Dawn - Inspiring the Light Within: Recent Episodes
Dawn Torres
Daily offerings to inspire, illuminate and ignite your inner light. Wisdom from ancient Sages, Modern day mystics and me.
As we learn to live in the practice of nonattachment to outcome, we set ourselves free from the rollercoaster of emotions that are a consequence of disappointments and let downs. We begin to learn to appreciate the thing for the thing itself, the moment, for the moment itself, the person, for the person themself, not for what we will gain, achieve or get from them.
Comparison will only be a block that gets in the way of us finding our own unique and creative way to express ourselves, and putting others on pedastals is an invitation for them to fall.
Creating our sacred inner circle is crucial in our rising, as is learning to call in our support team any time we are needing extra support.
We translate our likes and dislikes not just through out thought, but through our emotions.
When we get pulled down into the level of our triggers and unconscious reactions, we have fallen from the awareness of our true self.
Intention directs our energy towards what we want, but when aspects of us are splintered, we are sending fragmented intentions out into the world.
Everything has a frequency and we draw into our lives those things that vibrate at a similar frequency.
Finding and aligning to our life's purpose requires us to begin listening to our soul's whispers and doing those things that light us up.
Recognizing the aspects of ourselves that are splintered is crucial as we explore how each choice we make is a choice that increases or decreases our power.
Desire in itself is not a bad thing, it is our attachment to our desires that causes us problems.
If yoga is the answer, what is the actual problem. We dive into the yogic perspective of the 5 afflictions or problems.
All things come from the one, and in that duality there is always a desire to again become one.
The 8 limbs of yoga give us guidance to support us in living a more peaceful and purposeful life. Part of that guidance reminds us to be aware of where we give our precious energy and life force.
We have the choice to allow our wounds, pain and suffering to remain lodged within us and try and navigate our lives avoiding them or get to the root and pull them out.
Yoga Asana helps us to develop both strength and the flexibility we need to lead a healthy and content life, and to be able to be present for the deeper practices available to us.
When we begin to understand that what we are feeling in the body is a message from the soul, we can start asking different questions, like, what is my sould wanting me to know right now?
Everything has its season, honoring all of the rhythms of nature helps us to bloom at the right time.
Mindfulness and meditation practices support us in calming the turbulent seas of the mind.
Without the practice of meditation, the modifications of the mind cause us to suffer tremendously, thus, we either take the time to meditate, or in some way we will most likely medicate to soothe ourselves.
Episode 3 of the Secrets of the Spiritual Heart, learning to open so we can let it all go.
Unprocessed energy stuck or trapped in the heart become the samskaras that begin secretly clouding our pure vision.
We choose the moral and ethical codes we live by. We also choose whether we apply them in all situations or whether we live by situational ethics.
Every thought impacts the chemical balance of our body. Negative thoughts impact us both immediately and measured over time.
Once we become more aware, we are ready to begin deconstructing our past conditioning. We cannot change what we do not see, and once we see we will need to find new tools to support our growth.
The experience of awakening transforms the way we see the world and ourselves. But then the work of deconstructing conditioning and triggers begins.
When governed by the ego, there is a shadow cast over the inner light. Awareness peels away that shadow.
Through the practices we overcome the obstacles and emerge as the pure light that is our true nature.
There are many paths to that one destination of truth or enlightenment. It is to us to know that we are on that right path for ourselves.
To create a beautiful life that is led by our inner guidance we must have a non negotiable self care practice.
The perspective of how we choose to look at every and anything determines our level of joy in life.
We have the power and capability to change those aspects of our personality that are causing suffering in our lives.
As multisensory beings we connect with and receive information beyond the 5 personality senses.
Looking at past choices with curiosity instead of judgment to help us break patterns and release shadow.
Transformation invites us to wake up from the dream of the first attention and into a new dream of our own design.
Finding reverence for all aspects of the path helps us to overcome clinging to what was, should be or is not.
Through practiced meditation we come to understand we are NOT our bodies, emotions or senses, but the deep I underneath it all.
Are we putting our attention on what we really value? Practice gives us the tools to stay the course as we navigate life.
What are we all stressing out about? Where do we think we are going? There is no race to our journey to inner peace.
When we hold on to pain and avoid our inner space healing, we are living in our pain body.
When the practice on non stealing is well established, abundance flows to us with ease.
Learning to explore the breath and its capacity to alter our state of mind, energy and body.
Sometimes it's looking at the destination we desire that helps us in our daily decisions now.
Is Blood truly thicker than water? If so, Spirit is thicker than blood, and creating our soul or spirit family is important and necessary if we have family members that are abusive or do not honor boundaries.
Shifting outdated perspectives on neglecting the needs of the body for our spiritual evolution.
Opportunities to BE in the present moment are opportunities to more fully embrace and enjoy life.
The shadow self, aka the false ego or ego self desires our constant attachment to feel secure and complete.
Bringing the essence of our true self into work and all aspects of our lives allows even these things to become a sacred experience.
Embracing that we will each have our own "Way" to move through life, and underneath that way, there is one underlying way that is directing us all.
Making space for inner silence and embracing the inner darkness of the ego help us to discover what we want no longer.
Is fear necessary in our lives? Looking at the role fear plays and our potential to reset and release its power over us.
In looking deeper into our chosen closest relationships we can decide if we are living in a way that allows us to squeeze all of the juice out of love in those relationships.
Learning to accept painful moments as teachers and messengers supports our inner growth.
Learning to dive into the depths of being we find the peace that IS the truth of the soul.
When we contract we block energy from coming in, causing us to not feel well. When we open, we allow energy in, filling us with life force.
Connecting the breath with our emotions and how we have the capacity to create transformation with intentional breathing.
Asking to see through mystical eyes helps us to SEE that we are exactly where we need to be and to be aware of where we can send our grace and love to best be of service in the world.
Embracing the possibility the the very things we've been judged for are in fact our medicine to share with the world.
In stilling the mind, laying down our ideas, judgments and opinions, we can enter that sacred space within where all answers reside.
The sacredness of our breath. As we bring consciousness to it, we make all things we do in that awareness sacred.
Becoming aware of the power and energy of words and how they impact others and ourselves.
Learning the 4 keys to apply to the 4 categories of people's behavior to support our inner peace.
We discuss how our thoughts are the source of the vibration we emanate and how that influences all that is happening around us.
Awareness that when we resist what is happening in our lives, we cause ourselves suffering.
Acknowledging those that have showed us any kindness in our lives and asking them (energetically) to be with us when we step up in special moments.
Attachment and clinging are at the root of much of our suffering. Embracing that change is the nature of all things allows access to inner calm and peace.
Exploring how to create conscious change in our lives and whether we get what we pray for.
In this episode we explore the process of self soothing and how the benefits of our own healing and growth ripple out into the world.
Becoming the observer means we begin to notice all of the noise going on in our heads all of the time so we can begin the process of slowing it all down so we can be more at peace.
This episode shares a reading from the book "Rise Sister Rise" by Rebecca Campbell that invites us to be more present in witnessing nature and witness if we are allowing these same natural processes in our own lives.