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Who were you before your friends, family and society molded your mind?

What would you have done with your life, if the pressures of success and recognition hadn’t influenced your dreams?

We all want certain things out of life at a very young age. Most of us want to find love, maintain our friendships, become more than what we are, and ultimately make those around us proud. I know for myself, I always wanted to write fantasy novels. I grew up reading Lord of the Rings and Forgotten Realms books as if it were my only focus in life. Slowly, the awkwardness of youth began to take its toll and I started to read nerdy books in private. That’s not to say I wouldn’t admit to my tastes if asked, but it wasn’t cool to be a fantasy nerd back then. While our friends usually are a beacon of strength, they can also take away your passions without you realizing it. Watching anime wasn’t cool, so only a handful of friends got to know that part of me. We begin to compartmentalize the aspects of ourselves that we don’t want to be judged for. We begin reading non-fiction works that were recommended to us by our teachers. We choose to learn about things relevant to our life and our peers, losing our fanaticism for our true interests.

The reason for this post, is that those on the spiritual path are notoriously gifted at this. We may believe in angels, aliens, inner earth, but to speak of our realizations to those who do not believe as we do, is seen as heretical. It’s human nature to avoid discomfort, especially when it is related to the people closest to us. Now, not everyone is ready to have a conversation on the implications of the flower of life being located all over the earth, building the metaphysical blocks of our universe. This is supposed to be so, there is a reason we all make new friendships as we grow in our spiritual quest. As our energetic vibration begins to raise our consciousness, our ability to believe in the esoteric magnifies. 

The more you pursue sacred wisdom, the further away you will drift from those in denial. The universe does this in order to help us, we need different relationships to better different aspects of our lives. You may have a friend who is your confidant, while another is your esoteric peer. One helps you master the seen reality, while the other helps your spirit ponder the unseen. As long as you learn to appreciate your friends for their role in your life, you can maintain those relationships without expectation. 

Budda-nature & the Buddha

The term Buddha, means “one who woke up.” Siddhartha Gautama, who is known as the original incarnation of the Buddha, was the original soul who has created the foundation for Buddhism. Later on, he became known as Shakyamuni Buddha, after achieving his enlightenment. Shakyamuni, is Sanskrit for “Sage of the Shakya.” Shakya, being the city-state where he was born prince. A core belief taught by Buddha, was the concept of a dharma body. The dharma body is a living reality that we can achieve through cultivating our Buddha-nature, which is to live as the original Buddha did. This means to live with a spirit of compassion and care for those around you.

Buddha-nature is also known as “buddha-datu” in its original form. As Shunryu Suzuki Roshi once said “It is wisdom which is seeking wisdom.” While many people believe the desire for Zen is to relieve us of internal suffering, Buddha-nature explains that we are always in a state of positive nirvana if we reach for it. This is a foundational principle of Mayana Buddhism. Through this belief, we begin to see the divinity within and embrace the raw nature of the human experience. 

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 use 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.

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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.