Is it okay to take a break from alchemy and the inner healing work? It's so exhausting and there's always something more to transmute and heal. Does it ever end?
Let's explore causes for and ways to mitigate unnecessary exhaustion.
- Piecing ourselves out half-heartedly in too many different directions
- Giving ourselves to relationships and endeavors that aren't giving back to us
- Expecting the outer results to match the inner efforts in proportion
I also explore what it means to rest, not only as a way to recover the physical body and energy but as a way to access soul energy and creativity.
And finally, what to do when you CAN'T take a break, when the alchemy and life keeps hitting hard and you can't escape having to do things you don't really want to do.
With love,
McCall
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Quotes from the show:
- Even the most beautiful endeavors can be a distraction if the soul has other plans. The heart breaks itself on all its favorite things to align with something deeper, unknown and more true.
- “The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest. The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness.” Brother David in conversation with David Whyte from Crossing the Unknown Sea
- "A thousand half loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home." -Rumi
- "If you're tired and you rest/and you're still tired/it's your soul that needs care/the only way to rejuvenate a tired soul/is to listen/you must be still and quiet/and listen/then gather up every scrap of courage/to follow your soul's advice." Jenna Whitman's book, Softly
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