Hi dear one,
Have you ever felt that your spiritual path has become like a constant struggle to become better?
I am observing it nowadays with many people who come to me for their own next level of Awakening. I often see that what makes them tired or anxious is nothing else but the old idea that they are not good enough, and they need to keep working and trying hard to achieve that thing we call ‘enlightenment’… or, just happiness.
Can you relate?
What if you had a way to feel without a shadow of a doubt that you were already good enough, perfect and free? Right Now? How much struggle, fear and worry would immediately fall off your shoulders?
When was the last time you experimented with a feeling of bowing down to the gem of divine creation (however it feels in the moment), without trying to change it into something different? Even if your mind says “I should experience something more spiritual” ask it, “Spiritual according to whom? To the mind? The ego? The past experiences?”
I’ve found that the very notion of “trying to change” or “fix yourself” is the fastest way to disconnect from the perfection and love within you.
The collective consciousness is running on the basis of “fix, change, try to be something better… work hard to become bigger.” It takes a conscious choice to stop, acknowledge and embrace the many parts of you unconditionally—all the thoughts and feelings—just as they are right now.
It takes a conscious choice to disengage from the collective matrix of the spiritual rat race. Instead, celebrate and give thanks for every vibration, every flavor, every mood just as it shows up right now. It is the divine creation. So precious. So magical.
Just for this moment in time if you feel that you have been on any kind of spiritual treadmill that says you have to “keep working hard in order to be good enough” , how would it feel to step off it for a moment? Just give yourself a little vacation from it? The spiritual work that keeps feeding the belief system that you are not a good enough yet, does it really serve you?
There is time for everything, including rest. Total and complete rest. So, take a deep breath, give yourself time to let go, and give thanks for all your “spiritual” work. Savor the results. Otherwise, what’s the point?
As always, please leave your comments below. I love reading them, and I am sure I am not the only one. 
With love,
Julia
PS: For those of you who are deeply devoted to your Inner Freedom and desire a deepest rest from the struggles and insecurities, we are offering the Advanced Breath Mastery course in Marin, CA on July 29-Aug 1st. It will be absolutely incredible four days, immersed in the deepest remembering of Your Wholeness, Peace, Freedom and Ease! I have not talked much about it because it’s an advanced course designed mostly for those who have attended Your Next Level of Liberation immersion. However, I am being Guided to make two spots available for the individuals whose Hearts are feeling a strong YES even without attending the weekend immersion first. You know if it’s YOU. To apply for a partial scholarship of $497 (normally $1397) go to breathoflove.org/scholarship.php.
Thanks Julia. I feel relief reading this. The more I think of it the better it feels.
Much love
Thank you Julia for your words of wisdom…this certainly came at a time when I needed it and I love your statement about the spiritual work that keeps feeding this belief system. I feel better and more uplifted, thank you for your new shift in thinking and passing it along to us. Out to water my garden and contemplate your words.
Blessings and my love to you.
When you allow yourselve to be in the moment and to allow
yourselves that inner peace, you find yourself not searching
for I have to do this or I have to do that. I am experiencing this
at the moment and even though I am going through stressful
moments with family, I am feeling at peace, because I am able to find the space and go within myself and that makes everything more enjoyable to live with. I am experience that inner peace that can make everything in life less of a struggle.
Of course the timing for this is perfect. aaaahhhhhh thank you!
I watched something years ago……. disciples of Buddha….. In a cave of beautiful whirling patterns embedded in rock… You could find shapes of people.
The monks who found more of Buddha’s face in the formations were considered higher on the plain of enlightenment.
There was something instantly wrong for me….. Higher on the plain of enlightenment
A judgement….
I do think it is a beautiful gift to be able to accept who and where you are in life.
We all work on this daily…….
Love is feeling generated from the heart,,love is blind, love has no reason.it follows no rules..It is like water slipping thru your fingers and the part that is left is the true essence of you….Love is not a thinking thing ,it is the presence of the now..I am ,you are, G-d is..that what love means to me…
I love it, Nancy! Yes, Love is the mystery of our infinitely beautiful being.
thank you for sharing your heart with us,
Julia
Am really inspired…
Beautifully written, gently convening the ups and downs, opportunities and stretches we are experiencing. To be honest about all this opens doors to new frequencies of love, of freedom, of Presence. I love to breathe! I love to share the gifts of the simple things in life — breath, water, solar-battery-food, sunlight, movement. Your work is inspiring, Julia, and that’s what breath is. Love.
Life hasn’t given me any affirming push with direction or work. I find myself suspended in relaxation and trust. All will be revealed at the perfect time. I am counting on the remembrance of these words… this truth, nothing to fix or change. Allowing God, mySELF to be in the mystery with it, just the way it is. Allowing this time to feed new spaces and faces. Letting myself rest in the friction/fiction of the world. Taking in the nourishment of this time. Thank you
My latest poem/song, just coming through on the ride down from Marin and Breath Mastery – Wow! I’m like the Grinch whose heart was too small and now swelled to 4 times the size it was last Thurs – full of love for everyone, including my sweet self. Thanks Julia for your purity of Spirit and for your love. Enjoy this and I will sing for you when I get a tune for it. Add it to the Breath of Love album Nathan and I will compile. Fun!
There’s nothing that I have to do
The doing has been done
There’s nothing that I have to fix
I am already ONE
I don’t have to be in the right
Or try to make you wrong
I’m holding this position
But I won’t hold it for long
And you don’t have to love me
Or what I’m speaking of
For as long as I am breathing
I AM the breath of Love
And when I’m being who I AM
I’m happy either way
And there’s a peace you cannot touch
No matter what you say
The monkeys try to protect me
By shutting down the flow
And it’s only when I hold them
In love that they let go
And relaxing the monkey grip
Is like a little death
And I ease the passage
By using Love’s breath
(chorus)
And you don’t have to love me
Or what I’m speaking of
For as long as I am breathing
I AM the breath of Love
And when I’m being who I AM
I’m happy either way
And there’s a peace you cannot touch
No matter what you say