Loving Yourself To Progress



Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind. - Garchen Rinpoche



In life and in the Kundalini process, the one thing that will determine your ability to grow, expand and evolve is the willingness to love your human.



This means loving ALL of your

flaws

insecurities

fears

quirks

pimples and warts


Kissing each of them, until they can’t help but remember how wonderful you truly are in Gods all-pervading grace.



It can be a difficult thing to believe and remember, that there is a part of you so divine and pure, that it has the capacity to love powerfully, but the Kundalini process beckons that forth. It is an initiation into your embodiment. It calls your true self to your attention and reminds you of it, time and time again.



As Kundalini therapist, Craig Holliday once said, Kundalini is like a coach, that puts pressure on all of the parts of you that you have trouble with.



As consciousness expands, the perception of what needs transformation or letting go of increases immensely.

And so the pressure that Kundalini puts on you isn’t to punish you, but it is to help you to release and put down what no longer serves so that you can trade it for a more full embodiment of your loving power.



We can’t rush ourselves to the end. I’ve tried this. In this strategy, we aren’t good enough as we are. Kundalini is a remembering that grace is inherent. That potential is inherent. And that we have what it takes to believe in it now, and be a conduit of it now. 



We can’t give up. I’ve tried this, and have spoken to and heard many different stories of individuals in the process who’ve desperately wanted to. Giving up causes more suffering, because it tends to the lie that we aren’t worthy, and pushes aside the inherent divinity that carries us along the path. We can’t truly push away our divinity, and so by giving in to lies or illusions, we suffer.



So what do we do?


We relax.

We slow down.

We rest.
We take deep breaths.
We make ourselves tea, give ourselves a hug, sit under a tree or wrap ourselves in a cozy blanket.

We love ourselves where we are, as we are.
All of the mess, the pain, and the suffering.

We remember who we are in God’s eyes.

We remember that grace is inherent.

We connect to God, and remember God’s grace in the ways that best serve us and our path.

We tune into truth (everything that is kind and loving) and cast away the lies (anything that is fearful, pessimistic..etc).

We ask for help and confide in trusted sources of support if need be.


We do all of these, and rinse, lather, and repeat.



But the thing we will never be able to do is hate ourselves to success, simply because hate is a part of Maya (the illusory veil of Samsara). It is an illusion of suffering, and Kundalini thrives best on what is true. We progress best in Kundalini, when we tend to what is truly permanent, which is love.



There are four immeasurables in Buddhism that I enjoy to remember as things that are ultimately true. These immeasurables are equanimity, love, peace and joy. 

These are interconnected gifts that we get to open ourselves to throughout the kundalini journey. :)



“The universe was created out of joy, and that is why you find temporary joy in the fleeting things of the world. Without joy, life is an ordeal. So you must attain to that great Joy that has brought forth the world and is the essence of your own being. This is exactly what is discovered when the mind becomes still.” - Anandamayi Ma



Best wishes and good luck to you and your journey,


Morgan