HeyJaredChaos In Your Soul
Navigating the messier passages of life through essays, art, curated culture and teachings from poet, artist and Brain Summit founder, Erin Matlock.
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My patience is long, but… (opens the original)
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In this society of instant gratification, there is an expectation that your glory will come without a trial.That you can somehow grow through pretending that you are what you have never been.That the spaciousness you seek is anointed by an influencer in overpriced sheep’s clothing.So you stay. Hidden. Frustrated. Disillusioned.But time is running out. And at the end of life you do not want regrets.So now… …now is why I continue to write to you. Now is why I patiently meet you where you are. Now
No wonder you can't break free (opens the original)
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The good life….that elusive state you may one day find after you’ve worked hard enough to “get there”.Funny though, the overworking, the overthinking and the over-giving never seem to get you there…but instead leave you in perpetual exhaustion, resentment and comparison.That feisty brain of yours is set on one thing only…your biological survival.It doesn’t care if your life is spacious, exciting or fulfilling. In fact those very things are threats to it. Your brain values certainty—and my friend
The purpose of fear (opens the original)
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Life will hand you an unending series of changes over which you will have no control.It is in these narrow stretches that you are being guided into placement for your highest good.It is also when you will feel frustrated, defeated, angry, jealous, resentful and scared.You may even lose faith that there exists any guidance at all because you can not see with your own eyes which way to go.This is not punishment. It is a sacred disempowerment that is asking you to lay down your weapons and trust th
If not now, then when? (opens the original)
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Transformation. It’s the birthright of the human spirit, yet it also brings with it the loss of what was once familiar.We lovely humans will do just about anything to avoid loss…even if it means living an existence that is frustrating and disconnected.To step out of what is comfortable and let go of outdated and limiting beliefs is a threshold that must be crossed if you are to ever feel the intoxicating depths of your potential.“It is only by the exertion of its own powers that the mind becomes
Your Illuminated Life (opens the original)
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There are weeks where intricate layers are called forth to rest one upon one.We all have these passages where the normality of our world requires the surrender of time that is better spent in connection with our spiritual center.Minutes turn to hours, then to days until we finally find the space to look up again.When life becomes too demanding, there often comes an underlying wave of aloneness that rises up because we miss the larger sense of ourselves.It’s the ‘God Shaped Hole’ that formed from
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