Lovely essay, Julia! I agree 100% with the wisdom you expressed. I’ve been on the snail trail for a long time despite my mental affliction of hurry, worry, and never enough.
Re-reading - - touched by your struggling out loud and wish to inform others
I don't think the healing path is joining the right club - - I think it's finding your essence, the essence of the universe, the essence we all share. Find it - - feel where it lives in your body - - create awareness pathways to access it and do so frequently - - use the sensation of connection to essence as your new compass.
Helpers: plant medicine; meditation (did you take Julia's course?); breathwork; InterPlay; multiple authentic, compassionate, like-minded/hearted communities - - regular, intentional connections, a higher version of what we call integration in plant medicine.
Also: journey, not destination
Also: all parts are welcome. Strengthening IFS self energy grows compassion and neutrality and allows the parts to release their stories and integrate. YOU become centered, grounded, and connected in essence.
Lovely essay, Julia! I agree 100% with the wisdom you expressed. I’ve been on the snail trail for a long time despite my mental affliction of hurry, worry, and never enough.
hail the snail self
soft but with firm boundaries
never wears a watch
drinking deeply of
the present moment we get
drunk on tiny things
ego versus heart
one is attached to results
the other let’s go
gazing at the wall
zen dissolves hurry worry
and never enough
George
Another beautiful writing. I love starting the morning doing things that nurture me, cultivating connecting to my heart and breath upon waking, <3
Re-reading - - touched by your struggling out loud and wish to inform others
I don't think the healing path is joining the right club - - I think it's finding your essence, the essence of the universe, the essence we all share. Find it - - feel where it lives in your body - - create awareness pathways to access it and do so frequently - - use the sensation of connection to essence as your new compass.
Helpers: plant medicine; meditation (did you take Julia's course?); breathwork; InterPlay; multiple authentic, compassionate, like-minded/hearted communities - - regular, intentional connections, a higher version of what we call integration in plant medicine.
Also: journey, not destination
Also: all parts are welcome. Strengthening IFS self energy grows compassion and neutrality and allows the parts to release their stories and integrate. YOU become centered, grounded, and connected in essence.
Keep it going!
Arrive in essence.
...and when we slow down, time actually expands —along with the mind.
We have to live each day as if it's going to be our last one; and in the same time as if we are gonna live forever.
In a way, we got to embrace simultaneously both our inner Buddha and our inner Zorba.
A common approach of both these figures is to hold no expectations.
Cheers from Greece!
Love you stuff! Snail Girl lifestyle indeed!
This is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing 🥲
1) discover what the heart sensations feel like 2) practice orienting toward them 3) make them your new compass 4) repeat