The fantastic thing about our true nature is that we possess its qualities already. Discover these qualities and their connection to cultivating mindfulness, knowledge, well-being, and skilful motion in our lives.
Over time of working with many alternative individuals in workshops, retreats, and in one-on-one teaching, I’ve discovered that all of us have knowledge inside us. It doesn’t matter what difficulties or psychological struggles we have been working with on the time, once I can information them out of confusion and into a spot of deep presence, by inhabiting the current second, shoppers begin to present these qualities:
- Love
- Readability
- Peace
- Playful curiosity
- Braveness
- Fulfilment
- Connection
When mixed, these qualities are what I might name knowledge, or what I generally consult with as religious intelligence—a manner of being on the planet guided by the points of our deeper being.
The 7 Strengths of Knowledge
Love: Probably the most outstanding of all of the seven strengths is that of affection. I’ve discovered that once they turned linked to their deep nature, shoppers usually understood issues in a different way and started spontaneously exhibiting compassion, care and kindness to each themselves and others. This usually prolonged to emotions of benevolence, heat and friendliness in direction of all of life. This love for all times was usually the catalyst for a change in dwelling that mirrored this new perspective on, and relationship with, the world round them. This facet of our deeper consciousness has been superbly expressed by mindfulness instructor and creator Mark Coleman: “Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are completely different. Consciousness is the muse of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.”
“Don’t inform me that kindness and consciousness are completely different. Consciousness is the muse of kindness. Kindness is the expression of consciousness.”
Mark Coleman
Readability: As soon as they inhabited the current second deeply, individuals appeared to naturally hook up with deeper insights and better views than have been accessible to them earlier than. Many had the sudden sense of confidence that they knew what to do of their lives and how you can heal or handle sure inner and exterior struggles that they had been grappling with. The issues and inside turmoil that had earlier than appeared all consuming now out of the blue felt manageable. Not feeling caught, overwhelmed or confused, their minds calmed and cleared.
Peace: With sufficient defusion from ideas, shoppers began to really feel a lot larger inside peace. This usually got here with a way of ‘snapping out of it’, waking up and discovering a quiet and nonetheless place inside the place they knew every thing was basically OK. I usually noticed an instantaneous change of their facial expressions, signalling a deep rest, once they touched down on this place of inside calm.
Playful curiosity: There was usually fairly a notable swap as they moved from being caught in cycles of self-judgment, rigidity, or resistance to a non-judgmental curiosity about completely different points of their expertise, together with tough ideas and emotions. Typically they began displaying a extra relaxed and open-hearted angle in direction of themselves and their circumstances. This, in flip, softened and eased their minds and our bodies and opened up extra creativity and suppleness of their responses. In addition they confirmed larger cheerfulness and generally even a way of humour about their scenario. As Eckhart Tolle observes: “Life isn’t as critical because the thoughts makes it out to be.”
Braveness: When inhabiting the current second deeply, and linked to consciousness, individuals usually felt a shift to a way of braveness and confidence that they might deal with no matter life would possibly throw their manner; they out of the blue felt that that they had all of the sources inside to take action. They have been higher in a position to keep courageous within the face of worry, tough feelings and ideas, extra in a position now to face as much as them and work with them skillfully. In addition they confirmed a agency dedication to their values and doing what they felt deep of their coronary heart was proper, even when it wasn’t the sleek or straightforward possibility. This braveness additionally allowed them to be extra genuine of their expression of who they really have been, not so dominated by fear about what others would suppose.
These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so we’ve entry to them in any given second. They don’t have to be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely have to be accessed.
Fulfilment: Related with their deepest self, individuals discovered a brand new sort of contentment. They reported feeling connection to a way of wholeness, completeness, and success that wasn’t depending on something exterior, and so they usually skilled emotions of profound well-being, together with gratitude for issues that earlier than had been missed.
Connection: Folks usually reported a sense of connection to one thing bigger than themselves. Typically this was a sense of religious connection, generally a larger sense of connection to individuals, the planet, and even to life itself. With this sense of connection, they gained a much wider perspective on life, past their on a regular basis circumstances. This in flip led to emotions of belonging, wholeness and even an enhanced reverence for all times. All of a sudden their issues felt smaller and extra manageable within the context of a much wider and bigger world view.
These qualities are inherent to our deeper nature so we’ve entry to them in any given second. They don’t have to be created, constructed, or manufactured. They merely have to be accessed. The flexibility to entry and act from these strengths is what we’d name knowledge or religious intelligence.
We deal with cultivating the abilities to entry and act from the strengths inherent within the deeper self time and again, till they turn into an increasing number of embodied and sink into our bones and our entire being like heat sunshine. They then stream out into the world by way of our speech, actions, and attitudes.
Though phrases are difficult with regards to our deep nature and finally fail to explain and outline it, this deeper a part of our human nature is vital in our journey to true, lasting and secure inside energy.
Excerpted from Deep Resilience by Melli O’Brien, printed by Rethink Press. Copyright © 2024 Melli O’Brien. Reprinted with permission.
