In order to listen to the pain, fear, aversion, or whatever is rising in this moment, compassion is essential. This means allowing and being one with these feelings, so they may be truly heard and felt in a space of complete listening and acceptance. Recorded Jan 20, 2024. The post Compassion is Essential appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

It’s too easy to demand perfection of ourselves and others. However, as you begin to allow yourself to be the flawed human that you are, you learn to give yourself the compassion, tenderness, and support that you need to truly be here for this life. Recorded December 16, 2023. The post The Delusion of Perfection appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

No matter what is going on in your life, the realm of peace and equanimity is always available. All it takes is to simply stop, relax, and open. Recorded December 2nd, 2023. The post Clarity in the Clutter appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

Vulnerability is the feeling that you aren’t safe – the survival, egoic program. You aren’t going to get rid of it or transcend it. However, if you begin to truly allow it, you may find that you feel more alive, inspired, and at peace. Recorded September 21st, 2023. The post Allowing Your Vulnerability appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

When is it enough? When is it not enough? As with all things, finding out how much to practice is all about finding balance. Recorded October 7, 2023. The post How Much Is Enough? appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

As you learn to get out of the way more and more, you begin to align with that which has been guiding you all along. It’s not how you think it should be, or how you want it to be, but it could never be any other way. Recorded September 16th, 2023. The post Your Own Unique Unknowable Destiny appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

When you begin to learn to take care of yourself in a way that you’ve always needed, your nervous system will calm, your body will soften, and your heart will begin to open and radiate the love that you intrinsically are. Recorded September 2, 2023. The post The Essence of What You Are appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

Our lives can be so hectic and busy that we can naturally take this “doer” perspective into our practice. It’s important to simply relax, drop the effort, and allow yourself to open to the natural stillness and simplicity that is already here. Recorded July 17, 2023. The post Returning to Simplicity appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

Just like you can’t make a plant grow, you can’t make yourself become transformed, healed, or integrated. Instead, learn to get out of the way and allow the intuitive guidance system to show you the way. Recorded June 17, 2023. The post Receptivity is the Secret of Transformation appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

It’s so easy to be focused on what you don’t have, how it isn’t, and what you want. However, gratitude is essential for your healing, transformation, and integration. Give yourself some gratitude for what it took to be here today, and if you can’t, then that is a good place to start. Recorded May 20th, […] The post Gratitude is Essential appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

The journey is not easy, and you may not like it, but you ultimately have no choice. Thankfully, you already have all that you need. As you surrender more and more to this consciousness that you are, things open up, and your garden blossoms all on its own. Recorded April 15, 2023. The post You Have What It Takes appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

You and your existence are the ultimate mystery. It is impossible to understand, so instead simply learn to allow the mysterious force of your existence to guide your own unique way. Recorded March 11, 2023. The post You Are the Ultimate Mystery appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

If you are struggling to understand, simply relax into effortless “not knowing” and let the power and wisdom of your life-force guide you. Recorded Jan 21, 2023. The post The Knowing that is Clueless appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

You don’t need to look to any external authority or reference to find the truth that is already within you. All it takes is the courage and willingness to simply stop, be still, and listen to that which is already guiding you home. Recorded January 7th, 2023. The post Your Own True Guidance appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

It’s important to continually learn to take care of your garden – the garden of your body, mind, and heart. Although gardening is not an easy job, and requires much work as we travel through this life, the light of awareness is the Sun that allows the garden to grow, evolve, and flourish. Recorded Dec […] The post The Light of Awareness appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

It’s okay to be human, and it’s okay to ask for what you want or need. However, this type of true asking is something you offer up into the space with your whole being without any expectation. Recorded Sep 3, 2022. The post Asking for What You Need appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

When true practice is happening, you aren’t in the way. When your attention isn’t muddled by effort or person will, true clarity arises. (Recording taken from an online Satsang with Jon Bernie on November 12, 2022.) The post The Clarity of Attention appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

Returning home allows us to begin to welcome and embrace all parts of ourselves, even those parts that have been marginalized, forgotten about, or that have been in pain. Recorded Oct 8, 2022. The post Welcoming Yourself appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

What’s the difference between productive suffering and unproductive suffering? With productive suffering, you aren’t fighting against what is by trying to stay in control, but you’re simply being honest about how you feel. The post Productive Suffering appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.

Do you know what the downside to thinking you know is? It’s that you might be wrong. Instead, allow the vulnerability of not knowing, so that you may truly find out. The post The Power of Not Knowing appeared first on Inspired Aliveness.