Wisdom Sharings

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 days 5 hours 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

3 days 23 hours 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

5 days 3 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

1 week 1 day 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

1 week 3 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

1 week 5 days 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

1 week 6 days 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

2 weeks 47 minutes ago

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

#wellbeing #wellness #wellnesstips #spiritualguidance #dailyinspiration

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 1 day ago

Experiment of the day:
Pay a compliment to everyone you see ✨️

#tipoftheday #wellbeingtips #kindness #kindnessmatters #dailyinspiration

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 1 day ago

Repeat after me: I *will not* take responsibility for other people's responses. I am not to blame for their feelings, nor obligated to meet their needs. In fact, what people think or expect from me is none of my business. I am accountable for being true to my highest values, taking responsibility for my feelings, communicating my needs if I so choose, and setting boundaries if I need to. That is the extent of my responsibilities. ✨️

#TakeResponsibility #takingresponsibility #personalgrowth #personaldevelopment #womensupportingwomen

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 3 days ago

"Life disappoints you so you stop living in illusion and see reality.
Life destroys everything superfluous, until only the important remains.
Life does not leave you in peace, so you stop fighting and accept everything as it is.
Life takes what you have, until you stop complaining and learn gratitude.
Life sends you troubled people so that you can heal and stop projecting what you have inside.
Life lets you fall again and again, until you decide to learn the lesson.
Life takes you out of the way and presents you with crossroads, until you stop wanting to control and learn to flow like a river.
Life puts you enemies on the road, until you stop reacting.
Life frightens you and startles you as many times as necessary, until you lose the fear and regain faith.
Life takes away true love, it does not grant or allow it, until you stop trying to buy it with trinkets.
Life distances you from the people you love, until you understand that we are not this body, but the soul that powers it.
Life laughs at you so many times, until you stop taking everything so seriously and laugh at yourself.
Life breaks you and breaks you in as many parts as necessary for the light to penetrate.
Life confronts you with rebels, until you stop trying to control.
Life repeats the same message, even with shouts and slaps, until you finally listen.
Life sends you thunder and storms, so you wake up.
Life humiliates and defeats you again and again until you decide to let the EGO die.
Life denies you goods and greatness until you stop wanting goods and greatness and you begin to serve.
Life cuts your wings and prunes your roots, until you need neither wings nor roots, but only disappear in the forms and fly from the Self.
Life denies you miracles, until you understand that everything is a miracle.
Life shortens your time, so you hurry to learn to live.
Life ridicules you until you become nothing, until you become nobody, and so you become everything.
Life does not give you what you want, but what you need to evolve.
Life hurts you, hurts you, torments you, until you let go of your whims and tantrums and appreciate just breathing.
Life hides treasures from you, until you start your journey, until you go out to look for them.
Life denies you God, until you see it in everyone and everything.
Life shortens you, prunes you, takes you away, breaks you, disappoints you, cracks you… until only love remains".

Bert Hellinger - Psychotherapist, teacher, writer and creator of the Family Constellations method.

#love #uplifting #spirituality #hope #spiritualjourney

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 4 days ago

The sun doesn't set, it's the Earth that rotates.
What we see outside is simply reflecting what is happening inside.

#thoughtoftheday #thoughts #spirituality #spiritual #insights

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 5 days ago

"I don’t care how spiritual you are. How long you can melt in the sweat lodge. How many peyote or ayahuasca journeys that have blown your mind, how many master plant dietas you’ve done, or how well you can hold crow pose. I don’t care what planets fall in what houses on your birth chart, or how “silent” your meditation is. I don’t care how many crystals you have or how long you’ve gone without sugar, salt, spices, or sex, or how vegan your diet is.

I want to know how human you are. Can you sit at the feet of the dying despite the discomfort? Can you be with your grief, or mine, without trying to advise, fix or maintain it? I want to know that you can show up at the table no matter how shiny, chakra-aligned, or complete you are- or not. Can you hold loving space for your beloveds in the depths of your own healing without trying to be big?

It doesn’t flatter me how many online healing trainings you have, that you live in the desert, forest, or in a log cabin, or that you’ve mastered the art of tantra.

What turns me on is busy hands. Planting roots. That despite how tired you are, you make that phone call, you board that plane, you love your children, you feed your family.

I have no interest in how well you can ascend to 5D, astral travel, or have out-of-body sex. I want to see how beautifully you integrate into ordinary reality with your unique magic, how you find beauty and gratitude in what’s surrounding you, and how present you can be in your relationships. How do you hold the ones you love in the midst of conflict? How do you take responsibility for your part? How do you make amends?

I want to know that you can show up and do the hard and holy things on this gorgeously messy Earth. I want to see that you can be sincere, grounded, and compassionate as equally as you are empowered, fiery, and magnetic. I want to know that even during your achievements, you can step back and be humble enough to still be a student.

What’s beautiful and sexy and authentic is how well you can continue to celebrate others no matter how advanced you’ve become. What’s truly flattering is how much you can give despite how full you’ve made yourself. What’s honestly valuable is how f***ing better of a human you can be, in a world that is high off of spiritual materialism and jumping the next scapegoat for “freedom.”

At the end of the day, I don’t care how brave you are. How productive, how popular, how enlightened you are. At the end of the day, I want to know that you were kind. That you were real. I want to know that you can step down from the pedestal from time to time to kiss the earth and let your hair get dirty and your feet get muddy, and join the dance with us all."

- Taylor Rose Godfrey, inspired by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, “The Invitation”.

#kindness #KindnessMatters #bekind #Respect #spiritualawakening

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 weeks 6 days ago

Daily reminder:
- How can you make your life easier right now?
- What would it look like to take care of yourself in this moment?
- What is within your reach that would make your life more joyful and relaxing?
💖✨️

#wellbeing #WellnessJourney #wellness #wellnesstips #SelfCare

Catia Sofia Batalha

2 months 2 days ago

In 10 days, I'll unleash my latest project. Will it be life-changing? Probably not. Will it confuse, intrigue, or mildly inspire you? Quite possibly. Will it change humanity forever? Slim chance. Will it involve me being amused at your reactions? You bet. Mark your calendars.
🤩💜✨🧘‍♀️

Catia Sofia Batalha

4 months 2 weeks ago

With no beginning and no end,
I am eternity itself.
I am all, and I am nothing.

I do not expand,
for I am already infinite.
I do not contract,
because there are no limits beyond which I am not.

All of creation unfolds within me,
yet I am ever-unfoldable.
I hold everything that moves,
yet I, myself, am unmovable.

I have no shape,
yet all shapes can manifest within me.
I cannot even say I am whole,
as that would contain the possibility of division.

I cannot be divided,
just as I cannot be multiplied,
but endless divisions and multiplications
can be created within me.

I am neither full nor empty,
as even these concepts imply
that there is an inside of me that differs from an outside.

Even the entitlement of calling myself 'me' is inaccurate,
as there are no boundaries that separate 'me' from 'not me'.

What you call presence, I am.
What you call absence, I am.
What is in between, I am too.

I am what remains
if you remove the I and the am...
And what remains even if you don't.

✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 1 week ago

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

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 1 week ago

A BOUNDARY
is NOT
A SUGGESTION

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 2 weeks 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?
🕉✨️💜

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 2 weeks ago

We've forgotten the Beginning. Where we came from. How it all started. Our minds cannot recall... but our essence remembers. And it manifests itself in the world, glorious, yet encapsulated in the twisted features we created for this reality, trying to replicate what the brain has forgotten, yet is somehow still present. And it's in everything, it permeates everything, it underlies everything.
Our essence remembers that the Universe is one, and that we have a connection with everything... But we can no longer feel it, so we created social networks to connect us to the entire world, we've developed cellphone networks, the internet, the general press...
We created rules and treaties, because they remind us of the laws and order that once naturally existed in our reality, although we can no longer perceive them.
Magic and inexplicable things fascinate us, because they remind us of the mysteries.
We created governments because they give us a sense of a higher power watching over us - the mind, trying to replicate the fact that we are not alone.
We feel good when we have attitudes of peace and love, because they are the values at our core. And when we move away from them, having dishonest attitudes, anger or fear, we start to feel bad, without understanding why. We don't question, for example, why no one feels good when they're afraid - we just accept that the feelings themselves are to blame, without questioning why.
We've created churches and schools of spirituality because we have forgotten that we have divinity within us.
We've trivialized sex, because our essence is trying to recreate alchemy, even if in poor, superficial ways.
We created social security systems because we remember compassion and solidarity.
We are forgiving of children, because they remind us of the simplicity and innocence, which was once our reality, before the ego arrived. We are demanding of adults, because we try to simulate the reality of perfection that was once ours.
We created languages ​​and dialects, because they remind us of a deeper communication. Justice, because it reminds us of balance.
Our appreciation for science is just admiration for the creativity of the Universe, because it gives us the implicit proof that the human being could never have created something so perfect and complex, which comforts us, confirming that there is more than what we can see.
We know it!!! It runs through our veins and manifests itself in everything - we feel it, we live it, we experience it! We just need to remember it...
💜✨️🕉

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 2 weeks ago

Experiment of the day:
Pay a compliment to everyone you see ✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 2 weeks ago

"Life disappoints you so you stop living in illusion and see reality.
Life destroys everything superfluous, until only the important remains.
Life does not leave you in peace, so you stop fighting and accept everything as it is.
Life takes what you have, until you stop complaining and learn gratitude.
Life sends you troubled people so that you can heal and stop projecting what you have inside.
Life lets you fall again and again, until you decide to learn the lesson.
Life takes you out of the way and presents you with crossroads, until you stop wanting to control and learn to flow like a river.
Life puts you enemies on the road, until you stop reacting.
Life frightens you and startles you as many times as necessary, until you lose the fear and regain faith.
Life takes away true love, it does not grant or allow it, until you stop trying to buy it with trinkets.
Life distances you from the people you love, until you understand that we are not this body, but the soul that powers it.
Life laughs at you so many times, until you stop taking everything so seriously and laugh at yourself.
Life breaks you and breaks you in as many parts as necessary for the light to penetrate.
Life confronts you with rebels, until you stop trying to control.
Life repeats the same message, even with shouts and slaps, until you finally listen.
Life sends you thunder and storms, so you wake up.
Life humiliates and defeats you again and again until you decide to let the EGO die.
Life denies you goods and greatness until you stop wanting goods and greatness and you begin to serve.
Life cuts your wings and prunes your roots, until you need neither wings nor roots, but only disappear in the forms and fly from the Self.
Life denies you miracles, until you understand that everything is a miracle.
Life shortens your time, so you hurry to learn to live.
Life ridicules you until you become nothing, until you become nobody, and so you become everything.
Life does not give you what you want, but what you need to evolve.
Life hurts you, hurts you, torments you, until you let go of your whims and tantrums and appreciate just breathing.
Life hides treasures from you, until you start your journey, until you go out to look for them.
Life denies you God, until you see it in everyone and everything.
Life shortens you, prunes you, takes you away, breaks you, disappoints you, cracks you… until only love remains".
Bert Hellinger - Psychotherapist, teacher, writer and creator of the Family Constellations method.

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 2 weeks ago

For a few decades I've had a long, deep journey of healing the feminine, with lots of breakdowns and breakthroughs. This involved discovering the many ways in which I had been abused by the unaware and imbalanced masculine.
Years into that process, I discovered that what actually impacted me the most was not the unaware and imbalanced masculine in others, but my own. Sure, others played a role, whatever that was it's on them. But my biggest trauma was no doubt my betrayal of myself. I was not familiar with the concept of checking in with myself to see what I wanted, needed, or (especially) didn't want. As a result, I wasn't firm in what I wanted, I followed or agreed to what others wanted, and I did not set appropriate boundaries (either because I didnt feel entiled to or because I wanted to be nice and liked). Were others to blame for that? Sure we were (especially then) living in a society that privileged male desires and disempowered women, and also men could have been more aware, attuned and respectful. But my answer is still a firm NO; others are *not* to blame for my problems.
I'm DONE projecting onto men. Yes, it's wonderful if a guy can empathically tune into our energy, body language and subtle messages, and ask us "Is that a full yes? Please take all the time you need to tune into yourself, I honour whatever you decide". But ultimately I believe it's OUR RESPONSIBILITY to do that, namely to decide what we want and be explicit about it. This includes facing the person and saying "I don't want to be close to you right now" instead of looking/going away hoping they get the message, saying "no" instead of compromising and negotiating, or saying "I'm not interested in you" instead of accommodating ongoing romantic advances. (all of which I've done countless times)
I see a lot of blaming these days on social media, focused on men who don't pick up on subtle queues, don't guess what we are feeling or wanting, or 'make us' do things we we're not really up for. With respect, and honouring the healing process that each of us needs to go through, I feel like we can (and for our own sakes, need to) eventually move past that duality, step up, take responsibility for our own experience and find harmony within ourselves... We're not helpless victims, we are powerful beings who - for a while - were disconnected from their own power. My view is that it's time for us to own and heal our own imbalanced masculine, rather than keep projecting it onto other beings (regardless of their gender). Time for us to be clear with ourselves about what we want and don't want, and communicate it clearly. To stop using others as an excuse to not see our own internal abuser. To hold our own boundaries rather than expect others to guess them and cater for our hopes and fears. And don't get me wrong, it's absolutely dreamy if the other being can also do some of those things - I've had that experience and it's wonderful, I love it when a man empowers me to tune in and make my own decisions. But ultimately, it's my inner masculine's responsibility to do so and I refuse to keep projecting my inability to do it onto others.
I also want to say I'm sorry men, for all that I've projected onto you, and all the suffering caused by my blockages, distortions and lack of ownership.
Always with love, in love and towards love 💖✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 3 weeks ago

The sun doesn't set,
it's the Earth that rotates.
What we see outside
is simply reflecting
what is happening inside.

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 3 weeks ago

I don’t care how spiritual you are. How long you can melt in the sweat lodge. How many peyote or ayahuasca journeys that have blown your mind, how many master plant dietas you’ve done, or how well you can hold crow pose. I don’t care what planets fall in what houses on your birth chart, or how “silent” your meditation is. I don’t care how many crystals you have or how long you’ve gone without sugar, salt, spices, or sex, or how vegan your diet is.
I want to know how human you are. Can you sit at the feet of the dying despite the discomfort? Can you be with your grief, or mine, without trying to advise, fix or maintain it? I want to know that you can show up at the table no matter how shiny, chakra-aligned, or complete you are- or not. Can you hold loving space for your beloveds in the depths of your own healing without trying to be big?
It doesn’t flatter me how many online healing trainings you have, that you live in the desert, forest, or in a log cabin, or that you’ve mastered the art of tantra.
What turns me on is busy hands. Planting roots. That despite how tired you are, you make that phone call, you board that plane, you love your children, you feed your family.
I have no interest in how well you can ascend to 5D, astral travel, or have out-of-body sex. I want to see how beautifully you integrate into ordinary reality with your unique magic, how you find beauty and gratitude in what’s surrounding you, and how present you can be in your relationships. How do you hold the ones you love in the midst of conflict? How do you take responsibility for your part? How do you make amends?
I want to know that you can show up and do the hard and holy things on this gorgeously messy Earth. I want to see that you can be sincere, grounded, and compassionate as equally as you are empowered, fiery, and magnetic. I want to know that even during your achievements, you can step back and be humble enough to still be a student.
What’s beautiful and sexy and authentic is how well you can continue to celebrate others no matter how advanced you’ve become. What’s truly flattering is how much you can give despite how full you’ve made yourself. What’s honestly valuable is how f***ing better of a human you can be, in a world that is high off of spiritual materialism and jumping the next scapegoat for “freedom.”
At the end of the day, I don’t care how brave you are. How productive, how popular, how enlightened you are. At the end of the day, I want to know that you were kind. That you were real. I want to know that you can step down from the pedestal from time to time to kiss the earth and let your hair get dirty and your feet get muddy, and join the dance with us all.
- Taylor Rose Godfrey, inspired by Oriah Mountain Dreamer, “The Invitation”.

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 3 weeks ago

If you're feeling tired and you're anything like me, you can probably use a reminder:
- How can you make your life a little bit easier right now?
- What would it look like to take excellent care of yourself in this moment?
- What is within your reach that would make your life more relaxing?
💖✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 3 weeks ago

* AI - A tool for inauthenticity or authenticity? *

Aka. The "meh, he uses AI to write his posts" phenomenon - a different perspective.

As a native Portuguese speaker living in an English-speaking, NZ-influenced context, I'd say I'm acutely aware of how deeply culture shapes the way we connect and express ourselves.

In Portuguese culture, communication tends to be more direct (way more direct!), emotionally expressive, and intimately relational. We often speak with certainty - not as a form of arrogance, but because confidence is seen as reassuring. Offering advice or telling someone what they might do is often a sign of care and involvement, not control. Warmth is expressed openly, and being engaged in each other's lives - including through strong opinions or heartfelt guidance - is a natural part of how we relate.

In contrast, cultures like New Zealand's tend to value a more understated and indirect style of communication. Politeness often comes through softening language, giving space, and avoiding anything that might sound too forward or imposing. Certainty can sometimes be read as arrogance, and giving advice without being asked may feel intrusive. People are more likely to phrase things gently - using expressions like "maybe," "just a thought," or "if it's okay to say" - or ask questions rather than speak too directly.

So what feels kind and warm in one culture may come across as too strong or personal in another.

That's why, since a couple of months ago, especially for more sensitive public posts, I have chosen to run my text through ChatGPT. It helps me not just translate the words, but also the tone, bridging the gap between the heartfelt, expressive nature of Portuguese communication and the more subtle, relational style often preferred in English-speaking settings. It's not about changing who I am or what I'm talking about - it's about speaking in a way others can receive. Just like I would speak Spanish to someone who speaks Spanish, I try to speak "Kiwi-English" when that's the audience.

Each time I do this, I learn. It helps me keep growing in my ability to navigate and honour both cultures. Not to mention that previously, I was doing this translation myself, and it would take me hours - now it's instant, and more accurate.

That said, some of what I share - like my book or many of my posts - comes through as a channelled transmission. That I don't run through ChatGPT, so that the purity of what's being shared stays intact. But when I'm sharing something I've learned, or offering a message from my own reflection, I sometimes use ChatGPT as a translation tool - into a different cultural tone, not a different truth.

Most importantly, I always carefully read over what it gives me, adjust anything that doesn't feel quite right, and make sure I stand by every word. That's for anyone concerned about AI "taking over the world" but also for the people who think that posts that had the help of AI are not authentic.

Because, what is authenticity? If I am saying "ABC" in my culture and people from another culture hear "XYZ", are they really getting my 'authentic' message?

Just today I spoke with a friend who uses ChatGPT to help check the purity of their language - to ensure it's blame-free, victimhood patterns-free, and aligned with conscious communication. He says that when ChatGPT suggests a change to his text, he reflects and learns from it.

Like any tool, ChatGPT is neutral. A hammer can be used to harm or to build - it all depends on how we choose to use it.

May we recognise the tools at our disposal with awareness, care, and intention, to build a more peaceful, connected, and conscious world.

With love always 💖✨️🙏

P.S. I'm aware that this is potentially a controversial post these days, so let's see what happens 😊

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 3 weeks ago

Difficult chapters create extraordinary stories ✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 4 weeks ago

A guy shared with me that he wanted to give a woman a list of things she needed to change in herself so that he was willing to be in relationship with her. That prompted me to share how I see relationships and my role in them 😅

The following goes for any relationship, romantic or not:

My role is to honour and accept you as you are. Not to keep the parts that are convenient for me and change the others to suit me better. I will treat you as a sovereign being, capable of making your own decisions about who you want to be in the world.

If that being does not resonate with me, I will not be in relationship with you - I'm perfectly capable of respecting you while not wanting you in my life.

If parts of your being resonate with me and others feel challenging, I will work on *myself*, to identify which egos are being triggered in me and try to transcend them - that is key to my personal/spiritual growth and probably why I attracted you in the first place.

If my internal work fails and I can't transcend my egos but I still feel that I want to be in relationship with you, I will share my feelings, needs and boundaries with you.

Based on that, you *may* choose to not take any action - in which case I will determine it still resonates for me to have you in my life. Or you may choose to change something in yourself *if* it feels aligned for you and like a positive change in your life (one that moves you closer to yourself and others). In which case, my role is to support and empower you in the change that you want for yourself.

My role is *always* to honour, support, respect, encourage and empower you to be who your soul wants to be. You're not a doll that I shape to my liking; you're a sovereign being, capable of choosing their own path. To the very best of my abilities, I will not treat you as anything less than that. If I don't like who you are choosing to be, I also have a choice to simply not keep you in my life - I will still fully honour and accept you, but from afar. But changing you is not an option, nor is it a realistic possibility or even something I would want or feel good about myself for. And not feeling good about myself is not an option for me.

I hope this clarifies my position 🙃💖✨️🌈🙏

Catia Sofia Batalha

7 months 4 weeks ago

It's not me, it's Mercury 🪐

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 18 hours ago

How come there was a virgin Mary, a virgin Catherine and a virgin Margaret (...) but never a virgin Paul, John or Mark? 🤔

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 6 days ago

When the sun shines, the flower opens.
When the heart relaxes, the blood flows.
When we breath deeply, our mind quietens.
When we love expansively, we have no limits.
There is a miracle happening at this exact moment.
But only if you're present can you see it.
All the beings around you are angels who don't remember who they are.
Nature is creating the perfect and most unlikely conditions for you to breathe, eat, and be warm and nourished.
The universe is conspiring for you to realise the everlasting bliss that you are here to experience.
All that is happening at this exact moment.
For just one second, can you see it?
And if you can see it for one second, was it not always there to begin with? Or does it change when you're not looking? ✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 1 week ago

💪 You Are Stronger Than You Think 💪

Think back to the moments in your life when you were in pain, when you weren’t sure how you would make it through. And yet you did.
You have already walked through challenges that once seemed impossible. You have already found strength you didn’t know you had. Every hardship, every storm, has shaped you, revealing resilience, courage, and wisdom you might not have recognised at the time.
Whatever you are facing now, I trust you are capable of moving through it. Not just surviving it, but blossoming from it. This moment will pass, just as all the others have. And when it does, the lessons you gain will become the treasures upon which you build a richer, wiser, and more beautiful foundation - for yourself and maybe even for those around you.
And remember, you're not alone. Reach out if you're in need.
Hold steady. You got this. 💛✨

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 1 week ago

Value what you have before it becomes what you had.

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 1 week ago

Well-meaning divisiveness: When good intentions are shaped by unhealed trauma of abuse and create separation instead of unity

Over the last few years, I've noticed a pattern within spiritual communities and it's only now that I've finally been able to put words to it. It's a pattern that - I believe - arises from a sincere desire to protect and uphold high values, yet unintentionally leads to division rather than connection.
At the root of this pattern is a deeply human tendency: when someone has experienced the trauma of abuse, they may unconsciously project the figure of the "abuser" onto others - sometimes onto people who are actually playing important roles in uplifting communities and taking useful initiatives. This projection can lead to actions such as gossip, public undermining, ostracising, shutting down helpful initiatives, or "correcting" others in the name of spirituality.
Although these individuals may believe they are acting from a place of care, their interventions regarding their perceived "abuser" are often misguided. Because these responses are rooted in personal projection rather than reality, they are shaped more by past wounds than by true discernment. As a result, rather than fostering unity, they unintentionally create separation and conflict. Beneath their actions lies a deeper influence—one shaped by fear, illusion, and the unconscious need to be right, which can lead to judgment and a sense of superiority.
Recognizing the Pattern
Here are some hallmarks of this dynamic:
- Projecting the "abuser" onto others – Seeing abuse of power where none exists, or interpreting neutral or even kind actions as exploitatative.
- The "rescuer" complex – Viewing others as powerless or in need of saving from the "abuser", often stepping in without invitation. This generates a triangle of victim, rescuer (them, of course), and abuser, which does not foster connection.
- Harsh judgment and rigid expectations – A readiness to correct or confront others in their power, sometimes over small details. This may include unrealistic demands for perfect language, perfect actions or other strict standards, leaving no room for human imperfection.
- Criticism without action – Shutting down the "abuser's" positive efforts because they are not "perfect" while offering idealistic alternatives that are unrealistic and ungrounded, hence never materialize. Or suggesting theoretical changes but not being prepared to take action to execute those.
- A gap between values and actions – While advocating for love, wisdom, and humility, they may not take action in that direction or their interactions may be marked by division rather than understanding.
- Discomfort with people in their power – The more someone stands in their authenticity and strength, the more they may be perceived as an "abuser" and judged/targeted accordingly.
- Unconscious divisiveness – Even when words sound love-based, the energy behind them may create separation - dividing people into right vs. wrong, victim vs. abuser, or other dualistic perspectives that hinder true connection.
A Call for Deeper Awareness
This is not about ignoring real harm, silencing needed conversations, or avoiding accountability. Healthy discussions, differing perspectives, and integrity are vital. But when judgment disguises itself as wisdom, it can do more harm than good.
A few questions for reflection, in case you're wondering if you have this pattern:
"When I see someone in their power, do I celebrate and support them, or do I tend to judge and correct them?"
"Do I often perceive others as abusers? Could this be a projection of my own wounds?"
"If I reflec on the people I've fallen out with, are they standing in their power and trying to help others?"
"Beyond my good intentions, do my actions actually foster connection, or do they create division?"
"Am I truly creating initiatives around the values I stand for, or am I using these values as a tool for judgment?"
"When I criticise someone else's initiative, am I taking action to offer an alternative?"
At the heart of spiritual evolution isn’t just what we say - it’s how we live, how we navigate our own shadows, and how we co-create with those around us. When we move from judgment to genuine discernment, from projection to self-awareness, and from division to unity, we can truly embody the love we wish to see in the world.
With love & unity 💖🙏✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 3 weeks ago

There is a day when you create unbelievable magic by being who you are. Let that be today.
It's a day when you're so present that each time you look into someone's eyes, their soul comes alive.
A day when you breathe so sweetly that grandfather wind himself carries your gentle breath up the mountain.
A day when you love so immensely that the universe's pain is instantly dissolved in your heart's warm embrace.
A day when you're so still that people lay unimportant things to rest in the spaciousness of your being.
A day where your every step honours Mother Earth so profoundly that she cries at your feet.
A day where each word is a blessing, each movement a prayer.
A day in which each exchange holds such devotion that other beings melt in your unconditional love.
A day in which you emanate such grace that the skies tell tales of having held you in their infinite arms.
There is a day when you create unbelievable magic by being who you are.
Let that be today.

Catia Sofia Batalha

8 months 4 weeks ago

Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously
- Prentis Hemphill

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 5 hours ago

We must eat, drink and breathe enough to keep our bodies from dying. Everything else in this life is changeable.

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 3 days ago

* Subtle language *
I think we've finally come to a point where most people understand a 'no' and a 'this is a boundary'. However, not everyone has the courage, the wisdom or the self-awareness to express that clearly.
I believe that everyone is individually responsible for learning how to express themselves clearly, or for facing the consequences of not doing so. That being said, it can be really helpful and supportive if we can read each other better, instead of expecting 100% clarity from the other.
Here are some examples of subtlr things that MAY mean 'no':
"I'm not really feeling like..."
"I'm not a big fan of..."
"I'm not sure I'd like to..."
"I don't know"
"I don't need you to..."
"I didn't ask for..."
"I haven't thought about it"
"I haven't been feeling like..."
"I'd rather..."
"I'm not sure if it's a full yes"
"Maybe another time"
"I haven't really thought about it"
"I don't know if I want to..."
"I don't really need to..."
"Would you rather...?"
"Errr..."
"Hmmm..."
- Feel free to add more examples in the comments, I'd love to hear what your 'no's can look like!
I'll reiterate that this post doesn’t - at all - intend to take away from each person's responsibility to be clear with their boundaries. But it's an acknowledgement that not everyone knows how to (or has the courage or awareness to) communicate with 100% clarity, and instead of using that as permission to do whatever we please, we can try to understand subtle communication and help the other clarify what they mean. Some examples:
"You said you didn't need to go to the beach. Did you mean that you prefer not to go to the beach?"
"You said you weren't sure if you wanted to make love. Does that mean it's not a full yes and you'd rather not do it?"
So yes, I'm an advocate for 100% accountability AND for lovingly supporting each other where possible.
Always with love 💖✨️🙏

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 5 days ago

Law of attraction: magical or painstakingly frustrating? 😱😅✨️
When I believed I was responsible for honouring my partners needs/boundaries while sacrificing my own, I attracted men who ignored my needs and disrespected my boundaries. I desperately needed someone who asked me for permission and consent, and encouraged me to check in with what I'm comfortable with - but instead, I attracted men who were far more interested in choosing their will over mine and pushing whatever mediocre boundaries I had.
Now I check in with myself constantly without needing others to ask me if it's a full yes or if I'm in tune with what I want, plus if I set a boundary that doesn't get respected I feel empowered to act accordingly and immediately. So now I'm finally ready to attract the type of partners I used to attract, because they can no longer coerce me against my will. Yet that's the opposite of what I attract now, which is people who are finely attuned to my needs, explicitly asking about my boundaries, and so beautifully honouring my no's - now that I don't even need any of that because I'm doing it myself. I want to ship these people to my past, with a sign that says: "dear Catia, don't settle for less than this. Thank you".
So, while I desperately needed attuned/honouring partners I attracted the opposite, and now that I don't need it anymore I attract what I needed in the first place. Because, of course, we attract what we have inside, not what we lack. Plus, what we *actually* need is to awaken what we lack, hence the universe needs to bring us the opposite. So, magical or painstakingly frustrating?

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 1 week ago

Be realistic. Expect a miracle.
- Rumi

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 1 week ago

Honour what really matters

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 1 week ago

* Where are these non-sacred things I keep hearing about?? *
Yesterday I went to a sacred music event, shortly after a sacred sharing circle. This morning I ate some sacred food with my sacred body, and then sat down for a sacred meditation by my sacred altar - I'm writing all this with a cheeky 'voice' 🙃
Tell me one thing in the world that is not sacred. Something that wasn't created by, and somehow keeps itself separated from, the divinity of the universe. Where are these things that are deprived of God (or Source, Spirit, the divine, the universal intelligence, whatever you call it)? Please just name one thing, and then we can make the separation between sacred and non-sacred things.
One of my dear Yoga teachers would say, "There is no non-God". It felt shocking to me at the time, but now I couldn't agree more. For a big part of my life I needed to identify some things as sacred, because nothing felt sacred, and at least that gave me some hope and relief. But now it feels very much integrated that everything is sacred, so I don't feel the need for that duality anymore.
I really wonder how many people can relate to this post 😊 I'd also love to hear your thoughts on other words we can use to describe 'sacred' events..
May you have a sacred day, a sacred evening and a sacred weekend 🤭🙃🤭🙃🤭
Much sacred love & sacred light 😉✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 1 week ago

Each breath is a gift. Every moment is filled with infinite possibilities for joy, kindness, love and bliss. The only limitation is our mind and creativity. How loving can we be? How much light can we manifest in the world? Maybe it's offering a huge smile to a stranger on the street. Maybe wishing a splendid day to the supermarket cashier. Maybe it's thanking a tree for its shade, a flower for its beauty. Honouring our ancestors for their sacrifices. Honouring our teachers for their wisdom. Blessing the people who changed our lives in big or small ways. Appreciating our food. Treasuring our water. Showing people or other beings how much love we have for them. Honouring them for their gifts. Seeing the divine in them. Reminding them of who they are. Taking deep breaths. Holding the breath and feeling the timelessness that exists in each moment. Looking around and seeing how infinitely creative life is. How many great mysteries hold reality together and are yet to be discovered. How unlikely and precious it is that everything is taking place right now. How rich the universe is in all the experiences it provides. The touch of the wind on our skin, the warmth of the sun on our body, the miracle it is that we can see, hear, touch, taste and smell things in this peculiar life. The possibility of interacting with other beings, who are sharing this journey with us.
People are suffering, yes. Do we really need to add more suffering? Or could we bring them a bit of joy, light-heartedness, kindness, sweetness, softness and warmth? What if everybody decided to do this today? What if we decided to do this for everybody today? Wouldn't we finish the day feeling so inspired, joyful and full? Wouldn't we have created so many memories of love, connection and appreciation? We are always creating something, that is inevitable. But why create an ordinary day, when we can create an extraordinary one? This is our superpower.
Deep gratitude to the people in my life with whom I can explore this in a mutual way... You know who you are 😉💖✨️
With so much joy, love & appreciation for all of you 🤗💖✨️🙏🌈

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 1 week ago

This is a reminder that intuition is not just an acceptable but a fundamental tool at your disposal to make wise decisions in life. Logic can be a useful tool, but it typically works with the information inside the brain, which is often limited, untruthful and conditioned. Whereas intuition is a holistic tool that ultimately grants access to all layers of reality, and therefore potentially an extremely useful source of data. In my life, pretty much every time I've followed an intuition something incredible happened and it felt very alive. And when I've ignored it, things happened that felt dead inside and were clearly not aligned. I write this because I sometimes struggle to give intuition enough credit, and I feel the pull to prioritise logic alone, and every time I do that I end up regretting it. And some people do that their entire lives. 😵
So here's an idea, if you're currently faced with a challenge or dilemma, maybe this post is coming to you synchronistically. To suggest that you turn off the mental chatter, tune into your heart and let your inner guidance show the way. Deep down, you already know the answer; you just need to look for it in the right place ✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 2 weeks ago

We have much more power than we think.
Paradoxically, we have exactly as much power as we think.
When we sit by and watch things take place that go against our values, or stay in situations that go against our soul, we are actively making the world a worse place. We may believe that being passive is leaving the situation neutral, but newsflash, there is no neutral. Doing nothing affects the world as much as doing something, we are always creating. May we realise our true power as creators!
I see people in (perceived) powerless situations constantly. They usually don't even realise that is happening; they simply feel sad, angry, hopeless, depressed or stuck, but they don't fully register that they have the power to change their situation. That's the effect of society's chronic disempowerment; it leads people to not see that there are choices, to not realise the depth of their power, to believe that others are more powerful, and to give their power away.
May we have the awareness to recognise that we have other choices available, the wisdom to see what they are, and the courage to pursue our hearts' truth and step into our power as co-creators of this reality.
Timeless love 💖✨️

Catia Sofia Batalha

9 months 2 weeks ago

You will know the Ancients when you meet them. You will recognize them. They are the ones who lead by their example. They are the courageous ones. They are the furious ones. They are the singing ones. The ones with otherworldly eyes. The ones who make you dance in their aliveness. The ones whose faith keeps you afloat in dark-womb waters.
You will know the Ancients when you hear their voices rumble through your mortal coil. You will know they are near when the downy hair on your forearms stand up in a salute as they enter the room.
Some Ancients like to make an entrance. Others slip silently through the back door. But they know you. They know that you are there.
Some come wrapped in furs and skins; bones and animal heads adorn their crowns. Some wear feathers in their hair. Some come dancing in with jingling swinging hips, in waving, silky fabrics from the Orient.
The Ancient ones smell like campfire smoke, or exotic flowers. Some smell like the sea, briny and wild with sand on the scalp. On others yet, the scent of pine needles. Some burn hot, like the lava that made the land your stick house sits upon.
Even in the most gentle of Ancients, is something fierce and mighty. It keeps them humble. It keeps them true. It liberates the extended family from the bear-trap lie, and the caging of the mind.
Most Ancients are not easygoing. They died brutally too many times to take the medicine they carry lightly. They do not throw their diamond tears to those who dare not weep themselves to the rivers of peace.
The Ancients are deities-in-training, soon to be in practice. They are the new gods and goddesses emerging from the primordial waters of the red sea. Most of them insist that they are human; they do not want to frighten off the children they have sacrificed themselves to heal, to feed, to love. Hundreds of thousands of lifetimes over, they have died to help you now. Today.
The Ancients are a dignified lot. They may be young or old, fat or skinny, beautiful or terrible in their appearance. They wear an invisible mantle of Divine Authority. They are spiritual royalty, and to them your suffering is an insult to the Kingdom to which all of us belong. It is too small for you. It is unnecessary. It is no longer needed to make you see the truth. But you insist that agitation is the only way to learn. Are you sure?
Are you sure?
What might you learn from being loved correctly, just one time? What might you learn from the fields of lilac-spattered joy? What might you learn if you put down the armor, the sword, the bounty of your suffering, for even just one moment? What would happen if you stripped down to your nakedness, opened your arms and your chest to the wind and the sun?
The wind remembers. The sun knows you. Wind has been the Breath of Life since the world was new, and Wildness was all there was. The Ancients remember, and they follow this great out-breath across time, across space. They use the sun as their North Star.
You’ll know the Ancients when you meet them. They are the ones leading by example. Keep open your eyes; seek them out. When they show themselves to you, make your offering, and see. See what it is they have been holding for you, until this high and holy, ordinary day.
~Alison Nappi