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That font of poetry
that is your own soul will
Speaker:forever be giving you these
metaphors to help you understand
Speaker:who you are, why you're here,
Speaker:and why you chose to come
be here in this existence.
Speaker:Hello and welcome back to
Remember Why You're Here,
Speaker:a podcast for seekers
Speaker:and sensitives where you can
relax, receive, reconnect
Speaker:to yourself, and remember that
most important thing of all,
Speaker:why you're here.
Speaker:I'm Asia Suler, author,
earth intuitive teacher.
Speaker:In this episode today, we're
going to talk about something
Speaker:that I just love.
Speaker:It's just one of these things
that I love talking about,
Speaker:and that is the metaphor of your soul.
Speaker:So in this episode, we're going
to talk about how to connect
Speaker:to your own soul, you know,
why we can tend to miss some
Speaker:of our soul's communications,
Speaker:the way in which our soul
communicates with us,
Speaker:and we're going to learn how to read the
Speaker:language of our souls.
Speaker:You're going to learn how to
communicate with your own soul,
Speaker:your own wider self.
Speaker:So before we get started, I
just want to take a moment
Speaker:to thank everyone who has
joined me over on Substack,
Speaker:the Remember Why You Are Here Substack.
Speaker:It has been really special
to dive into that space there
Speaker:to get to know some of you there.
Speaker:For everyone who has become a paid member
Speaker:and has been able to access
some of those paid posts
Speaker:and meditations, it really
just has meant the world to me.
Speaker:It's so supportive for
me and for the podcast,
Speaker:and I just really want to
take a moment on this day,
Speaker:this August day, to thank you all so much.
Speaker:This community that has gathered
Speaker:around Remember Why You're
Here is really just so special,
Speaker:and I feel honored to be a part of it.
Speaker:So if you're interested in
longer writings about each one
Speaker:of these video podcast episodes,
Speaker:or if you want to access some of
Speaker:that paid content like meditations
Speaker:and classes, you can head on over
Speaker:to Remember Why You're
Here over on Substack,
Speaker:and I'll place that link here in the show
Speaker:notes if you're interested.
Speaker:Okay, so let's, let's get
into our episode for today.
Speaker:First, let's talk about what
I mean when I say the word
Speaker:soul, because this is
one of those poetic words
Speaker:that people use in a
lot of different ways.
Speaker:So here's how I define soul.
Speaker:I define soul as our own wider self.
Speaker:Some people like the term higher self.
Speaker:I like the term wider self
Speaker:because it's something we're a part of.
Speaker:Our soul is the essential
essence of who we are,
Speaker:the wider light from which we come.
Speaker:Our soul is its own individual entity
Speaker:with its own qualities
and characteristics.
Speaker:And our soul sends part of
itself to this lifetime,
Speaker:to this place,
Speaker:and this time to live
out an experience inside
Speaker:of our bodies here on this planet.
Speaker:So our soul's the part of us
that is beyond this lifetime
Speaker:that encompasses all lifetimes
that is, you know, sort
Speaker:of the truest essence of
who we are in, in connection
Speaker:with our, our widest
self, our widest knowing.
Speaker:So our soul is our, our
self with a capital S.
Speaker:This is where we come from.
This is our ultimate guide.
Speaker:This is something we're always
a part of. We never leave.
Speaker:We can never depart from our own soul.
Speaker:We are always connected to our own soul.
Speaker:We are a part of our own soul.
Speaker:And our soul is really like
the ultimate spirit guide in
Speaker:this lifetime because your
soul knows why you came here,
Speaker:you know, what you are planning to do.
Speaker:Our souls can remind
us of why we are here,
Speaker:which we all need reminding
of every once in a while.
Speaker:So being able to be in communication
Speaker:with your soul is really about being able
Speaker:to be in communication with
your own widest knowing,
Speaker:your own widest self, with
the part of you that sees
Speaker:that big picture, that
knows innately who you are
Speaker:and that trusts beyond, beyond all doubt
Speaker:that you are loved absolutely
Speaker:and unconditionally exactly as you are.
Speaker:Your soul understands your destiny.
Speaker:Your soul is holding all
of the blueprints for all
Speaker:of the unfoldings that are
Speaker:possible for you in this lifetime.
Speaker:I just love this term soul to me.
Speaker:I mean, literally it's so soulful.
Speaker:And so I love this concept
of connecting with our soul
Speaker:as a way to connect with this wider self.
Speaker:So why do we sometimes
miscommunications from our soul?
Speaker:So our soul is always
communicating with us.
Speaker:We don't come to this planet
Speaker:and then we're just like
without any guidance or help.
Speaker:We never lose that connection to our soul.
Speaker:It's impossible to actually
sever that connection.
Speaker:And so we're constantly
receiving information,
Speaker:communication, and support
from our soul, this wider part
Speaker:of us that wants to help us
on our journey, wants to,
Speaker:to help us, you know,
remember why we're here,
Speaker:continue down the path.
Speaker:Why do we sometimes miss these
communications if they're
Speaker:happening all the time?
Speaker:Well, this is why. Our soul
most often speaks in metaphor.
Speaker:This is one reason why I'm
calling this podcast the
Speaker:metaphor of your soul.
Speaker:So our soul likes to speak
in what we call metaphor.
Speaker:So just to define metaphor here
Speaker:so we're all on the same
page, metaphor is a figure
Speaker:of speech that compares
two different things
Speaker:by saying one thing is actually the other
Speaker:or actually like the other.
Speaker:If you want to get technical
here with metaphor,
Speaker:we don't typically use like
Speaker:or as, that would be a simile,
but you get the picture.
Speaker:Metaphor is comparing
one thing to another.
Speaker:It is a way in language
Speaker:to express a concept
Speaker:that is inexpressible directly.
Speaker:So, you know, if you gaze
into your child's eyes
Speaker:and they're so beautiful, you
feel like you're whisked away
Speaker:and be like, her eyes, like I
think about my, my child when,
Speaker:when she had been recently born.
Speaker:I was like, her, her eyes
are like as deep as lochs.
Speaker:You know, her eyes are
like these deep water
Speaker:lakes of Scotland.
Speaker:Like I, I remember saying
that to someone like, oh,
Speaker:her eyes, like they're as
deep as lochs, you know,
Speaker:as deep as these lakes.
Speaker:And, and so I'm using, in this instance,
Speaker:this is technically a simile,
but stay with me here.
Speaker:We're just using metaphor
as an overarching concept,
Speaker:but we're, we're using
something to reference
Speaker:and express something
that's inexpressible,
Speaker:that's actually bigger than
direct words can fully capture.
Speaker:And it's only through making connection
Speaker:between those two things
Speaker:or between those set of
things that we can start
Speaker:to grasp the totality
of something that exists
Speaker:beyond the grasp of our language.
Speaker:And this is the language
that our soul speaks in.
Speaker:This is the language that our
soul has to speak in. Why?
Speaker:Because our soul remembers
and sees the big picture.
Speaker:Our souls know, knows,
you know, your soul knows
Speaker:who you've been in every
lifetime, understands
Speaker:all the mysteries of
existence, all the mysteries
Speaker:that we come here and purposely forget.
Speaker:And so imagine you're being
that understands the widest view
Speaker:of reality, all of life's mysteries
Speaker:and mysteries of the universe,
Speaker:and you're trying to
communicate to someone
Speaker:who has a language, you know,
Speaker:whether you're talking
about actual lizard,
Speaker:literal spoken language
Speaker:or just the language of that's
accessible in our brains,
Speaker:you know, the language
of how we view things,
Speaker:being in a body that is m-
much, much, much more limited.
Speaker:How do you do this? How
do you express something
Speaker:that is literally beyond in
some ways our, our ability
Speaker:to grasp in this lifetime?
Speaker:And that's for a purpose, right?
Speaker:We come here, we place
the veil of forgetting on
Speaker:so we forget who we are
and where we come from.
Speaker:That's like part of the fun.
Speaker:I'm doing some air quotes,
part of the fun of being here.
Speaker:It's part of, it's part of the, the,
Speaker:you know, it's part of the story.
Speaker:It's part of the experience.
Speaker:How do we then, how do we then
guide this part of ourselves?
Speaker:How would our, how would a soul,
Speaker:how would a wider self
guide then this part of us
Speaker:that purposely is here
Speaker:to be disconnected from that wider view?
Speaker:Well, you have to speak in metaphor.
Speaker:You have to speak in a way that
references, that helps that,
Speaker:that person grasp the,
Speaker:the bigger reality from
which you're communicating.
Speaker:So our soul can communicate
with us in our dreams
Speaker:through signs
Speaker:and synchronicities, through
inner nudge, nudgings,
Speaker:you know, gut feelings, intuitions,
Speaker:things other people say to us.
Speaker:But why we often miss it
is that we miss that the,
Speaker:the language is one of metaphor,
Speaker:that we're actually not looking for.
Speaker:It's, that most often it's
not super direct messages.
Speaker:Sometimes it can, this
can happen for people,
Speaker:especially if you are, you
know, claircognizant, if
Speaker:that's how you receive.
Speaker:But for most people, the
soul speaks in metaphor.
Speaker:And you know, one of the
things about metaphors is
Speaker:that they capture layers of reality.
Speaker:A metaphor can have
several meanings at once.
Speaker:You know, for example, if I
talked about my daughter's eyes
Speaker:and I said, you know,
they were dark and deep.
Speaker:You're like, okay, dark and deep.
Speaker:But if I say they're, they
were as dark and mysterious
Speaker:and fathomless as a, a deep loch,
it's like there are layers
Speaker:of meaning there, right?
Speaker:There's, there's depth, there's
mystery, there's profundity.
Speaker:There's, there's that edge of the unknown.
Speaker:There's the connotations that
we have with the word loch,
Speaker:especially if you're not Scottish.
Speaker:You know, we think about
the Loch Ness monster.
Speaker:Like we think about these like
deep mysteries of existence,
Speaker:you know, like the, the complete unknown.
Speaker:And so when I say that, I'm,
I'm like referencing a, a truth
Speaker:and a reality that is so
much more vibrant and complex
Speaker:and multilayered than
if I would just say her
Speaker:eyes were dark and deep.
Speaker:And so this is why our soul
likes to speak in metaphor
Speaker:because it can hold
more layers of meaning.
Speaker:And it's closer to the truth of
Speaker:the reality from which
our soul is communicating,
Speaker:which is this wider
reality that is beyond our
Speaker:language's ability to
directly conceptually grasp.
Speaker:Another really beautiful
thing about metaphors
Speaker:and why I think it's our
soul's preferred method
Speaker:of communication is the way
in which metaphors create
Speaker:connection and create relationship.
Speaker:Relationship is at the,
the most basic like level
Speaker:of this reality of our planet.
Speaker:We come here to experience having a self,
Speaker:like an individuated self.
Speaker:What an interesting concept.
Speaker:And then through having the self be able
Speaker:to encounter others in relationship.
Speaker:It's a very creative process
of individuation, separation,
Speaker:and then being able to relate.
Speaker:How does this relationship work?
Speaker:What happens in the in between?
Speaker:And so because we come here on this planet
Speaker:to have relationship, the
beautiful part of metaphor is
Speaker:that it automatically creates connection.
Speaker:It creates relationship.
It's comparing two things.
Speaker:This is like this. Well, how
are these two things similar?
Speaker:You know, if this is its own entity
Speaker:and this is its own entity, well then
Speaker:where do these two places meet?
Speaker:It gets our brains started, starting
Speaker:to think in the language of relationships
Speaker:and connection, which is
really where all healing
Speaker:and revelation and realization happen.
Speaker:And just through deciding to
look more for the metaphor,
Speaker:to, to embrace metaphor
more fully in your life,
Speaker:you're coming into, to
deeper connection as well
Speaker:with your own soul.
Speaker:You're, you're developing and
deepening that relationship.
Speaker:It's a very handy tool,
right, to describe the,
Speaker:the indescribable.
Speaker:And on, I think, maybe
perhaps the most poetic level
Speaker:of why our soul likes to
speak a metaphor, it's
Speaker:because we are living inside
Speaker:of a metaphor on this planet.
Speaker:If you think about it,
if you break it down,
Speaker:if you think about this concept
of a metaphor as, you know,
Speaker:sort of using language
Speaker:and a construct to reference,
to compare it to something,
Speaker:to reference something greater.
Speaker:It's like a, a microcosm of the macrocosm.
Speaker:Like, you know, you're
comparing these two things
Speaker:so you can see the, the bigger whole.
Speaker:Well, all of reality is, is a
metaphor for wider existence,
Speaker:you know, the physical reality.
Speaker:You know, this is all a
manifestation of a metaphor
Speaker:for a wider existence that we
can't fully capture in words
Speaker:and that we will never fully
know while we are embodied
Speaker:and in this lifetime.
Speaker:That's, you know, like I
said, it's part, that's part
Speaker:of the fun, that's part of the experience.
Speaker:And so leaning into metaphor
is also leaning into the
Speaker:nature of reality.
Speaker:All of your life is a
metaphor for the wider journey
Speaker:of your soul, the wider journey
of your soul's own evolution
Speaker:and expression.
Speaker:So everything that also is
happening in your life is, is
Speaker:referencing as well this wider journey
Speaker:and this wider expression
Speaker:and your soul's wider unfolding, which is
Speaker:so much bigger than even just
this one individual lifetime.
Speaker:So of course, our soul's going
to love to use metaphor for
Speaker:that reason as well
Speaker:because it helps attune us
to the metaphor of reality
Speaker:and start to see even in sort
of what we might perceive
Speaker:as the most simplistic
Speaker:or, you know, direct aspects of reality
Speaker:or mundane aspects of reality,
this reference to the spirit
Speaker:of things, this reference to
the unseen, this reference
Speaker:to something greater.
Speaker:So this, as I said, can
come up in a lot of ways,
Speaker:but I've been thinking
about this a lot recently
Speaker:as I've been getting back into doing more
Speaker:intuitive work, more
one-on-one intuitive work,
Speaker:and really noticing how I've
always worked in images,
Speaker:and you'll see
Speaker:that throughout my monthly
intuitive readings,
Speaker:but just how important the
metaphors of those images are
Speaker:and that the deeper I go into
the metaphor that I'm given,
Speaker:the more layers will unveil itself.
Speaker:So here's just a little example.
Speaker:I was giving a reading
for someone the other day,
Speaker:and I was shown a waterfall.
Speaker:And, you know, I could
be very straightforward.
Speaker:I could be like, "Oh, are you.
Do you live by a waterfall?
Speaker:Are you going to travel to
a waterfall?" And you know,
Speaker:that those wouldn't be
like incorrect, right?
Speaker:But I understand that the
soul speaks in metaphor.
Speaker:And in, and in this reading,
I was specifically connecting
Speaker:to this person's soul.
Speaker:And so I understood that
this was a metaphor.
Speaker:And because it was being
given to me, I also knew that,
Speaker:that their soul was using a lexicon
Speaker:or a dictionary of images
Speaker:that would help me to make sense of that.
Speaker:So for, for me, you know, I
think of waterfalls as times of,
Speaker:you know, intensity
where time moves faster,
Speaker:changes might happen kind of quickly
Speaker:where there's like a big
shift from where you were to
Speaker:where you're going.
Speaker:It was time of like identity
change, like literally the,
Speaker:a river's flowing and
the, the waterfall happens
Speaker:and that's like a, that's
a, a rupture, a shift.
Speaker:And so I was going through
all these layers of meaning
Speaker:in my own life and in my own understanding
Speaker:and then communicating that to her.
Speaker:And it really stood out to me
Speaker:how if I hadn't thought of the metaphor
Speaker:of waterfalls
Speaker:and what, how I know waterfalls,
what waterfalls evoke
Speaker:inside of me, I would've really missed
Speaker:some important messages for her
Speaker:and for, you know,
Speaker:the way in which her soul was
communicating to her about
Speaker:what was going on in her life
right now, which was a lot
Speaker:of change, which I didn't know about.
Speaker:So how do you speak the
language of your soul then?
Speaker:You know, how, how do you
start to speak the language
Speaker:of your soul in this way?
Speaker:Well, we, there is an
importance here, right,
Speaker:in putting on our poet's cap,
to start viewing life from
Speaker:this as if you were a poet.
Speaker:You know, understanding that
we are all poets in this
Speaker:existence and, and, and
really starting to, you know,
Speaker:think about things metaphorically
to, you know, open up
Speaker:to the, the creativity that
might be there, that expression.
Speaker:Instead of going beyond just, you know,
Speaker:the immediate direct response
and, and opening our mind.
Speaker:There's a really beautiful saying
Speaker:that a good poem is like a net.
Speaker:What makes the poem is
not the, the rope itself,
Speaker:but the space in between.
Speaker:I've always loved this so much.
Speaker:And so there's also this piece
of leaving space in between,
Speaker:you know, when you receive,
maybe you receive a message
Speaker:or you, you have a dream or
you experience a synchronicity
Speaker:or sign in your life to give
it space, to breathe, to,
Speaker:to understand that like
there, there's so much meaning
Speaker:that can be relayed in just that one image
Speaker:or just that one experience.
Speaker:And so, you know, to, to realize
Speaker:that we make the connections that we need
Speaker:to make often when we
give ourselves that space.
Speaker:So ways in which you
can give yourself space.
Speaker:And then as I was talking
about with the waterfall image
Speaker:that came to me in this reading, you know,
Speaker:you developing your own
lexicon of, of images
Speaker:and metaphors is going to be important.
Speaker:You know, what does this mean for you?
Speaker:Because, and I, I say this a
lot when I talk about dream
Speaker:work, but I think it's
important in any intuitive work
Speaker:and in connecting with our own souls.
Speaker:Our souls, our wider self,
they're going to communicate
Speaker:to us through our associations,
Speaker:through our life experiences,
through, you know, the poetry
Speaker:of what we have experienced.
Speaker:And so notice what appears
to you again and again,
Speaker:and what that means to you.
Speaker:You know, what is your
association with waterfall?
Speaker:You might have done that
reading differently.
Speaker:Or if your own wider self gave
you that image, if you asked
Speaker:for an image and you were given that image
Speaker:or you asked a question
Speaker:and you received that, you
Speaker:know, what would that mean to you?
Speaker:Maybe you did have a waterfall
in a park nearby growing up
Speaker:and you had a formative
experience in that park,
Speaker:and so it's going to
bring that up for you.
Speaker:Your own wider self will use
that beautiful bank of wisdom
Speaker:and knowledge to create
the most perfect metaphor.
Speaker:Our souls are very creative in this way.
Speaker:They love creating beautiful
metaphors for us to step into
Speaker:and to unpack and to see the layers of.
Speaker:So, you know, start to notice that.
Speaker:Notice reoccurring themes in your dreams.
Speaker:You know, what, what
shows up again and again?
Speaker:And what is cool is that the more we start
Speaker:to tune into those metaphors,
the more we can sort
Speaker:of go past the first
layer of communication
Speaker:and start to receive
the additional layers.
Speaker:So here's an example. I,
over the years, I've noticed
Speaker:that cars have a very
specific meaning in my dreams.
Speaker:Now, I'm not a car person.
Speaker:Like if you ask me what car
someone drives in my life,
Speaker:like it, I probably don't know.
Speaker:Like I probably can't name
the make or the model.
Speaker:I could probably name the color maybe.
Speaker:But so I'm not very attuned to cars.
Speaker:So I know this about myself.
Speaker:So it was really interesting
Speaker:to me when I started
having very specific dreams
Speaker:where cars figure prominently.
Speaker:And I realized pretty
quickly that these dreams
Speaker:where there is a car, normally
Speaker:I'm in the backseat.
Speaker:And that is signaling to me like, "Asia,
Speaker:you're not in the driver's seat right now.
Speaker:There's actually someone
else who's communicating
Speaker:to you right now through this
dream." So it started with my
Speaker:several different
grandparents of mine coming
Speaker:and driving the car,
being in the front seat.
Speaker:I've had other dreams where
living people are in the front
Speaker:seat, but I always know
that when I'm, when I,
Speaker:when there's a car, it means
Speaker:that there's like a, this is a vehicle.
Speaker:It's a, it's a vehicle
Speaker:for a message that's
trying to come through.
Speaker:And if I'm in the backseat,
it often means that it's
Speaker:someone else, another
consciousness coming in
Speaker:to communicate something to me.
Speaker:It's a visitation, so pay attention.
Speaker:And then, you know, once I
understood this, then, you know,
Speaker:my own wider self
Speaker:and my guides,
Speaker:my ancestors started using
the car in creative ways.
Speaker:So, so there would be, you
know, issues in different parts
Speaker:of the car that would alert me
to issues in different parts
Speaker:of my body, for example.
Speaker:So the more you can tune into
your own lexicon of images
Speaker:the more that that
dictionary will get deeper
Speaker:and you'll have, you'll
have more words, right?
Speaker:It's like there'll be more
words to express the poem.
Speaker:So start to write these down.
Speaker:Start to notice, you know,
maybe you always see cardinals.
Speaker:You know, start to just note that.
Speaker:How do you feel when you see the cardinal?
Speaker:And what comes up for you?
Speaker:What is that connected to for you?
Speaker:Or, you know, maybe
recently you've just been
Speaker:seeing rainbows everywhere.
Speaker:You know, take note of that.
Speaker:This is you developing
your own spirit dictionary.
Speaker:And so once you become aware
of this, then it's going
Speaker:to be easier to understand
and receive these messages.
Speaker:Also, a really important
thing with poetry in general,
Speaker:including the, the poetry of our own souls
Speaker:and these metaphors that come through is
Speaker:to notice how you feel.
Speaker:You know, good poetry is
not, I, in my opinion,
Speaker:about the expertise of how words are used.
Speaker:That's fun. That can be part
of the creative process,
Speaker:but good poetry is good
because you feel something.
Speaker:You don't even need to know
what the poem is about.
Speaker:You don't have to understand why the poet
Speaker:created every single line.
Speaker:You just need to know that
you're feeling something.
Speaker:And the same is true with the metaphors
Speaker:that are being sent from our own soul.
Speaker:The same is true with this
information that is coming in
Speaker:from our own wider selves.
Speaker:Notice what you feel.
Tune into what you feel.
Speaker:You know, notice in life what
has a feeling tone for you.
Speaker:You know, you could drive past
a beautiful elm on the street
Speaker:and, you know, every time you
pass it, just have a feeling.
Speaker:Someone else could drive past it
Speaker:and literally never notice that tree.
Speaker:But you have a feeling every
time you drive past it.
Speaker:Notice that feeling tone.
Speaker:Notice what gives you
goosebumps, what makes you stop,
Speaker:what strikes you as
particularly beautiful.
Speaker:These are all parts of this
lexicon of the, the metaphors
Speaker:that your soul will use
to communicate with you.
Speaker:So, you know,
Speaker:these are all ways in
which our soul will come in
Speaker:and gift us messages, again, in dreams,
Speaker:through signs, through synchronicities.
Speaker:But we can also ask. Keep
asking. Ask for dreams.
Speaker:You know, ask for a, a sign or,
Speaker:or a synchronicity in your life.
Speaker:This is part of the rules of
existences that we need to ask.
Speaker:So ask and then be open.
Speaker:Ask and put on that poet's cap,
put the feather in your cap
Speaker:for whatever you'd like to use here,
Speaker:whatever metaphor makes sense for you.
Speaker:And, and see what metaphor comes in.
Speaker:You know, I even like doing
these metaphorical walks
Speaker:where I ask a question and
then I do a walk in nature
Speaker:and I just see who shows
up, what appears to me.
Speaker:And, and what appears in a way
where then I have an emotion
Speaker:or a feeling come up.
Speaker:And I know that this is
part of the metaphors of
Speaker:what is being expressed to me,
what is being shared with me.
Speaker:After I take these walks,
I often will come back
Speaker:and I just write whatever
it is that stood out to me.
Speaker:Writing is a really good tool to translate
Speaker:what might come in and
feel like a little nebulous
Speaker:and to translate it into reality.
Speaker:And so some of you might
be very clairvoyant.
Speaker:You might really see these images,
Speaker:but for a lot of us, it's actually more
Speaker:of like a feeling sense.
Speaker:Like I feel like I'm sitting
by a waterfall, for example.
Speaker:Or, you know, I, I, in the
case of this walk, you know,
Speaker:like I, a branch fell down and I,
Speaker:and I felt this swooping
feeling inside of me
Speaker:that actually felt very liberating.
Speaker:So again, like a feeling
sense inside of you.
Speaker:So you might, it might
come in more as that.
Speaker:Sometimes people are more clair audient.
Speaker:They might like hear
something, hear song lyrics,
Speaker:or hear like a snippet
of poetry in connection
Speaker:with something, but all
of this is metaphorical.
Speaker:So when you come back from this walk
Speaker:in this specific example, sit down
Speaker:and write down whatever occurred to you,
Speaker:especially if it had a feeling tone
Speaker:and just like free associate.
Speaker:That free association, like
this is often the poetry
Speaker:that I love the most.
Speaker:It makes these really beautiful leaps.
Speaker:Again, this idea of like the,
Speaker:a good poem being like a good net.
Speaker:What makes it a good net
is the space in between.
Speaker:They make these leaps and in
the leap part, that's, that's
Speaker:where all the beauty happens.
Speaker:We go from this to this
Speaker:and whoa, something just
happened inside of me.
Speaker:And so when we free associate
Speaker:after, for example, going
on one of these walks,
Speaker:I call them oracle walks often.
Speaker:If going on an oracle
walk, asking a question,
Speaker:and you come home and you
just free associate, you know,
Speaker:whatever, whatever happened,
note it down, free associate.
Speaker:Yet free association, just that
idea, that idea, that thing,
Speaker:that image, that, those words,
that is you creating poetry.
Speaker:That is you grasping the more
metaphorical meaning behind
Speaker:what you just experienced.
Speaker:And you know, how will you
know that you have like really,
Speaker:you know, hit on your soul's meaning
Speaker:or the intent behind that
metaphor is it'll be a feeling.
Speaker:There will be like a
feeling of like peace,
Speaker:but also like rightness
Speaker:and excitement that it's,
it's like a feeling of
Speaker:settledness, but also
expansion at the same time.
Speaker:And so just start to notice
and like chart your feelings.
Speaker:And sometimes we kind of
have to catch ourselves like
Speaker:a little unaware because our
brain can want to insert itself
Speaker:and overthink things.
Speaker:And this is why I love things like walking
Speaker:and the free association writing.
Speaker:Also dreaming because it kind
Speaker:of puts our conscious mind a
little bit in that backseat
Speaker:and it allows us to be a little more open.
Speaker:So sometimes people ask
me this question of like,
Speaker:how do I know it's not,
you know, my conscious mind
Speaker:or, you know, really it's more of like,
Speaker:how do I know it's not
my like worried mind,
Speaker:my fearful mind, my anxiety coming in?
Speaker:Well, because normally
those, those associations
Speaker:or those messages will come
in with a feeling of fear,
Speaker:urgency, criticism, judgment.
Speaker:And that's how we know that
that's our brain trying to,
Speaker:you know, control the message,
control the situation, trying
Speaker:to protect us from danger.
Speaker:And like, you know, God bless our brain.
Speaker:It's our brain has a purpose.
Speaker:And in this instance, you know,
we want to free ourselves.
Speaker:This is why we're putting
on the poet's cap.
Speaker:It's not about, you know, figuring it out.
Speaker:That's not the energy behind poetry.
Speaker:That's not the energy behind metaphor.
Speaker:It's about experiencing it.
Speaker:It's about being open to
like the wonder of the layers
Speaker:of meaning inherent to, you know, that,
Speaker:that one single metaphor.
Speaker:You know, ultimately, you
know, your soul itself
Speaker:is also this beautiful metaphor for
Speaker:an inexplicable level of
reality for, you know,
Speaker:your soul is unique
and entire unto itself.
Speaker:And it is referencing this reality
Speaker:of the divine that, you know,
we in our lifetimes are here
Speaker:to experience mostly through
a veil, through, you know,
Speaker:these interesting layers
of being here in a body
Speaker:and being here on this planet.
Speaker:But your, your soul is poetry
in that way, contains poetry.
Speaker:The, the poem of who you
are is whole and intact
Speaker:and can, can never be diminished,
can never be destroyed.
Speaker:And, and that font of poetry
that is your own soul will
Speaker:forever be giving you these
metaphors to help you understand
Speaker:who you are, why you're here,
Speaker:and why you chose to come
be here in this existence.
Speaker:So there's this really beautiful
quote from the movie Bright
Speaker:Star that is attributed
Speaker:to John Keats in, in one of his letters.
Speaker:And the, the quote that
I love goes like this,
Speaker:"A poem needs understanding
through the senses.
Speaker:The point of diving in the
lake is not immediately to swim
Speaker:to the shore, but to be in the lake,
Speaker:to luxuriate in a sensation of water.
Speaker:You do not work the lake out.
Speaker:It is an experience beyond thought.
Speaker:Poetry soothes and emboldens
the soul to accept mystery.
Speaker:And I think ultimately this
is why our soul communicates
Speaker:with us through metaphor,
Speaker:because our own soul is soothing
Speaker:and emboldening us to accept
the mystery of reality, to
Speaker:orient ourselves to
the fact that the point
Speaker:of being here on this planet
is not to figure it out,
Speaker:but to be in the lake, to
be in the experience, to,
Speaker:you know, be here
Speaker:and in whatever way we can
luxuriate in the sensation
Speaker:of water, this sensation,
the experience of being here
Speaker:that is a temporal, that is brief,
Speaker:that is something our
soul was really interested
Speaker:in experiencing, and so we wade in.
Speaker:We waited into the lake
Speaker:and here we are in the
midst experiencing it.
Speaker:And our soul is simply asking
us to be here in the midst
Speaker:of the mystery of it all and
know that there is meaning.
Speaker:So thank you so much for listening.
Speaker:Thank you so much for being
here on this planet, for all
Speaker:of the beauty that you are
pouring into this world.
Speaker:I do have a big announcement, which is
Speaker:that I have officially started
Speaker:doing intuitive readings again.
Speaker:I'm opening my books for this fall
Speaker:for one-on-one intuitive readings,
Speaker:and I'm calling these
readings your soul's image,
Speaker:because what I was directed
to do was to open my books
Speaker:to do these intuitive readings,
Speaker:and through these readings,
I bring in an image
Speaker:from your soul for you
that will help you connect
Speaker:to your own soul and your own wider self.
Speaker:Along with that image, I also call in
Speaker:and we meet one of your
guides, as well as answer some
Speaker:of your questions about your life.
Speaker:So I'm about to open my
books for this next week, so,
Speaker:and I have a feeling they're
going to go really fast.
Speaker:So if you're interested in
booking one of these readings,
Speaker:you can sign up for the
wait list below in order
Speaker:to receive first word when they open.
Speaker:And I'm only going to be opening
a couple months at a time,
Speaker:so I will open more sessions
later this fall if you were not
Speaker:able to get in this time around.
Speaker:But that is coming up
next week, so go ahead
Speaker:and get on that wait list
if you're interested,
Speaker:and I would be so honored
to help you connect
Speaker:with your own wider self, to connect you
Speaker:with the metaphor of your soul.
Speaker:So thank you so much for being here.
Speaker:It's really such an honor
Speaker:to be walking with you on this path.
Speaker:As we move into the times
ahead, the deep times,
Speaker:the deep lake of time, may,
may all of the, the poetry,
Speaker:the metaphor that comes your way
Speaker:help you open up this connection
to your own soul's knowing,
Speaker:to your own unique energy, the
possibilities that are here
Speaker:for you in this lifetime,
and may it help you remember
Speaker:that most important thing
of all, why you're here.
