i am here now

10.29.18

india

i haven’t even stepped foot in the country yet

and i know already i’ll be back again.

just beginning this journey

so many beautiful reminders from the universe,

the hawks guiding my way

to DIA,

the helpful directions from strangers,

and profoundly simple conversations with my flight neighbors…

it’s all been infused with

magic in its purest essence.

recognition of so many confirmations

that i am exactly where i’m supposed to be

scribbling on a blank page.

a primary theme

to come back into simplicity.

from frantic overpacking,

to revolving my life around routes to take,

so i take this as the lesson i am asked to learn

 simplicity.

decluttering.

releasing all that does not serve my highest and greatest good

release the grip of materialism in my westernized life.

it is time to lessen my load,

dive deep into my personal spirituality

and finding out what that really means.

what of all my superfluous practices to consider myself ‘spiritual’?

or can i reduce that all down into one, singular, complete essence?

of Love.

of Gratitude.

of Presence.

Oneness.

to truly reconvene with the Divine presence

and stay there,

not to come back down into duality.

difference is the only thing we all have in common.

division

is the only thing that keeps us in the idea that being diverse is anything but holy.

i aim to rise

above my automatic reaction that i am separate,

foreign,

or that i stand out.

release

the notion that i am special

without dishonoring the fact that i am here to accomplish great things.

i am here,

on this planet,

to get closer to creation

and destruction.

om namah shivaya.

akal.

i choose to enliven myself

to the complexities of these opposing forces

and yet find their simple similarities.

every moment

has gravitated my quantum field towards this sacred place,

these people,

and this unfolding

and spiraling

of this manifestation.

i am here, now.

jaelyn kohl