THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION

In a world that often craves instant results, we may find ourselves impatient, eager for change to happen now. Yet, true transformation is not something that can be rushed. Like a grape ripening on the vine or a fruit tree maturing over time, the process of inner growth and awakening demands patience and dedication.

The journey of self-discovery and healing is not about a destination, but about fully committing to each step along the way. It’s about showing up with 100% of our being, even when the path leads us into the darkest valleys. We may encounter moments of hopelessness, shadows of fear, and the heaviness of existential aloneness, but the key is to keep walking. By embracing the journey, rather than focusing on the outcome, we allow for a deeper transformation to occur.

As we let go of resistance and detoxify our lives—emotionally, mentally, and physically—something profound begins to rise within us. This is not the result of striving for awakening, but rather the natural wisdom that emerges from deep surrender and commitment to the process.

True transformation requires us to relinquish our attachments, our desires to hold on to certain aspects of ourselves or our lives. We cannot straddle two worlds, holding onto the old while seeking the new. Instead, we are called to let go of everything that no longer serves us, creating space for the divine to enter fully.

Ultimately, the journey is about letting go of control, surrendering fully, and allowing the divine to lead us. It is not about arriving at a specific point, but about living in alignment with the deeper wisdom that arises through every step of the path. True commitment means offering everything with complete devotion, letting go of what holds us back, and trusting the journey, no matter how long it takes. This is the real contract we make with the beloved—an all-encompassing surrender that opens the door to profound transformation.

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The fire of your longing
When bright enough
Will burn up your karma
But you must be total
In your devotion.

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Look inside yourself
You are a book, a tale, a myth
A tragedy and a fairy story
All this is you
Don’t dumb yourself down
Or play small
When there is something incredible happening
In your whole being.

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Stop trying to fix yourself
And deepen into awareness
And unconditional acceptance

In acceptance and awareness
All things are welcomed home
Everything is loved
Without any condition being placed on it

This is the unfolding journey into equanimity
Which is the path of grace.

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You realize
The world is in you
And you are in the world
And then you go deeper
And realize
The world is you
And you are the world
And then you go deeper
And there is no world
And no you.

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Don’t sit so far away
From the fire
Hidden in the shadows
Like a ghost
Come and take your place
Here, in the light
Warm your cold bones
And let the fire’s love
Turn your loneliness
To beauty

No-one here is different from you
Each carries their loneliness
In some special way.

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Return to the silent essence of being
All things of form arise and fall
Learn from the sky
And how it patiently stays
Open and present
As the clouds billow and break
And dissolve into the silence.

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The end of division in you
Brings a great equanimity
And a softening of hardness
All this defensiveness comes to an end
And life becomes ordinarily grace filled
Which sounds exalted
But is entirely natural.

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If you could see
The luminosity of your being
You would cease all your hostilities
Put down all destructive weapons
And instantly love all things
Beyond measure

It is only our blindness
To the truth
That keeps us at war.

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There is a hand
That holds you
In the darkest of times
The agitated self
Cannot know this
But the sensitive heart
Sometimes feels 
The warm brush of grace
In a moment of tenderness.

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