THE FREEDOM OF SOFTENING INTO LIFE

The truth about softening is this:

Ultimately, softening brings a deeper intimacy with life itself. It calls us to become consciously aware of where kindness and openness are lacking and encourages us to release what no longer serves us.

This journey doesn’t lead to a grand moment of enlightenment but rather to a quieter, more grounded presence in our day-to-day lives. By cultivating this intimacy with our experiences, we slow down, become more present, and awaken to the inherent beauty of life. In this state of grace, tenderness, and equanimity, we discover a deeper connection to both ourselves and the world around us.

However, softening, though it may sound easy, can be a struggle. Most of us are conditioned to carry a kind of hardness through life, imagining it necessary for both psychological and physical survival. It is this hardness that must be released and dissolved for the intimacy of softness to shine forth.

In my experience, softening is an often overlooked but powerful force in spiritual growth. Consider this.

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Words are powerful
Extraordinary ways
Of communicating 

But silence carries 
The secrets of the universe.

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Live a divine life
Not by doing anything different
Or changing your beliefs
But by realizing that union
Is all there is
And living that truth.

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Love's water will start to flow
Through the smallest of cracks.

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Let the light shine through your wounds
Deny your tender heart no more
Stop trying to fix what is not broken
But just hurts so much
That tenderness may not go away
But the more you embrace it
The more it becomes your friend
Not your enemy.

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Love breaks through the cracks in us
But its release hurts
For we feel the dam that may break
And release all that has been held onto
So we try and push it back
But love is unstoppable
And will find its way.

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Let your awakening
Include all you feel
Turn nothing away
But open so wide
You and the whole world
Fall in to that unconditionality.

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You already are
Everything you seek
And everything you long for
It’s all there within you
Latent and covered over
Don’t look for something you don’t have
Resolve only to remove the veils
That cover what is already there.

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Stand alone
Do your own thing
Shine your own light
Even when it seems
To never reach anyone
Do it for yourself and God
That’s all that really matters.

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I fell into such a deep love
And profound gratitude 
That I forgot the world
And all my troubles 
And for one exquisite moment 
Dissolved into an ecstatic union.

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Pull back the veil of your heart
And let your ragged beauty shine
Life is short and slips away so fast
Your light is a precious jewel
Worthy of revelation.

A recent video: The Longing to Live From The Heart: The Power of Releasing Hidden Emotions.

Thanks! Kavi