Wisdom Sharings

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 days ago

The things that inspire you hold a very special key on your spiritual journey... They mirror bright areas of your soul which potential you haven't unlocked yet. Follow them. Stay inspired. 💫

#intuition #spirituality #spiritualjourney #inspiration #inspirational

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 weeks ago

A man asked me if it was better to let women walk through the door first (being chivalrous), or walk first (equal rights), or ask each woman what they want.

My personal opinion on the topic is irrelevant, but I believe there is a very important point to be made here. This is like everything: No matter what you do, even with your golden intentions, you're still likely to offend someone. So all we can do is know ourselves, be true to our highest values, adapt if we need to, and keep learning. And as someone said recently, "you will inspire some, and trigger others. Both are medicine".

Know that other people's feelings are THEIR responsibility. "You made me feel XXX" is a self-disempowering, guilt-tripping, widespread lie that has been allowing mankind to avoid taking ownership for how they feel for long enough. No one has the power to make us feel anything, E-V-E-R. So here is the power that we do have: To own our stuff, broaden our perspectives, transcend our feelings, and find compassion for others who, just like us, have areas of unconsciousness and are possibly doing their best.

#TakeResponsibility #personalgrowth #personaldevelopment #spiritualgrowth #relationship

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 weeks ago

What are your unique gifts to the world? Each person has them, they are parts of us that inspire and uplift the world (e.g. kindness, humour, acceptance, joy, truth, loyalty, freedom, intuition, amongst endless others). Sometimes you wouldn't even notice them in yourself, as they can so engrained that other people see them in you but you don't. They are usually things in which your whole past shaped itself (often painfully) so that you could deepen these and bring them to life. They can also be linked across several lifetimes. But if you let them, they will be part of your footprint in this world.

Society often undervalues them. It tends to value actions and achievements, rather than qualities of the soul. So If it's not study/job/house (or a few more of these) related then it will often not be detected, acknowledged or encouraged. But these gifts are part of your life force and a direct link to your soul, so don't let them fall asleep! They are more important than you can imagine. And when you figure out what they are, you can really let them shine, and they illuminate the universe. They help others remember what really matters. And they give other people permission to share their gifts too.

Your light is crucial to the world, so shine on! ✨️✨️✨️

#empowerment #empoweredwomen #hope #healing #selflovejourney

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 weeks ago

We live in a constant soup of energy, influenced by other people's feelings, needs, desires, judgements and expectations. Expecting to be fully yourself, entirely in your own energy amongst all this is like expecting to be dry inside the ocean!

But fear not, the solution is simple: Sometimes you need to get out of the ocean for a while, in order to dry up. Meaning you need time for yourself, to clear your psychic space and do whatever grounds and nourishes you. Whether that's a meditation retreat, playing music, or going for a walk in the forest, it doesn't matter, as long as you feel like you can find the space to be with you. You could ask: "does that really make a difference, if I'm going back to the same ocean?" Yes. You don't get wrinkled hands from being in the water for a short time 😊.

How much time for yourself do you need then, and how often? Only you know when your hands start to wrinkle! So what you can do is to check in frequently with yourself to see if you're still feeling fully centred (at all levels, physical, energetic, emotional, mental, spiritual). Look in the mirror if you need to: We know when we're centred and when we're not. You'll have so many reasons not to do this, but here's the absurd part: These are paradoxical! "I can't because I have to XXX". Whatever that XXX is for you, being in tune with yourself is the best you can do for it. Because then you'll be doing it as the best version of you. Can you imagine if everyone was the best version of themselves, what our collective 'ocean' would look like?

#selflovejourney #selfloveisthebestlove #selfcare #selfimprovement #health

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 weeks ago

Many people want to believe they are going around having harmonious interactions with others, when in fact that is not the case. There is an invisible energetic phenomenon that I like to call THE YANG IMBALANCE, which is very subtle but way more common than you can imagine.

As human beings we have 2 major internal flows of energy, yin (receptive, allows us to listen and take in the world) and yang (emissive, allows us to influence it). In a harmonious interaction (with others or nature) we are using both these flows, giving and receiving, and constantly adjusting what we're giving to what we're receiving. But when someone has a yang imbalance (blocked yin, too much yang) that hinders or prevents this ongoing adjustment, so they are in a loop of mostly (or only) making reality into what they want. This can happen in a spectrum between mass-murdering dictators and well-intentioned yet subtly dominant individuals. The most relevant for our purposes is the latter.

This is by no means a criticism, I raise this because this is mostly an energetic phenomenon and most of the people with this imbalance don't know that they're doing it - maybe even some of you reading this.

Some of these may be potential patterns of this yang imbalance:
- Talking more than other people, or over them, or for long periods of time, or in a slightly louder tone of voice. This is often pleasantly masked by the fact that they are inspiring, eloquent, intelligent, interesting and/or self-confident
- Being seemingly very cooperative, but when there is no agreement, not hesitating to impose their will (potentially due to an underlying sense of entitlement and/or believing they know what's best)
- Not fully listening, meaning listening to a point but not to parts that don't match their views. Talking over the other person if need be
- Manipulating the information they share in order to achieve their goals (usually driven by a good intention, which they believe justifies it)
- Not requesting people's feedback in situations where communicating could lead to contradiction
- Interpretating situations based on what they want to see (e.g. uncomfortable hesitation interpreted as indifferent acceptance)
- Gaslighting, meaning influencing the other person to doubt their own version of the truth
- Asking very few questions
- Sharing a lot of non-requested information
- Having strong views and being convinced they know the truth, rather than seeing their views as a perspective
- Talking about things they don't know as if they knew
- Advice giving or telling people what to do (though some may have already learned to abstain from doing this). They may have a job or hobbie that allows them to do this
- Being defensive if their worldviews are challenged, potentially even aggressive
- Using their authority when needed, to exert power or control over others
- Seeming so sure of their decisions that others doubt themselves and comply, or leave
- Being often surrounded by people who idealise them and believe their worldviews
- Most people will usually not oppose them (because of the authority they present), but some with equal authority or enough anger sometimes will
- They often have submissive/quiet partners
- Some of these patterns may exist as part of a narcissistic personality, but not necessarily.

Other people's response to this usually includes feelings of disempowerment, feeling unheard, fear of challenging their authority, self-doubt, silence, discomfort, avoidance or shutting down. In some moments (when present in a yang cycle), complete exhaustion and loss of vitality. And on a deeper level, this can dim the other people's inner light, passion, creativity, authority, and ability/motivation to be themselves.

You may know someone like this, or it may even be you. But in all honesty, if you are one of these people you may not be able to identify this in yourself... But the closest people to you often know - you can try asking them! Also you may have received feedback regarding some of these elements overtime. In any case, as one of my good friends says: if someone calls you a dog, check if you have a tail 🐕‍🦺.

First steps if someone wants to change this in themselves? Awareness and practicing yin (receptiveness). And if someone is on the receiving end of this? Awareness, staying grounded in who you are, and practicing yang 😊. And remember, this is not about anyone being wrong, or having to change anything, or assigning blame for the past. It's about awareness, harmony and creating new possibilities for the future.

#personalgrowth #personaldevelopment #spiritualgrowth #psychology #HolisticHealth

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

How many thoughts did you have today? 5,000? 10,000? And how many of those did you actually decide to have? 0? 5? Face it, your mind is possessing you 😲
But who is this 'you' that your mind is possessing?

#thoughtoftheday #thoughts #MindBodySoul #mindbodyspirit #spirituality

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

It is said that there are about 37 trillion cells in the human body. Each of them knows what to do, and amongst many other complex functions they power no less than 78 organs, which do incredible things such as filtering our blood, suplying oxygen, maintaining body temperature, producing hormones, and digesting food. All of this is happening in every single moment, under our partial or complete unawareness of it. Scientists made some progress in understanding some of these phenomenons, but really still to a very limited extent, otherwise we would have the cure for cancer, the ability to clone organs, and the knowledge to artificially create a new life.

So who is the single entity that knows the most about your body?? It is... [wait for it...] YOUR BODY!! It may be sick sometimes, but it holds the keys to be healthy. It may be confused or intoxicated, but it has the possibility to - once detoxed - tell you exactly what's good for it. So how about we stop disempowering our bodies by eating what we are told is 'good', doing what we are told is 'the best for our bodies', or having expectations about how it should behave, feel or look, and instead start consulting and collaborating with it to see what needs to happen? Circadian cycles, menstrual cycles, seasonal cycles, climatic cycles, environmental cycles, psychological cycles, life cycles, they all influence us in different ways. So the most accurate tool we have to understand what our body needs is to LISTEN. So here's a thought: Let's shift the paradigm and imagine for a moment that our body holds its own wisdom (after all, it can direct 37 trillion cells at the same time at all times), that it's symptoms have good reasons (which are up to us to decipher), that the solution is somewhere inside of us, that the body is capable, and just needs our support and ability to listen. Instead of hiding its symptoms with medication, or being upset at it for not complying with what our mind had made up, lets work to understand what it needs. Instead of taking other people's word about what we should eat, lets go to the supermarket and feel what the body is drawn to. Instead of being suspicious if the body, as if it was dumb and useless, let's trust it like a wise teacher. Instead of trying to live up to society's expectations of what our bodies should do when its menstruating or sick, let's show more respect for this vessel which so brilliantly allows us to experience human life. And maybe, just maybe, once we develop these skills, our body will be our ally and we'll experience harmony.

After all, how do we even manage to justify all this mistrust in our body, when it is constantly doing things that all of our billions of scientific minds put together haven't even come close to figuring out??

#interestingfacts #healthylifestyle #healthtips #health #empowerment

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

Who knows what future lives/worlds/dimensions will look like... But what if this is the only one where I can feel this sweet breeze on my face? I wish to experience every gust of wind as a magical kiss from the divine itself, in this universe where I may never again come to life in this form... and never miss another precious moment in this eternal miracle of life 🪄✨️🧝‍♂️

#dailymotivation #dailyinspiration #carpediem #motivation #motivational

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

Never miss a chance to point out the light in others. You never know when they might need a little bit of sunshine ☀️

#kindnessmatters #inspiration #kindness #inspirational #dailyinspiration

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

When in doubt, laugh. It will either brighten people's day, puzzle them, or reflect back whatever troubled state they're in. Either way it's a win 😄

#Humor #funny #funnyquotes #inspirational #inspirationdaily

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 3 weeks ago

What if I told you that you are an undercover superhero? That you've lived on Earth for so long that you may have forgotten your true identity, but that you actually have the potential to change the world? To be a beacon of hope, grace, peace, wisdom... to embody unconditional love, be loyal to the highest ideals no matter the consequences, stand for justice, be honourable, kind, compassionate, and support others in need? And... what of your example is the key to empower and inspire others to awaken, shine their light, and rise up?

This message is for You. No, not someone else, not a generic anyone, but precisely you, reading this right now. Calling in all superheroes! Your superpowers are urgently needed, so time to wake up, remember who you are... and change the world! 🌏✨️

#beyourself #beyou #inspiration #inspirational #inspirationdaily

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 4 weeks ago

Like most other tantrics, yogis and new age people with spiritual backgrounds, I've navigated through monogamy and polyamory, and now I'd like to share my personal experience from both worlds, and where I've landed. I'm not here to share any theories - simply facts and findings drawn from real experiences (essentially mine, though these have naturally been informed by probably thousands more, as this is a theme I've debated for years).

Polyamory is no doubt a shiny utopian ideal, and - trust me - no one loves the idea of unconditional love more than me, but I have lived through enough ashrams and communities to see that *in reality*, what it does is it disperses one's energy, by either spreading it across multiple people, or by calling in drama (one's own, or other people's). This is recurrently pulling the lovers down to a superficial (swadhisthana) level, and even though this sometimes rises, it soon drops again for the same reasons. Theoretically there is potential for polyamory to make you love fully and grow deeply, because it makes you face and transcend your egos... but what I've witnessed *in reality* is that there is no lasting growth without emotional safety, so it just keeps you trapped in variations of those egos and lower-level energies, or in some cases even (re-)traumatises the person. And more gravely, often people develop defense mechanisms, artificial belief systems and whole personality traits in order to cope with the jealousy, heartbreak and betrayal, and these actually push them further away from their true selves. To put it simply: we have a limited amount of energy, so if we invest it on multiple other people and/or dramas then we're not investing it in our connection with our Self.

My experience with monogamy is that it is capable of creating deep, stable, committed relationships, where both people can grow consciously together (in theory, so can polyamory, but in practice it ends up breaking at some point, for the aforementioned reasons). The monogamous partners can become strong allies in life, holding each other through complex areas of growth. Knowing that the other person will be there creates a sense of trust and reliability that enables people to go deep into their psyche and not only safely face and heal old traumas, but also discover their amazing hidden potential. Since they know each other so profoundly, they can mirror each other's shadows (both the inspiring and the challenging ones!) so that they can each become the best version of themselves. The encouragement and support they give one another when needed can contribute to their success in life. And they can make use of each other's strengths to optimise how they live life, so that they save that extra energy for what really matters.

There is however a core issue that can appear in monogamy, which is that people can tend to lose themselves. Their two lives blend into a kind of vitality-less, disempowered, androgenous one; they spend too much time together, start taking each other for granted, stop seeking inspiration, and dissolve into routine... Each person forgets themselves, closes themselves off to the world, stops learning, growing, following their own dreams, taking time & space for themselves, and rediscovering who they are and what they want... And this kills polarity, stops new energies from flowing into the relationship, and leads to stagnation and death (metaphorically speaking). But if both people are conscious of this, focused on themselves as well as each other, and monitoring their polarity level, this does not have to happen... In fact, they can be in love for decades.

My experience is that my state of consciousness is way higher when I'm either single or in a committed, conscious monogamous relationship, rather than polyamorous ones. No energy is being wasted, so all my available energy goes towards consciousness and the connection with all aspects of myself, and as a result, the attributes of my soul shine through (e.g. joy, unconditional love, inspiration, bliss, courage, peace). This is of course the goal of polyamory, but what I've observed was that in 99% (or more) cases it's not at all what ends up happening.

So, if you're poly, I'll love you very much platonically at a distance, but don't bother coming to me romantically... Because no matter how much I love you, I vow to always love myself more 💖✨️

#polyamorie #ethicalnonmonogamy #consciousrelationships #relationships #relationship

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 4 weeks ago

Make sure you make room for the possibility that - at any point - you may be struck by grace. Things can change from one moment to another. You can even call upon that grace.

You are not alone. We are being supported and uplifted by powerful, mystical forces that we can't even begin to fathom... yet 😉💖✨

#support #healingjourney #inspiration #hope #spirituality

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 14 hours ago

Those of us mystics, healers, starseeds, light bearers, freedom seekers, story tellers, paradigm shifters, magicians, we haven't had an easy, uneventful, happy-go-lucky life... We've traveled through the mud so that the waters could run clean, been knocked down by unspeakable horrors so that we'd discover the strength to rise up, had our hearts repeatedly crushed so that they could grow big enough to embrace more love, had violence wound us deeply so that we'd learn to self-heal to the same extent, and had our tears of outrage flow so abundantly that they created rivers where peace ships could sail.

We've been silenced so that we could find our own voice, misunderstood so we'd practice self-understanding, had our trust broken so we'd learn to trust ourselves, experienced loneliness so we'd seek true Connection, had our light put out so we'd ignite our inner flame... We've been disempowered so that we'd realise our true power, judged so we'd learn the significance of acceptance, oppressed so we'd understand the importance of freedom, abused so we'd stand up for ourselves, forced into despair so we'd find hope, treated unfairly so we'd value justice, shown superficiality so we'd discover meaning... And we've had our soul crushed in so many instances that its pieces formed seeds of grace, that we can now spread wherever we go.

So no, we haven't had it easy at all... We've been misfits, eccentrics, outliers, nonconformists, rebels, oddballs, lone wolves, drama queens, dissidents... But everything happened so we'd remember who we are and what we're here to do. We carry the seed of Light, Love & Freedom inside of us, and we will NEVER let it go!!! Our flame shines regardless of rain, wind, or absolute darkness and it will never be put out! Our bodies or minds may fade at times but our Essence lives on. We are eternal, timeless, mystical Forces of Nature, and will remind each other, hold each other, love each other, empower & uplift each other, and we WILL NOT STOP until everyone's inner light shines bright again!!!

#traumahealing #healer #TogetherWeRise #hope #empowerment

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 3 days ago

Maybe our perspective would change if instead of seeing ourselves as CUSTOMERS we saw ourselves as INVESTORS. Every time we buy organic, local, fair trade, cruelty-free, environmentally friendly products, those are the companies we're investing in, and are hence more likely to thrive. Every time we buy the opposite products, we're enabling those instead. The more we seek healthy, conscious products, the more they will be produced and supplied. The more we seek harmful products, the longer they will stick around or multiply.

The law of supply and demand gives us Power, but only each of us can choose how to use it. So before we save those 30 cents, perhaps let's consider what they are really costing us, and what type of society we'd like to create 😉🍎💦🌿💖

#insight #thoughtoftheday #thoughts #wisdom #empowerment

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 6 days ago

Everyday I see beautiful people on social media being consumed by the same poisons they are trying to stop, in the name of righteousness. So I pleed you, hear my call. You cannot be angry at the government (or other powerful people) without yourself being angry first. You can't defend kindness by being unkind. And you can't stand up for freedom if your mind is entrapped by the need to fight for freedom.

"We cannot defend kindness by being unkind.
We cannot rage on behalf of a nonviolent world.
We cannot fight for peace.
We cannot demand freedom.
These are antitheses."
(extract from 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴: A Journey or Healing, Awakening and Inner Transformation Across Continents and Traditions)

If you let go of the "*fight for* peace" you automatically have "peace". You are already peaceful. You are already free. Kindness is already within your reach, and even available towards those who act unkindly. If peace, freedom and kindness are things you want to spread in the world, then why not sharing & posting about your own experiences of these qualities... instead of spreading the opposite, even if turned towards people or entities you disapprove of.

This message is not for all of you, but it is for some of you. I wrote a post a while ago that asked "if you were about to die and could share one last message with the world, what would it be?" (I was expecting replies like "be kind to one another"), and someone with "yogi" in their name replied "Kill [followed by the name of a politician I don't need to disclose].". Regardless of how I feel about that politician, and whether there was humour underlying it or not, the point is that this person's last message to the world would have been about killing someone. In my heart I feel such sadness and compassion towards the values that have been corrupted in the name of self-righteousness. And I'm not saying I'm immune to this, probably no one is to various degrees, sometimes I still catch myself identifying with specific situations, and being uncompassionate in thoughts or words. But I believe it's time to step up and take a deep look at ourselves. I think many people are not yet aware of this subtle form of spreading violent energy with good intentions, or they believe it's justified or needed. My opinion is, no more excuses. If we want the world to change, we must start with ourselves. We need to start looking inwards, rather than outwards. Taking responsibility for our actions, rather than pointing the finger at others. And being the change. Self-righteousness is a big spiritual trap, and I'm tired of staying quiet about it.

And even if you think you've nailed this, consider that self-righteousness can be a sneaky snake, subtly weaved into countless interactions. Such as being so non-judgemental of everything, but then judging people who are judging. Or being so accepting of everyone, but rejecting the people who are rejecting others. But by doing all this aren't we contaminating the world with the same poisons that we claim to renounce?

#peace #kindness #spiritualawakening #Compassion #personaldevelopment

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 1 week ago

You may think you have lost pieces of yourself;
But you can never lose anything that's truly yours.

You may think that the true you is somewhere far away;
But where could it be, if not inside of you right now?

You may think that some journey is required for you to realise who you are;
But you are already the self who is manifesting the journey!

You may think that self-realisation can only exist in the future;
But it is future that can only exist in human realisation.

So when else can you self-realise, except in the now?
🕉✨️💜

#spirituality #spiritualgrowth #spiritualawakening #spiritualjourney #spiritualhealing

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 1 week ago

We have forgotten the beginning: Where we’ve come from; how it all started. Our minds cannot recall… but our essence remembers. It manifests itself in the world: glorious, yet encapsulated in the twisted features we created for this reality, trying to replicate what our brain has forgotten yet is somehow still present. It is in everything; it permeates everything, underlies everything. It remembers that the Universe is one and that we are intimately connected with it all…

Yet we can no longer feel it. So, we’ve created social networks to connect us to the entire world; we invented cell phones, the internet, the general press… We’ve developed rules and treaties because they remind us of the law and order that once naturally existed in our reality, although we can no longer perceive it. Magic and inexplicable things fascinate us because they remind us of the mysteries. We’ve created governments because they give us a sense of a higher power watching over us, where we are not alone. We’ve created churches and schools of spirituality because we’ve forgotten that we have divinity within us. We’ve trivialised sex because our essence is trying to recreate alchemy – even if in poor, superficial ways. We’ve created social security systems because we remember compassion and solidarity. We are forgiving of children because they remind us of the simplicity and innocence of our soul without the ego. We are demanding of adults because the echoes in our subconscious sense the gap between our current harsh reality and the idyllic lifestyle we once had. We’ve created languages and dialects because they remind us of deeper forms of communication. Justice, because it reminds us of balance. Our appreciation for science is just admiration for the creativity of the Universe – it gives us implicit proof that the human being could never have created something so perfect and complex, which comforts us, confirming that there is more than meets the eye.

We know it! It runs through our veins and manifests itself in everything! We feel it, we experience it, we live it – we just don’t realise it. We simply need to remember…

𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘈 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 (𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯)

#inspiration #inspirational #inspirationalquotes #spirituality #spiritualawakening

Catia Sofia Batalha

3 months 1 week ago

Don't wish for more time in your life.
Just wish for more life in your time.

#wellbeing #wellness #wellnesstips #spiritualguidance #dailyinspiration