Sunday, July 13, 2014

INNER TRAVELS VERSUS OUTER TRAVELS ...




MY PERCEPTION AND STORY:

AS EXPLORED IN MY PREVIOUS WRITING …
THERE IS NO OUTSIDE TO LIFE
ONLY OUR INSIDE REFLECTED OUTSIDE …

ONE PAINTING LOOKED AT BY 20 PEOPLE,
REVEALS 20 DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS
OF THE SAME PAINTING.
PERCEPTIONS FILTERED
THROUGH PERSONAL BELIEFS AND DEFINITIONS;
EVERY HUMAN HAS HIS/HER OWN FILTER,
ROOTED IN THE CULTURAL/FAMILY TRAINING CAMPS
THAT WE GREW UP IN,
FILTERS WE PERCEIVE OUR REALITIES THROUGH,
UNTIL WE CREATE OUR OWN.

IN TRAVELING PHYSICALLY WE EXPERIENCE 
 OURSELVES DIFFERENTLY 
AS WE MOVE INTO NEW WORLDS;
MAYBE WITH A PLAN TO FIND A BREATHING SPACE 
TO BE ABLE TO RELAX FROM
 A STRESS FILLED SELF-CREATED REALITY
THAT WE FEEL DOOMED TO LIVE;
MAYBE JUST TO FIND SUNSHINE INSTEAD OF CLOUDS,
WARMTH INSTEAD OF COLD;
MAYBE SOME ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE AND SEEK
TO HAVE AN EXPERIENCE TO GROW FROM
IN A DIFFERENT SETTING WITH A DIFFERENT CLIMATE,
THE PERSONAL REALITY SEEN FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE;
TO BE INSPIRED FROM A CULTURE SO DIFFERENT, 
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
FORGET OUR EVERYDAY CONFINING STRUCTURES 
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND 
 NOT FEEL THE PRESSURE AND THE STRESS
FROM DEMANDS AND OBLIGATIONS FOUNDED IN 
 BELIEF SYSTEMS AND DEFINITIONS, 
THAT WE FEEL PRESSURED TO  LIVE BY AND FULFILL.
HOPING TO ALLOW OURSELVES 
FOR A MOMENT TO DREAM AWAY ...
AND MAYBE(?)  FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIFE
INSPIRED BY THE REALITIES WE CHOOSE TO EXPLORE!

THIS IS WHAT MANY CALL VACATION TIME ...
WHEN WE CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE TO TRAVEL
IN PHYSICAL TO BE ABLE TO RELAX AND 
HAVE AN ADVENTURE AWAY
FROM ALL THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT EXHAUST US;
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO
LIVE BY AND CHOOSE FROM …
DEFINITIONS THAT WE HAVE LABELLED OUR WORLD WITH:
"THIS IS HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT IS,
SO SUCK IT UP AND LIVE BY IT"

WHEN WE LIVE AND "THRIVE" WITH
BELIEFS THAT WE ARE NOT LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY
AND SUPPORTED ABUNDANTLY, THAT LIFE IS SOLELY
"BLACK OR WHITE",  "DEAD OR ALIVE" 
WE KEEP JUMPING IN FEAR BETWEEN OUR ONLY (TWO) OPTIONS,
INSTEAD OF REALIZING THAT WE HAVE AN INFINITE 
NUMBER OF CHOICES TO CHOOSE FROM.
OUR LIMITED WAYS OF LIFE BECOME
BURDENS THAT WEIGH OUR SHOULDERS DOWN AND 
CREATE PAIN (RESISTANCE) IN OUR BODIES,
FROM HUSTLING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE AND TO 
MAKE OUR ENDS MEET THE WAY WE WERE TAUGHT. 
THE BURDENS WE FEEL DERIVE FROM NOT LIVING
THE LIFE THAT WE DREAM OF ...
THE BELIEF SYSTEMS AND DEFINITIONS THAT WE
GREW UP SURROUNDED BY 
SETS THE FORM AND PACE OF OUR LIVES ...
THE BELIEFS WE WERE TAUGHT TO LIVE BY AND TRUST IN,
THAT SAME ONES THAT KEEP US CAGED AND SEPARATED
FROM OUR TRUE SELVES AND OUR DREAMS.
BELIEF SYSTEMS THAT MAKE US FEEL 
ALONE, SMALL AND LONELY, NOT ABLE TO TRUST
ANYTHING BUT SCARCITY, LACKS AND LIMITATIONS, AND
IN CONSISTENT FEAR OF
 LOOSING EVERYTHING THAT WE ACCOMPLISH 
SINCE WE BELIEVE WE ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY LIFE
AND WORTHY OF LIVING IN ABUNDANCE ON ALL LEVELS.

NO WONDER US HUMANS NEED VACATION TIME …
A PERMISSION SLIP TO FEEL WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
TO LIVE FREE FROM EXPECTATIONS JUST FOR A MOMENT
TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE AND BE.

AFTER I CHOSE TO TRUTHFULLY 
EXAMINE MYSELF AND FIND WHAT BELIEF SYSTEMS 
THAT KEPT ME CAPTURED AND OBLIGATED TO LIVE
THE WAY I HABITUALLY LIVED OUT OF FEAR ... 
I FOUND OUT STEP BY STEP, 
LIE BY LIE,
HOW LABELLED AND PROGRAMMED I WAS 
BY THE SURROUNDINGS, THAT I GREW UP IN.
I FOUND MYSELF SO BRAINWASHED,
 SO I HAD NO IDEA,
WHO I WAS WITHOUT THE LABELS
OTHERS HAD GIVEN ME AND THAT I HAD REINFORCED TO 
FIT IN. 
THE SEARCH AND RELEASE OF MY STOLEN TRUTHS 
WAS NEEDED
FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO DISCOVER MY TRUE SELF (ongoing).

MY PHYSICAL TRAVELS HELPED ME AND TAUGHT ME TO PAY ATTENTION TO 
WHERE AND WHEN I TRULY FELT 
RELAXED AND GOOD ABOUT MYSELF,
WHERE I FELT CONNECTED,
WHERE I FELT A BELONGING SENSATION …
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE MADE ME FEEL GOOD AND
WHICH ONES MADE ME FEEL 
UNCOMFORTABLE AND WRONG.

IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PERCEIVE THE ROOTS TO
A RELATIONSHIP GONE SOUTH, 
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDST 
OF THE CHAOTIC CHALLENGES OF FEELING HURT
SO MOVING OUTSIDE AND LOOKING IN FROM THERE
MAKES THE MIRROR EASIER TO UNDERSTAND,
AT LEAST FOR ME.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE ALL THAT WE ARE
IN EVERY NOW, 
WE ARE JUST BLINDED BY OUR FILTERS
AND THUS PERCEIVING AS MUCH AS WE CAN HANDLE
AND ARE READY TO OPEN UP TO
IN EVERY GIVEN MOMENT.

THERE IS NO OUTSIDE
SOLELY OUR INSIDE REFLECTED
 IN OUR 360 DEGREE MIRRORS !! …
IN MY TRAVELS IN AND OUT 
I LEARNED THROUGH AND FROM MY REACTIONS 
TOWARDS THE LIFE I HAD CREATED
POSITIVE - NEGATIVE - NEUTRAL
TO HELP AND GUIDE ME IN FINDING WITHIN
AND IN MY MONKEY MIND'S CHITCHAT BOX,
WHAT TRUTHS DID NOT BELONG TO ME 
THAT I NEEDED TO LET GO OF (NOT JUDGE!!)
TO BE ABLE TO  
 CLEAN UP MY INNER SELF TO GIVE ME A CLEAN SLATE 
 TO FINALLY BEGIN TO SEE MYSELF IN THE LIGHT OF LOVE
REFLECTED IN MY HUMAN MIRRORS AND 
PHYSICAL REFLECTIONS. 
ONE VERY BELOVED TEACHER AND FRIEND
ONCE TOLD ME …
WHEN YOU LOVE YOURSELF THE WAY YOU LOVE ME
YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE!
WISE WORDS FROM A POWERFUL SHADOW TEACHER/MIRROR
THAT TOUCHED AND CRACKED MY HEART OPEN.

I AM SO FILLED WITH GRATITUDE FOR ALL THAT WAS
AND SO PROFOUNDLY EXCITED
FOR OUR NEW WAYS TO UNFOLD,
 FOR EACH ONE OF US,
( PERSONALLY AND COLLECTIVELY)
THE NEW WAYS ROOTED IN LOVE, 
AND AN UNWAVERING TRUST IN LIFE
AND OUR SELF FULFILLING BELONGING;
LIVING OUR DREAMS
ON A LIFELONG VACATION OF 
DIVINE INSPIRATION 
TO FOLLOW IN EVERY MOMENT TO MOMENT!
THE NEW CHALLENGES 
BEING CHALLENGES IN DISCOVERING HOW
TO LIVE AND LOVE SELF 
AND THUS OTHERS! 

ONE LOVE!
STEP BY STEP … BREATH BY BREATH

with Love and Peace, enJoy
Morayah

www.santafespirit.com






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