Author: HealthyMystic

Understanding Rebirth & The Ouroboros

“If a man follows a certain direction in this world, he will be led further in the same direction when he departs this world.” The struggles we endure, the repeated life lessons that we survive, the ill thoughts about ourselves that we ignore and don’t fix. This is it. This is the war of the lower and higher self. The galactic Law of One speaks that our choice as initiates in this soul cycle Is to choose between: Service to self or service to others. This process has many names, one of which is known as the wheel of samsara. The ouroboros, the serpent eating its tail, represents the same creation process of life and death. Part of our yoga mat design was created with this awareness, so that we can visualize soul ascension and greater meaning behind the mundane.  The methodology for living life that you choose, will determine the frequency of your life experience. In order to dial into higher vibrations we have to be willing to put others first. Just as Buddha and Jesus agreed. These emanations of the divine source speak about the wholesomeness of community and not letting things get to you. If you are stuck in service to self; you aren’t doing anything for others. Your soul contract starts to darken, and you slowly shift to service to self being all you care about, and your relationships, family life and any other source of emotional connection will dwindle, if you can’t learn to put others before yourself. This is the Dharma we are told by the Hindus and Buddhists. The soul cycles through the next emanation until it has fully committed to service to others. That is the ascension quest, release those who do not care as you do, and wish them great success #yogi#yoga#enlightenment#spirit#mystic#mysticism#soul#purpose#dharma#karma#lawofone#ouroboros#samsara

Self-realization, the story of enlightenment

One of the concepts that I learned through my readings is the idea of self-realization, being the doorway to enlightenment. I had always thought of enlightenment being a realization of our infinite nature that is connected to all that is. I have always seen Jesus, Buddha and other Prophets as one and the same, incarnations of God, who realized their own divinity. While reading Midnights with the Mystic by Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru, my understanding of the concept grew. Our ability to experience self-realization, and even further to progress to enlightenment, is dependent on our experiences. I have never heard a story of a powerful figure who had not been through suffering. It is through these traumatic tribulations that humans seek deeper purpose and understanding. When we’ve hit a bottom, that is when the quest begins. Until you’ve hit the void within, you do not seek the light for healing. The story of both Buddha and Jesus, are miraculously different, but they convey the same message. Jesus, came from a family with no significance, and I believe it was through his own ordeals that he came to realize his own divinity. It is my belief that the hardships of life, and his ability to overcome them, opened a portal into his godliness. Jesus is famous for saying that the kingdom of God is within you, which is him telling us that we are no different than he. Through the inner spiritual awakening he experienced, he came to realize his connection to source, the creator of life. Whether you believe that God is a primordial deity, the universe, or simply atoms, is a debate for another time. Gautama Siddartha (Buddha), another significant figure who helped shape our world, came from a very different background then Jesus. He was born a prince of a powerful empire on the border of Nepal and India. His father Śuddhodana sought the advice of a group of eight Brahmins to predict his son’s future. Seven of the eight mystics of Hinduism told the king that his son would grow up to either be king of his empire, or a śramaṇa, which is one who seeks higher spiritual purpose. One of the seers, told the king his would become a Buddha. Knowing this, the king set forth to banish Gautama Siddartha (Buddha) from experiencing any suffering. His father surrounded him with women and other pleasures so that he may never leave his home. Buddha lives this life until the age of 29, finally departing his home in search of saṃvega – the desire to escape the suffering of saṃsāra (the tedious wheel of life that has us running in circles within a mundane existence). There are many interpretations about how this came about, one that has drawn me in is the belief that angelic beings lured him out into the world. When he took to the roads, he realized how much suffering the general populace experienced. This journey outside of the palace was known as the four sights, the catalysts for his spiritual transformation: senescence (the consequence of aging), disease, death and asceticism (self-denial of wordily pleasures in pursuit of spirituality). Of the four sights, the final one was what Buddha truly was molded by when he began the quest for self-realization. Buddha’s leaving of the palace is known as The Great Departure. Over the next 6 years he journeyed from one city to the next, until finally finding a tree in Bodh Gaya – he meditated here for many days until reaching enlightenment (at the time known as Bodhi). Enlightenment, or “Bodhi” is best defined as the process of spiritual awakening, where an individual realizes the collective consciousness that connects us all. This awakening is an indescribable connection between all things, an infinite energy or God, which connects us all. For me, it did not happen until 25 after many near death experiences and life altering run ins with the law. I had come from a life of privilege, and my ego would never have allowed me to believe as a mystic does. In order for me to uncover my own purpose, I had to suffer as those with great knowledge had. I had become sick with disease, one that could not be cured. My life had turned upside down, everything that I had sought after, had lost its appeal. I did nothing for almost a year, suffering in silence and telling no one. One day I was provided with a hallucinogen by a friend, which I was scared to consume because of my own dark thoughts. I was desperate for answers as to why I was going through this sickness, why had God forsaken and cursed me? The story of my spiritual awakening is the topic of my next post, and not the aim of this article. However, the self-realization that followed, changed everything about me. I was no longer so caught up in what others thought of me, this disease had made me so sad for so long, that I no longer feared judgement. I told my friends of my situation fearlessly, and they all supported me. That is not to say I was not still lost about the circumstances, but I felt that it had all happened for a reason. Without this illness, I would never have fallen to such a low that I was willing to believe in something more than what I could see. Up until that point, my belief in anything mystical was nonexistent. Today, I believe in so many things that I couldn’t capture it all in one blog post. This willingness to seek answers from outside sources, was truly an invitation for me to connect with my higher self. The spirit within all of us, the higher voice we can choose to listen to when we are at a crossroad. I had ignored that voice for so long, that I thought it was my erratic mind. This higher self, our spiritual nature – maybe the holy spirit

The deeper the suffering, the greater the soul

The deeper the suffering, the greater the soul. Most people are not aware of their soul self until later in life. The trials and tribulations we undergo are what develop our persona. The easier life is, the more you take this experience for granted. It’s through experiencing loss, betrayal, abandonment, fear and even spite that we grow to forgive. Whether our pain is self-directed or external, forgiving ourselves and those who have hurt us; is how we begin to heal the wounds. In order to forgive, we have to accept our circumstances and move on. When you truly forgive, the inner angst will dwindle and you’ll feel the emotional rebirth in your life. Gratitude will follow. As your vibration shifts from negative thought patterns, you will begin to attract better outcomes and experience less suffering. Your energy is either magnetic or repelling, so make a conscious effort to elevate.

Achieve happiness by releasing the weight of expectations.

When we drop our preconceived notions of who we should be, we release the strain of being alive. If you free yourself from the mundane struggle of getting ahead, you will be infinitely happier. Choose to see yourself as a river, flowing through the human experience. Sometimes the rapids pick up, and sometimes they are nonexistent. Don’t try to compete with your friends and peers, for their path is different than yours.  We all travel this journey at a different pace, enjoy yourself because that is really all that matters. If you value your own happiness above all else, nothing will matter. It is through understanding happiness, that we achieve the flow state. Life will pass you by if you focus on what you don’t have, rather than what you do.  This isn’t to say don’t be ambitious, strive for greatness. If you fall, pick yourself back up. You have to be your own bootstraps in life, because no one else will do it for you. Cherish those who support you and remove those who do not. Life is too short to spend it being brought down by those closest to you. If you do not tend your garden, you will find that there are snakes.

Overcoming mental complacency

It takes immense courage to break out of our mental ruts. It becomes second nature for us to become complacent; life becomes a cycle of eat, sleep, work and repeat. The shadow self takes a hold and we idle until we build the courage to do something about it. If you are stuck in stagnation, do something that challenges you in a new way. Climb the mountain, kayak the river, jump off the plane (with a parachute) whatever it is you are scared of, a new life is on the other side. When we overcome our fears, we tell the universe that we are ready to move beyond that lesson. Those things no longer scare us, and we progress to the next step in our personal development. Personal power is the ability to do what you want to do, regardless of the obstacles holding you back. Once you surmount a mind block, it becomes a muscle you exercise. It gets easier with each attempt. Prevail over your mind and you can exceed any limitations you place on yourself.

A quick poem by me on the difficulties in messing up and healing in love

It’s never enough, To see you here Sorry I’m rough But this is clear I’ve wrote a rhyme With you on my mind Really all the time My one of a kind The words cut deep A slip of the tongue my heart to keep Yet instead I stung A mistake I made Lovely butterfly Forgive my jade Our love, amplify These feelings void, Let me say this last This I can’t avoid my future, my past You are so amazing, I know I’m crazy My love unveiling, I miss my lady

Reincarnation or divine fate?

Reality unveils itself in the order that it sees fit, so guide it the best you can. Our thoughts and imaginations siphon from the collective consciousness and reality appears. Is there really free choice or is our path already known? The feeling of déjà vu challenges the notion of a singular reality. What if that feeling, is really a wink from the universe that here you are again, repeating the life lessons you haven’t learned in order to escape saṃsāra.  When we escape the reincarnation cycle, we have achieved enlightenment; the divine state of connecting to the universal consciousness. I believe that enlightenment reveals itself in layers, similar to the peeling of an onion. Whether it is through suffering or perseverance, many a mystic have claimed to achieve the rainbow body.  Several monks in Tibet, arguably, have proved it. The Tibetan rainbow body is the ultimate achievement of enlightenment, in which the corpse shrivels up to about a foot in length and looks surreal. The bodies consumption of matter, is no longer. We become a part of the air, the cosmos. All of the elements of the universe; are connected by matter. God, is perceived to be the intelligence behind its creation.  Realizing that we are all microscopic fragments of this universal mind, is the beginning up the stairway to enlightenment. To be a man of enlightenment, is how the free masons spoke of themselves during its earlier years. They referred to themselves as such for they possessed hidden mystical knowledge that had been lost through the ages.  To be on the path to enlightenment, is to understand you have not achieved it. You have experienced glimpses into the collective consciousness, and immediately your vibration changes and your life quest begins.

Why healthy mystic?

Nobody is perfect, we are all constantly on a rollercoaster of evolution and regression. Some stay in the evolution cycle longer than others, but we all experience the highs and lows of life. Healthy, is the power to do what you want, when you want, without any physical, spiritual or mental obstacles. This isn’t something that comes easy, we all have our inner wounds that slow us down. Mysticism has been a doorway of optimism and growth for those who follow the call of its knowledge. Healthy Mystic is the combination of aspiration and introspection. Through yoga, we combine those goals of physical well being and spiritual pursuit. Utilizing sacred geometry, energetic bodies like the 7 chakras, or even the ouroboros embedded with the flower of life, our mats deepen meditative visualization. Most of the mats also have hand and feet lines to align the body, with a line down the middle for spinal alignment. Follow our blog to learn more about Mysticism, Health, Yoga, or the Human Experience.

Life is a series of crossroads, choose wisely.

Every choice we make takes us down a different timeline. We are at these crossroads in every moment. All of us know that we can do and be more than what we are. It’s the simplest choices that form our reality. The decision to exercise when we are stressed, or the choice to eat a fatty meal instead is just one example. Or to go above and beyond at work or do the bare minimum.  Our lives are just a series of crossroads, the choice is as simple as the shadow and the light. We can listen to the shadow’s voice that postpones action, and leads us astray; or we can listen to soul, the intuition, the gut, the angel within, whatever you call it. Every time we make the right choice, we strengthen that foundation, and it becomes easier to do. When we choose to accommodate the shadow, the ego, the lower self, we lower our vibration and attract things that resonate with that frequency. 

Connecting our mind, body and soul

The greatest catalyst for growth is our heart and emotions. Nothing motivates mankind like the pull of the heartstrings, that’s why every great music artist sings about love. Love is the eternal force that binds us to each other. Whether it’s as friends, family or partners, the force propels us into action. When we are in alignment with our heart’s desires, life flows smoothly like a gentle creek. When we begin to value logic over the heart, we begin to experience dissonance. Our natural impulse is to follow our heart, but the mind always supplies ample reasons to ignore it. You can manipulate yourself into believing anything, that’s the power of the human experience. That is why we have blind faith in different world views, religions, doctrines and so on. When you manage to reduce the ego’s influence over your daily actions, you are learning to act from the heart space. The mind is always trapped in ego, as they share the same chamber. The heart is tethered to our soul, that is why the pain can be so long-lasting. Only by uniting the mind with the heart, and eventually the gut, can you find inner peace. The more you practice self-love through exercise and meditation, the easier this process becomes.