I remind myself that I don’t have the ability to completely manipulate reality to be exactly what I want it to be.
BRAD WILLISI’m inspired by how miraculous some of the simplest and most natural aspects of life can be the greatest sources of healing and transformation.
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Grateful that it brought me to a point of really seeing myself and really seeing where I was imbalanced, and really seeing it was a message from the Divine that changed my life.
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I had a direct experience of the efficacy of this form of mind-body medicine. This comes from somebody who had been sort of an alpha male, highly cynical war correspondent, who had basically seen it all and heard it all, was cynical and trusted nothing.
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This is it! I just knew. I just knew in that moment – I couldn’t even straighten my legs. I couldn’t sit cross-legged on the floor. I couldn’t put my legs up the wall in the most gentle, restorative yoga pose, and yet, I knew.
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There’s a much deeper knowing and deeper intelligence in this place. This is where I began the journey of listening to that inner wisdom.
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How can I choose my best course of action while not pretending I don’t have the pain, or running away from the pain, or blaming someone else for the circumstances of my life?
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I now realize that a broken back, failed surgery, and Stage IV cancer are three of the greatest things that ever happened to me.
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We’ve all had those aha moments. In yoga it’s called prajna – a flash of illumination. I heard that voice.
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This very deep, soothing voice came on, saying: “You now have permission to be strong and healthy and calm and relaxed. There’s no place else to go. There’s nothing else to do.”
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My message is believe in yourself. Have courage in your capacity. Listen to your inner voice. And then the critical component of all this is, do the work.
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I feel vulnerable every day to the grace of God as expressed in every living thing. I feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature.
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I feel vulnerable to the astonishing beauty of being alive and to Mother Nature.
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Well for me, courage means having the courage to walk off the edge of what is known, with complete faith that you’re not going to go crashing to the bottom. Stepping outside of your own self-perceived boundaries and limitations.
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I was at a point in my life that was really between life or death, and I sort of intuitively and instinctively knew, I have to listen.
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I practiced every day for ten to twelve hours a day – spiritual studies, meditation, pranayama, yoga postures, Ayurvedic studies, deep, deep, powerful cleansings and fasting.
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I feel positive when I feel vulnerable, because it’s another reminder that it’s not all about me and about my ego. And I actually think it’s courageous to be vulnerable, and it’s not something to be avoided.
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