:Because at our hearts, the
things that we are meant to do,
been learning:that we're called to do,
been learning:that our soul is asking us to
engage in is how we co-create with
been learning:nature. So you can get specific with
your channeling, with your requesting.
been learning:You can literally make
requests outside on your altar.
been learning:You could even place different
elements on the altar and say, Hey,
been learning:if this is the direction
that I'm meant to move,
been learning:move this flower, or change
this aspect of the altar,
been learning:or just leave it open for interpretation
You can do all of these specific
been learning:things. And at the same time knowing
that your passions that move through you,
been learning:your purpose, your direction,
the things that ignite you,
been learning:that is you co-creating with nature
because you're co-creating with your body,
been learning:inside your body, inside your life.
been learning:The more ways in which you can befriend
your body is the more ways in which you
been learning:will co-create with the living world.
been learning:I did develop a course called Writing
the Earth's Voice that is specifically
been learning:about working with the Earth,
channeling from the Earth,
been learning:writing as a way of opening up
this dialogue back and forth with
been learning:the land, with nature spirits,
with the Earth herself.
been learning:So if writing is a way in which
you know you're able to connect,
been learning:then that class has been
really extraordinary for
helping people to open up to
been learning:and connect with the land and start
to hear these co-creative messages.
been learning:Because so much of the time,
been learning:the creation that we're
being asked to undertake are
been learning:emotional healings and spiritual
movements inside ourselves.
been learning:Like you working on
self-acceptance, self-compassion,
been learning:you being willing to go for the
things you're passionate about.
been learning:This is part of your co-creation.
been learning:So we can get very specific messages
of move this rock or build this thing,
been learning:but we can also get messages
been learning:like really accept yourself for
where you're at. Know that it's okay.
been learning:Let your body rest. Those
are all co-creations too.
been learning:And the more we can lean into those
kinds of messages, our body's wisdom,
been learning:and trust ourselves as
the channels that we are,
been learning:the easier and easier it will be to
just naturally and effortlessly be in
been learning:co-creation with this planet.
been learning:Which is why I think we as
humans are meant to be here.
been learning:And our special role that we're here
to fulfill is to be able to attune to
been learning:the voice of this planet and the
chorus that we live among and use
been learning:our special powers of
intention and intuition to
been learning:co-create by following these through
lines of our own passion and momentum and
been learning:inspiration in life.
been learning:So this next question felt like a
really good continuation of this last
been learning:question, so I wanted to make
sure I answered them in tandem.
been learning:And I'm going to just go ahead and play
that question now because it was so
been learning:perfectly put.
been learning:I would love to hear you talk
a little more about fairies.
been learning:I'm very well acquainted with
the lore, especially Irish lore,
been learning:in which fairies are
shown to have been more
been learning:hostile to humans. Modern intuitives,
been learning:I've heard talk about
fairies, on the other hand,
been learning:speak more positively about them.
been learning:So I was curious if you had any
thoughts on why that might be and if you
been learning:have any tips on connecting with fairies
in a way that is healthy for both
been learning:parties?
been learning:So just like humans, fairies,
the hidden folk, the little folk,
been learning:are diverse. They are unique.
been learning:There's not one type of
hidden folk in this world.
been learning:They are playful and
they're also mischievous.
been learning:And in this way, really I think
of the hidden folk as having...
been learning:it's almost like I think
of this as the nature of
been learning:humans before all the overlays of culture,
been learning:enculturation, programming,
been learning:how we are born in terms of this level of
been learning:vivid excitement about life,
been learning:intensity of feelings, mischievousness,
been learning:and then also this deep wisdom.
been learning:Like sort of the kind of
wisdom that we all are
been learning:born with that we understand innately
and that we spend the rest of our lives
been learning:trying to understand again. So I think
that sometimes there's this disconnect,
been learning:especially in European lore,
been learning:because a lot of the lore
around fairies from the western
been learning:world is coming from a culture
that has experienced disconnection,
been learning:or coming from a set of cultures that
has experienced disconnection from the
been learning:earth,
been learning:and is working on reconnecting
and is working on building safety
been learning:in connection again.
been learning:I hear different kinds of stories from
been learning:cultures that didn't have the same
kind of severance or disruption
been learning:in their connection with the
living world. Across the board,
been learning:there's respect for fairies, there's
respect for the hidden people.
been learning:That respect is essential.
been learning:And when that respect is not
there or is violated or ignored,
been learning:that's when you can get into trouble.
been learning:And so in places where there has
been long-term connection with the
been learning:hidden folk, one of the things you're
going to find the most of is respect.
been learning:And this is because A.
been learning:is respect is essential for any
kind of connection. But it's also...
been learning:when I think about a lot of
these cultures, for example,
been learning:in Ireland where there
has been disruption,
been learning:there's a working on a
rebuilding here of trust,
been learning:of mutual understanding.
been learning:And I think that when it comes
to the hidden ocre to fairies,
been learning:there's all the things, right?
been learning:It's like there's deep benevolence
and deep care and there's
been learning:also purity of feeling
and emotion and sometimes
been learning:anger and need to hold boundaries.
been learning:And it's really a reflection for us to
understand the ways in which we are often
been learning:lacking boundaries or the ways in which
we are meant to be in right relationship
been learning:with the world around us. You know,
nature spirits are tricksterish,
been learning:they are mischievous.
As I mentioned before,
been learning:they have a deep sense of
humor. So they're multilayered,
been learning:they're complex.
been learning:And I think this is one reason why
children do find it easier to connect with
been learning:them is that they understand
each other on this level that is,
been learning:I would say,
been learning:more like the primaterra of
consciousness or of our own
been learning:consciousness than all the different
layers that we get over time.
been learning:And so I think that's one
of the differences in why
been learning:fairies are represented in a certain
way now versus in lore. Now, I do think
been learning:it's important to have
boundaries in all relationships.
been learning:Boundaries are what makes
relationships flourish, right?
been learning:You can't have a relationship unless
you have these two entities that are
been learning:interacting.
been learning:And so that's one of the themes that I
do sometimes see when people are talking
been learning:about fairies today or
working with nature spirits,
been learning:is that there's sort of this lack of
boundariedness that can sometimes lead
been learning:to this sort of blanket representation
of nature spirits as all
been learning:completely benevolent
or loving or helpful,
been learning:when they're their own beings with their
own life path, their own trajectory.
been learning:What I will say is that there are general
guidelines for connecting with fairies
been learning:that I find to be really
helpful. First one is be present.
been learning:Really be present in that moment.
been learning:Choose a time to connect when you feel
very present. If you're not present,
been learning:they will be able to feel that
and know that and experience that,
been learning:and that does not work great for them.
been learning:It also won't work great for you to be
able to open up the channel and really be
been learning:able to commune with them. Take
time to ground before you connect.
been learning:Your ungroundedness can often be
reflected back to you in what you
been learning:experience and in the way in which
you're connecting with the living world.
been learning:So take time to ground.
Release all expectations.
been learning:Nobody likes the feelings of
expectations, especially not the fairies.
been learning:So release expectations.
been learning:Be open-minded about how this
interaction might come about.
been learning:Approach with humility,
approach with respect.
been learning:These are powerful beings who have been
connected with the living world since
been learning:before humanity came on the scene.
been learning:They understand so much more
about existence than we do.
been learning:And so approach with that kind of
humility and respect. And if possible,
been learning:bring an offering.
been learning:This is why this is part of so much
traditional lore around fairies.
been learning:Bring some sort of
offering from the heart,
been learning:something that is important to you,
been learning:that is of course biodegradable
and healthy for the earth.
been learning:Bring an offering and offer it with the
fullness of your heart as well as this
been learning:intention, and to speak
aloud this intention,
been learning:to be in co-creation with
them for the benefit of the
been learning:land. To open up to this commitment
been learning:to be in co-creation, to care
for the wellbeing of the land,
been learning:to increase the health of
the land in which you live.
been learning:As long as this is
authentic and true for you.
been learning:And if this is authentic and true for you,
been learning:that will absolutely open the gateway
to work with them because that's so much
been learning:of what they love, what
they're passionate about.
been learning:They want want humans
to care for the world.
been learning:And this is where a lot of these tricky
instances of communication come in,
been learning:or interactions, is that we're
approaching with humility,
been learning:respect and care for the living world.
been learning:So you pledging your care to the living
world is going to go such a long way in
been learning:saying, I want to be
in connection with you,
been learning:and here are my parameters
of my boundaries or what
I'm interested in or what
been learning:are my "no's." But within
these boundaries, I want to
be in connection with you,
been learning:I want to learn, and my heart is
open to learning. And they love that.
been learning:They love that and will absolutely
help you, communicate with you,
been learning:to start leaning into how to be
a force for good and healing on
been learning:the land where you live. As always,
been learning:cultivating lightness and a
lightness of heart goes a long way.
been learning:The more serious you are, the more
boring you are. The more serious you are,
been learning:the more the fairies are going to
be like, I'm not into this vibe.
been learning:So cultivating a lightness of heart,
lightness of energy, just humor.
been learning:The one time I visually
saw a fairy with my eyes,
been learning:it was after I had been
playing pretend with a
been learning:kid. We were playing...
been learning:me and my best friend were playing with
his niece and we were playing fairies.
been learning:And after the fact,
been learning:after we had been doing this
intense fairy play in this room,
been learning:she had gone to bed,
been learning:and we both literally saw this
flame appear in the room and
been learning:move across the room. And afterwards we
looked at each other and we were like,
been learning:that was a fairy. And I haven't
seen a fairy in that same way since,
been learning:although I feel them and I
communicate with them. But this was,
been learning:I think the direct result of really being
in the field of that childlike joy and
been learning:play. And that just helps so much.
been learning:And then no matter what
it is you've experienced,
been learning:give gratitude for it afterwards.
Be thankful for the experience.
been learning:Thank them for whatever it is you
experienced. This builds relationship.
been learning:This builds trust.
been learning:This builds capacity for
been learning:having deepness, for
being able to go deep.
been learning:So giving gratitude for whatever it is
you experience and then moving through
been learning:all those steps again.
And the more you do this,
been learning:the more trust you'll build within
yourself, but also in your connection.
been learning:The more trust the other world, the
hidden folk will build with you,
been learning:the more you will learn
how to create together,
been learning:how to work together to create
more healing for the land.
been learning:And I thought this next question was
such a beautiful continuation of the last
been learning:one. And this next question was,
been learning:how do we go from a mindset of shame or
a mindset of everything is wrong with
been learning:the world, to moving into this space
of gratitude and blessing the world?
been learning:This question came in connection with
the podcast that I released about how
been learning:to work with nature
spirits this past summer.
been learning:And it's such a precious one and such
an important one because I think so many
been learning:of us are walking around with this
feeling of deep inherited shame,
been learning:deep shame around being humans,
been learning:deep shame around the harm
we've caused this earth,
been learning:this deep feeling like everything we do
is just creating more harm and we can't
been learning:get out of the cycle.
been learning:And as this listener very
astutely reflected upon,
been learning:this is a blocking energy.
been learning:Like that energy of shame can often block
us from really seeing how we can bless
been learning:this world, how we can be
in gratitude for what is.
been learning:And here's this really important
piece around shame and self-judgment
been learning:is like the earth,
been learning:and this is everything I talk
about my book Mirrors in the Earth,
been learning:but the Earth wants us to start to
dissolve this shame or this self-judgment,
been learning:because how we are able to give
our gifts to this world is through
been learning:self-acceptance, is
through self-compassion.
been learning:But there's this very somatic
reality in which we need to just
been learning:allow the feeling to be
there rather than resist it.
been learning:What you resist persists. And
so often when we feel shame,
been learning:when we feel like everything's wrong,
when we're feeling a lot of self-judgment,
been learning:what's happening is that
we're not actually allowing
ourself to just feel that
been learning:feeling to let it move
through us. It's a movement,
been learning:almost like an electrical charge,
been learning:letting go of the story around
it and being willing to feel it.
been learning:And specifically, with
shame in particular,
been learning:the antidote to shame is sharing. So if
you're feeling shame around something,
been learning:voice that, and it doesn't
have to be to another person,
been learning:but literally going out to the world,
been learning:going out to the earth and
expressing all the gunk,
been learning:all the things that
you feel ashamed about,
been learning:all the ways in which you think you're
not a force for good for this world,
been learning:all the ways in which you judge yourself,
been learning:all the ways in which you think everything
is going to hades in a hand basket in
been learning:our world, express that to the
earth. Ask the earth to hold that.
been learning:Ask the earth to hear you. And what
you will find when you just express it,
been learning:you let it out verbally,
you let your body move,
been learning:you let it move through you,
been learning:is that the earth will greet you
with non-judgment, with acceptance,
been learning:and with hope. Over and
over and over again.
been learning:And this is a practice.
been learning:Gratitude and blessing is a
practice, and it's a practice.
been learning:I do talk about in my
teaching, that as humans,
been learning:we're here to bless this world.
I really truly believe this.
been learning:And one of the ways in which we bless
this world is through our gratitude.
been learning:And gratitude is a practice.
been learning:You're not going to feel it all the time
as soon as you say your gratitudes or
been learning:write your gratitudes
down. It's a practice.
been learning:And ideally it's a daily
practice. Every day taking time,
been learning:whether it's first thing in the
morning or at the end of the day,
been learning:to write down the things that you're
grateful fo,r or to say them out loud,
been learning:to speak them to the earth.
been learning:And it's this amazing
experience where once you start,
been learning:you realize there's actually
so much to be grateful for.
been learning:And so we cultivate gratitude,
not before we give the gratitudes,
been learning:but through the practice
of giving gratitude. That's
how we cultivate gratitude.
been learning:And it is a practice. The more
you practice feeling gratitude,
been learning:the more you'll be able to bless
this world with your thankfulness,
been learning:with your gratitude,
been learning:the more you're going to be in alignment
with the energy of this planet,
been learning:this energy of resiliency, of compassion,
been learning:of non-judgment and of hope.
been learning:And know that you're not
judged for having shame either,
been learning:that that is just an
energy, it's just a charge,
been learning:that needs to be released. And
speaking this out loud to the earth,
been learning:letting yourself express it, moving
through it whenever it comes up,
been learning:because we're human.
It's going to come up.
been learning:It's not like we're going to do this
once and we're going to be done.
been learning:Let it come up, express it, move it.
been learning:And then you will find you have these
numinous moments where the earth is
been learning:telling you there's nothing to be
ashamed of. Not even your shame.
been learning:Don't even be ashamed of your shame.
There is nothing to be ashamed of.
been learning:Everything is part of me, as the earth
speaking, everything is part of me.
been learning:Everything's accepted,
everything is welcomed,
been learning:and you coming home to your own
self-compassion is the force of
been learning:healing that you're meant
to bring to this world.
been learning:And that is everything that my
book Mirrors in the Earth is about.
been learning:And if you find that this
conversation has been helpful,
been learning:I want to let you know that on my website,
been learning:I have a series of meditations that go
along with each single chapter in the
been learning:book. All of those meditations are
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been learning:And so each meditation will take
you deeper into these experiences of
been learning:connecting with the living world and
letting go of shame, letting go of guilt,
been learning:letting go of this feeling like
everything is somehow wrong and embracing
been learning:the essential energies and
qualities of healing that the
been learning:earth emanates, these qualities of
hope, these qualities of belief,
been learning:these qualities of
healing and resilience and
been learning:love. So those are there for
you if that would be supportive.
been learning:And this brings us to our final question,
which is just a perfect way to end.
been learning:So this question is,
been learning:"what is the connection between an
individual's life myth and the earth's
been learning:dreaming? How is each person's dream
related to the earth's dreaming?"
been learning:This is something I say a lot in my work,
that we are part of the earth's dream,
been learning:that we as humans have been
dreamt up and created by
been learning:this Earth. I call this
Earth an archangel,
been learning:and that we are part of a dream
that is so much bigger than us.
been learning:It's hard for us to even fully understand.
been learning:It's hard for us to have that big picture.
been learning:We're not even meant to have that big
picture except to know that we're not a
been learning:mistake. We're here for a reason,
we're part of the dreaming.
been learning:And everything that we enact
on this planet is part of that
been learning:dreaming as well. And that can sometimes
be hard to wrap our heads around,
been learning:especially when it's violent
and painful and confusing.
been learning:But to trust that the
more we connect into our
been learning:own selves, our own
intuition, our own goodness,
been learning:our own evolution,
been learning:the more we become an
active part of the dreaming.
been learning:We're all dreaming it all the time.
been learning:We're all here in this
collective dream dreaming this
been learning:experience here together on earth. It's
all a dream. Sometimes it's a nightmare,
been learning:but sometimes it's absolutely beautiful.
been learning:And so we're all a part
of this experience.
been learning:And our goal here is to become
conscious dreamers, active dreamers,
been learning:to recognize that we do have
the power to create change,
been learning:that we do have the power to be a
part of this beautiful evolution of
been learning:dreaming on this planet and to
make the dream more beautiful.
been learning:And that's really the ask is that
we're making the dream more beautiful,
been learning:through being willing to lean in to where
been learning:we're being guided, to lean into
our own healing, our own evolution,
been learning:to lean into self gentleness,
self-compassion, self-understanding.
been learning:We are this holographic
reflection of the earth.
been learning:And so the more we tend to our
earth with care and compassion,
been learning:the more we tend to our dreams
with care and compassion,
been learning:the more we recognize that the pure
impulses that are moving through us,
been learning:the ways in which our heart
is communicating to us,
been learning:is bringing us deeper and deeper
into the dream of this planet,
been learning:that it is inseparable.
been learning:We have never once been separate
from the dream of this planet.
been learning:We are all part of this dream.
been learning:And the invitation now is
to lean into that which
been learning:lights you up,
been learning:to lean into the unfoldment of your
been learning:own soul on this planet,
been learning:because that is the energy that's
going to help this dream become
been learning:even more beautiful,
been learning:to evolve in a way that will create
more diversity, more potential,
been learning:more hope on this planet.
been learning:The journey is so much bigger than any
of us in our individual lives could ever
been learning:conceive of, and yet we
are all a part of it.
been learning:And what you are leaning into,
your growth, your evolution,
been learning:your unfoldment, is
essential to the larger,
been learning:beautiful, intricate,
meaningful, magnificent,
been learning:angelic dream that is unfolding here.
been learning:You part of that dream
and you are a co-creator.
been learning:The myth of your life is
the myth of this planet.
been learning:And the more you can lean into
its mythological components,
been learning:its beauty, its depth, its
diversity, its meaning,
been learning:the more you will bring meaning and
depth and diversity to the whole.
been learning:So thank you for being with
me for this Q and A part two.
been learning:These questions were so deep. I have
loved diving into this with you.
been learning:If this is speaking to you,
been learning:if you know that you want to
go deeper with me in studying,
been learning:in moving into these kinds
of realms of healing,
been learning:definitely head over to my website.
been learning:Check out this 30% off sale while
it lasts until next Monday the
been learning:22nd. The website is AsiaSuler.com,
been learning:and I would love to see you
in any of those courses.
been learning:And thank you for all your questions.
been learning:Thank you for all your voice
notes that you've left for me.
been learning:If you would like to leave
me another voice note,
been learning:if you have more questions
for the next Q and A podcast,
been learning:you can go on over to
asiasuler.com/remember.
been learning:And thank you as well for everyone
who's left a rating or review.
been learning:Even though I'm currently
on my sabbatical,
been learning:I still check this from
time to time, and I go,
been learning:thank you so much every time I see one.
been learning:Every time I see that I've gotten another
rating or someone has taken time out
been learning:of their beautiful, busy
lives to write me a review.
been learning:So I'm so grateful for that. I'm
so grateful for this community,
been learning:for this collective that we're a part
of, for all of your thoughtfulness,
been learning:for your depth, for all of the
things that you are working with,
been learning:the things that you are creating,
the things that you're healing.
been learning:It's just such an honor
to be here with you,
been learning:and it's such an honor to walk
on this path together as we all
been learning:collectively remember the
most important thing of all:
been learning:why we're here.
