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I experienced an event in the year
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2015 that completely reshaped my
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perspective on life reality and the
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capacity we have as human beings to
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transform adversity before that day when
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everything changed I endured a
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challenging series of ordeals that I now
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think of as my personal resiliency boot
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camp during that period i navigated the
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emotional shifts that come with becoming
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an empty nester after raising a child my
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own for so many years at the same time I
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was grappling with the Betrayal of
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infidelity in what I thought was a
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stable relationship which felt like a
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deep rupture of trust as if that
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emotional turmoil wasn't enough my house
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fell victim to a string of stressful
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incidents there was a fire there was a
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theft that left me without my cherished
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personal belongings and there was a
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destructive flood that took a toll on
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the home I had fought so hard to
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maintain on top of that I sustained a
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skin injury requiring surgery and I even
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decided to take a leave of absence from
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my job something I had never imagined I
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would need to do all of these trials
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poured into my life over a compact span
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of about 15 to 18 months just as I
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thought I was gaining enough stability
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to move forward fate stationed me
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directly in the path of an event that
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would forever divide my life into before
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and after yet I always sensed that these
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harrowing as they were had the potential
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to benefit someone else this knowledge
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felt like a small glimmer of meaning in
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a swirl of pain guiding me to keep
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pushing forward at that time I was
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working in the realm of montau Education
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teaching and Consulting for multiple
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institutions despite a subtle feeling
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that I was meant to use those difficult
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experiences in a deeper more direct way
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almost as if some voice inside was
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guiding me to explore their trans
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possibilities I clung to my usual
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routine I chose not to heat that
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instinct perhaps out of fear or
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skepticism then on a December afternoon
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2015 I was leaving work in the fading
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daylight it was about half 4 a damp
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Misty evening in the northeastern part
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of the country and unusually warm for
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That season I was walking toward a
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corner near my workplace where a
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four-way intersection converged cars had
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halted at a red light so I started to
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cross I noticed my vehicle was parked
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diagonally across from me but 3/4 of the
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way across the street everything shifted
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in a heartbeat a large truck
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accelerating through the intersection
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struck me at about 30 mph it happened so
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quickly yet in my body time seemed to
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down my head whipped round my awareness
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sharpened and in the next beat
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I was no longer confined to my body
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instead I seemed to hover above gazing
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at the accident scene with an almost
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detached Clarity people on the ground
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were reacting someone was saying they
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had already called Emergency Services
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another person was rushing to direct
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traffic and my physical form lay in the
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crosswalk for a brief moment I felt
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disorientation then an odd composure
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washed over me accompanied by a sense of
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simultaneous presence it was as though a
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part of me recognized I was still
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Tethered to my physical self but another
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part floated in a Vantage Point High
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Above taking in the Panorama of sirens
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scurrying people and the shimmering
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traffic lights I had no pain just a calm
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and curious perspective that let me
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absorb every detail it was as if I was
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evaluating the viability of returning to
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my body examining whether not my Essence
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could reinhabit that form lying
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motionless on the pavement during those
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initial seconds I couldn't see the exact
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extent of my injuries I was out of my
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physical vantage point so Minor Details
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like multiple fractures and internal
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bleeding weren't in my immediate
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awareness suddenly the scene below began
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to fade my focus pivoted entirely to the
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environment I inhabited outside my body
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not long after that I found myself
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surrounded rounded by a profound
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darkness that was warm and protective
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like a cocoon swaddling me in safety in
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that space I perceived that others
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existed in similar cocoons nearby also
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enveloped in this vast emptiness
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although I had no sense of fear or
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isolation there was just Serenity a lack
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of anxiety no worry and a deep sense
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supported this quiet Bliss invited
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introspection questions Rose about where
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I was and whether there was more for me
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to explore instantly answers arrived in
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the form of a shift in location or an
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emergence of a new reality I couldn't
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tell if I traveled somewhere or if new
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surroundings simply presented themselves
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to me but the transition felt effortless
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I discovered myself in a place bathed in
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a sense of brilliant guidance a presence
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that seemed separate yet infinitely
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connected it felt like this presence was
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there on my behalf capable of answering
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everything I might want to know in that
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realm connection was immediate it was
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like pressing your forehead to someone
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else's sharing an exchange in which all
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of one's experiences thoughts and
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feelings become mutually known in an
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instant through that startling Union I
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gained clarity about my own life in a
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multi-dimensional all the complex
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threads of who I was what I was going
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through and how those threads inter
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interwove with the bigger tapestry of
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existence were revealed The Compassion
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acceptance and kindness there were
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overwhelming in their purity suddenly
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from within that Cosmic link a feeling
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of urgency began to surface I recognized
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a call to return as though my journey
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wasn't finished in the human realm my
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Consciousness had a conversation an
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unspoken deeply felt exchange between my
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Essence and a higher source of wisdom in
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those final moments before returning I
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assured that aspect of myself as well as
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that greater guiding presence that I
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would remember all the Insight they
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shared everything about compassion
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acceptance boundaries and the potential
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for growth hidden in every moment of
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human life then like a genie forced into
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a tiny lamp I felt the heaviness of the
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physical Dimension close in my hearing
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returned before my pain did I became
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aware of my own voice screaming in the
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distance like a whimpering cry that I
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first recognized as belonging to someone
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else gradually I realized that haunting
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sound was mine as paramedics arrived I
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slipped in and out of awareness partly
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in my body partly hovering outside it
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seeing them loading my limp figure into
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an ambulance from a vantage point that
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was both inside and outside of myself
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the sirens accompanied me into the next
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stage of my journey at some point I
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noticed the pounding ache within my
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physical form and the presence of
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numerous medical staff who were applying
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direct pressure to my injuries and
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strategizing how to stabilize me as they
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sped toward a specialized Trauma Center
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once I was moved into the trauma unit
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organized chaos swirled around me I was
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drifting Between Worlds sometimes
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feeling excruciating pain other times
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losing myself in fleeting moments of
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peaceful detachment although my body was
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ruptured by fractures internal wounds
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and a significant Blow To The Head I
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sensed a quiet anchor of calm that
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carried over from that expansive realm I
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had just left in that Anchor Point I
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received three resonant messages
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transmitted from the union I had felt
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beyond the physical plane first I needed
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to live large to embrace the totality of
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my gifts and offer them without
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hesitation second everything at its core
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was genuinely in alignment despite the
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swirl of human chaos a fundamental
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Harmony underpins all
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existence third there was no doubt we
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transcend our bodies the barrier of
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flesh is not the limit of who we are we
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are more extensive and radiant than our
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daily perspective often allows us to see
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through the grueling process of recovery
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relearning how to lean on the support of
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medical professionals discovering
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personal strategies for patients going
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through physical therapy and trying out
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best practices for cognitive
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Rehabilitation I became acutely aware
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that my experience was not merely about
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physical recuperation it was a profound
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spiritual Reawakening I had spent
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significant time immersed in various
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forms of spiritual exploration prior to
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that fateful day including following
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revered wisdom teachers learning in
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ashrams and experimenting with how to
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guides focused on inner
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well-being but my New Perspective proved
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far more tangible than any abstract
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notion or step-by-step tutorial for
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enlightenment it became an inescapable
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cellular level conviction that we carry
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an eternal aspect within us one that
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continues existing outside our mortal
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bodies in that sense we can be mindful
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that this broader reality is always
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within our grasp offering Solace and
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Insight whenever we choose to look
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beyond the immediate and see the
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infinite I realized that being a
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spiritual being does not cancel out the
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delicate Balancing Act of navigating
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Human Relationships we can hold
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compassion and discernment
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simultaneously this is where boundaries
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become essential for instance
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acknowledging someone's inherent light
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doesn't discount the necessity of
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drawing the line when harmful behaviors
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manifest in reality that Insight helped
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me reconcile the tension between
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extending unlimited compassion and
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maintaining self-protective measures
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needed in the past I feared asserting
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boundaries meant I was failing to show
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complete acceptance or that I might be
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out of alignment with the concept of
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love my near-death experience revealed
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that genuine love can emerge alongside
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balanced self-regard both truths can
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coexist moreover my time outside of the
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body allowed me to witness how every
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thought intention and feeling resonates
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on a frequency that magnetizes specific
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outcomes this phenomenon has been widely
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discussed in viral hacks and trending
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now themes about manifesting abundance
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or using top 10 strategies for building
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a dream life but I encountered it in a
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direct unfiltered way I saw how
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intentions even fleeting ones create
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ripples in that expansive Dimension
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there was no resistance to dampen or
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distort those pulses as soon as
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something was willed or wondered it
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flashed into being this was an Ultimate
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Guide to understanding the law of
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attraction in its purest form showing
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how we can co-create our experiences
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through mindful focus and unwavering
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belief yet Upon returning to normal
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Consciousness I recognized a sense of
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accountability reflecting on my past
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infidelity the loss of possessions the
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house fire the flood the injuries I
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understood it wasn't about guilt or
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blame it was about learning how our own
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choices perceptions and intuitive
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signals shape the reality we inhabit
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there were red flags I had ignored
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subtle warnings I brushed aside and in
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ignoring these signs I contributed to
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the perfect storm that eventually
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manifested once I recognize this pattern
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I began applying a step-by-step approach
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to remain in conscious communication
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with my intuition this included writing
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Daily Reflections practicing guided
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meditations that heighten inner
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awareness seeking expert tips on
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emotional boundaries and employing easy
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methods to name and validate my gut
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responses combining these habits has
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been profoundly healing forging a sense
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of agency though I don't consider myself
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fully enlightened or immune to
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challenges I feel more aligned with the
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path that's Guided by internal wisdom
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rather than external pressure in the
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months and years following that pivotal
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day I found renewed purpose in sharing
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my story with others I discovered that
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many people hunger for conversations
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about mortality about stepping Beyond
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the Veil and about the breathtaking
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magnitude of who we are when physical
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constraints lift I offered behind the
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scenes insights into that intangible
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Dimension where there there's no fear of
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judgment or condemnation an
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unconditional space in which we can
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observe our life experiences glean the
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lessons they hold and integrate that
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wisdom into our Earthly Journey although
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I don't present myself as an all-
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knowing teacher I do believe my
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firsthand travel to that realm and the
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bridging perspective I've brought back
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can Inspire those searching for Hope
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Clarity and a way to turn hardships into
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Stones time taught me that the gifts
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from a near-death experience are not
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restricted to the moment of crossing
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over they live on revealing further
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lessons as we continue to engage in the
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routine activities of everyday human
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life I still face obstacles get
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frustrated and struggle with the same
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perplexing decisions that Define our
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existence but there is an undercurrent
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of remembering a constant harnessing of
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gratitude joy and reverence for each
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breath I recall the sense of unwavering
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compassion in that other sphere a place
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where no condemnation could reach me
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keeping that memory alive in this realm
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has anchored my capacity to remain
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present to forgive faster to see beyond
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the limitations of ego and to shift my
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mindset when fear begins to creep in
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it's a process and I'm still very much
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in it this continuous Evolution fuels my
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desire to share more how to approaches
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when it comes to both Spiritual
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Awakening and practical living living I
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believe in the potential to combine
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spiritual insights with tangible tools
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that help one rebuild Body Mind and
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Spirit through a variety of tutorials
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like how to cultivate mindfulness how to
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employ best practices in Daily rituals
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or how to employ step-by-step methods
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for setting healthy boundaries others
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can accelerate healing and
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transformation in that spirit it's vital
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to highlight that no single path fits
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everyone part of the journey is learning
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to trust inner insights noticing
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energetic signals and understanding when
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life is urging us to pause reflect or
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make a change if we resist these nudges
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for too long the universe might
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orchestrate a jarring wake-up call my
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story stands as a vivid example that
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ignoring intuition can result in
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something as dramatic as a literal
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Collision ultimately one of the most
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comforting Revelations I brought back is
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that none of us has anything to fear
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when contemplating our transition out of
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physical existence beyond the tangible
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self we remain Tethered to a dimension
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where love acceptance and gratitude are
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the foundation whoever we conceive as
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guides or Angels stands by us supporting
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our journey and encouraging us to glean
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insights from every scenario we
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encounter unease regret or self-judgment
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don't belong there instead we're met
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with an expansive presence that gently
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yet powerfully communicates that we are
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cherished we are purposeful and that
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every lesson we learn on Earth is part
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of a grand tapestry as I look back the
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emotional threads that once felt
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separated loss from theft heartbreak
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from infidelity the physical Agony of
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accidents the disheartening shock of
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disasters seem woven together through a
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coherent storyline of growth each time I
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overcame a crisis I unlocked a piece of
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my resilience I hadn't known existed
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whether it was practicing how to
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mindfully heal burns after the house
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fire or tackling top 10 strategies for
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managing emotional distress after
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betrayal each challenge served as an
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intensive training ground reflecting on
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these experiences I recognize a design
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that's neither random nor punishing but
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instructive it's like the universe
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orchestrated a tutorial in the art of
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compassion and self-trust forcing me to
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see that stepping into one's fullest
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life isn't always about following a neat
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predictable path sometimes it's messy
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vigorous and beyond our imagined
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tolerance that's the greatest takeaway
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we already hold the answers inside but
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we must be willing to slow down tune in
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and trust them this is the place where
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breakthroughs happen my entire Saga from
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heartbreak to fire from flood to injury
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and from Near Death to renewal
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offers a window into the possibilities
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of human strength humility forgiveness
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and growth there's an unfathomable
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reservoir of quiet guidance that can
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illuminate our personal Darkness if we
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allow it some might call it Spirit
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Consciousness or Divinity the label
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matters less than the invitation it
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offers to integrate these insights into
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my ongoing reality I keep a regular
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practice of re-anchoring spending a few
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minutes each morning reciting
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affirmations acknowledging feelings of
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gratitude and mentally rehearsing a
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recognition of all that is well in my
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life life often intrudes with busyness
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and new dilemmas but each time I pause I
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feel the echo of that luminous realm
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that Echo refreshes my faith that
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there's so much more to existence than
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our five senses detect an immensity that
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continues to evolve carrying us forward
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even even as we sleep in our
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contemporary ERA with countless
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stressors coming from every angle it's
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easy to retreat into skepticism or
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cynicism yet for those who are seeking a
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genuine transformation a behindthescenes
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look at the multi-layered nature of
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Consciousness can provide a pivotal
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shift this shift might be subtle perhaps
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it's a fleeting moment of Silent
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reflection during a hectic day
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remembering that everything belongs to a
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bigger picture or it could could be a
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sudden surge of compassion for someone
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who has wronged us along with a
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willingness to set firm boundaries for
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our own well-being being able to hold
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these two poles of compassion and
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self-regard is a nuanced skill one that
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might not come from the typical quick
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fix or easy method instead it's a
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process that evolves over time often
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accelerated by personal epiphanies my
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goal isn't to dramatize the pain I faced
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but rather to highlight how these
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hardships primed me to be receptive to a
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universal message we exert far more
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creative power over our experiences than
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we routinely believe at some stage I
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realized I had to stop blaming others or
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circumstances and start examining how my
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own choices set up the stage for those
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events that doesn't erase the hurt or
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relieve others of their roles but it
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does grant me the agency to make more
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conscious decisions in the future being
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aware of that power also allows me to
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explore how my intentions shape outcomes
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like a step-by-step guide to aligning
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thought word and deed for outcomes that
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uplift rather than devastate since that
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2015 I've understood that my calling is
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to live more expansively offering the
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fullness of my gifts and leaning into
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the unique Knowledge gleaned from
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moments that nearly ended my physical
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Journey there's something about almost
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crossing that final threshold that
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reveals how fleeting life is yet how
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magnificently life can expand if we
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surrender to its deeper currence it's a
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message I continue to honor to live
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fully to accept that love gratitude and
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forgiveness create a sturdy radiant
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backbone to everything else we undertake
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these virtues spruce up our
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relationships refine our sense of
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purpose and help us see that each breath
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is a mini miracle goal speaking those
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words out loud or putting them into
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written form involves a fair amount of
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vulnerability but if doing so encourages
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even one individual to become more
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inquisitive about their own resilience
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and the Divine kernel within it feels
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worthwhile I often reflect on my months
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of physical therapy how helpless I felt
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in the beginning relearning the simplest
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walks struggling to talk or think
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clearly because of my brain trauma yet
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I saw a microcosm of what it means to be
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human facing obstacles employing
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determination and emerging stronger than
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before it's a narrative repeated in
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every corner of the globe people finding
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the fortitude to rebuild after
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Devastation understanding you are more
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than your body more than your scars more
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than your regrets is a profound lesson
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in self- Liberation another piece that
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feels indis dispensible to mention is
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that our deepest fears often revolve
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around the unknown dimension of death we
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tremble at the idea of losing our
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identity leaving our loved ones behind
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or confronting some final Reckoning but
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in my experience there was no judgment
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day waiting on the other side only an
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all-encompassing empathy that withheld
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condemnation that kind of Revelation
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dissolves the burden of shame we
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habitually carry helping us to embrace
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that each error each stumble
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is part of the curriculum of being alive
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though we must handle the consequences
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of our actions and refine our moral
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compass we can do so without being
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chained to Perpetual guilt now I
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encourage anyone reading this or hearing
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this story to consider the possibility
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that your greatest challenges might be
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forging you into the person who can
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serve as a catalyst for others you might
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be on the brink of a major breakthrough
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Even If your circumstances look dire my
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own tribulations from that battered
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moment on the street to the countless
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hours of healing demonstrate that what
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looks hopeless may actually be a turning
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point leading to Revelations of Grace
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courage and astonishing
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synchronicities implementing top 10
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strategies for cultivating inner peace
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or adopting a behind the-scenes
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perspective on how life events
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interconnect can yield incredible shifts
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in how you perceive any crisis trust in
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the voice that Whispers of new
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beginnings even if you've grown Adept at
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ignoring it after all if we're not
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attentive life has a way of forcing us
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to pay attention in ways that can be
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abrupt or even violent I emerged from
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that day with an unshakable certainty
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there is far more going on in our human
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experience than meets the eye beneath
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each heartbreak each physical pain each
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sense of betrayal there's an open door
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door once you step through that door you
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realize unconditional love is not an
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abstraction although we each Define it
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differently at its Essence it dissolves
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fear and makes room for healing it frees
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us to see one another not just as
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separate bodies with separate agendas
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but as expressions of one grand creative
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force that sense of connection
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endures it has sustained me through
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relapses of doubt through new sets of
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challenges that inevitably arise and
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through the daily hustle that tries to
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distract me from deeper truths each time
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I remember I become more willing to
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stand in my own authenticity to love
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without running away to set boundaries
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without feeling unspiritual and to claim
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my inherent right to find joy in being
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alive moving forward I intend to
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continue sharing what I've learned in
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tangible ways creating how to guide for
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anyone who's seeking to integrate the
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lesson that all is truly well no matter
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the current storm swirling around you I
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do that by offering practical exercises
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that incorporate body awareness creative
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expression and guided visualization
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techniques these are not overnight fixes
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take it from someone who had to push
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through layer upon layer of trouble but
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they pave a path where each small step
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can lead to significant
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transformation my hope is that by
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offering the methods others might avoid
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the intensity of a crisis like mine
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learning to heed the earlier nudges of
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the Soul well before a truck breaks the
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silence to close rebuilding one's life
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after a brush with mortality can be an
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incremental process filled with
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unexpected Brilliance be open and
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inquisitive examine what you've taken
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for granted and explore how small pivots
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in thinking can reduce suffering and
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enhance Wonder see relation ships as
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sacred mirrors even if they show you
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parts of yourself you'd rather not face
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know that compassion and forgiveness
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aren't weaknesses they are gateways to
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deep self- acknowledge and to community
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finally remember that when all is said
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and done you are far vaster than your
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physical shell there is a continuity
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that transcends what we typically
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perceive as the end offering an eternal
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tapestry for all the lessons and all the
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Love We Gather during our ephemeral yet
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significant sojourn here on Earth