26/08/2026
'Mystical poetry and sacred wisdom'✨️ This beautiful online session yesterday with Integral Yoga Institute S.F. was a deep dive into poetry and finding expression for the heart/soul. What a joy!
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This poem by Danna Faulds (read all below) describing our desire still to be ‘perfect’ really struck a chord. Year 2 in retirement and being a ‘compassionate mess’ (yep it still happens!) and a messy human, seems the antithesis in how life should be right now! But how strongly I can still get ‘sucked’ in by expectations in and of our society.
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Take a slow conscious read and let me know how it lands for you..
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-Awakening Now' by Danna Faulds
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The moment your eyes are open, seize the day.
Would you hold back when the Beloved beckons?
Would you deliver your litany of sins like a child’s collection of seashells, prized and labelled?
‘No, I can’t step across the threshold,’ you say, eyes downcast.
‘I’m not worthy, I’m afraid, and my motives aren’t pure.
I’m not perfect, and surely, I haven’t practised nearly enough.
My meditation isn’t deep, and my prayers are sometimes insincere.
I still chew my fingernails, and the refrigerator isn’t clean.’
Do you value your reasons for staying small more than the light shining through the open door?
Forgive yourself.
Now is the only time you have to be whole.
Now is the sole moment that exists to live in the light of your true Self.
Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.
Please, oh please, don’t continue to believe in your disbelief.