"Deconstruction of the old is a prerequisite for growth. When the life or identity you have constructed is no longer wide enough to contain your expansive spirit, don’t shrink yourself to fit into places you have outgrown. There is an uncomfortable threshold that must be passed, a rebirth through destruction, like the breaking open of an egg to release the baby bird. " Thank you for articulating this right now so perfectly for where I am at. Your transparent sharing has helped me in my journey of rebirthing.
It's comforting to read your description of the 'breakdown' into imaginal goo. Seriously. One cannot know until it happens, right? I am humbled every day reflecting upon how naively I was serving masks and identities, marching confidently around in circles in my own self-built cage.
The feeling of disorientation and the insult to ego of having everything, all the identifications and identities crumble - being at mid-age and feeling 'there's nothing to show for my life!'
I've never been good at pretending I have it together and I don't have the material facades to hide behind...the experience has lead me straight into the swamps of despair and confusion that I built those identities to escape from in the first place.
'Your life is coming for you'. They used to say this in the retreats I attended. Now I have a sense of what that means: the ripening of karma is not something that can be planned around or added to a convenient schedule. Kali the destroyer - the 'feminine' chaos.
Jai Kali Ma!! Yes to some rebirth around here.
"Deconstruction of the old is a prerequisite for growth. When the life or identity you have constructed is no longer wide enough to contain your expansive spirit, don’t shrink yourself to fit into places you have outgrown. There is an uncomfortable threshold that must be passed, a rebirth through destruction, like the breaking open of an egg to release the baby bird. " Thank you for articulating this right now so perfectly for where I am at. Your transparent sharing has helped me in my journey of rebirthing.
The infinite birth and rebirth 🙌🏼🕯️
It's comforting to read your description of the 'breakdown' into imaginal goo. Seriously. One cannot know until it happens, right? I am humbled every day reflecting upon how naively I was serving masks and identities, marching confidently around in circles in my own self-built cage.
The feeling of disorientation and the insult to ego of having everything, all the identifications and identities crumble - being at mid-age and feeling 'there's nothing to show for my life!'
I've never been good at pretending I have it together and I don't have the material facades to hide behind...the experience has lead me straight into the swamps of despair and confusion that I built those identities to escape from in the first place.
'Your life is coming for you'. They used to say this in the retreats I attended. Now I have a sense of what that means: the ripening of karma is not something that can be planned around or added to a convenient schedule. Kali the destroyer - the 'feminine' chaos.
“If we’re not careful, we can become stuck in a mental cage of our own creation.” - YES
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