By Aletheia Luna — 2021
Self-realization is one of those phrases that we hear on the spiritual path that goes in one ear and out the other. We don’t give it much thought, yet it’s at the very heart of EVERYTHING.
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The black box is awkward at best and excruciating at worst. But it’s where change happens.
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Identity encompasses the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that create one’s sense of self.
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Do you remember that famous scene in the movie Rocky, when he ran up seventy-two steps to the top of the Philadelphia Museum, and once he got there he raised his arms triumphantly? That’s you on the path of self-realization.
A real relationship is steeped in an inner knowing of ones’ inherent value. It blooms from well-loved and maintained foundation of self-knowledge, self-respect and clear values.
I suggest that the single most important task of the second half of life is the recovery of personal authority, and mobilizing the courage and resources to live our truth in the world.
Necessity being the mother of invention, it struck me that contemplation didn’t depend on a particular practice.