HeyJaredThe Inner Journalist with Thalita Forray
Exploring the inner world through healing and creativity. I offer insights, teachings, and deep reflections so we can live well and truly thrive.
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The Other Side of the Wound (opens the original)
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An opening can allow light in, but it can also leave us vulnerable.In my previous article, “The Wound Is the Place the Light Enters You,” I spoke about how grief, trauma, and the emotional injuries of life can soften us and reveal the tender places of our hearts. Through that shattering, light can reveal itself with qualities like compassion, care, and a wake-up call to live life.If you haven’t read that piece yet, I recommend starting there, as this is a continuation of the conversation.Now, fo
The Wound Is the Place the Light Enters You (opens the original)
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Some quotes stick with you even if you don’t fully understand them. They marinade, sometimes for years. They idle in the background of our lives, waiting for our understanding to meet them.That's how I feel about Rumi’s quote: “The wound is the place the light enters you”. I was intrigued but didn’t understand it. I would hear it again and again, see it posted on social media and it would ignite a spark of interest but again fly over my head.Take a moment before reading on — What does it mean to
The Umbilical Cord of Spirit (opens the original)
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The waves toss my mind back and forth, up and down. I am at sea with no anchor, lost in the storms of life. Peace only enters when I feel as though I am close to the edge; those moments when the storm finally breaks and I look around and wonder, what was that all about?In that stillness, it seems almost silly how one could become so consumed. Yet, while inside the storm, it felt so real. I believed every voice, every thought, every feeling.Does the one lost in illusion know they are lost?Does th
When the Past Speaks Through the Present (opens the original)
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Our feelings are not always accurate to the situation we are in. In fact, they can even be deceptive and mislead us with the intention of protecting us.I was always one to think my emotions were messages from my body telling me the truth, but recently I have come to the realization that that is only partly true. Emotions are often reliable guides when we are responding to what is actually happening in front of us. But when old wounds, grief, or unresolved experiences are involved, our feelings c
Happiness Is a Visitor, Contentment Is a Home (opens the original)
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"All conditioned things are impermanent." - BuddhaNothing is permanent in this life. Why would we expect happiness to be?All things are in flux, arising and passing away. Every moment, things are being born and dying. Nothing is static.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600603855527-d2ed85e33e1e?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMXx8Y2hhbmdlfGVufDB8fHx8MTc4NjAxNzU1Nnww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=10
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