Our Spirit Palace
Our spirit lives inside a palace of our own design, we built it from the sticks and branches that fell from the tree of life. Inside we have furniture made from its leaves, acorns, and pine needles. It is a warm and cozy place and when we feel alone, we invite others to share our home. Sometimes these guests stay beyond their welcome, they bring in their things and our home begins to stink. Some make changes, break down walls and even burn it to the ground. This happens to all of us at one point or another, especially when someone breaks our boundaries.
We must have walls around our palace to protect our home from those who might hurt us. Towers must be erected to see far and wide, soldiers must be conscripted to defend our borders and we must be willing to fight.
When someone violates our haven, we tend to barricade ourselves within our palace walls. We want to lock the gate and sleep away the day. This is a slippery slope and terrible way to cope. No matter how many people hurt us, we cannot let go of the good. We have to continue investing in the potential of people. This is hard, especially when empathy has failed us, but there are better ways to live life than in a prison of our own design.
“Would you like to have healthier relationships, a more peaceful existence, and a higher quality of life? Well look no further, all the answers you need are right here!” We’ve come accustomed to hearing this claim from life coaches, MLMs and late-night TV. Every one of them want to sell us the secret to a better life, unfortunately they too have no clue.
Instead of spending money on tips and tricks, invest in yourself. Search inwardly to see how you hurt to prevent others from hurting you. Use this knowledge to establish and enforce your personal boundaries and achieve the life you’ve always wanted.
Our personal boundaries are our palace walls. When we have healthy boundaries it improves our relationships, protects against predators, and allows us to safely practice massage.
How do we discover our personal boundaries?
It happens on the snowiest day of our life, at a time when the road is slick and covered in ice. It is a moment when we are moving at an unsafe speed and we lose control, time slows, and we are granted the divine insight that if we tap our breaks, we can steer the slide and avoid crashing into an embankment. It is a moment when our mind unlocks, and our third eye is no longer blind. In this second, we can actually see our reality and are given the opportunity to make our lives what we want it to be. We can build walls around our palace, and towers far and wide, we can even recruit soldiers who are willing to fight.
