The greatest work you can do in this world begins inside you.
Do you wish to change the world? Then change the inner condition inside yourself.
Do you wish to change the culture? Change your ways.
Want a healthier society? Change your mind.
World peace? Peace your inner world. Action arising from right thought.
If you want more kindness, practice being kind to yourself.
The path of yoga is a journey inward. If you pause, listen to the sounds around you, not the noise in your head, but the actual living sounds around you. Take in a breath, inhale, pause, exhale, pause. Observe the effects of just being aware of the breath. Notice the sounds and the sensations that are your actual aliveness.
It’s not so easy to let go of fixing or doing. Witness the awkward experience of being present. Life is movement, and the mind roams, looking for itself to be seen. It will never find itself until it moves inwards and rests in the space of the heart. Feel the willingness to let go of tension in gripping onto identity. Be invisible and trust the expanded feeling of aliveness just to be enough. This commitment to life is different than the desire to get life.
How can you get love, do love when you are love? The little mind will never let us feel this thought. It is not the intellect that knows this sacred path to actually being loved. Our intrinsic nature is this love, compassion and kindness. It is not until the mind can rest in its nature and let go of the need to attach to its identity. In a space of profound protection, we fall in love with our soul’s divine light of love. This must be experienced, and each of us will experience it in our own unique way of expression. We are all originals, unique souls within the ocean of humanity.
My passion arises in being the inspiration for healing the pain of being hostage to the wrong thought. The thought of self-loathing is taught so well. The coping mechanism to numb and distract only adds to the frustration of loneliness from the separation of listening to the inner voice. Hate is so easy to learn.
Purify the waters of your inner landscape and drink in the pure sweetness of this flowing river. This path is the way to the heart of loving. Clear the ocean that is your soul and allow the beauty of living in the world to be your legacy. If just for today, choose to come inward and breathe into your heart and exhale the light of love through the heart. If you want to change the world, as Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world”.
March is the month of great change as we move into the season of Spring. The light changes, nature blooms, and the animal kingdom awakens. I am being inspired to listen deeply, and my invisible work is to continue to go deeper into my soul. Life presents new opportunities to learn. Celebrating new beginnings as the spring opens to possibilities.
Let us continue our commitment to the journey inward and shine brightly as collective humanity demands our peaceful contribution.
In light and love,
Laura Jane
