moral of the story: do what works for you i don’t really care what you identity with religiously, a lot of us are saying the same thing. as long as you’re a good person ily❤
I agree babe. I'm actually done healing. I choose to naturally heal as I go along. The type of healing where when I look back I realise I have healed or shifted. I choose to live for the now!
It’s definitely about having balance. As much as everything is spiritual, we need to remember that we’re all living a human experience. Be in the present and enjoy life 🎉
@@ashley11179 Couldn't agree more! When in the present moment rather than falling into the constant distractions, it's much easier to be aware enough to see when and where the imbalance is at.
I went through a similar experience where my spirituality got really up in the air & I had to focus on grounding myself again. Like it became more about escapism than it was about making sense of this physical experience. Im getting back into having a spiritual routine & my goal is to keep it simple & practical. Love hearing your perspective & the space you’ve cultivated here because it feels so validating 🫶🏽
If people could see Christianity as a relationship between you and the literal creator of the universe who is God and not as a religion, you'll be so guided and you'll have so much peace that actually surpasses human understanding. I cannot emphasize how surreal it is believing in Jesus.
@@rufarosihle1 Exactly! It’s not a religion or a belief system - it’s a relationship! The fact that He speaks directly to you will never ever stop being surreal 😭
@@leoissabella5976 It's like a daughter/son and dad relationship here on earth, that's not referred to as religion. Treat your relationship with Jesus Christ the same way because the truth is, it actually is like that. Even better.
how do we get there though? like what do we do? if I believe in it all but feel pretty normal as a human I am missing the "ou'll be so guided and you'll have so much peace that actually surpasses human understanding. I cannot emphasize how surreal it is believing in Jesus."
@@FatTonyTheSkipper The only way you can get to know someone on a deeper level is to spend time with them, so I apply the same concept with my relationship with God. You get to know him through reading his word, his word will reveal to you the person of Jesus Christ and his character, you then know how you can relate with him. Another beautiful thing about his word is you will learn about yourself, it's like a mirror you look into and realize, "oh, this is me, this is what I am and who I am". You get to know him through prayer and talking to him, and because you read his word, you will be able to recognize his voice in everything when he speaks to you. Worshipping him is also another form because you get to fellowship with him and commune with him. You will realise that no amount of crystals or yoga or meditation can give you the amount of satisfactory that everyone is looking for.
18:33 You can awaken as much as you want to but you are still human ✨ I love that! Just do your best in life… nothing more; nothing less. This is awesome 🌻 Thanks Lynette
You are so grounded with the spirituality and it's sooo refreshing to hear someone have a holistic view of it. I also grew up Christian but people's egos get in the way and confuse it with "the way" which leads to acts that are not of God (or even Christ for that matter). I also felt like I was stepping into spiritual psychosis a year ago when family dynamics and living in an inter-generational home was super stressful. So glad you're speaking on it! And as someone who has had a tarnished relationship because of "Christians" I'm happy I've finally come back around and believe in God and also came to a space where I feel/believe God is truly in everything.
I totally resonate with this video and believe similarly with spiritually. We are all here just learning and experiencing being human. It doesn’t have to be so complicated. Just be your authentic self and love others!
You are literally the only person describing what is going through my mind and also love Alan Watts!! I believe that knowledge is power and listening to others experiences is just as imporant to develop an open mind, but knowing too much can also be exhausting when you start obsessing about having the right answers. In reality no one knows anything and you just gotta look within yourself and do what feels aligned with you.
i personally stepped away from new age spirituality because of the spiritual bypassing - turning a blind eye to others suffering in order to “protect the peace” not respecting the roots of traditions, the love n light bs all the time. all of it just started to feel so fake and it took me testing those waters to find out they aren’t the ones i wanna be swimming in. to me indigenous wisdom and activism are the most important parts of spirituality at this point. we gotta get back to our roots bc obviously the modern ways ain’t working when the earth and its people are suffering
Healing isn’t linear and people forget to still enjoy life. I think some people forget that you are always healing, growing, and living. Spiritually, I just take my time learning because you can get caught up in the craziness. I just focus on my personal relationships with God. I’m not religious nor plan to be anytime soon but you learn as you grow. Some of us are not crystal people or tarot readers. People JUMP head first in that part without research. LOL! Do what works for you but don’t forget to enjoy life. It can get intimidating.
Yes! I just mentioned this: the commercialization of spirituality is wild. People pull pieces from multiple practices without doing the proper research. You will always be healing but it occurs in cycles. At the close of a particular cycle, you enter the integration process. This is where you put your learnings into practice and LIVE. Once you master that, that cycle is closed and you move on…
@@cbkelli750 Bingo! Exactly! To me it’s been freeing and if I ever find myself back, I got the tools to get out easily. So many people tap into things they ain’t supposed to tap into and abuse it for money or evil doing. Hints why we be having the New Age to Jesus clique 😂
literally healed me omg !! I used to be depressed, anxious and have bad panic attacks meditating has truly changed my life for the better I have such a clear mind / I always feel at peace now compared to how I felt years ago 😊
I went through a similar journey but with different time lines. I grew up Christian, as a teen became more spiritual, got baptized the end of last year and deconstructed again after reading the Bible and not agreeing with some of the horrific things that were in it. I believe in a God but maybe life is about learning our self’s and showing ourselves love and empathy. I think going too hard on any direction can make you feel guilt and shame. We are human and that comes with so much duality especially as a women with ever changing hormones. I have decided to work on being my own best friend. Love this video Lynette.
This video resonated deeply with me. I went through a big spiritual awakening and like you started to view everything from a spiritual perspective, to the point I lost touch with reality and ended up in a psychosis. I took a step back from spiritual practices and focused on just my physical reality for a few years, but I’m now learning how to let spirituality back into my life without it becoming overwhelming and remaining grounded in the physical work. This video came at the right time, thank you 🫶🏽
I'm in a 12 step programme and while it's refreshing seeing how everyone has their own Higher Power, there are definitely people who are SO obsessed or so prescriptive (eg you MUST read this extract or you're not connecting with God properly!!!) and so I relate SO MUCH to when you say: sometimes just sitting with coffee and your book in the morning is spiritual. God is everywhere. We don't need to buy anything or even DO anything - just become present
Hi love! I don’t usually comment, but I felt so drawn to tell you that you just said exactly what’s been on my mind and I haven’t had anyone to process this with! Thank you for this and your vulnerability. 💚
I really loved this video and your vulnerability/honesty. Whatever people believe (astrology, christianity, buddhism, new age spirituality), there's always so much pressure to be doing things "the right way" and so much condemnation if you're not. I love what you said about how we can "awaken" as much as we want but we're still human. We're all just trying to get through this human experience and our belief systems help us with that. So long as we're not hurting others or ourselves and leading with love, I like to believe we'll all be okay.
Yeah I am definitely at about the same place with all this, very relatable! I went down a really intense spirituality/self help path for a couple years where I was increasingly hard on myself about being "absolutely pure" in terms of toxins, food, finding the "perfect" routine, meditation, divination, signs, manifesting, all these things. I kinda woke up when I realized that ya, literally everything we experience in life is spiritual and the whole purpose of having a human experience is to BE a human and actually LIVE your life. Ironically the more "spiritual" I thought I was becoming, the more I became very avoidant towards life and judgmental towards people around me, I was kind of a jerk if I'm being honest. MUCH happier now, and to be fair I do think I had to go through that phase to get to this place. Much more chilled out person now lol
I relate with this so much. Also on a spiritual journey this year and it brought me many benefits and peace but also i was going to far in it till the point i was asking myself if i can be in this world and if this life is for me. Also just wanted to take care of the internal state but its also important to take care of the external state. Its about balance and understanding that everything is internal. Life is all about balance!
thank you so much for making this video. i was crying last night because i live with family (for financial reasons) who just make it seem like i can't be a good person or whatever if i'm not christian. i was raised christian, but even as a child, i've always felt connected/drawn to the east. if people have a connection to jesus and he genuinely makes you a better person, great. i just think people need to understand that that is NOT everyone's experience. i very much dislike it when people make it seem like they have all the answers, because we're human and there's only so much that we can know. i do love alan watts and taoism, yet i also see the truth in so many other beliefs. i started my spiritual journey in 2021 and did the whole thing, exploring manifestation, tarot cards, etc. it just wasn't for me. i don't like to label myself, but i now go to a buddhist temple on sundays and i have so much peace there, surrounded by people who are genuinely warm and kind. i went to church for the first time in YEARS the other day to support my cousin who's trying to find a new church and didn't want to go alone, but it made me so grateful for my temple lol i like starting my week off peacefully, not with loud music and reverberations in my chest because of the bass. if that works for some, amazing! it's just not it for me.
Love that you are talking about this! For me, meditation save my life. But i only find it to be beneficial when im consistent at it. I find i get the best sleep and fall asleep quicker when I meditate before bed. Journaling has also been a huge saver in my life! Much respect
Weird because I was just thinking about these things right before I got in here. I was thinking I can’t be the only one feeling this way and here you are putting my thoughts into words. I have been feeling like this for a minute. My spirituality journey started in 2019 and felt a shift probably 2022. Not only with myself but within the community. I saw a bunch of people turning back to religion. I’ve been feeling less of a need to “ be spiritual “ and just wanting to exist.
i've been so focused on healing from 2020 - 2023, this last year i decided to just let myself exist and live and not care about healing anymore. now that ive taken a year off i definitely have found other things that i want to work on and goals to set when it comes to healing and moving forward. i think its important that everyone take a break and realize that life is not linear and that there will never be a time where there isn't something you want to change/make 'better' about yourself. so at the end of the day you might as well live how you want, work on what you can, and not stress yourself out about making it to this ultimate end where everything is perfect because its never going to happen.
this video came at the right time omggg im a christian but at the same time I believe in GOD AND THE UNIVERSE because at the end of the day they are the same thing. they are both higher powers. people sometimes get mad because they are like but god created the universe and I’m like yes ik that’s why I believe in both. god created the universe so therefore doesn’t matter if you are talking to him or the universe both are always listening. that’s why you have to be careful what you say, think, act and watch because everything is a reflection of us and I realized this after years of being in the spiritual community since I was 18. I remember being so depressed in highschool, having suicidal thoughts and then realizing the music I was listening to (xxx, lil uzi, juice world) they were all playing a part in my emotions and what I was thinking. because I was listening to such low vibrational music back then it manifested into my reality at the time into depression, anxiety, panic attacks because my mind would literally be thinking about death 24/7… it was a dark time. but with positive affirmations, meditation, reading spiritual books, going out more, being more present I completely healed my depression, anxiety, panic attacks and very intrusive thoughts in due time thankfully! everyone is different when it comes to spirituality wherever works for someone might not work for someone else. I hate how people always try to force a religion down someone’s throat or scold them for not believing in god but some people don’t feel comfortable when it comes to certain religions yk.. anyways lovely video girl god bless you❤
I feel you deeply with where you are currently with spirituality and religion. I think they both are never ending journeys and the point of both is to understand that and just enjoy the journey of learning about yourself and building a relationship with God, infinite intelligence, the universe, source energy, or whatever you wish to call it. I will admit the deeper I go down the rabbit hole it does get more loneyly because most people really don't like depth in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding and stay pretty surface level. I'll end this by saying don't feel shame for not wanting to go deeper into spirituality or weird because people around you don't want to go deeper. Everyone's pace in life is different and we may or may not get to the same places at different times but just embrace your own individual journey.
I think once you cultivate a good spiritual foundation, all you have to do is maintenance like once a week. I do think years of study and obsession are necessary to build that foundation though. Great video. Thank you for sharing your gift.
I agree!! I take breaks on and off from absorbing information. Overall I am a lover of the esoteric and it absolutely calls me. I feel grounded these days and enjoy learning about quantum physics because I think it’s cool but I am no longer overly obsessed with healing. Just living.
Lynette, you are me and I am you. You described everything I have experienced and more importantly believe who God is and who we are. Thank you 1000x for making us feel seen.
Oh my god. I resonate with this video so much. I always also in a never ending loop of healing and self-improvement and one day I woke up and said to myself is the healing I’m doing not enough? Like does all this work not count for anything? And I told myself to stop. Like fuck man we can’t be healing for our whole lives at one point we gotta chill and energy the fruits of our healing.
This video is so validating! I absolutely love how you said no matter how enlightened we are, we’re still humans 👏🏾 There’s SO SO much we don’t know yet we try to control everything and act as if everything falls all on us. Releasing control and the spiritual ego definitely gives us room to be more free to just be and feel less guilty when we don’t get to do X or be X at that specific time. It definitely relief a lot of pressure and nobody needs more stress in this society we live in 😮💨 Still a work in progress for me to find that balance.
This was so affirming, to see that we all have similar questions about life hence the different religions and practices having the same journey and understanding. Knowing the we cannot possibly know everything and self-awareness is the key to experiencing the present and staying grounded.
Exactly ! Spirituality doesn’t have a look, it’s a practice and whatever you use or do for that is entirely up to you there’s no right or wrong way as long as you’re being genuine and staying true to yourself and your relationship to god/source I think that’s all that matters.
finally! someone who talks about this important topic I feel in the same boat about new age spirituality really brought me to a spiritual psychosis and ego death but when it all comes down to being an extension of god and love
I loved this video and I agree with pretty much everything you're saying. I do see the appeal on moving from universe to "god" because it is all the same. I've experienced the same as well (regarding the obsession aspect) and I am actually going back from the ground up on my spiritual journey this year as I feel I've lost the plot (personally.. as I do believe that quite literally everything is spiritual). I would like to be more grounded & connect with myself deeper. After realizing I don't need to take it so seriously, I do feel I have a deeper relationship with my spiritual self & I am happy with where I'm heading. I've definitely opened a new door recently with my journey. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾 I love your videos on this topic.
I’m so happy you are shedding light on this spiritual and mental health obsession. Like what happened to just being okay, okay I got fired I’ll just get another job, everything is so tied into spirituality. Back in the day spirituality stayed into church now it’s for everything. You can’t afford a bag of chips, the lord didn’t want me to have them, no you just don’t have enough that’s it lol.
Ahh yes I was just talking to multiple friends about this! I was telling them how at one point last year I was surrounding myself with yoga, crystals etc. as I grew up in Christian household , was raised in church and went to private school up to. 12th grade. and was looking for something “better” for me. The people in my yoga group helped but as you stated the constant self improvement was too much on me. Egos got really big so I started distancing myself from them. Turns out I felt really empty and threw away the crystals as something bizzare happened to me after I did that. I had obsidian in particular and when I threw that crystal away no joke… I was cleaning my drawer and I had multiple pieces of it in my drawer this came out of no where I immediately got rid of them and threw out many clothing pieces that no longer sat well with me. After that I prayed to remove all spirits connected to that. This year I started reading my Bible more. The Bible has alot of wisdom and insight my favorite book is Ecclesiastes explains life as a whole through a better lens and has given me a lot of peace. I have my doubts at times but I’ll never turn back to that phase in my life where I feel like I can do it all by myself. However I am like you and feel like some religions do have the same type of concept in a sense especially Toaism also I have Haitian Christian friends around me who tell me stories on how voodoo is very real. I believe them I stay as far as I can away from any of this stuff now. People need to do what’s best for them honestly even though I don’t agree with all concepts of different religions I don’t force my beliefs/view points on to anyone but if they ask I’ll tell them
i agree with you comepletely it did get to be egoic for me, but if we do remember eckhart told us to just accept where we are and not strive for being awakened because then it becomes egoic. I also stopped reading spiritual things for a while because i became so obsessed i wasn’t enjoying my life I’m 18 going thru i’d say my 3rd or 4th Existential Crisis and I needed this thank you i feel so lost
I RAN to the comments to say that I am so relieved to hear you describe your views. Thats almost down to the word how I describe my faith & I feel like people- mostly fellow christians look at me crazy and it makes me doubt myself. So im happy to know theres someone who gets that same feeling
Ah to have a friend like you ❤️ thanks for voicing so many thoughts and feelings I’ve also had. This spiritual journey can get real lonely and its been tough finding satsang. I appreciate you! Sending you infinite love and gratitude 🥰
Yessssss!! This is why I’ve always resonated the most with Baba Ram Dass. He’s all about living in the moment and just enjoying this crazy thang while we’re here. 🫶🏼 My biggest pet peeve with new age spirituality is the spiritual elitism that comes with it... Believing that certain things make you 'more or less' spiritual is so dumb, like how clubbing is seen as 'less spiritual.' At a certain point, it becomes this point system, which is totally contrary to true self-acceptance. For me, dancing the night away with my homegirls is a spiritual experience. As someone who dealt with physical abuse growing up, it’s been freeing to come back home to my body and spirit through dance. So how can clubbing be "bad?" This quote sums it up perfectly: 'Opinion is really the lowest form of knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is Empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world.' - Bill Bullard"
Ram Dass! I absolutely adore that soul ❤️ such honesty about his journey always. I think it’s so interesting all the different ways we feel spiritual, like seeing many faces of the same god/creator. Love that quote you shared - never heard it before, thanks for sharing it!
this is why we need balance. balancing both the spiritual realm and this world. i feel like if your toooo big headed in one realm. u will always be off kilter imo
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I also know that there is God in everything and everyone around us. So to me, life is what YOU(self) make it. Because no one else can view life from your lenses the way you do.
ive been watching you for 3yrs now i think and fuck you make me feel so normal lmao. everytime u post im like shit i was just thinking this too. i feel like i spent the first two yrs of my journey in bliss and then two deep in the cynicism. now i just feel like my life is the constant adjustment to the ever moving balance between the two. im a beautiful illustration of the full spectrum of human emotion and i chose to feel it all
So spot on and i am at the same stage on my journey. I liked a Thread a few days ago that was saying "Pluto going direct feels like tossing out every toxic self-help book and just deciding to trust yourself. Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn are their own gurus now." And i truly felt it as i started reselling books. I don't remember your rising and moon but I believe that you have an Aries sun. I just want to Love myself unconditionally, that's the only thing that will "heal" me and no book can tell me how to do it as we are all different and unique
That's the point of spirituality. You're on a never ending hamster wheel, you always have to fix yourself,while figuring out who you actually are while always inviting constant growth and accepting and meandering through your mental and emotional changes. It does make you crazy smh, because nothing in that realm is a solid truth that grounds you. Thankfully I was able to walk away mostly unjaded and built a relationship not religion with Jesus and it has been the best decision for me. Work is still involved because what is life without with the growing pains of maturing but im not walking around day after day looking to be affirmed because I know I Am God's daughter and He loved me so much he created a path for me to be with Him eternally.
I feel like the one this missing from this conversation is gratitude (but you’ve mentioned in other videos). I don’t think spirituality is about learning/channeling all the universe’s secrets and knowledge, but simply being grateful to be a part of it. Yes, learning has to be a part of the journey, but at least for me- I learned enough to put me on my way and keep down my path carved out for me with purpose. It’s like that Indiana Jones movie where they want to be all knowing but can’t handle it and literally evaporate under the weight of knowing it all. Gratitude is what separates humans from every other living being (to our knowledge). Expressing it for other beings (as you mention) is intended for us to connect and be working in unison with our natural given earth (another gift to be grateful for). A book I adore touches on gratitude for our world, and while isn’t focused on spirituality, it is innately. “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer shares indigenous wisdom & the relationship with Earth and each other before “spirituality” ever had a definition. It was just a way of life. Give it a go, it’s a good break from spirituality but still holds so much wisdom!!
This was so me earlier this year, everything was a sign and I was so hyper focused on every little thing, just waiting for the happy end result being enlightened would give me. I remember going on a date and seeing signs everywhere that I was on the right path but the guy ghosted me the next day haha. That was my last straw, I literally felt like I was going crazy. I still try to practice meditating etc when I need it but honestly being religious about it ended up being super toxic for me. I just want to live life and take things easy sometimes, it all just felt too intense.
I love the divine timing of this video. This idea of over identification with labels like healer and spiritual since 2018-2019 is something I’m releasing so that I can actually keep flowing and growing in an authentic way. Thanks for the reminder!
How I see it is it's all connected no religion or spirtual practice is better than the other, as long as it's for the greater good. I believe every individual has their own spiritual path and is called to the work needed for God here on earth. Of course egos get in the way so people try to force their views on to others. I wish it didn't cause such a divide because it takes away from the real work we're supposed to doing here on earth. Of course it's a lot deeper than that but hopefully i made sense 😅
YES!! In 2022 when I started my healing/spiritual journey , I had the psychosis phase bad , I constantly keep pushing healing so bad on myself I can’t even function , I’m always feeling imbalanced taking lesson AFTER LESSON WITH THE SAME PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS I don’t like certain things about me those are what I’m changing
I love this video so much. It made so much sense that I’m going to dissect it, journal your ideas and use it as a guide to explain spirituality to my kids😊
Yes yes yes definitely agree with what you're saying here. I feel like the current social/economic/internet culture and dynamics mean that a lot of people turn to spirituality out of a low sense of self worth and feeling of being bad and needing to fix themselves, as well as to escape/"transcend" the horrors and difficulties of this world. and that this combined w new age being detached from historical practices and contexts (hinduism for example) and mixed together means that a lot of it gets very egoic and separating. I have felt a similar trajectory where I eventually just realized I'm living life and everything is divine and I can use certain practices to help me stay present for the dualities and intensities of life
I have such similar views on spirituality as well and also came from a Christian background. Girl you nailed the expression of it so well and I’m so happy to share similar beliefs in God as you. I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!!! Thank you ❤
yeah I agree, I realized how much I have been programmed to doubt myself and my real intentions through shadow work and constantly assuming stuff about me and others that was so much more negative than in reality and fearing trusting myself and people or actually being positive because it's deemed toxic, or if you don't accept something negative then you are in denial...there's so much stuff wrong with even the red pill spiritual communities...
That’s why I left new age Spirituality alone and I see everyone else is doing so too this year. It’s nice to look at religion and the concept of God from a non-patriarchal lens but at the end of the day, we NEED our creator in our lives. We are not God, we DO NOT create any experience here, we simply experience, that’s it. Even with healing, I can’t do it alone, at the end of the day, I believe my soul will go back to my creator, so while yes I’m able to find ways to self-soothe and “heal”, my creator is the only one who will lead to the path of true everlasting healing.🤷🏽♀️ I won’t lie new age Spirituality taught me how to seek God on my own and establish a relationship with the creator by myself however me acting like I didn’t need a relationship with God at all, was still causing me to feel lost and empty inside. So at the end of the day it’s all about BALANCE :-) BTW, I’m Muslim, and I truly feel born again. Life is so much easier because I let Allah lead me, and I don’t waste my time trying to figure every single thing out on my own as if I’m some all knowing being. I know it sounds “controlling” because we as a society have developed this individualistic mindset, and hate restrictions, but truly surrendering to Allah/God has given me freedom, and obeying Allah’s wishes has given me peace. Not trying to convert anyone but I hope everyone finds a path (whatever that may be for you) that gives them the same ❤
I know what you mean, i often get bogged down, overthink, get depressed over "spirituality".. not feeling good enough, feeling alone & isolated, unlovable, list goes on
I totally get what you’re saying, and I understand I’ve been there. But the problem is you still wanna fit in the world. it’s hard for you to walk your path like you said when most of the people around you can’t care less. And no matter how much you try, once you have been awakened, there is no going back.
Love this❤Internal guidance and intuition is the way. It is difficult to drown out the noise of the world. But easier to listen, hear the opinions of the world and then make an intuitive decision on how to move.
I feel like it depends on how you evolve if it becomes egoic or not. It either strips your ego, makes it inflated, or you merge your physical earthly ego with your humble spiritual person of god. It just depends. I’ve def met people who have learned a lot of spiritual concepts and have the most inflated ego of all time - like they’re soo much better for knowing “more” meanwhile they’re kinda missing the simple point of it all.
I’ve definitely noticed the shift, it’s like things are speeding up spiritually. I spent yeeears saying all religions are all leading to god, but then Jesus came and got me lol. And it’s crazy the amount of people online who had their own perceptions ways of life (from different religions, new age, atheists) then had a direct encounter with Jesus Christ. And the funny thing is, you release control and He takes it, so much real peace. I can’t quite describe it, but He fills that yearning that keeps you on a cycle of new beliefs every few years. 🙏🏾
This is insane. I literally just posted a video and so many points you said I said verbatim the same exact thing. It’s tripping me up lol but it’s crazy how aligned we can be with somebody else, thank you for this video I feel like the overall message really is deadass live laugh love for real lmao. I’m glad to have watched this video thank you 🥹🤍
i’m definitely less into believing everything i read about spirituality and more into believing things that have some level of scientific evidence (prayer, meditation, yoga, affirmations, visualization) or things from my own cultural background (which is catholicism, African spirituality, and native american spirituality. i’m even cautious on believing everything i hear in those)
i️ started the Book of the Coming Forth by Day and it really summed up everything that i️ have ever thought back to childhood. a lot of people are so lost and in darkness they are seeking the Light. i️ am not against anyone who does it through church or following Jesus. but still that way can leave you just as lost. spirituality is (supposed to be) religion but religion isn’t necessarily spirituality. the ultimate goal is to be in the world but not of it. knowing that you are here to experience the ALL. darkness and light… but not attach to it. experience it and let it teach you how to evolve your Spirit. manifestation can be still worldly. the journey is to be in the present moment and ENJOY it… no matter what. life is going to ebb and flow. but we are Spirits having a human experience. the thing is to make sure we still GROW. suffering will happen, but it’s just to elevate us to be at peace. peace doesn’t mean i’m happy all the time. it’s just my Spirit knows how to come back into balance when life starts life-ing.
I really appreciate this perspective because we often only see the positive sides of spirituality. I will say Christianity is different than all other religions in that every religion requires you to be a good person, do the right thing, and ultimately follow their own standard of "right." Christianity is different because none of that is required to be accepted by God. Jesus gifts us salvation rather than us having to earn it. Nothing else required other than belief. The whole idea of being a good person and doing the right thing is then birthed out of what Jesus has already done for us rather than what we can do for Him in order to get to heaven.
I try so hard to have “faith” or to believe in anything because I feel that I need it. But I cannot. If god is real he is powerless or careless. Why would he care abt what job a person has but either doesn’t care or can’t do anything abt the evil in the world? I studied religion for 12 years growing up in private religious school. I grew up catholic christian and became atheist because I learned too much that too much contradicted itself. I could see how there is more than we understand. I think there might be forces out there we don’t understand. But I do not believe it’s 1 powerful thing that has a plan for everyone. I also hate the center of humans specifically in religion. We are just primates w speech! Thinking that we are sooo special to some sky god while we kill eachother and the planet on earth is so self centered to me. I’m tired of trying to get to the bottom of what I believe. And trying to live in the now and recognize that spirituality might just be experiencing the world as it is to you
The tidbit about the rabbit holes on hollyweird and the diddler lol … i gotta stop, its so dark and depressing. But anyways, as always i love your takes. I have the same beliefs on religion/God too. And I needed this reminder to stop chasing a “better version” of me cuz it will always be a chase and never be “enough” as my present self
moral of the story: do what works for you
i don’t really care what you identity with religiously, a lot of us are saying the same thing. as long as you’re a good person ily❤
Thanks so much for this video! I’ve been feeling the same 💚💚💚
I agree babe. I'm actually done healing. I choose to naturally heal as I go along. The type of healing where when I look back I realise I have healed or shifted. I choose to live for the now!
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this part! I feel the same way.
It’s definitely about having balance. As much as everything is spiritual, we need to remember that we’re all living a human experience. Be in the present and enjoy life 🎉
Absolutely! That balance is not easy to find on a daily basis but that’s definitely the goal 💯
@@ConsciousMatters 💯 it just being conscious enough to catch the imbalance
@@ashley11179 Couldn't agree more! When in the present moment rather than falling into the constant distractions, it's much easier to be aware enough to see when and where the imbalance is at.
I can relate to this, sometimes too much info can be overwhelming.
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I went through a similar experience where my spirituality got really up in the air & I had to focus on grounding myself again. Like it became more about escapism than it was about making sense of this physical experience. Im getting back into having a spiritual routine & my goal is to keep it simple & practical. Love hearing your perspective & the space you’ve cultivated here because it feels so validating 🫶🏽
If people could see Christianity as a relationship between you and the literal creator of the universe who is God and not as a religion, you'll be so guided and you'll have so much peace that actually surpasses human understanding. I cannot emphasize how surreal it is believing in Jesus.
@@rufarosihle1 Exactly! It’s not a religion or a belief system - it’s a relationship! The fact that He speaks directly to you will never ever stop being surreal 😭
@@leoissabella5976 It's like a daughter/son and dad relationship here on earth, that's not referred to as religion. Treat your relationship with Jesus Christ the same way because the truth is, it actually is like that. Even better.
how do we get there though? like what do we do? if I believe in it all but feel pretty normal as a human
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"ou'll be so guided and you'll have so much peace that actually surpasses human understanding. I cannot emphasize how surreal it is believing in Jesus."
@@FatTonyTheSkipper The only way you can get to know someone on a deeper level is to spend time with them, so I apply the same concept with my relationship with God. You get to know him through reading his word, his word will reveal to you the person of Jesus Christ and his character, you then know how you can relate with him. Another beautiful thing about his word is you will learn about yourself, it's like a mirror you look into and realize, "oh, this is me, this is what I am and who I am". You get to know him through prayer and talking to him, and because you read his word, you will be able to recognize his voice in everything when he speaks to you. Worshipping him is also another form because you get to fellowship with him and commune with him. You will realise that no amount of crystals or yoga or meditation can give you the amount of satisfactory that everyone is looking for.
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18:33 You can awaken as much as you want to but you are still human ✨ I love that! Just do your best in life… nothing more; nothing less. This is awesome 🌻 Thanks Lynette
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You are so grounded with the spirituality and it's sooo refreshing to hear someone have a holistic view of it. I also grew up Christian but people's egos get in the way and confuse it with "the way" which leads to acts that are not of God (or even Christ for that matter). I also felt like I was stepping into spiritual psychosis a year ago when family dynamics and living in an inter-generational home was super stressful. So glad you're speaking on it! And as someone who has had a tarnished relationship because of "Christians" I'm happy I've finally come back around and believe in God and also came to a space where I feel/believe God is truly in everything.
I totally resonate with this video and believe similarly with spiritually. We are all here just learning and experiencing being human. It doesn’t have to be so complicated. Just be your authentic self and love others!
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Completely agree. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in chasing the dream, we forget to enjoy the moment.
You are literally the only person describing what is going through my mind and also love Alan Watts!! I believe that knowledge is power and listening to others experiences is just as imporant to develop an open mind, but knowing too much can also be exhausting when you start obsessing about having the right answers. In reality no one knows anything and you just gotta look within yourself and do what feels aligned with you.
i personally stepped away from new age spirituality because of the spiritual bypassing - turning a blind eye to others suffering in order to “protect the peace” not respecting the roots of traditions, the love n light bs all the time. all of it just started to feel so fake and it took me testing those waters to find out they aren’t the ones i wanna be swimming in. to me indigenous wisdom and activism are the most important parts of spirituality at this point. we gotta get back to our roots bc obviously the modern ways ain’t working when the earth and its people are suffering
Healing isn’t linear and people forget to still enjoy life. I think some people forget that you are always healing, growing, and living. Spiritually, I just take my time learning because you can get caught up in the craziness. I just focus on my personal relationships with God. I’m not religious nor plan to be anytime soon but you learn as you grow. Some of us are not crystal people or tarot readers. People JUMP head first in that part without research. LOL! Do what works for you but don’t forget to enjoy life. It can get intimidating.
Yes! I just mentioned this: the commercialization of spirituality is wild. People pull pieces from multiple practices without doing the proper research.
You will always be healing but it occurs in cycles. At the close of a particular cycle, you enter the integration process. This is where you put your learnings into practice and LIVE.
Once you master that, that cycle is closed and you move on…
@@cbkelli750 Bingo! Exactly! To me it’s been freeing and if I ever find myself back, I got the tools to get out easily. So many people tap into things they ain’t supposed to tap into and abuse it for money or evil doing. Hints why we be having the New Age to Jesus clique 😂
Meditation and prayer have transformed my life. I also came to a similar recognition, that doing is just as spiritual as being.
literally healed me omg !! I used to be depressed, anxious and have bad panic attacks meditating has truly changed my life for the better I have such a clear mind / I always feel at peace now compared to how I felt years ago 😊
Totally agree. It’s so important to be grounded in reality, because we came here to be humans and experience life and have an ego.
I went through a similar journey but with different time lines. I grew up Christian, as a teen became more spiritual, got baptized the end of last year and deconstructed again after reading the Bible and not agreeing with some of the horrific things that were in it. I believe in a God but maybe life is about learning our self’s and showing ourselves love and empathy. I think going too hard on any direction can make you feel guilt and shame. We are human and that comes with so much duality especially as a women with ever changing hormones. I have decided to work on being my own best friend. Love this video Lynette.
This video resonated deeply with me. I went through a big spiritual awakening and like you started to view everything from a spiritual perspective, to the point I lost touch with reality and ended up in a psychosis. I took a step back from spiritual practices and focused on just my physical reality for a few years, but I’m now learning how to let spirituality back into my life without it becoming overwhelming and remaining grounded in the physical work.
This video came at the right time, thank you 🫶🏽
I'm in a 12 step programme and while it's refreshing seeing how everyone has their own Higher Power, there are definitely people who are SO obsessed or so prescriptive (eg you MUST read this extract or you're not connecting with God properly!!!) and so I relate SO MUCH to when you say: sometimes just sitting with coffee and your book in the morning is spiritual. God is everywhere. We don't need to buy anything or even DO anything - just become present
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Hi love! I don’t usually comment, but I felt so drawn to tell you that you just said exactly what’s been on my mind and I haven’t had anyone to process this with! Thank you for this and your vulnerability. 💚
I really loved this video and your vulnerability/honesty. Whatever people believe (astrology, christianity, buddhism, new age spirituality), there's always so much pressure to be doing things "the right way" and so much condemnation if you're not.
I love what you said about how we can "awaken" as much as we want but we're still human. We're all just trying to get through this human experience and our belief systems help us with that. So long as we're not hurting others or ourselves and leading with love, I like to believe we'll all be okay.
Yeah I am definitely at about the same place with all this, very relatable! I went down a really intense spirituality/self help path for a couple years where I was increasingly hard on myself about being "absolutely pure" in terms of toxins, food, finding the "perfect" routine, meditation, divination, signs, manifesting, all these things. I kinda woke up when I realized that ya, literally everything we experience in life is spiritual and the whole purpose of having a human experience is to BE a human and actually LIVE your life. Ironically the more "spiritual" I thought I was becoming, the more I became very avoidant towards life and judgmental towards people around me, I was kind of a jerk if I'm being honest. MUCH happier now, and to be fair I do think I had to go through that phase to get to this place. Much more chilled out person now lol
I relate with this so much. Also on a spiritual journey this year and it brought me many benefits and peace but also i was going to far in it till the point i was asking myself if i can be in this world and if this life is for me. Also just wanted to take care of the internal state but its also important to take care of the external state. Its about balance and understanding that everything is internal. Life is all about balance!
thank you so much for making this video. i was crying last night because i live with family (for financial reasons) who just make it seem like i can't be a good person or whatever if i'm not christian. i was raised christian, but even as a child, i've always felt connected/drawn to the east. if people have a connection to jesus and he genuinely makes you a better person, great. i just think people need to understand that that is NOT everyone's experience. i very much dislike it when people make it seem like they have all the answers, because we're human and there's only so much that we can know. i do love alan watts and taoism, yet i also see the truth in so many other beliefs. i started my spiritual journey in 2021 and did the whole thing, exploring manifestation, tarot cards, etc. it just wasn't for me. i don't like to label myself, but i now go to a buddhist temple on sundays and i have so much peace there, surrounded by people who are genuinely warm and kind. i went to church for the first time in YEARS the other day to support my cousin who's trying to find a new church and didn't want to go alone, but it made me so grateful for my temple lol i like starting my week off peacefully, not with loud music and reverberations in my chest because of the bass. if that works for some, amazing! it's just not it for me.
Love that you are talking about this! For me, meditation save my life. But i only find it to be beneficial when im consistent at it. I find i get the best sleep and fall asleep quicker when I meditate before bed. Journaling has also been a huge saver in my life! Much respect
Weird because I was just thinking about these things right before I got in here. I was thinking I can’t be the only one feeling this way and here you are putting my thoughts into words. I have been feeling like this for a minute. My spirituality journey started in 2019 and felt a shift probably 2022. Not only with myself but within the community. I saw a bunch of people turning back to religion. I’ve been feeling less of a need to “ be spiritual “ and just wanting to exist.
you always know how to put my thoughts (and probably so many other peoples too) into words ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY
i've been so focused on healing from 2020 - 2023, this last year i decided to just let myself exist and live and not care about healing anymore. now that ive taken a year off i definitely have found other things that i want to work on and goals to set when it comes to healing and moving forward. i think its important that everyone take a break and realize that life is not linear and that there will never be a time where there isn't something you want to change/make 'better' about yourself. so at the end of the day you might as well live how you want, work on what you can, and not stress yourself out about making it to this ultimate end where everything is perfect because its never going to happen.
this video came at the right time omggg im a christian but at the same time I believe in GOD AND THE UNIVERSE because at the end of the day they are the same thing. they are both higher powers. people sometimes get mad because they are like but god created the universe and I’m like yes ik that’s why I believe in both. god created the universe so therefore doesn’t matter if you are talking to him or the universe both are always listening. that’s why you have to be careful what you say, think, act and watch because everything is a reflection of us and I realized this after years of being in the spiritual community since I was 18. I remember being so depressed in highschool, having suicidal thoughts and then realizing the music I was listening to (xxx, lil uzi, juice world) they were all playing a part in my emotions and what I was thinking. because I was listening to such low vibrational music back then it manifested into my reality at the time into depression, anxiety, panic attacks because my mind would literally be thinking about death 24/7… it was a dark time. but with positive affirmations, meditation, reading spiritual books, going out more, being more present I completely healed my depression, anxiety, panic attacks and very intrusive thoughts in due time thankfully!
everyone is different when it comes to spirituality wherever works for someone might not work for someone else. I hate how people always try to force a religion down someone’s throat or scold them for not believing in god but some people don’t feel comfortable when it comes to certain religions yk.. anyways lovely video girl god bless you❤
I feel you deeply with where you are currently with spirituality and religion. I think they both are never ending journeys and the point of both is to understand that and just enjoy the journey of learning about yourself and building a relationship with God, infinite intelligence, the universe, source energy, or whatever you wish to call it. I will admit the deeper I go down the rabbit hole it does get more loneyly because most people really don't like depth in knowledge, wisdom, and understanding and stay pretty surface level. I'll end this by saying don't feel shame for not wanting to go deeper into spirituality or weird because people around you don't want to go deeper. Everyone's pace in life is different and we may or may not get to the same places at different times but just embrace your own individual journey.
I think once you cultivate a good spiritual foundation, all you have to do is maintenance like once a week. I do think years of study and obsession are necessary to build that foundation though. Great video. Thank you for sharing your gift.
I agree!! I take breaks on and off from absorbing information. Overall I am a lover of the esoteric and it absolutely calls me. I feel grounded these days and enjoy learning about quantum physics because I think it’s cool but I am no longer overly obsessed with healing. Just living.
Lynette, you are me and I am you. You described everything I have experienced and more importantly believe who God is and who we are. Thank you 1000x for making us feel seen.
Oh my god. I resonate with this video so much. I always also in a never ending loop of healing and self-improvement and one day I woke up and said to myself is the healing I’m doing not enough? Like does all this work not count for anything? And I told myself to stop. Like fuck man we can’t be healing for our whole lives at one point we gotta chill and energy the fruits of our healing.
This video is so validating! I absolutely love how you said no matter how enlightened we are, we’re still humans 👏🏾 There’s SO SO much we don’t know yet we try to control everything and act as if everything falls all on us. Releasing control and the spiritual ego definitely gives us room to be more free to just be and feel less guilty when we don’t get to do X or be X at that specific time. It definitely relief a lot of pressure and nobody needs more stress in this society we live in 😮💨 Still a work in progress for me to find that balance.
This was so affirming, to see that we all have similar questions about life hence the different religions and practices having the same journey and understanding. Knowing the we cannot possibly know everything and self-awareness is the key to experiencing the present and staying grounded.
Exactly ! Spirituality doesn’t have a look, it’s a practice and whatever you use or do for that is entirely up to you there’s no right or wrong way as long as you’re being genuine and staying true to yourself and your relationship to god/source I think that’s all that matters.
finally! someone who talks about this important topic I feel in the same boat about new age spirituality really brought me to a spiritual psychosis and ego death but when it all comes down to being an extension of god and love
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I loved this video and I agree with pretty much everything you're saying. I do see the appeal on moving from universe to "god" because it is all the same. I've experienced the same as well (regarding the obsession aspect) and I am actually going back from the ground up on my spiritual journey this year as I feel I've lost the plot (personally.. as I do believe that quite literally everything is spiritual). I would like to be more grounded & connect with myself deeper. After realizing I don't need to take it so seriously, I do feel I have a deeper relationship with my spiritual self & I am happy with where I'm heading. I've definitely opened a new door recently with my journey. Thank you for sharing 🙏🏾 I love your videos on this topic.
I’m so happy you are shedding light on this spiritual and mental health obsession. Like what happened to just being okay, okay I got fired I’ll just get another job, everything is so tied into spirituality. Back in the day spirituality stayed into church now it’s for everything. You can’t afford a bag of chips, the lord didn’t want me to have them, no you just don’t have enough that’s it lol.
Ahh yes I was just talking to multiple friends about this! I was telling them how at one point last year I was surrounding myself with yoga, crystals etc. as I grew up in Christian household , was raised in church and went to private school up to. 12th grade. and was looking for something “better” for me. The people in my yoga group helped but as you stated the constant self improvement was too much on me. Egos got really big so I started distancing myself from them. Turns out I felt really empty and threw away the crystals as something bizzare happened to me after I did that. I had obsidian in particular and when I threw that crystal away no joke… I was cleaning my drawer and I had multiple pieces of it in my drawer this came out of no where I immediately got rid of them and threw out many clothing pieces that no longer sat well with me. After that I prayed to remove all spirits connected to that. This year I started reading my Bible more. The Bible has alot of wisdom and insight my favorite book is Ecclesiastes explains life as a whole through a better lens and has given me a lot of peace. I have my doubts at times but I’ll never turn back to that phase in my life where I feel like I can do it all by myself. However I am like you and feel like some religions do have the same type of concept in a sense especially Toaism also I have Haitian Christian friends around me who tell me stories on how voodoo is very real. I believe them I stay as far as I can away from any of this stuff now. People need to do what’s best for them honestly even though I don’t agree with all concepts of different religions I don’t force my beliefs/view points on to anyone but if they ask I’ll tell them
i agree with you comepletely it did get to be egoic for me, but if we do remember eckhart told us to just accept where we are and not strive for being awakened because then it becomes egoic. I also stopped reading spiritual things for a while because i became so obsessed i wasn’t enjoying my life
I’m 18 going thru i’d say my 3rd or 4th Existential Crisis and I needed this thank you i feel so lost
I RAN to the comments to say that I am so relieved to hear you describe your views. Thats almost down to the word how I describe my faith & I feel like people- mostly fellow christians look at me crazy and it makes me doubt myself. So im happy to know theres someone who gets that same feeling
Ah to have a friend like you ❤️ thanks for voicing so many thoughts and feelings I’ve also had. This spiritual journey can get real lonely and its been tough finding satsang. I appreciate you! Sending you infinite love and gratitude 🥰
Yessssss!! This is why I’ve always resonated the most with Baba Ram Dass. He’s all about living in the moment and just enjoying this crazy thang while we’re here. 🫶🏼 My biggest pet peeve with new age spirituality is the spiritual elitism that comes with it... Believing that certain things make you 'more or less' spiritual is so dumb, like how clubbing is seen as 'less spiritual.' At a certain point, it becomes this point system, which is totally contrary to true self-acceptance.
For me, dancing the night away with my homegirls is a spiritual experience. As someone who dealt with physical abuse growing up, it’s been freeing to come back home to my body and spirit through dance. So how can clubbing be "bad?"
This quote sums it up perfectly: 'Opinion is really the lowest form of knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is Empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world.' - Bill Bullard"
Ram Dass! I absolutely adore that soul ❤️ such honesty about his journey always.
I think it’s so interesting all the different ways we feel spiritual, like seeing many faces of the same god/creator.
Love that quote you shared - never heard it before, thanks for sharing it!
Love the quote ... Best wishes 💞
@@alexisstaroneal wise words
this is why we need balance. balancing both the spiritual realm and this world. i feel like if your toooo big headed in one realm. u will always be off kilter imo
Thanks for sharing your perspective. I also know that there is God in everything and everyone around us. So to me, life is what YOU(self) make it. Because no one else can view life from your lenses the way you do.
ive been watching you for 3yrs now i think and fuck you make me feel so normal lmao. everytime u post im like shit i was just thinking this too. i feel like i spent the first two yrs of my journey in bliss and then two deep in the cynicism. now i just feel like my life is the constant adjustment to the ever moving balance between the two. im a beautiful illustration of the full spectrum of human emotion and i chose to feel it all
So spot on and i am at the same stage on my journey. I liked a Thread a few days ago that was saying "Pluto going direct feels like tossing out every toxic self-help book and just deciding to trust yourself. Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn are their own gurus now." And i truly felt it as i started reselling books. I don't remember your rising and moon but I believe that you have an Aries sun.
I just want to Love myself unconditionally, that's the only thing that will "heal" me and no book can tell me how to do it as we are all different and unique
That's the point of spirituality. You're on a never ending hamster wheel, you always have to fix yourself,while figuring out who you actually are while always inviting constant growth and accepting and meandering through your mental and emotional changes. It does make you crazy smh, because nothing in that realm is a solid truth that grounds you. Thankfully I was able to walk away mostly unjaded and built a relationship not religion with Jesus and it has been the best decision for me. Work is still involved because what is life without with the growing pains of maturing but im not walking around day after day looking to be affirmed because I know I Am God's daughter and He loved me so much he created a path for me to be with Him eternally.
I love this! Gotta find what works for you, so glad you’re in a good place ❤️
I liked your point of view thanks for sharing 🙏 simplicity has always kept me sane and grounded. Always brings me back to what truly matters.
I feel like the one this missing from this conversation is gratitude (but you’ve mentioned in other videos). I don’t think spirituality is about learning/channeling all the universe’s secrets and knowledge, but simply being grateful to be a part of it. Yes, learning has to be a part of the journey, but at least for me- I learned enough to put me on my way and keep down my path carved out for me with purpose. It’s like that Indiana Jones movie where they want to be all knowing but can’t handle it and literally evaporate under the weight of knowing it all.
Gratitude is what separates humans from every other living being (to our knowledge). Expressing it for other beings (as you mention) is intended for us to connect and be working in unison with our natural given earth (another gift to be grateful for).
A book I adore touches on gratitude for our world, and while isn’t focused on spirituality, it is innately. “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer shares indigenous wisdom & the relationship with Earth and each other before “spirituality” ever had a definition. It was just a way of life. Give it a go, it’s a good break from spirituality but still holds so much wisdom!!
listening while I am working! love hearing you talk about your journey. I am also in NY :) thanks for the great content!
I love your videos. I hope you realize how much you bring to the world 🩵
I definitely went down the rabbit hole as well but came out freed, confident and living in faith. The journey was valuable! ❤
This was so me earlier this year, everything was a sign and I was so hyper focused on every little thing, just waiting for the happy end result being enlightened would give me. I remember going on a date and seeing signs everywhere that I was on the right path but the guy ghosted me the next day haha. That was my last straw, I literally felt like I was going crazy. I still try to practice meditating etc when I need it but honestly being religious about it ended up being super toxic for me. I just want to live life and take things easy sometimes, it all just felt too intense.
Getting into existentialism, Sartre in particular really helped me with a lot of this.
Girl, JUST BE!!
I felt this
I love the divine timing of this video. This idea of over identification with labels like healer and spiritual since 2018-2019 is something I’m releasing so that I can actually keep flowing and growing in an authentic way. Thanks for the reminder!
How I see it is it's all connected no religion or spirtual practice is better than the other, as long as it's for the greater good. I believe every individual has their own spiritual path and is called to the work needed for God here on earth. Of course egos get in the way so people try to force their views on to others. I wish it didn't cause such a divide because it takes away from the real work we're supposed to doing here on earth. Of course it's a lot deeper than that but hopefully i made sense 😅
I agree with this!
YES!! In 2022 when I started my healing/spiritual journey , I had the psychosis phase bad , I constantly keep pushing healing so bad on myself I can’t even function , I’m always feeling imbalanced taking lesson AFTER LESSON WITH THE SAME PEOPLE AND SITUATIONS I don’t like certain things about me those are what I’m changing
I think we make too big a deal out of this thing. We come, we go. As many others have also done. ❤
PLEASE WRITE A BOOK ❤ I love listening to your thoughts. Your style all intertwined into a book would be SO dope!
This is perfectttt!! Thank you for sharing, it definitely needs to be said. Much love!🩷
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I love this video so much. It made so much sense that I’m going to dissect it, journal your ideas and use it as a guide to explain spirituality to my kids😊
Girl I genuinely love your videos so much.
Yes yes yes definitely agree with what you're saying here. I feel like the current social/economic/internet culture and dynamics mean that a lot of people turn to spirituality out of a low sense of self worth and feeling of being bad and needing to fix themselves, as well as to escape/"transcend" the horrors and difficulties of this world. and that this combined w new age being detached from historical practices and contexts (hinduism for example) and mixed together means that a lot of it gets very egoic and separating. I have felt a similar trajectory where I eventually just realized I'm living life and everything is divine and I can use certain practices to help me stay present for the dualities and intensities of life
I absolutely love watching your videos and the way you express yourself, really needed to hear this thank u
I have such similar views on spirituality as well and also came from a Christian background. Girl you nailed the expression of it so well and I’m so happy to share similar beliefs in God as you. I’ve been waiting for this video for so long!!! Thank you ❤
surrendering to Jesus Christ and having that has my spiritual basis has been the best decision I have ever made
I appreciate you for speaking on this
yeah I agree, I realized how much I have been programmed to doubt myself and my real intentions through shadow work and constantly assuming stuff about me and others that was so much more negative than in reality and fearing trusting myself and people or actually being positive because it's deemed toxic, or if you don't accept something negative then you are in denial...there's so much stuff wrong with even the red pill spiritual communities...
That’s why I left new age Spirituality alone and I see everyone else is doing so too this year. It’s nice to look at religion and the concept of God from a non-patriarchal lens but at the end of the day, we NEED our creator in our lives. We are not God, we DO NOT create any experience here, we simply experience, that’s it. Even with healing, I can’t do it alone, at the end of the day, I believe my soul will go back to my creator, so while yes I’m able to find ways to self-soothe and “heal”, my creator is the only one who will lead to the path of true everlasting healing.🤷🏽♀️ I won’t lie new age Spirituality taught me how to seek God on my own and establish a relationship with the creator by myself however me acting like I didn’t need a relationship with God at all, was still causing me to feel lost and empty inside. So at the end of the day it’s all about BALANCE :-)
BTW, I’m Muslim, and I truly feel born again. Life is so much easier because I let Allah lead me, and I don’t waste my time trying to figure every single thing out on my own as if I’m some all knowing being. I know it sounds “controlling” because we as a society have developed this individualistic mindset, and hate restrictions, but truly surrendering to Allah/God has given me freedom, and obeying Allah’s wishes has given me peace. Not trying to convert anyone but I hope everyone finds a path (whatever that may be for you) that gives them the same ❤
may Allah bless you my sister in Islam 🤍
@@remember_roses thank you sister! ❤️❤️
I know what you mean, i often get bogged down, overthink, get depressed over "spirituality".. not feeling good enough, feeling alone & isolated, unlovable, list goes on
The people that get it, get it. I resonate with this so much
I totally get what you’re saying, and I understand I’ve been there. But the problem is you still wanna fit in the world. it’s hard for you to walk your path like you said when most of the people around you can’t care less.
And no matter how much you try, once you have been awakened, there is no going back.
Love this❤Internal guidance and intuition is the way. It is difficult to drown out the noise of the world. But easier to listen, hear the opinions of the world and then make an intuitive decision on how to move.
I feel like it depends on how you evolve if it becomes egoic or not. It either strips your ego, makes it inflated, or you merge your physical earthly ego with your humble spiritual person of god. It just depends. I’ve def met people who have learned a lot of spiritual concepts and have the most inflated ego of all time - like they’re soo much better for knowing “more” meanwhile they’re kinda missing the simple point of it all.
This was a helpful video, thank you for sharing.
I’ve definitely noticed the shift, it’s like things are speeding up spiritually. I spent yeeears saying all religions are all leading to god, but then Jesus came and got me lol. And it’s crazy the amount of people online who had their own perceptions ways of life (from different religions, new age, atheists) then had a direct encounter with Jesus Christ. And the funny thing is, you release control and He takes it, so much real peace. I can’t quite describe it, but He fills that yearning that keeps you on a cycle of new beliefs every few years. 🙏🏾
Goddddd I feel this!!
This is insane. I literally just posted a video and so many points you said I said verbatim the same exact thing. It’s tripping me up lol but it’s crazy how aligned we can be with somebody else, thank you for this video I feel like the overall message really is deadass live laugh love for real lmao. I’m glad to have watched this video thank you 🥹🤍
Love, love, love this! Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this topic ❤
LYNETTE this is the video I have been WAITING for 🙌 thank youuuuu ❤
Gotchu!!
I look forward to your videos so much
Thank you for this video! I needed this!❤
i’m definitely less into believing everything i read about spirituality and more into believing things that have some level of scientific evidence (prayer, meditation, yoga, affirmations, visualization) or things from my own cultural background (which is catholicism, African spirituality, and native american spirituality. i’m even cautious on believing everything i hear in those)
Yessss girl i feel the same exact way and I’ve been thinking about this heavily this week. 💫
completely relate to every minute of this vid!!
i️ started the Book of the Coming Forth by Day and it really summed up everything that i️ have ever thought back to childhood. a lot of people are so lost and in darkness they are seeking the Light. i️ am not against anyone who does it through church or following Jesus. but still that way can leave you just as lost. spirituality is (supposed to be) religion but religion isn’t necessarily spirituality.
the ultimate goal is to be in the world but not of it. knowing that you are here to experience the ALL. darkness and light… but not attach to it. experience it and let it teach you how to evolve your Spirit. manifestation can be still worldly.
the journey is to be in the present moment and ENJOY it… no matter what. life is going to ebb and flow. but we are Spirits having a human experience. the thing is to make sure we still GROW. suffering will happen, but it’s just to elevate us to be at peace. peace doesn’t mean i’m happy all the time. it’s just my Spirit knows how to come back into balance when life starts life-ing.
Yesssss!!! Healing is not my Purpose...the song by Toni Jones. Everything!
I relate to you a lot this is a great view point!
I feel this sentiment so much, thank you 💗✨
This video is so realllll omg
I really appreciate this perspective because we often only see the positive sides of spirituality. I will say Christianity is different than all other religions in that every religion requires you to be a good person, do the right thing, and ultimately follow their own standard of "right." Christianity is different because none of that is required to be accepted by God. Jesus gifts us salvation rather than us having to earn it. Nothing else required other than belief. The whole idea of being a good person and doing the right thing is then birthed out of what Jesus has already done for us rather than what we can do for Him in order to get to heaven.
ok you ate with this video >>
God probably thinks the different ways we worship the same thing is cute.
Hi, great video. I had to tone it done myself and focus on the present and be more mindful of what is going on now a lot more.
I've said it before but always when I think about something you post about it.....
I followed you back when i was practicing New Age. Since then i have found Jesus ❤
7:00 heavyyyyyy on this !!!!!
Light attracts darkness too.
love this video thank you as always
💯, percent true, my life always was great around positive people, but anyone who creates drama or problems can be destructive for society
I try so hard to have “faith” or to believe in anything because I feel that I need it. But I cannot. If god is real he is powerless or careless. Why would he care abt what job a person has but either doesn’t care or can’t do anything abt the evil in the world? I studied religion for 12 years growing up in private religious school. I grew up catholic christian and became atheist because I learned too much that too much contradicted itself. I could see how there is more than we understand. I think there might be forces out there we don’t understand. But I do not believe it’s 1 powerful thing that has a plan for everyone. I also hate the center of humans specifically in religion. We are just primates w speech! Thinking that we are sooo special to some sky god while we kill eachother and the planet on earth is so self centered to me. I’m tired of trying to get to the bottom of what I believe. And trying to live in the now and recognize that spirituality might just be experiencing the world as it is to you
The tidbit about the rabbit holes on hollyweird and the diddler lol … i gotta stop, its so dark and depressing. But anyways, as always i love your takes. I have the same beliefs on religion/God too. And I needed this reminder to stop chasing a “better version” of me cuz it will always be a chase and never be “enough” as my present self