For three months, I spent most days at home in solitude. I turned off sound notifications on my phone. I prioritized self-care through rest, whole food, exercise, and meditation. I chose to spend time with people and on activities that energized me.

While everyone’s rock bottom may look differently, the feeling of being at rock bottom is probably very similar. It’s that feeling of utter incompetence and unworthiness, that you are as low and insignificant as a pile of rubble and you have no idea how to come back up.

I stretch out my hands, my arms,
the full length of my body
and plunge into the pools of gratitude.

While it’s a healthy stepping stone toward deeper self-discovery, many of those labels can make us feel like there’s something wrong with ourselves and others, when there isn’t. As we read trending definitions and discussions on each of those labels, we can feel as though we either enable one of them or we are one of them.

As we expand our consciousness, it’s not unusual to ask why we do certain things and whether or not it supports the inner freedom we seek. Or, is it just another set of conditions we were subjected to live by?

As someone who grew up in Hong Kong during the 80’s and 90’s and has been living in Australia for nearly three decades, I often ponder questions regarding my identity: Who am I? Chinese, British overseas citizen, or Australian?

We live in a society that often typecasts us in a certain role based on our outward appearance and demeanor. Expectations start to form about who we are based on those impressions that reinforce and motivate us to be that person.

What we don’t realize is that radical change is possible. We don’t have to be the person we always have been. We can be different, not just the same person with different qualities and characteristics, but a different person.

For centuries and millennia,
Imprinted with your rippled gaze
A thousand lifetimes we meet,
No less potent than the first.

We have old memories embedded into the fabric of our fascia that we are just not aware of. One time, I had brought up an old memory of my grandmother receiving the news of the death of her brother. I realized that at that moment she had moved into a gesture upon her shock.

Finding another who truly understands the very essence of our being is what indeed makes life worthy. And having someone who supports our deepest callings helps our soul evolve.

Another year. Another Valentine’s Day. Everywhere I look reminds me of my always single status in my 40-plus years of life. And sometimes the thought of it hurts.

It is important to realize that our constant hunt for pleasure leaves us with a feeling of lack. Afterall, we wouldn’t be hunting for something else if there wasn’t something missing in the first place.

As much as I believe in the existence of soulmates, what I know for sure is the staying power of a solid and steady connection built over time, which can also happen with a soulmate.

This remains the safest place, where
we perfect the cosmic play…

As human beings, we are frequently presented with scenarios that test our values, principles, and how disciplined we are in following through on being the kind of person we want to be.

It’s not easy to choose kindness in every moment of our lives. Our world can be harsh and unforgiving, full of people who operate from survival mode desperate to take from others.

Empaths feel our way through life and have compassion for all living beings. When we give, we give genuinely without expectations in return. We need a special formula of success in a world that consists of mostly monetarily driven ecosystems.

Spiritual experiences are not that hard to have, but to incorporate it into a life that works so that it actually leads to transformation takes time, and you can’t really shortcut that process.

Excessive thoughts and feelings are often those suppressed, unorganized or unexpressed. If you find your thoughts overwhelming and uncontrollable then the first step is to get them out of your head and into the present moment.