This could be halfway across the world, it could be around the corner from you, it could be a special room, an object that reminds you, or perhaps a space you go to within your own being where you feel like you are YOU.
I used to think it was the physical place of Nosara in Costa Rica that I loved so much. Yes, I do love it here, but what I am realizing is that what I love the most… is who I am when I am here.
I have been coming down to Costa Rica since 2013 – and each time I’m here, more layers of armour, programming and constructs are being peeled back… and I can feel and hear the song of my soul again.
Although this place and the people I attract here seem to be a catalyst for me… I am integrating the feeling that home is really where the heart is. It is always within me.
Sometimes, things need to break down before we can truly fly.
The infamous story of the caterpillar and the butterfly has been coming to me so clearly recently.
The story goes like this…
Before a butterfly becomes a butterfly, it is a caterpillar. This caterpillar eats and eats and sheds its skin as it grows, eventually transforming into a chrysalis. This is where the real metamorphosis is taking place. Everything including the limbs, organs and tissues of the caterpillar are all transforming in this chrysalis. At the end of the metamorphosis, the butterfly is ready to emerge. It fights its way out of the chrysalis and slowly unfolds its delicate wings. The butterfly works at pumping blood into its wings to make them flap. Soon, the butterfly is in flight, soaring freely with its new freedom.
To me, this butterfly symbolizes a letting go of the past to emerge into a new existence.
Many of us, myself included, are living in fear because we are afraid of change, we are afraid of the unknown… because uncertainty is uncomfortable. It goes against our survival instincts.
I received a VERY clear message to drop ALL external noise… the noise that comes from mind and from others. The message is to Be Still. Become quiet. Listen. Listen to that inner voice. Listen to the soft whispers, or the loud roars.
Here, Magic exists.
Because the Truth is, we already have all of the answers within us. Often we are so distracted we can’t hear them… or we hear them but we are in denial… because it may not be the answer we necessarily want.
It takes courage to truly listen.
There can be great joy in the journey, if we allow it.
Are you listening?
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