Here we are together experiencing an extraordinary moment that none of us could have predicted. One where life + the world as we know it rapidly shifts before our eyes. It leaves us at times shaking our heads in disbelief, other times on the brink of tears + still more times anxiously grappling for how to be in all its uncertainty.
We will most likely not collectively experience another crisis like this one in our lifetime. One that leaves us nailed to the present moment sitting face to face with ourselves mightily trying to navigate intense feelings of fear, grief + frustration, while our familiar coping paradigms of going, doing + distraction are no longer available or just simply not sufficient to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
I recently learned the Chinese word for crisis has 2 symbols. One for danger the other for opportunity. If we are honest our inner + outer landscapes have sent repeated warning signals that danger was lurking at our doorstep. Danger has now swooped intimately into our living rooms, holding us close to the magnitude of that reality. It is incredibly hard. Yet if we dare to face the danger of the crisis it equally holds us to its opposite reality – the opportunity for change.
Interestingly, the young women I recently supported in Kolkata, India live intimately in daily danger. I expressed awe at their resiliency to survive in this reality. Yet what I now humbly admire is their courageous capacity to be vulnerable in the face of danger while awake to their faith of opportunity.
I am inviting you to find balance in the crisis by personally waking up to your opportunity with self reflection. To take an honest look at yourself + you in the world. What are you really afraid of? Have you been happy? What beliefs are working for you? Which ones are not? How do you see yourself emerging from this crisis? The same? Different? In what way?
As we are learning no one will get through this by themselves. Its collective. We will all require support + guidance as we navigate the uncharted waters without a reliable historical compass to lean on. I encourage you to keep actively reflecting with in yourself + in relationship with others. It will take time. Yet it is how you + I will effectively take charge to consciously change direction.
I am here to help. Here to help you heal. Here to help you securely face the crisis. Here to help find courageous vulnerability. Here to help you answer the compelling call for change.
It’s a privilege to extend my professional skillset which includes Self-Inquiry Process. I sincerely hope your able to seize this keen opportunity to soundly evolve into your new way of being...