It's Time To Bloom!

Transformation is one of the most natural parts of our lives as humans. There are always pressures placed on us by our environment to shift and change, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. Deep within the human soul we yearn for the upward ascension of the spiral. We long to be better than yesterday. Stagnation is an atrocious feeling. It is the antithesis of the life force energy, even more than destruction is, for even destruction hints at new beginnings, while stagnation is barren soil. Despite the natural repulsion one might feel towards stagnation, the prospect of change often brings with it a great deal of fear. Change inherently means a death of the old version of ourselves. This brings existential fear to the aspects of us that cannot come with us through the threshold of transformation, so when we find ourselves amidst the pressures of transformation, we are caught between two choices: stay where we are and feel stifled in our stagnation or muster the courage to bravely face the frontier of novelty that lays before us. Anais Nin framed this dilemma so potently, “And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

The pressures to transform, at this particular moment in time, are stronger than ever. The future demands that we adapt, climbing and clawing our way up the ascension spiral, so that we may reach a form that is capable of thriving even in the most challenging of circumstances. The events of the last two years have shown us all that monumental change comes whether we are ready for it or not, and we must learn to flow and surf such waves or be crushed beneath them.

For five years now, I have dedicated my life to the transformational process that I call self-mastery, so when 2020 brought its world shifting energies, I found myself with the tools that allowed me to thrive in a tumultuous environment, for I had been honing them for years at that point. While I saw many around me drowning in fear and uncertainty, I found myself more dedicated to the inward journey than ever before. I wrote an entire book over the course of the first year of lockdowns. I found myself deepening my spiritual and self-mastery practices. I developed a personal physical fitness practice that kept my body and mind sharper than ever before. Also, for the first time in my life, since adolescence, I found myself depression free. While many in the world were experiencing the greatest emotional crucible of their lives, I found myself with relief from the trials that I had experienced all of my adult life. This is not to say that this time period didn’t come with its fair share of grief, times of transformation always do, but I had developed the emotional tools to process such grief, and thus, I didn’t have to hold onto it and wear that burden every day of that trying year, as some did. That’s not to judge those that struggled during that time, for our society at large has not equipped us with the tools necessary to endure such trying times. It was only because of my own personal quest to find relief from my demons, addiction and bipolar disorder, that I came across the tools and techniques that allowed me to thrive in such darkness. Darkness had been a part of my reality long before the external world reflected it in such flagrant fashion. While many had to confront their shadow for the first time during this period, I had been forced to confront mine years earlier.

The challenges that we have yet to face will likely make those we have faced in the last two years look relatively small in comparison. I do not write this to encourage fear in you. I am simply privy to the challenges that await us in the not too distant future, and because of this, I believe that we must take the reins of our own transformation rather than have it thrust upon us by circumstances outside of our control. I invite you to join me this Sunday, and all the Sundays to come for the foreseeable future, for a one hour online transformational workshop that I’ve affectionately entitled, “Super Human Sundays.” In this weekly workshop, I will share with you the tools, techniques, philosophies, and wisdom that have allowed me to thrive within the darkness and reach ever closer to my highest potential. We are all so much more capable than we may believe ourselves to be. Let’s explore your highest potential and thriving state! To book a spot in this weeks Super Human Sunday transformational workshop, click on the "Offerings" tab here at playgroundofpotential.com.