A Brave New Vision

Unlike Aldous Huxley’s dystopian future, your vision for the world comes from a source of loving creation within you. There are two kinds of people in the world, those who see the world as it is and those who see the world as it could be. Just kidding, everyone is both kinds of people, it is only a matter of who you choose to be in each moment. If you have been living in a world dictated by those around you, I invite you to begin living in a world of your own creation. I am not suggesting to live purely in fantasy, there are certainly real, material actions and consequences that take place in your environment. However, to truly produce the life meant for you and to be of service in alignment with your soul’s design, you are invited to work from the inside out. How do you look inward? By creating space in your life for stillness, for inner listening, for visualization, and for many other tools and practices I write about. The world can seem so demanding from the outside in - from the perspective of your family, your employers, your friends, the media, etc. - always acting upon you with their own desires without offering any space to breath. The world will offer opportunities for breath if you are in a place of readiness to practice breathing. In other words, invitations to check-in arise all of the time, you likely just do not perceive them as such or own your power to say “yes” to them.

You may look at certain periods of your life, like losing a job, ending a relationship, or experiencing a perceived sickness, as misfortune, but really they are the universe providing opportunities for inner vision. Any time you have the blessing of time and space to be alone, you are invited to align with the universe within you waiting to unfold. Any time you are granted stillness or solitude, you have the opportunity to breathe life into a world not yet known by those around you. Contrary to popular ideas about what it means to serve the world, you are of greatest service when you take time to envision the life meant for you. Others will not necessarily understand or agree with the inner vision for your life, in fact, it may trigger them and they may be attempt to stuff your vision back into the mysterious place it arose from. But if you stay true to yourself, others will learn to see how powerful you have become by taking your own path, and in time it will become well-worn, only waiting for another young soul to disregard it in favor of their own.

If you are running around guided by the expectations of your thinking brain, extending yourself beyond your limits and collapsing in fatigue every night, you are likely not serving yourself nor are you serving the world in the most expansive way. I am not here to dismiss those who choose such a lifestyle, in fact, I support it if it is an intentional choice that works for you. I am only here to say that if something is missing and you are not quite sure how you ended up sacrificing your inner vision for an outer one, there is another way. I invite you to practice cultivating a brave new vision for yourself and the world. My own vision began to unfold after years of not fitting into the visions of others, feeling misunderstood, and ultimately getting sick. Even when I found myself in the healing world of clinical psychology, there was always a puzzle piece that did square up with the rest. It took several “opportunities,” or Spirit interventions through the sickness of my body, before I was willing to venture beyond the only boxes I perceived as options for my life. The brain values safety more than true purpose and potential, so it takes a different muscle to create it.

I invite you to reflect on what in your life you have currently accepted as your highest vision when if fact it is a brain-derived, “Matrix”-version of a vision conditioned by safety, acceptance, and approval. It does not have to be a monumental area of your life and could simply be a particular food you are eating or media site you are viewing, though what you will likely find as you pull the thread is a deeper source of attachment, identity, and conditioning to a particular way of life in the form of this seemingly small habit. Through the lens of one habit, you may discover a core narrative or belief about the way you assumed life must be lived. Once you recognize this belief, you may recognize that you never even really intentionally decided to live this way, but simply fell into it. You do not simply fall into your highest vision for life, you create it. Therefore, if you have not spent some time reflecting on the most expansive possibility for your life’s vision, it is more than likely you are not yet fully living it. Again, there is no judgment or blame intended by my words. If you are content, I honor you and wish you continued contentment in all your days. Only if you are experiencing stuckness or a desire for more do I extend the offer to merely wonder about the bravest vision your life could hold. From that vision, imagine the ripple your life, your thoughts, your dreams, and your actions can have. It matters. You matter. So walk bravely into a new vision if you are called by my words to do so and know that you are not alone. I am with you. I support your vision and your highest intention for this life. Nothing is more important. Nothing is more sacred. You are guided by the highest authority - the source of all things that lives within.