Beloved Child of Mine, I hear you weep. It seems you have settled into some kind of perpetual sadness. I hear your thoughts that say:

“I have so much, so very much, to be grateful for, and I weep. I weep because I weep. I remember when I used to leap out of bed, almost being unable to wait until the day would begin. Now I am not eager for the day to begin. I am eager for the day to be over so I can sleep into oblivion. I know that life is beautiful. I haven’t forgotten that, yet my heart aches with I know not what.”

I speak to your heart now that sits back with a shawl over its head and cries.

Beloveds, consider this time of sadness as dew on the morning grass. You do not have to think that you are supposed to be sad or that you are not supposed to be sad because of it. There is nothing wrong with being sad. Like dew on the grass, sadness will evaporate.

Consider sadness as a lovely ribbon of life. You put the ribbon on, and you take the ribbon off. Sadness is not such a big deal as the world would make it.

Or perhaps someone braids the ribbon in your hair and pulls too tight. Still the ribbon of sadness does not stay entwined with you forever. You know sadness leaves. It has left you before.

“So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.” ~ Alan Watts

Alan Watts, the British philosopher, writer, poet and modern mystic, began popularising Eastern philosophy in the West in 1950s and 1960s. His refreshing perspective on reality, the purpose of life serves as a guide for the open-minded and awakened toward finding your inner self, to re-think your way of life and become who we really are.

e was a critic of modern society, poked fun at institutions and gurus and always saw the big joke of it all. Watts famously described himself as a “philosophical entertainer.” Here are seven lectures/teachings of Watts that I found inspiring and is sure to make you question reality!

Dear Ones, a reminder. It is a tremendous honour to be in the body, physically present on the planet at this time, because it is the realm of experience. It is through those experiences that you grow, expand, learn, refine, and self define.

To deny yourself experiences because you fear the unknown, is to deny yourself the very thing your soul is seeking – to be able to try many, many things tangibly through the vehicle of the body. So embrace your human experience! Savour your senses, see the magic of the Now, and appreciate the opportunity that you have to do so. It is truly where the soul makes the most progress. ~Archangel Gabriel

Is it one of those days, my beautiful child, when even someone saying to you, “Yes, I understand” makes you want to scream, “No, you don’t!  You’re not me!”  You are not alone! When the not so good stuff comes up, let it. Yes, it can be challenging.  No, it might not feel all that good.  But, once it is up and out it is not coming back. Always remember; you are in the process of becoming a better person every moment of every day.  Keep releasing! ~ Creator

You are not your body. You have a body, which houses your soul.

You are not your thoughts, worries or fears. You can control your thoughts or observe them as they come and go, which shows that you are something separate to and greater than them.

You are not your titles or roles, like mother, son, employee, writer or friend. They are simply your social masks which you need to wear from time to time.

So then, what are you? You are the deeper essence beneath all of these transient parts of you. You are your soul — your inner spirit.

Here are 10 qualities of your inner spirit which you may not be aware of:

1. You are energy.

At a very fundamental level, everything we see as solid is made up of energy particles, including you.

2. You are divine.

There is something pretty magical about the Universe, right? The stars, planets, ocean, rainbows and trees. Well, you are made of the same basic energy particles. So in effect, you are stardust!

Eckhart Tolle once pointed out something quite profound — that we are not just humans; we are human beings.

But most of us forget this. We focus solely on our human side — on being a human doing.

We’re taught that we must study, get a stable job, work hard, have a family, buy a house, travel twice a year, and tick off a suitable number of acceptable human accomplishments before we can conclude we are enough and our life is worthwhile.

When we run into old friends or family members and they ask how we’re doing, by default we talk about what’s going on in our external world — our travel plans, work projects or renovations. We may even feel awkward or a little embarrassed if we’ve not been ‘doing’ enough to keep busy and have no new concrete ‘activity’ to report.

Self-love can sound a little cheesy or even egotistical, right? The truth is, it’s a hugely underrated key to finding long-term happiness, inner peace and living a full life.

Self-love is crucial because your external world will reflect how you feel about yourself.

Self-love also gives you a safety net to take risks and go after your dreams, because you know that no matter what the outcome, you’ll be OK — your self-worth is not on the line.

The problem is, many of the teachings on self-love can be surface-level only. Yes, it’s great to be able to look in the mirror and embrace your flaws, but real self-love is about so much more than that.

So what is the secret to real self-love?

Real self-love is about recognizing that your true identity is your inner spirit — you are a soul, not just a body. You simply have a body to carry your soul from place to place.