Life is a journey of self-discovery.

We owe it to the Life Force to be able to enjoy our lives, to express our deepest desires and to follow our hearts.

I try my best to remain fully aware, disciplined, not creating unnecessary desires and further entanglements.

There is no one receipt for how one should live their life. I’ve been trying to figure out mine as I go along. I have come a certain length of the way and it hasn’t always been easy sailing. The ocean, just like life, is full of surprises.

There have been many events that mark various stages of my progress. One of the most notable ones happened when I went to Costa Rica to attend a one-week Wisdom & Wellbeing course focusing on recognizing and healing childhood trauma. 

There were 60 of us, from all walks of life, different ages, nationalities, and levels of trauma. One thing we had in common. We were all there to heal our wounds, by trying to recognize and reach our innermost struggles, trying to let them go.

As human beings, we are bound to be carriers of all sorts of memories, imprints, experiences, and emotions. We carry visible or invisible scars, deep ones, shallow ones, all kinds that get triggered at various times in our lives. As Vessel van Der Kolk puts it, the body keeps a score. Or Gabor Mate’s analogy about being in the realm of the hungry ghost. Both of these analogies speak to me as I have started recognizing both body scores and hungry ghosts.

Back to the Pura Vida experience… The first few days were quite overwhelming, a sensory overload, but the lush nature, the ocean, the winds, the birds, and the howler monkeys helped to diffuse it and make it work just fine. Not to mention the most delicious food full of life and goodness. We were nourished body and soul. I felt like I was spending time in heaven, being continuously swept off my feet by the sound of the ocean waves. I could hear the ocean and sense the waves while resting in my cabin at the end of the day.

I met many kindred spirits, for which I am incredibly grateful. Jane showed me safe ways where I could swim. First thing in the morning, saluting the sun, being infused with the ocean magic.

Having swum my heart out in the morning I would drift ashore, find a rock, a comfortable sitting position, I closed my eyes and became one with the sound of the ocean.

There is so much energy available out there, inside us, at all times, if only we have the eyes to see and the heart open enough to receive and give.

Om

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