Awakening

Sometimes we forget. Of course we do!
We forget we are human.

What? Yes.
And we forget that we are also filled with spirit.

It's not either or, it's both.

And?
Well, sometimes this navigating "both" makes the journey hard!

Why?
Because as a human, we crave form, the seen/known and we have physical needs. As human our tendency is to move toward that which we believe will make us happy; we move away from that which we believe will make us unhappy.

This of course is an illusion.

As spirit, we crave essence, the formless, the unseen/unknown. There's a deeper knowing that transcends what we believe will make us happy or unhappy.

Meaning, our spirit knows happiness comes and goes.

Sounds like a paradox navigating both. It is! And that is how we grow.

Life is a paradox

Why does re-membering this matter? 
For starters, let's recall that buddha taught us how to deal with suffering. Buddha did not teach about how to be enlightened. In my experience, re-membering (get it?) helps me navigate suffering with more ease.
With ease comes greater awareness that inner peace comes from my ability to balance my human needs and my spiritual needs.

With this awareness and balance a sense of freedom (from suffering) returns.

The truth is, freedom is always available to us because it's a mindset. Yes, freedom is a choice. Freedom is even available when we are not feeling rooted/stable/balanced (which for is a a form of suffering).

How is freedom available?
By changing mindset to see the instability as teaching us how to let go.

When we are attached, we are not free. Period.

Re-membering I am both human and spirit helps me exhale when things are challenging. When I re-member, I am able to have compassion for my humanity/physicality/doing-ness and also reverence for my divinity/spirituality/being-ness.

This is a magical paradoxical dance -- otherwise known as the art of awakening.

As with art, sometimes it's highly emotional and provocative. It's chaotic, crazy, beautiful, and messy all at once. 

Take a moment and absorb this.

Allow the wisdom to inform your doing AND your being...YOU. It's all one energy.  Being + Doing = YOU. You must tend to BOTH.
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Most of us are very skilled at doing (the human part). Our culture reward$ it.

Most of us neglect our being (the spirit part). Our culture doesn't yet fully understand and therefore support it.

It's up to you to honor both your doing and your being. 

One way to do that?

>>>Awaken to your TRUE self.