Permission to Be Still in a Wild World

Lately it has come to my awareness that while many people strive to be still, to feel pure peace, and calm, I have been ignoring the gift of it in my own self.  

Driven by a weekend of camaraderie and celebration, I recently experienced the dissonance inside of me from attempting to have more fun, to be more extroverted and joyful.  The mere effort to fit into celebratory experiences left me feeling like my wires were fried and I had become so distracted, so far from my center that my feet were barely on the ground. 

As a person who is very much an empath, I had tapped into the energies around me which were far from the calm, clear channel of understanding that I usually am. I look back now and see how the vibration of music, shouting over music to converse, and the combination of foods I would normally not eat and drinks I didn’t prefer to drink…all the chemicals.. there was a powerful shift in my energy and my ability to function.  I had drifted into the egoic world, yet like a mermaid on land, I wasn’t getting too far too fast. 

Today, with the help of my personal meditation practice and morning rituals, I came back to center, back to my core, and in a flash saw that, while my usual nature isn’t the life of the party, it is a truly necessary eminence on this planet. 

For those who have gleaned the truth of our pure divine nature, you know that the bliss of being close to God/Source has no comparison to any worldly pleasure.  In order to partake in man’s excitement and fun, we often succumb to lower vibrational behaviors.  We drink, smoke, compare, mock, and act in ways we later might find silly, if not embarrassing.  Is this fun in the moment? Sure! We are meant to partake in all the goodness of creation, no judgement here. 

My point is here is to remind folks like me that our quiet, introspective, empathic nature is just as valuable as those who incite raucous party vibes.  

Here’s why- the planet is full of jacked up nervous systems craving the stillness, calm, and peace that we have inside of us.  That ability to be still, to be alone, to be quiet and feel full when there isn’t a single ounce of stimuli- that is a true skill.  It is a skill that brings us such vast space inside of us that we can create within any world, any experience we desire, without the need for external chemicals or vibrations to elicit joy, pleasure, or bliss.  

So rather than lowering my own resonance in order to feel pleasure, I am choosing to stay in my own vibe for awhile.  I want to see how that feels, to just stay in my receptive, feminine, peaceful place.  

When I am “at home” in my true nature, I can feel confident that my resonance, while it may be still and quiet, is having an impact on the collective energy around me.  I am stabilizing an environment that is looping chaos; especially as those around me are choosing to rock their world even more with a puff of this, a drink of that, and an order of stress for their cells.  

In stillness, we open to the flowering of a portal within us. This portal takes us to places of wisdom, information, magnetic attraction, and creative life force energy.  In this place, I have all I need and access to a never ending flow of abundance.  

When the pendulum of collective opinion says DO, RUSH, ACT, and our inner wisdom says
“Whoa there, bucko”… have the courage to listen to your own knowing and just pause. Do the brave thing of coming to a full stop, pull inside like a turtle and just be in there.  Be home, be quiet, and connect again to the sacredness of YOU. 

Be still and know. Be that peace. Settle into that cottage on the edge of time and space. From there- that is where you set the resonance of your highest heart and most peace.  This is what is called for now.  

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