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Grief, My Faithful Friend

Grief, My Faithful Friend, I bow to you

November’s magical full moon looking after us …

The power of grief strikes in mysterious ways.

Deep sadness and longing.

Connection and separation.

Emptiness.

Layer upon layer

Undressing our concepts of reality,

Repainting the limits of  pre-established horizons.

The veil grows thinner and thicker, thicker and thinner

as the winds of change caress our soul.

Our heartbeat aches for a whisper, a hand, a laughter no longer here.

As I slip into the velvet feeling of your presence and existence,

The sweet scent of a golden memory

Catches my spirit and brings me back to the ‘no beginnings, no ends’.

Time stops and stretches simultaneously.

And I know,

I know that I am but a keeper of the eternal flame.

– with deepest love and gratitude for you Karen, beautiful friend and fellow seeker… I am beyond blessed to have shared some of this earthly journey with you. Shine bright star, shine…

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‘Flow, Feel, Fly’ – original song video & more!

So….

I survived my first official dislike on youtube! Hurray !!!

And you know what, it wasn’t that bad. It was quite funny actually to observe myself and see how my brain was trying to make sense of this small ‘INconvenience’!

Going through the full spectrum of thoughts in just a few seconds:

-Shock : ‘Oh NOOOO someone must really hate my song and video so much that they go to the trouble of pushing the dislike button…”

-Self criticism: “You must be shit at this Natacha, definitely not good enough… Who do you think you are posting stuff on here?” Etc…

-Disbelief/attempt to feel OK about it: “Hang on a minute, someone must have pushed that dislike button by mistake while trying to push the like button on the small screen of their phone. That would explain it.”

-Looking for whys: “They probably have issues, childhood traumas blablabla…”

But really… what it comes down to is: Someone just didn’t like what I created. And so what!?

I am relieved I could genuinely witness myself and laugh at the whole thing. I now know at a deeper level that fear will not stop me from showing up and that I will never compromise on being myself no matter what people think – which you have to admit is a pretty big revelation for such a small ‘thumb down’?

This gives me hope and wings for the future. The truth is, when you put yourself out there, you are going to push people’s buttons, you are going to be disliked. And that is totally fine.

I am happy that the reasons why you would go and judge someone else’s creation with negativity are beyond me and that I would rather put my energy into creating something, supporting someone’s gifts than putting someone else’s offerings down. Unfortunately there is a lot of this destructive kind of behaviour (to much bigger degrees) in this world.  Because let’s face it, as people, we can be a bit screwed up.

But what I do know is that there are more kind, caring, supportive people than the ones who will spend their time judging and criticising your brave creative input in this world.

So here is THE song video.

You can read the lyrics and more about the song and video once you click on it – and see the text below the video on youtube ;o)

What are you going to put out into this wild world today?

With much love, as always

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‘The Mountain’s Guest’ (original song/video)

There are times in your life when you feel you have so much to say and yet nothing to say – almost as if you had reached a bit more of the essence of what is and therefore have no words to describe it. I guess this illustrates in its own way the awesome and uncanny ambiguity of being a human being.

I have come to the conclusion that I am fiercely independent – with a twist! ;o) I love people but I love to spend time on my own. I cannot exist without the other but I cannot exist without myself, first and foremost.

I believe that ignoring our relationship with ourselves is the root of many ailments and destructive behaviours. While falling asleep to ourselves we seek something that can never be found outside ourselves and lose the connection to our own true nature, source, wisdom and guidance.

I am deeply grateful for the ability to be with myself without the need to escape. I am deeply grateful for the knowing that without attending my fire, my wounds,  my beating heart, I only seek outside myself what is so abundant inside; and that this invariably leads to feelings of lack and emptiness. I am deeply grateful for the unlimited gifts of life that present themselves in all shapes and forms.

From the joyful fountain of self acceptance and true reverence for life, there is nothing in the whole universe that can remain unexplored.

“I am the mountain, holy and free…”

And so are you ?

“I howled so loud

To break all these chains

I prayed and I vowed

To let go of the pain.

I feel you sister

Growing inside me

Together we shimmer

With the stars we are free.

’cause right in my chest

A mountain rests

Strong and holy

I’m forever her guest.

I am the mountain

Holy and free

Holy and free

Holy and free.”

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The Mind is Just a Scared Bunny

It is absolutely OK to feel. It is absolutely OK to express. It is absolutely OK to share.

The heart wants nothing more than to open, feel and embrace. The mind on the other hand spends much of its time freaking out and strategically planning our unnecessary rescue.

With all due respect to this amazing creature which is the mind, it can often act like an overly protective parent who inadvertently hinders the confidence of their child by trying to save their baby from the world.

When there is real danger our most sophisticated programmes kick in – which to be honest is a blessing and often a life saver. But do we really need to deploy our attack and defence forces when we are sitting on a sofa? Creating a vision? Walking towards our dreams? Having a conversation? Sharing our heart? Honouring our creativity? It is a bit mad, if we think about it, isn’t it?

OK – making coffee is essential, right? But do we tend to leave the machine running day and night, making coffee whether we are in or out – just in case? Even the most caffeine addicted would not do that. Pushing the ON button is essential when we want that coffee. But then we switch it OFF. As human beings we need to learn to de-programme, to know how to switch that button from ON to OFF and we need to be disciplined about it. There is no other way.

So thank you mind for all you do. But 90% of the time there is no problem to solve and we do not need protecting or rescuing. Rest, sweet mind while we explore!

The mind is just a scared bunny…. It finds the light threatening. Perhaps it thinks we are going to disappear into the sun if we shine too bright.

Perhaps it believes we are going to be in danger if we allow, are and act from a place of centred heart energy. Perhaps it fears we will fall apart if we feel and live a life fuelled by intuition, love and abundance. We do not have to take on these distorted beliefs. Instead let’s go back to source and listen to the light and wisdom within.

Why is it that we human beings either shut down, suppress or judge and punish ourselves for feeling, sensing? How crazy is that – really – if you think about it…? What is, just is; isn’t it? I am not talking about blindly tolerating the atrocities which are going on in the world and on this planet but about really seeing, observing and being true to one’s inner landscape.

Shouldn’t our effort and energy be put into aligning ourselves with what is? Into becoming more aware and awake so that we are no longer the slaves of some delusional reality? So that instead of walking blind and fooling ourselves we really see and grow into the beautiful uniqueness that we have been given and are?

Retuning ourselves so that integrity is at the core of our actions; so that rather than letting a disguised need to fix our lack of self worth take the reigns and inevitably destroy our life and those of others, we step into our own power and dignity with love; so that flattery of the ego is not a road we would ever consider again.

So that inner peace can eventually reign over our demons.

With the blessings of the New Moon, may we surrender with grace, let go of what is no longer serving us and set some heart centred, soul fuelled intentions.

Namasté