It isn’t.
I have had so many folks ask me how it is living in “Paradise” since I have left cold, rainy Canada to come to “sunny”, “beautiful” Bali.
Like myself, they have this idea that it is sunny and warm, with yoga and beaches to occupy in my spare time.
Bali, in this particular rainy season, is raining everyday for most of the day. The sky is grey, my possessions are starting to grow mold, the extremes of commercialism and poverty adjacent to each other has a big impact on the experience, and so many more things.
The truth is, is that nowhere is “Paradise” and everywhere can be “Paradise”.
Let me explain.
I have been reflecting recently on how it is to feel when you are “in-love”; when no-matter where you are or what you are doing with the person you love, it is the absolute best day ever.
Have you felt this way before?
I am fortunate enough to have had this feeling such a short time ago, it is easy to pull it up for reference.
If love, in this case, is a direct reflection of loving who you are when you are with this person (free to be yourself, happy, safe, seen, nurtured, etc.) and turns your outer world into 'paradise', how do you cultivate that feeling in any moment when you do not have that outer simulant?
When “Paradise” can turn out to be a flop.
My teacher once said something along the lines of your problems will follow you wherever you go, and you can not run away to a yoga centre, live in community, and think they will go away; they will actually get worse.
I have always loved this advise.
Even though you may not actively be running away from anything. Life itself is an honor, a blissful experience, an opportunity to journey to union with God, spirit, your highest self (whatever resonates with you). We let our brain (or ego) get in the way of seeing this and task it with solving the problems of our discontent.
But we have within us the ability to create paradise, you have done it before, but projected it on an outside stimulate or situation, when really it all came from within.
The trick seems to be to remember who you are. You are the person that is free to be yourself, happy, safe, seen, nurtured, etc. You have the power within you to create your paradise. It's more about letting things go rather than gaining something new.
And sometimes you fall, forget, cry, push away, get angry… and that is ok. You are human, it is part of the journey.
You just get back up, go inward, ask for help, get your reminder (this is it) and step back out into the beautiful expression that you are.
I wish you a beautiful walk through Paradise in the dawn of this new year.
I love you, I support you,
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