Empaths, Feeling Hopeless? Get Inspired!
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Currently you're sitting at home, feeling so much empathy and pain about what's happening in the world. You're hearing from every direction that 'the world is on fire' and feel a sense of doom: Trump is in power so you've no trust in the world's leaders, greedy psychopaths are making an insane amount of money from dropping bombs in struggling nations, issues like women's, queer rights and racism going in the wrong direction, AI will create economic devastation and then there's the whole global warming thing.
You have an intense feeling of helplessness and powerlessness about what's going on in the world. The world feels out of control—a dumpster fire at best. It feels overwhelming. There's apathy and resignation. Protests don't seem to be making a change, governments seem to be getting worse, the rich getting richer and more delusional. You're sitting alone in the dark, mind spinning with all the pain of the world—flashes of child casualties of war, wildfires raging, Musk's salute… It's all too much for your sensitive heart. You're empathic enough to FEEL the pain of the world in your body.
You see the tiredness in people's eyes as they move through their days. You sense how we're all carrying this—the collective weight of SO. MUCH. TRAUMA. Generations of horrific pain passed down into your family members, friends, colleagues. You understand why so many of us are chasing distractions, racing through our days for those little dopamine hits of relief. And you probably even feel empathy for these coping mechanisms we've all developed.
Still, it's devastating to witness the collective hurt. And even worse than the sights and sounds is that you FEEL the collective fear, the unshakable sense of doom that the mother ship—Earth herself—is sinking. All the healing work you've been doing is making you so open and sensitive that you actually feel in your own body the pain of what's happening in devastated parts of the world.
All the chatter on social media says the same. It's even confirmed by your favourite astrologer online…yup. This is it. The end is nigh. It's soon game over for humanity and our beloved planet.
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You may not have heard of The Hero's Journey, but if you've ever seen a movie, read a book or watched a show, then you're well aware of it. It's the template, the blueprint of pretty much every tale ever told.
I believe, we're at the moment in humanity's story, when the heroine has come so freakin' far, conquered insurmountable odds, to make it to the final boss, the final challenge, the end game. Whenever this part is told, it seems impossible that the heroine can make it. It's too dark. The evil forces, Darth Vader, have too many soldiers. The leader, Sauron, is too powerful. Plus the heroine's exhausted, wounded, afraid and usually alone. Even dangling off the edge of a cliff as their enemy's about to deliver the mortal blow.
Yet every time you've watched this scene, you've cheered that hero on. Willed them to not give up, to get the courage to pull themself out of the jaws of death, to take that next step towards victory, to get out of the nightmare which their life's become and usually, save the world as they do.
This moment of defeat, hopelessness and despair is where many of us currently find ourselves.
Maybe it feels like you need to save the world, heal yourself and rescue everyone you know but the evil forces are bearing down on you. The collective is against you. The world is violent and destroyed beyond repair, so what's your minuscule, little self going to do? You feel SO. FREAKING. SMALL in comparison to the villain you're facing. Just lil' ol' you standing in front of the most terrifying, evil villain, which has infected the whole world with its serum of fear, zombifying the masses. And there you are with your little candle and the tiny flame in your heart which keeps flickering out in these dark times.
There's a voice in you sneering: "What the fuck do you think you're going to do? Zero chance you can change this global dumpster fire. The world is literally burning, do you think lighting a little sage and smudging a crystal is going to make a difference? The world's leaders can't change it. Even your spiritual idols haven't made a difference. It just keeps getting worse. Just give up. You can't do anything…. Yes, that's it. Just keep scrolling…inform yourself about all the ways we're fucked, educate yourself about the pain of minorities and reasons why the earth can't come back from this level of destruction."
You know what's saying this to you?
It's Fear. It's Hopelessness. It's Despair.
Every hero faces this voice. It's the Voice of the Villain, speaking in your mind, telling you to give up. Telling you it's pointless to even try, that anything you can do won't make a difference anyway. You're too small and it's too powerful.
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When you watch this scene in the movies, you will the heroine on. You silently cheer them on in your mind. You believe they can do it. In fact you KNOW they can do it because this story is as familiar to you as the shape of your hand. You've heard this story a thousand times throughout your lifetime and know it ends in victory. You know this is the heroine's darkest, worst moment. The moment where all hope is gone, and yet… they're about to overcome all the odds and create meaningful change.
The heroine just needs courage.
To believe.
To reach deep inside and find her power.
And even if it's the smallest flicker of light, it's still enough to vanquish the darkness.
This is something you already know. That the smallest glimmer of light is enough to transform the darkness.
The evil villain will always tell you it's not enough, that YOU'RE not enough, that it's impossible. It'll gesture to the state of the world and tell you to submit. To stay plugged into the media machine pumping fear and despair into the rest of humanity. It'll tell you to spend your precious energy fighting strangers online over small opinions. To see how truly hopeless everything is. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Can you hear it yet? The repetitiveness of the villain's voice. That what they're offering is in no way enticing. It's actually boring, and grey and depressing.
Can you hear it yet? That—shock! horror!—the villain is telling you a lie.
It's trying to trick you into playing small, just so it can win. It wants you to deny your power and stay in fear, despair, hopelessness. Because even if what you have inside is just the smallest flicker of light, it still tips the scales in your favour.
Yes, that flicker of light in you tips the scales in your favour.
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Because that tiny flame inside is YOURS. It's beyond words, but let's call it your essence. It's your birthright. It's your soul. It's your connection to Source. It's the truth of who you are. It belongs only to you. Only YOU can disconnect from it. Only you can extinguish it. Only you can reignite it.
That light is there. You've already seen it.
That light can grow. You've already felt it get stronger.
It's your choice whether you listen to the villain's voice of fear, or the whispers of other possibilities…other realities…other timelines…other outcomes.
Will you reach inside in this dark moment and acknowledge the light you have inside? Will you have the courage to believe that—no matter how small—the light inside of you CAN make a difference. It can tip the scales in your favour. Away from drowning in hopelessness and fear. It gives you a moment so you can grow that light inside of you: fan the flame of your soul, your truth, your passion.
You tend this light inside of you, and as it grows, so you, too, grow in courage and hope. You start to believe. Believe in yourself. You have the courage to do your inner work, to dance with that villainous voice of fear which was trying to keep you small and scared, hiding in the shadows.
As you learn to hold that fearful part of you with love, another voice grows inside of you. At first it's just a whisper and you only hear it from time to time. It says "everything's going to be okay". But when you hear it, there's no quiver, only certainty and you know it speaks the truth.
This knowing woven into the fabric of your being, which wraps through the cells of your body: "everything's going to be okay".
Finally! A voice you can trust, which makes the light in you grow brighter and brighter.
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As this light grows, it shines through the masks you've been wearing. As you let yourself feel it, it radiates out and begins to connect with the light of others. You gain strength, joining your light with theirs. As you plug into this new network, which sparkles and shines around our entire world, you feel hope, joy and love.
You feel this light, which is not yours alone, but also a truer Self than you've ever felt. You feel the aliveness of this light as it races through every cell of creation, existing as the dynamo of everything that ever was or will be. Woah. That's a whole lot of light!
But wait, how can you see this light? When this light is all that ever is or will be? How can you know it to exist?
This is when you stumble into the void and stop existing as you knew yourself. The darkness which you used to be so afraid of, you now realize is the fertile womb of creation. The home of your soul. The ultimate place of rest.
Ahhhh…you get it now. Light, dark. Yin, Yang.
This is the cosmic dance your soul came here for. Your soul signed up for duality. The pain and the pleasure.
Tears flow as you realise…how did you ever forget the truth of who you are and identify only with your human self? It's so obvious!
Your soul came to earth to awaken so you can celebrate. To party in the absolute abundance of it all. To simply witness it all. To experience God existing within you. As you.
Cool. Now what?
A dance party for one is way less fun than a dance party of the entire world…so let's get awakening.
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You keep tending this light inside of yourself, because you KNOW and BELIEVE that even in the moments of overwhelming shadow—when all that light feels oh so very far away and Fear's voice starts to get louder again and the collective scales tip back towards hopelessness—that this is just part of the dance. The play of shadow and light.
You hold to the knowing of a world which is greater than you can even envision. Because you've felt and experienced in your own mind and body the transformation FROM trauma and pain TO ecstasy and love. You know that you're no more special than anyone else in this world. That if you can transform in this way, that it's possible for every soul who exists in this world. Each of us has access to the same potential…the same light within. Each of us is equal in our power. Each of us is tapped into the same source.
You know what that felt like in your own body and mind to let go of all that hurt and pain and feel the utter bliss which is possible. You're so curious what would happen in the fertile creation of our world…what it would be like on this planet if a critical mass overcame hopelessness, unplugged from fear, released our burdens and started to experience more and more frequently the extraordinary lightness of being, the exquisite joy of existence.
How many souls would it actually take to go through this alchemical metamorphosis before the scales tip and the rest of humanity naturally awakens to the truth of who they are? Because given the choice, who would choose this current reality over a cosmic dance party?
So you never need to worry about saving the whole world. Plus you have it on 'god' authority that the Earth herself is very much a part of this whole cosmic shebang and is offering her surface as a place for this universal experiment. It's only a few awakened beings shining bright and the beacon is broadcast and it ripples to illuminate every mind with love.
You look around the world. Finally you see through the veil of fear, doom, destruction.
You see that more people are doing their inner work and healing than ever before.
More people are healing their trauma, their family's trauma, the trauma of generations.
More people are waking up to the truth of who they really are. You can feel it buzzing through the collective light running through the whole of creation.
The cosmic celebration is upon us. This isn't the moment for you to quit. This is the moment to double down on love, connect with your true Self and your soul tribe, to know and express your authentic truth.
To keep taking the next courageous step on your path.
To believe.
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You've got this. We've got this.
I don't know when paradise in this world is coming. But it's inevitable. We have all the time we need to make this happen.
Until that awakened mass is reached, just keep cleaning the dirt from the diamond inside you. You know that diamond… it rests in the fertile darkness at the core of your being, and when clear, it reflects the brightest of light.
Keep kissing your shadows. Keep laughing at the childish voice of fear. Keep your beacon strong.
Because right now, at this very moment, you're standing at the edge of that cliff, dangling in the jaws of defeat.
And every heroine who's ever lived knows what comes next.
You rise.
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