Diving Deep into Self Discovery

To nurture your spirit?

To give yourself time to rebalance, reset and focus on things that are supposed to help elevate, advance and grow you?

Do you feel like your everyday routine is causing clutter in your personal goals and aspirations?

When was the last time you conserved some time alone?

Time to reevaluate all aspects of your life and decide from within whether that is what you want.

Are you truly, living?

Do you know what you want in life?

I have been there. In a place of confusion. Lost, and misguided based on my limiting beliefs, the realities of others, and what they see fit for me. All I wanted was to help others and be free.

I realized, many years later, that I needed to look into myself to find the answers I was looking for.

I learned.

I shared.

I helped.

Yet, I still felt a piece of me was not being fulfilled.

I realized the simplicities that make life so extraordinary wouldn’t be alleviating to me if I was moving based on the interests of my closest friends and family. I would have to learn how to spend time with my intellect. I would have to face my limiting beliefs and rise above the possibilities encouraged by those in my circle but may not have been bringing me self-growth.

I had some reevaluating I had to do.

I had to separate myself from the influences around me.

I had to relearn who I am.

Not what I was taught or manipulated into believing, but what I truly felt from within.

So, I dove into myself.

I began to discover my astrological portrait and began shadow work. Both choices are based on a psychological approach to self-healing and knowing thy self. I encountered many repressed memories and desires that were aligned with my astrological composition. I was able to understand my authentic beliefs rather than learned ones. I developed the ability to distinguish between how each of my signs perceives themselves and which moments the shifts occur. I also learned how my spirit reacts to different energies and why I exhibit symptoms of “anxiety.”

Of all the things discovered, I found one thing most important. So simple and easy to forget when the world around you demands your vigilance.

Along my journey, I realized one essential thing.

Alone time is significant for the balance and restoration of your mind, body, and soul.

Personally, this was a struggle in the beginning because I am an extrovert. However, when you require growth within yourself, you must develop ease of self-isolation. You might need some time independently; it's alone time that enables you to collect your thoughts or get you prepared for your day and rise above any vibrations that are not meant to serve you.

Solitude creates a space for you to focus on the stagnant direction of your life and formulate a plan to overcome these tests with clarity and organization. It also helps declutter the mind from any blockages you are holding onto. I embrace my alone time to get back into balance and recharge my energy. Seclusion is essential, and you will know when it is time for self-seclusion because there will be a consistent resurfacing of emotions, ideas, thoughts, images, or previous experiences that may negatively impact your life or your progress in life. It could also seem that the focus is off, or you are not moving as fast as you would like.

It's OK.

You must reset, rebalance, refresh and reevaluate.

No influences but your own. Just you and your thoughts. And while you're in a place of revaluation, ask yourself:

• What you want

• Where you want to be

• Where you're at with your goals

• What is it that's holding you back and preventing you from doing what it is that you want to accomplish.

In that experience, you will focus on what your soul desires and not what was meant to throw you off your path. You will understand what you are destined to do here on Earth. It's not about what your parents want for you or your friends or extended family, but about what drives your soul and what your purpose is or what your role is in this current lifetime. We all have our missions that we've signed up for, and no one person following their journey can tell you about yours or how you’re supposed to live it out.

Motivate and influence yourself by embracing the commitments that you expressed before the physical world.

No one has the same journey.

You have to focus on the things that inspire you. What you are destined for will be. We all have the tools necessary to complete our journey; it’s your commitment and yours alone to find what you wanted and accomplish your goals. You can only do that based on what drives you, not others.

Dive into yourself and not be afraid. You will grow from it.

So let's affirm:

I am conscious of spirit.

I am clear-minded.

I am genuine.

I am wealthy.

I am freely vibrating.

I am warming.

I am true to self.

I am elevated.

Asé O, Shanay