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Have you ever looked back at a conversation and realized, “that was clearly just 2 egos going head to head?” One ego trying to convince another ego of a point of view is always unproductive, because each ego is invested in getting a win. Neither is willing to back down and seem like a loser.

We raise our voice when we get caught in the trap of believing that we need to “win” at any cost, that we need to take control of the other person’s reaction. We mistakenly equate being loud with being heard.

Lean into what your heart “feels” says Rumi. Not just the “good” feelings but the hard ones too, especially the painful feelings! When it hurts, go there, allow it to be felt even if it feels that your heart will break, actually dare it to break! Be there for your heart when it breaks and you will learn that your heart doesn’t, it cannot actually break, it can only break open.

When your heart leads and you follow, you always find your way back home.

It is when you have overcome the fear of feeling that you experience how your willingness to feel EVERYTHING always leads you back to “feeling” the wholeness that IS your soul. – pierre –

True growth lies not in suppressing our emotions, but in embracing them as doorways to a more authentic and fulfilling life.

Finding the sweet spot between effort on the one hand, and ease on the other, is an ongoing journey. The good news is, it’s entirely possible to learn how to excel without feeling like you’re constantly pushing uphill.

You can do your best without trying so damn hard. It’s a balance that we only find through experience. We have to feel and adjust… feel and adjust… 

We have to understand that our options are to either contribute to the hate in the world, or contribute to the love in the world. And if our response to what is “wrong” in the world is an aggressive finger pointing and attacking, then we are just contributing to the disease of division.

When I am holding on to the thought of what this moment “should have been”… then I am not in this moment. I am “trying” to be in some other moment that doesn’t exist. 

For various reasons we might have built our own inner walls against love, not because we don’t want to feel love but because there were other things – that were painful – that we didn’t want to feel. But our hearts don’t work this way, we can’t close our heart to only some things and keep it open to others, we either live with our hearts wide open feeling everything, or our hearts slowly keep closing until we feel nothing. Very often this leads to a belief that, “I am not worthy of being loved” or “I am unlovable” which are such difficult walls to break down.

Your thoughts are the source of the matrix that you live in. Old programming, old patterns produce the same old thinking on repeat every day, and the only way to escape the matrix is to step away from the thoughts and take a good look at them. But here’s the trick to escaping the matrix – do not judge any of the thinking. – pierre –

If you want to be free from “The Matrix” you have to be able to watch your own thoughts as they come into being and choose, “will I react in the same old pattern as before, or will I choose to respond in a new way?” This is true freedom of choice. – pierre –

Here is a promise though, if you don’t turn away in fear but come back to silence again and again, all of those old layers start to soften. It could be a long process but over time everything that is not YOU – will dissolve, until it becomes clear that what you are left with is the divine creature that you really are. – pierre –

Keep your attention on what there is to do that is right in front of you, and trust that as you step on the path – even if you cannot see it – more of the path will be revealed to you. – pierre –

To be effective, we must change the things we can, and let go the things we can’t. But when “doing” is our default, and we act before we think, how will we know when to do and when to don’t? – pierre –

Wu Wei is not about the absence of action, it’s about taking the right action at the right time by being in touch with the flow of things. But while we are unable to be at peace within discomfort, our own compulsions will always trick us into jumping the gun. – pierre –

Being present in this moment requires me to let go of my idea of “what this moment should have been”. Subconsciously we always form an expectation of what we’d like a moment to be, this is not “wrong” it’s just what a brain does but if I don’t catch myself I’ll end up spending all my energy on an idea that has followed me from the past, leaving me without energy to deal effectively with the present. – pierre –

Whatever moment I find myself in, I’ll either be foolishly wasting my units of time being in resistance to what this moment is, or I’ll be spending it wisely in the process of creating the human that I am happy to be.  – pierre –

We are always chasing some kind of goal – and goals are not bad – but we have to realize that our goals are often what dictates how we spend our time, and by the end of our lives we’ll have a small collection of goals reached, but we will have spent an inordinate amount of time in the process of chasing those goals. This process shapes us! Who are you becoming in your process? – pierre –

How we spend our time is who we become and at the end of our lives we will have become the sum total of the processes we were involved in.  – pierre –

The journey back to self-trust isn’t about acquiring something new – it’s about returning to what was always there. You were born as pure potential, the embodiment of love, proof of abundance manifested in human form. This essence hasn’t disappeared; it’s simply been covered by layers of conditioning and stories filled with fear. – pierre –

As a biological system, your human architecture is beautifully designed for survival first and foremost! Like any other animal your brain makes a big deal about the information that says anything about your ability to survive. And to this end, since you were born you’ve been learning from the world around you what you need to know in order to survive. – pierre –

… these old recordings from the past shaped how you see yourself, and they speak loudly within you still, reminding you of what you were told was true about you. But these stories were never the truth of who you are, they were just the reactions of the imperfect humans around you who were themselves acting and reacting from their own past woundedness.   – pierre –

You will learn to trust yourself. You will learn to trust that you always find your way back to the BEST version of you, because in fact you always do! – pierre –

Look at your partner, your child, your friend, or your parent and say these words, “I trust you to always find your way back to the best version of you, because the truth is you always do.” Now look in the mirror and say it again. – pierre –

Even with the best of parental intentions, as kids we are likely to associate love with who we need to be for the people who raise us. – pierre –

Ask a hundred people to describe what love is, and you’re likely to get a hundred different answers. It can be a complicated topic because for most of us, our history with love is well… complicated… – pierre –

The “complicated” topic of love, suddenly becomes very simple when you look in the mirror and like the person you see. – pierre –

When you finally come to the very deep realization that the only acceptance that you need is from YOU, then your wholeness becomes something that is established from within, and then love is no longer something that you need, but something that you share. – pierre –

While we believe that our wholeness is dependent on something or someone being added to our lives, we will always be disappointed in the humans around us – because no one is perfect enough to always say just the right thing. And also, we’ll always be disappointed in ourselves too – because when we feel rejected, it must mean that we’re not good enough. – pierre –

It’s easy to see how the meaning we make of love becomes distorted, how “love” becomes a desperate transaction that buys approval but always feels as though it’s about to slip out of our grasp. We have learned that without the acceptance of some other human we are incomplete. – pierre –

We first learn about love in our childhood homes where from a kid’s perspective, it’s so easy to feel like love is something we need to earn – we’re loved when we’re “good” but we’re rejected when we’re “bad”. – pierre –

Whenever we become confused, we can trust that we’ve fallen into the trap of thinking too much. And for me personally, I often don’t recognize walking into the trap until I’ve wound myself up tightly in its snare. When my brain has become busier and busier and my thoughts become less clear, I often succumb to the belief that I just need to think harder, I need to think “better” thoughts. – pierre –

And once the image in the mirror becomes beautiful to you, you won’t care about the world’s response any longer. You’ll have become “The Child” again, the independent, clear-minded, all-seeing child. “A child who knows”. – pierre –

The nice, neatly wrapped little package we’ve always been trying to show the world starts to unravel and we come face to face with what’s inside, and this is why most people want to look away… because we’ve been taught to wear the masks, that the world will accept the pretty smile but not what’s underneath. And what makes it worse is that we started to believe it too! Don’t look away, don’t turn your head, stay… – pierre –

In every moment that an old programme, an old pattern, decides the action we take – we will continue to recreate the past. And in every moment that we recognize the old reaction and stop in order to choose a new response, we are breaking free from the past – we are creating a new future! – pierre –

Your willingness to encounter every moment with awareness, breaking free from the compulsion to act in an old way and sincerely ask the question, “what does this moment require of me?”… THIS is how you are creating your future, moment-by-moment. – pierre –

Welcome to Monday. The first day of the week brings a wave of new energy – tide the momentum! – pierre –

Will you react in the same old way? Or will you choose a new response? – pierre –

Our minds often try to force solutions, but inner wisdom speaks in a quieter language. To hear it, we need to create a calm inner environment, like stilling a pond to see the reflections clearly. – pierre –

It’s our natural response to use our brain to try and ‘think’ up the answers, but have you tried finding answers by NOT thinking? The key to unlocking your inner wisdom lies in creating space for it to be heard. Embrace a practice of silence, and learn to discern that quiet voice from the noise of your thoughts. – pierre –

Recently I’ve been working with quite a number of clients who’ve lost love ones, and it’s clear how love and grief are intertwined… we can’t have one without the other, our grief is a direct reflection of the depth of our love. It doesn’t make it hurt less, but we can honour the grief as a natural extension of what it means to love. – pierre –

If there’s love, there will be grief. When we experience grief it is proof of the love we have felt. Grief is the natural continuation of love and we should have the same appreciation for grief as we have for love because they are one and the same. Grief simply invites you to extend your love over a greater distance. – pierre –

Grief is a voice that says, “this is what I used to love SO much!” In that way grief is what we feel when our love gets confronted with distance. For your Soul, time and space is meaningless and it has no problem loving over distance. But if your body is not allowed to feel into its grief, then the body will prevent you from feeling into the expansive love of the Soul. – pierre –

Both science and spirituality is an attempt at describing the truth. So ultimately as our understanding grows, they will come up with the same answers. – pierre –

Just like holding a gem up to the light, is the practice of being the observer. Being able to hold your thoughts and emotions up to the light, and by turning them over being able to see them from all perspectives. – pierre –

The goal is not to manage your emotions. The goal is to manage how you respond to your emotions. – pierre –

Maybe being authentic is less about… not being afraid to show the world who I am – and more about… not being afraid to find out for myself who I am. – pierre –

Whatever I practice, I become better at. If I consistently practice resistance toward everything I don’t want to feel, then I’m becoming better at feeling stressed, feeling anxious and creating a storm in my pond. However, if what I’m practicing is to accept the feeling without resistance, knowing I’ll be OK even if this feeling is not “nice”… then what I’m getting better at is having a calm mind. I’m creating a more consistently calm pond. – pierre –

Every decision you make to spend some time in silence is by its very nature the overcoming of compulsion. Spending time in silence and just observing will highlight just how old patterns fire up and come alive. The more time you spend as the observer, the more choice you have over whether you want to go along with the old pattern, or choose a new way to respond. – pierre –

Everything that happens in your world this week, offers you one of these two choices – either shrink, shut down and become smaller through the experience, or grow through the experience! Open up and expand through what you’re experiencing. – pierre –

Your own inner resistance to what you’re experiencing, is what determines whether you are likely to shrink or grow. In resistance your nervous system goes into fight-or-flight, your muscles become tense and your brain will make available only thoughts about fighting or running. You are physically and mentally closing up and the messaging you carry forward with you is, “I am in trouble”, “Life is scary”, “I am unsafe”. – pierre –

If growth is what you want then you have to become open. You have to become accepting of whatever the experience is. You need to take a deep breath, deliberately soften your body and then lean in. Decide what is the messaging that you want to carry forward with you from this experience and consciously speak to yourself in THAT voice, “I’ve got this”, “I am safe”, “Even if I don’t like the experience, I won’t resist it”, “I can ask for help”, “I can do this”.  – pierre –

Knowledge (or what we think we know) is often the killer of consciousness, while the acceptance of not knowing is what makes us open to seeing, “when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know”, THAT is when grace and wisdom finds us. – pierre –

If I am always aware of my own ignorance, I can use the accumulation of knowledge to grow wisdom, instead of falling into the trap of certainty. – pierre –

“Can I be with this? Can I just be with this without the need for this to change or go away? And while I sit with this, can I find that actually I am OK? And if I can be OK and just breathe right now, then I’m strong enough to get through this, whatever it is.”– pierre –

Letting go isn’t about pretending things didn’t happen. It’s about acknowledging their presence and choosing peace despite them. – pierre –

If you feel Anger it’s because some part of you is angry. If you feel Sadness it’s because some part of you is sad. These emotions come up within us for a reason, and usually the reason is that something inside of us feels scared. – pierre –

If Anger and Sadness are parts of you that feel scared then your resistance, your rejection of them causes only more fear, causing those parts to feel even more angry and more sad. – pierre –

Fear is what gets in the way and prevents us from living in the abundance that love brings, so become aware of when and where you experience fear. Every fear that you heal and dissolve will return you to the flow of love through your life, because healing your fears is the flame that burns away what is untrue. – pierre –

When you become able to embrace yourself, you gain the capacity for more, you extend the acceptance you have found for YOU to more and more people around you. The love that you find for YOU starts to heal the world around you. – pierre –

What you see in the mirror is what you see everywhere. The softer your gaze is when you see your own face, the more love you’ll have for the human faces around you – and the more gentle you are with the imperfections of other people, the better you’ll be able to deal with the imperfections in you. – pierre –

Understand that the thoughts that your brain comes up with, are not who you are, but if you believe them to be true you will be imprisoned for the rest of your life in a cage that is nothing more than thought… trapped by a mere illusion. – pierre –

You are a vast being, an ocean of potential. Your thoughts are merely the ripples on the surface and if you let yourself be trapped by the labels you put on those thoughts, then you’ll spend your life thrashing about in the shallows, and never experience the depths of your being. – pierre –

Silence is that place of pure potential from where all possibilities arise. – pierre –

You don’t need to first quiet your mind before you can tap into the pure potentiality of silence. If you can find the place within you from where you can look at, and see your busy mind, then you are already becoming free, and more potential becomes available to you. – pierre –

“The problem with creating from fear is that you never have a way to outrun it – you will never create so much that the fear disappears, even if you do reach the goal that you set, it will quickly be replaced by a new concern, a new worry, a new “have to.” – pierre –

Creating from a place of freedom, shifts your focus from problems to possibilities. – pierre –

Forgive yourself for the moments when you are scared, and in those moments don’t try to see too far ahead, just take the next small step. We all have unrealized potential, and you will find yours when you get beyond fear and start believing that this is true. – pierre –

It’s only when we deliberately choose to see the humans around us with love – and recognize that everyone is somewhat wounded and just doing their own best to survive – that we have a shot at doing better together. – pierre –

“Human-ing” is a team sport, and we only play it well when we choose to see our team members as the manifestation of life itself. – pierre –

Time, experience and wisdom teaches us that we can stop for a breath even in the middle of a storm. There is something within us that has seen it all before and is not scared, but has trust. It knows that even storms grow tired.  – pierre –

Within you there is a mountain that can weather any storm. You find it in that space of being the observer. From this place, it becomes easier to watch the weather come and go without getting overwhelmed by the moment. – pierre –

As a part of the “identity” we create from the opinions of others, we also record and adopt the voices around us in childhood, and this often becomes the way we speak to ourselves as adults – the ways in which we were spoken to as kids. – pierre –

Our old patterns of survival cause us to unconsciously pick up and wear those old masks, and speak to ourselves in the same old dis-empowering ways again. But over time, if we are kind to ourselves through this process, it becomes easier to stop and recognize that: “This is not me” – when we put on that mask and, “this is not how I want to speak to myself” – when you hear that same old accusing narrative again. – pierre –

When you are able to empower yourself through your own acceptance of YOU, you will stand taller than you ever have before, and love will follow you, and surround you and love will touch everything around you. – pierre –

Everything you experience is felt within you. Even when it’s a human being in front of you that’s pushing your buttons, it’s the emotions inside of you that you’re struggling to deal with. When you can allow the experience inside of you to unfold without resistance, you will find yourself stepping into a more spacious place, the space of the observer… surrender… clarity… developing the ability to see where to take action and where to just back off. – pierre –

Freedom is only available to you when you are no longer enslaved by the compulsion to react.  – pierre –

The baby steps are slow but they add up, and at some point you’ll be looking back and see with clarity how brave you were, and just how far you have come. – pierre –

Of course we have to take responsibility and of course we have to be accountable, but does that have to mean the absence of being present and patient and gentle and kind with ourselves? It is precisely when we attack ourselves – in the misguided attempt at doing better – that we wake up our biggest fears and rob ourselves from creating at our highest potential. Can you trust that you don’t have to attack, judge and criticize yourself in order to do your best? – pierre –

The path forward isn’t about DOING more – it’s about BEING more. More present to the moment. More patient with the process. More gentle with your imperfections. More kind to the part of you that’s learning and growing. – pierre –

Know this… you are truly limitless which doesn’t mean that you should go out and change the world, but you could… and you could equally find endless beauty in one moment with a flower… and neither is more important than the other… – pierre –

There is a limitless spectrum of experience available to your human existence and it’s all valid, the CEO and also the homemaker, the artist and also the scientist. Step a little closer to your soul, have fun experimenting and be patient – you’ll find guidance when you pay attention to how your heart responds. – pierre –

The effort that you put in is the only thing that you have some control over – we never control the outcome, only our own input. Can you do your best today and then lay your head on the pillow tonight in full surrender knowing you’ll do your best again tomorrow – and just trust in the unfolding? – pierre –

Embrace every part of the journey with open arms. Give yourself permission to learn, grow, and stumble along the way. Celebrate the small victories, learn from the setbacks, and trust that with consistent effort and a touch of surrender, beautiful things are bound to unfold. – pierre –

Imagine learning to swim for the first time. Your natural instinct might be to grab at the water, to fight against its fluid nature, to demand control over something that cannot be controlled. But here’s what every swimming instructor knows: you can’t learn to swim by battling the water. The breakthrough comes when you surrender your body to the water, when you trust that it’s there to hold you, when you find a rhythm with its natural flow. This is where true empowerment begins – not from a place of frantic control, but from a place of calm cooperation with the forces around us.

Surrender may sound like the end of the road, but it’s actually a new beginning. It’s the beginning of living from wisdom rather than fear, of responding rather than reacting, of flowing with life rather than exhausting ourselves in opposition to it.

Surrender IS what allows the water to return to clarity. Surrender leads to seeing, and from this place of clear sight, our actions become precise, purposeful, and powerful.

Is your judgement of yourself the weight that holds you down? – pierre

Of course the point is not to shirk responsibilities, but to normalise the fact that we all have moments when we fall. You can be your own gentle nudge to get up and try again, or you can hang the weight of your own judgement around your neck to drag around forever. – pierre –

 You can be your own gentle nudge to get up and try again, or you can hang the weight of your own judgement around your neck to drag around forever. – pierre –

Let a “gentle redirect” become your SUPERPOWER – accept that you’ll make mistakes, be kind to yourself every time you do, and gently re-direct yourself to simply try again. – pierre –

The idea of surrender often receives instant resistance, especially when it brings up the image of fighting a just war against an evil oppressor. But for the moment, let’s apply this not to the image of war but only to your daily life right now… how many things are YOU fighting? And are all of these fights really worth it? Is every thing you’re trying to control really yours to control? – pierre –

Every journey can be navigated one step at a time, except for the journey where you never take the first step. Things only happen for us when we start to take action. – pierre –

True surrender allows the water to become calm, and calm water always becomes clear. True surrender always leads to clarity – and clarity always shows us where to take action. – pierre –

You can learn to listen inwardly and have access to your higher self, move beyond the busy thoughts and create with clarity. Your inner wisdom is innate and always present. As your relationship with your inner guidance grows you’ll find it is much easier to create positive changes in your life. But it takes a willingness to slow down, move beyond your conscious mind and connect to your soul. – pierre –

We know this to be true. Whenever you look up into the sky and fix your gaze on a cloud, you can see how it keeps moving. There has never been a cloud that blocked the light from the sun forever. Things float in, and they also float on out. – pierre –

“Love starts with your relationship with YOU. If you don’t find a deep love for the being that you are, then your need for love from others will always be a desperate attempt at finding acceptance. And being actually loved, will always seem too good to be true.” – pierre –

“Love is a deep surrender to your true nature. To find yourself so utterly whole that nothing you could add from the outside could possibly make it any better! So whole in fact, that you are complete, and there is nothing in this world that you need.” – pierre –

“It is when you realize that every “part” of you has really been trying its utter best to fight for your survival, that you start falling in love with YOU.” – pierre –

When you take the time to revisit all of your imperfections… When you stop turning away from the things about yourself that you find “not quite good enough”, and bring these home to your heart… When you can find yourself saying, “yes, I can love this part of myself too…” – then indeed there will come a time when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door… – pierre –

If you haven’t felt this yet don’t give up, the potential for it is already within you, beating in your chest. The journey is one of being open to discovery, not forcing an outcome. Once you’ve experienced your heart bursting wide open, you’ll recognize the unmistakable presence of light within you. And here’s the beautiful truth: if you’ve felt it once, you can absolutely feel it again. – pierre –

Through the repetition of regular meditation, we establish that this body and this mind is our most comfortable place, our home. And as our self-worth grows in the presence of our own self-acceptance, love spills from our overflowing cup onto the humans around us. – pierre –

We don’t have control over the things that arise around us or even within us, but when we create the habit of taking a step back and watching without reacting, then we’re stepping into a deeper awareness that begins to understand why things are happening the way they do. It’s only when we act from understanding that our actions have a shot at being effective. But first we have to create the habit of stepping back and just observing. – pierre –

Let awareness be your SUPERPOWER… take a step back… breathe… soften… and see… – pierre –

Of course we can plan ahead but we must be clear that the place where we create our future is here and now, by taking action right here in this very moment. Don’t get stuck in the thinking and the planning, but immerse yourself in this moment. Pour your energy into the only place where you can cause an effect… the opportunity that this very moment makes available to you. – pierre –

Energy spent on anything that is not in this present moment is always wasted. Spend your energy only on what this moment asks you to step up and do. – pierre –

It is only once you stop judging the busy weather of your mind, that you start to experience the beautiful sky of your BEING. – pierre –

Your true nature is not something that you have to work for or strive to achieve. Your true nature has always been a part of the soul that you already are. Surrender is the only route to the fullness of your being. – pierre –

There’s a time for DO-ing, and when it is time to take action let ALL of your focus be poured into your DO-ing. Just don’t forget that there is a time to rest too. And when it is time to BE, let ALL of your attention rest in just BE-ing. – pierre –

When we allow ourselves rest, we create space for clarity and inspiration. We replenish our emotional and mental reserves, allowing us to pour ourselves into action with renewed vigor. – pierre –

Your dark and fearful thoughts are not a mistake but a natural part of the human experience, so there’s no need to doubt yourself for having them. They’re not asking to be healed, they are asking to be held in healing arms. – pierre –

The reality is that feelings that are pushed away don’t actually go away. They stay below the surface and pull the strings of our lives forever until we find a more helpful way of dealing with them. – pierre –

This deep intimacy with your own experience is wholeness, because no part of you is being rejected any longer. This brings an end to the inner war. This creates true inner freedom. – pierre –

You are at your BEST when you understand exactly who you are, and decide to unapologetically double down on the expression of your soul. – pierre –

If you really are able to fall in love with all of YOU, you’ll become the strongest version of yourself that you have ever been! And your authentic presence will create a welcoming space that holds safety for those around you. – pierre –

Because of our minds’ tendency to dwell on old wounds from the past or fret over fears about the future, we need to spend some time training our brains to pay attention to what is happening right here, right now where the actions we take, can have a real effect.   – pierre –

Join the quiet revolution. In a world that profits from your distraction, choosing silence becomes a radical act of self-love and wisdom. – pierre –

Embracing meditation as a way of dealing with life is an embrace of simplicity, a surrender to dealing with reality exactly as it is. – pierre –

It’s not just that you need to have the heart of a warrior… a warrior’s heart is what you already have! It is still beating! It has fought for your every breath and it will continue to fight for your body for years to come. It’s time you recognize your heart for the warrior that it is and learn to trust it. Drop from your head into your open heart, there is a wisdom there that will guide you. – pierre –

Remember, courage isn’t the absence of fear – it’s feeling the fear and moving forward anyway. It’s trusting the warrior heart that beats within you, even when the path ahead seems unclear. It’s choosing to honor your sensitivity while refusing to let it keep you small. – pierre –

When you are “un-centred” you become prey to anyone with a simple answer. – pierre –

When you understand “not-doing”, you’ll discover how silence helps illuminate your path, and so with increased clarity your “doing” will become more sure-footed.  – pierre –

You have a mountain within you – your immovable centre from where it’s easier to see what needs doing and what needs not-doing. You have to practice walking the path to this mountain because it’s not always immediately obvious. Practice every day, don’t wait for the storm to come before you seek refuge in your mountain. If you don’t become really good at finding the path on the beautiful sunny days, it will be very hard to find when the storms come. – pierre –

We were conceived in a messy puddle of human bodily fluid. For our whole lives we have daily routines to try and deal with our own constant presence of messy human bodily fluid. And then we go to the supermarket to buy toilet paper, tampons or condoms and we try and hide these from the view of people around us, so that they don’t see we have messy human bodily fluid to deal with on the daily… I’ve always found this rather silly, our pretending to one another that we’re not really human. – pierre –

it’s impossible to deal with what we’re pretending doesn’t exist. And when we continue to pretend that we’re not really human, we end up drowning in the messiness that we’re trying to ignore. – pierre –

First accept, then act – Accept the part of you that needed those old patterns in order to feel like you could cope, and then choose how you want to act differently now. Choose how you want to BE differently now. But first accept that the “worst” parts of you have just been trying damn hard to keep you alive. – pierre –

Wisdom is to be found in our ability to balance the paradoxes of life. – pierre –

The path forward is not about finding perfect certainty in every situation. It’s about developing the wisdom to dance gracefully between opposing forces – strength and vulnerability, action and surrender, holding on and letting go – trusting that our inner guidance will illuminate the way. In this dance, we discover that we are not separate from the divine – we are expressions of it, temporarily having forgotten our true nature. – pierre –

I believe in a world where the very simple thing that we do better is, allowing one another the space in which to be vulnerable and be seen. Allowing one another to be safe even when (especially when) we don’t show up “perfect”. – pierre –

There was a time where your “coping mechanism” might have literally kept you alive and that needs to be honoured, not judged. – pierre –

There was a time where your “coping mechanism” might have literally kept you alive and that needs to be honoured, not judged. This doesn’t negate the fact that things are going to have to change if you are to move forward. There might be really hard work ahead, but start with self-compassion, not self-hatred. – pierre –

This is really ancient wisdom, whether from the Vedas, Lao Tzu, Rumi or countless more – love is not something you can search for and find. Love is something that you are, but if you don’t like yourself much, love seems to always be out of your reach.  – pierre –

You already hold the key to all of the wisdom you will ever need. The muddy water that keeps you from seeing with clarity, gets stirred up only by the splashing of your own fears. Form new, healthier relationships with your old fears, and clarity will become available in the calm water that is your true nature. – pierre –

Conquering yourself isn’t about suppressing fear or pretending it doesn’t exist. It’s about developing a healthier relationship with fear – recognizing it as information rather than instruction. Fear like all emotions is a messenger, it brings information that perhaps we need to hear. But we don’t put the messenger in charge of making decisions do we? – pierre –

We can create from a place of fear or we can create from a place of freedom. The problem with fear as a motivator is that we are trying to create while looking over our shoulder, and then the best we can ever do is only just escape punishment or bad consequences. With fear in the driver’s seat we’re unable to see the possibilities available to us and will never create to our true potential. – pierre –

There is no place in the world to travel to where the presence of God exclusively lives, but within your-SELF. You have divine wisdom in you, we all do! And we can learn to sit at the feet of our soul and listen. – pierre –

The sad truth is that for the most part we were all taught the following lesson, “no you’re not allowed to just be human!” We all hold too much shame, guilt and self judgement over everything that we’ve ever done ‘wrong’, and it’s only when we can look at our own shortcomings with kindness that we’re able to allow the people around us to also just be human. – pierre –

It tends to be true that talking to ourselves harshly comes quite naturally, yet it seems ‘weird’ to deliberately talk to ourselves in a positive way. When we don’t consciously create an empowering inner narrative, then we are left with only the wounded inner voices that we took on board in childhood.  – pierre –

Surrender IS how we free ourselves from being controlled. Surrender allows us to be OK despite what is happening around us. Surrender teaches us that we can even be happy in the middle of the storm. And now in this place of surrender my options are no longer just fight or flight, because surrender expands my options and helps me see that there are many more avenues available to me when I am not in a state of fear. – pierre –

When you fight, you limit yourself to the results that are possible from fighting. When you surrender, you open yourself to the results that are possible from cooperation. – pierre –

Surrender is when I lose all interest in controlling anything outside of myself. And now, instead of spending any energy – even just thought energy – on what others should do, I spend 100% of my energy only on what I should be doing. – pierre –

This is the most basic truth… every act of love brings happiness, so always choose to be love. Live with your heart wide open because you deserve to experience the peace that comes with being the embodiment of love. This doesn’t mean that it won’t sometimes hurt. But when you decide not to close your heart when it hurts… when it hurts so much that you allow your heart to break, you will learn that your heart can only break open! – pierre –

When you choose love despite the fear of hurt, something remarkable happens… your capacity for love expands, and with it, your capacity for joy. – pierre –

Just as you can step back and observe the bustling activity around you, you can learn to step back and observe the busy-ness within you. – pierre –

When you’re able to take a look at you and just OBSERVE, you’ll start to learn about yourself. You’ll learn to understand why you do what you do. You’ll get to see how old programming plays a role in dictating your actions before you even get the chance to think. And without self-judgement you won’t be in fight-or-flight, and you’ll be able to see more clearly what the best course of action will be. – pierre –

You can peel back the layers of everything that you are not, until you come to the deep realization of what you are – the physical manifestation of what is divine! – pierre –

Accept every difficulty as a personal invitation to step up to a new level of consciousness, that recognizes your opportunity for growth. – pierre –

Don’t try to control things that are beyond your control and remember that whatever you encounter always offers you one of two paths, “will this experience make me close down and contract? Or will this experience make me open up and expand?” – pierre –

I choose to expand! – pierre –

I am the mountain – a poem. Within you there is a mountain, immovable whether sun or storm or snow. Your mountain has seen all of the beginnings, it knows that whatever comes will also go. This doesn’t mean that you should never act, only that you lose your power when you act in fear. When you find the mountain within you before you respond, your energy is never wasted and your action becomes clear. – pierre – 

Outside of us is a busy world of people running around like frightened ghosts expecting us to do the same. Just imagine being able to always take a step back from the madness, and find the wisdom to spend your energy only where you will actually be effective – No more acting in fear. No more wasted energy. – pierre –

Being “willing” to look at all of the humans around you, and wishing only good things upon each and every one of them – even those who have wronged you – requires your heart to open up really wide. And from your own open heart you will be the one who benefits the most! Blessing everything in existence, blesses you with your own wholeness. – pierre –

When you look at all of the humans who have walked into and out of your life, while sending a blessing to every one of those hearts, then you are standing in the vibration of love. Your mind is vibrating with love, your heart is vibrating with love, every cell in your body and nervous system has become the vibration of love, and you yourself become the biggest beneficiary. – pierre –

It’s natural for any of us to look at our own “worst” qualities and want that to change, but when we judge or punish ourselves for it, we become involved in an inner war. And while this might seem to create the behaviour change that we want, it also creates an inner civil-war that could last forever. – pierre –

There is no need to force the “worst” parts of you to change in order to change your behaviour. You need to hold them in love and acceptance and realise that every time you do this you are BEING your soul. Keep practising being your soul and you’ll find yourself naturally acting from your soul. Keep acting from your soul and your old behaviour is changed. – pierre –

Lasting change doesn’t happen through force but through gentle transformation. By befriending our shadow, and holding our darkness with love and acceptance, we gently bring them into the light. Keep practicing self-love, and you’ll witness the gradual melting of the ice, revealing the radiant being you truly are. – pierre –

We struggle to find meaningful connection while our ‘being ok’ is dependent on another person to make us feel loved and accepted. But when deep acceptance comes from your own heart, you’ll ‘be ok’ forever, and what’s more, you’ll show up to relationships in an empowered way. – pierre –

If your mind doesn’t recognize the soul that you are, then your mind believes that it has to be the captain of this ship. This is a scary place for the mind to be, trying to take control of every outcome. – pierre –

YOU are the master and your mind is the servant, this doesn’t have to be a power struggle though. Your mind’s natural place is in service of the being that you are unless… unless your mind has never gotten to know your ‘being’. If your mind doesn’t recognize the soul that you are then your mind believes that all responsibility rests on its shoulders, and that it has to be the captain of this ship. This is a scary place for the mind to be, trying to take control of every outcome. Introduce your mind to your soul, and you’ll be surprised how readily your mind lets go of the controls. – pierre –

Silence is not merely the absence of sound, it is the profound presence of existence. – pierre –

Let the mind wander as it will, but don’t get carried away by its currents. It’s like a skilled salesperson; it may pitch its wares relentlessly, but the ultimate decision to buy lies with us. We can accept the mind’s busy-ness, and also, we can choose not to react to it – creating a space for silence to emerge. – pierre –

We have a choice in how we view our circumstances. The story I tell myself about what is happening right now, completely determines either my happiness or my suffering. The words I choose to speak to myself, create the reality that my body experiences. – pierre –

Everything we experience offers us one of two paths: “Will I shut-down and shrink from this experience?” … OR… “Will I open-up and expand through this experience?” I choose EXPANSION! – pierre –

The power of NOW… “Being present” has such a spiritual connotation that its pure practical application is often missed. It’s a shame because “being present” is simply the most effective way to apply your effort. Dealing with what this moment makes available to you right NOW, is the only place where you have any power at all. – pierre –

Really being present and surrendering to reality just as it is, brings clarity. While I’m fighting with reality, I’m trying to take action from data that doesn’t exist. But when I accept this moment just as it is, then I become available to see all the data that presents itself. Taking action from clarity. – pierre –

We have all had experience in our past of being shown by people around us that “how we are” is not acceptable to them, and that we need to somehow change in order to be accepted. These experiences become the foundation for the masks we wear, hiding how we really feel for the sake of acceptance. – pierre –

But when YOU are the source of your love, your approval and the appreciation of YOU, you will stand in front of anyone as an equal, and never have the need to wear a mask again. – pierre –

If I am triggered by someone else I have to ask myself the question, “Why am I not free of this? Why is my emotional state completely controlled by something that someone else says or does?” No one can “trigger” something in me, unless I already carry that wound in my nervous system. “What is this wound I need to heal?” – pierre –

I can walk through the world with my emotional state always at the mercy of what people say or do around me, or I can walk through the world free. – pierre –

We navigate the world in one of two ways: as captives to the actions and words of those around us, or as liberated beings. My wish for you is freedom. – pierre –

Are you going to wait for the world to be perfect before you start loving? Love starts right now, by loving everything that is! – pierre –

You will never be able to bend the wind and the waves to your command, but how you set your sails IS completely within your control. – pierre –

For the most part things come and go without the need for our interference, but then there are of course moments when we do need to take action. And when you do need to act, wouldn’t you want to be able to pour all of your energy into being effective without being distracted by all of the things you have no control over? – pierre –

When we refuse to spend any more of our energy on what other people should be taking responsibility for, then we get to invest 100% of our energy into what we, ourselves should be taking responsibility for. In so doing we become the example of how to live a happy and fruitful life. – pierre –

There is magic in you! And sometimes it takes serious focus and dedication to pull it off but remember, magic is only ever enjoyed with the heart of a child. You have the capacity for both. – pierre –

We are the creators of our entire lives by how we show up from moment to moment. Especially the difficult moments, because how we show up under pressure WILL linger as the programming that shapes our future behaviour. – pierre –

When I am not being present every action I take is on autopilot, decided by an old subconscious programme created by an event from my past. Being “present” means, I spend my energy only on how I CAN be effective in this moment right now. – pierre –

Don’t turn. Don’t run. Stay… Lean in and feel this all the way through or you will run forever. And if you run forever, you’ll never be home. – pierre –

You cannot soar and do great things while you’re carrying the weight of your resistance to being human. Give yourself permission to collapse when that is what’s called for, without any guilt or shame. And I promise you will rise stronger and more free every time. – pierre –

You cannot soar and do great things while you’re carrying the weight of your resistance to being human. – pierre –

Surrender is a skill, and it requires practice. Learn what it means to surrender and you will get to know how surrender always leads to clarity. – pierre –

In a space of proven safety, you eventually become safe enough to take a deep look at your own ‘stuff’. And when you are able to feel safe while coming face to face with your shadow, that is when you will make the biggest changes of your life! – pierre –

Your mind will forever produce a constant stream of thinking / feeling content like the feed on your Facebook account. Do you double click on everything in your feed? Or do you become better at knowing what serves you and what doesn’t? – pierre –

Often though, when we try and turn inward to take a good look at our “self”, when we take a look in the mirror, we come up against all our worst qualities first. We see all of our worst habits and all of the “bad” things that we have done, and we mistakenly believe, “this is who I am…”  – pierre –

Looking into the week ahead this is my mantra today: “Whatever comes my way, I choose to find meaning and magic in every experience. I CHOOSE what to take seriously, and I will laugh at the rest.” – pierre –

Stretched thin – between clinging to what is fleeting, and resisting what is inevitable – leaves us with no energy to take action where we are actually effective. – pierre –

Resist nothing and grab on to nothing. In this space of surrender the water is calm and therefore clear. And in this clarity you’ll be able to see what your next action should be. – pierre –

My ‘being human’ is dependent on the collective humanity of this whole planet. – pierre –

It is our reaction to our differences that determines whether we make war, or find our strength in our diversity.  – pierre –

The next time you have to enforce a boundary, the next time you have to say no… could you remember who you are dealing with? You are dealing with a brother and a sister. You are dealing with another soul having a human experience. You can say no, and also be filled with love. – pierre –

Don’t turn away, don’t run, don’t numb, but stay. Stay with it. Allow it to be felt and you will find that even the ‘worst’ parts of you really just want your love. And being held in love, they become a lot less loud. – pierre –

The most intimate relationship you ever have, is with your own inner dialogue. No other human will ever be as close to you as the inner commentary running through your own mind. You will form a completely new relationship with all the aspects of your SELF when you learn to listen, and grow to understand who it is that’s doing the listening… and the more you practice the more you will become the one who listens… – pierre –

If you want to be happy, don’t define yourself by what you hate. Don’t define yourself by what you are in opposition to. You’re setting yourself up for a never ending war that will take much more of your energy than what it will return. Decide what you are FOR, and put all your energy behind THAT! Be pro-things, it’s more fun anyway! Be the cheerleader for everyone who’s trying hard, and see this energy multiply. – pierre –

Decide what you are FOR, and put all your energy behind THAT! Be pro-things, it’s more fun anyway! Be the cheerleader for everyone who’s trying hard, and see this energy multiply. – pierre –

When you lower yourself from your head into your heart, even your brainwaves follow. – pierre –

When you lower yourself from your head into your heart, even your brainwaves follow, from high Beta, to Beta, to Alpha and perhaps even lower into Theta. This is always a refreshing and restful experience for your brain. As you emerge from a few minutes of breathing and feeling, your cluttered white board is wiped clean, and you become available to the conscious choice of what to pay attention to next. – pierre –

YOU are your home. Until this becomes your embodied truth you will be seeking outside of you for what you can only find within. – pierre –

If you are not unashamedly being yourself, if you are not being comfortable in your own skin, then you are not home yet.  – pierre –

When you are able to look in the mirror and genuinely love the face that you see, you’ll find that suddenly you can step out into the world unaffected by the actions and reactions of scared humans who are only looking out for themselves. And you’ll also find yourself better equipped to surround yourself with those humans who’ve brought themselves home too. – pierre –

It’s easy to fall into the trap of always creating from a place of fear, because fear is naturally our driver of survival. But when all of our actions are always motivated by our need to avoid bad consequences, then we never get beyond only just surviving, forever creating from within the tight grip of fear. – pierre –

I so love the image of the Sun bathing us in its light without ever asking for anything in return. Without trying hard to BE anything, the Sun’s true expression is in service of the Universe around it and doesn’t require reward. When we show up as love, we are not so different. – pierre –

A “coping mechanism” is not a moral failing, it’s just the scared part of a human trying hard to deal with what can sometimes feel like too much to handle. – pierre –

Even though there is nothing morally ‘wrong’ with having a coping mechanism, it also never provides the actual solution, only temporary relief. Every coping mechanism ultimately hinders our personal growth and fulfillment. Just like a crutch that can be very useful for a time to relieve pressure and allow healing to happen, but ultimately if you want to stand fully on two firm legs again, you will have to completely let it go. – pierre –

We can spend a whole lifetime bending ourselves to fit into the shapes that make others feel more comfortable while denying our true selves, and never discover the beauty – and raw power – of our own authenticity. – pierre –

Be gentle with your fear though. Accept the scared human who had a need for those old patterns in order to be able to cope, and understand that when you fully love yourself, this need will disappear.  – pierre –

You will NEVER rise above the view that you have of your SELF. If you don’t upgrade the way you see yourself, nothing changes. But know this… when you change the way you see yourself, everything changes. – pierre –

I promise that it’s not too late to change the story. In each of our journeys we are given the grace to realize that how we were shaped as children was not within our control, but how we continue to be shaped as adults is a divine responsibility that we can choose to sign up for, or ignore. You can choose to become the loving parent of that inner child. You can choose to change how that child is spoken to now. You can decide to start speaking to yourself differently. – pierre –

Your job is to have new conversations with the old versions of you. To have a new conversation with the inner child. To have a new conversation with the young adult. To have a new conversation with the part of you that feels hurt, the part of you that feels scared and the part of you that judges you so harshly. – pierre –

When you change the way you see yourself, everything changes. – pierre –

Since before you were born, your sub-conscious has been recording all of the details of everything you have ever experienced. And more importantly, it’s been keeping track of the meaning you’ve made from all these experiences.  – pierre –

The problem is that to your Small-self, this recording (and the meaning you’ve made) is understood as TRUTH because after all, these are the things that actually happened. – pierre –

We all have a recording of the past from which our subconscious gets its information, but you don’t have to be trapped by your recording, you can learn how to step out of the recording and see it in context. – pierre –

Make a regular practice of silence and you’ll find stillness to be a pilgrimage in and of itself. A pilgrimage to where you may ask? Just like any other holy pilgrimage it leads to the presence of God which – if you have learned to see God in everything – you’ll know that the most profound presence of God is to be found in the stillness of YOU.  – pierre –

You get to take a moment to be deliberate about what you want to create this week. Of course there is very little that you can actually control, but it is how you choose to respond to the things that you can’t control that ends up as the paint on your canvas. – pierre –

When to fold and when to fight. Where do we go for that wisdom? – pierre –

We can’t base our decisions on a simplistic recipe that always responds to everything in a predetermined way. Sometimes our best course of action is no action at all, to let things be and not waste our energy trying to control what is not ours to control. And sometimes we need to step up to the plate, take the bat in our two hands and swing as hard as we can at the balls flying towards us. – pierre –

It’s beautiful to have the kind of relationships where people acknowledge you. But if your self-worth is dependent on this outside validation, then your “need” tends to sour even those beautiful relationships. It’s impossible for another human to take on the job of filling your cup while they have so many of their own distractions. It has to be YOU. You are the only one who can ALWAYS be there for you. – pierre –

It has to be YOU. You are the only one who can ALWAYS be there for you. – pierre –

Being a living, breathing organism on Earth means that we will be in constant contact with an ever changing environment around us. And what sets us clearly apart from all other organisms is how we have access to a lot more choice in our ability to respond to our environment, but only if we actually exercise that choice. – pierre –

In this unconscious mode, we’re unaware of the trigger of some old messaging waking up within us. Our reaction might even have a feel of authenticity to it, it feels ‘right’ to act in this way because repetition in the past has made this action feel familiar. But in this mode we are not exercising any choice at all, every reaction has been pre-determined by a past experience. – pierre –

In this conscious mode we have the space to exercise choice: “do I want an old pattern to control my life, or do I want to try a new response?” – pierre –

Every ‘bad habit’ or every ‘coping mechanism’ that someone displays is simply their reaction to fear. When my message to a loved one becomes, “you are unacceptable as you are and you need to change,” it only creates more fear and ensures that they cling more tightly to old patterns that once provided safety. – pierre –

The emotional environment within our bodies is all-pervasive. Our emotional state is a felt experience inside of every single cell, which tilts the scales of our bodies’ operating systems towards either survival mode or creative mode.  – pierre –

When you step out of the trap of survival mode (when you have no more monsters to fight) then your creativity expands and in stead of building defenses, you start building your dreams. – pierre –

It’s clear how silence is the space in which we find ourselves closest to God, and to add just one more very important side-effect of silence… you also find yourself becoming closer and closer with YOU. – pierre –

Stillness is not a passive state, it is a state of full participation with life that requires intention and discipline. – pierre –

You were born a perfect being, you don’t have to spend your life trying to prove that you’re perfect. Your magnificence doesn’t lie in never making mistakes but in being the strong arms that picks yourself up and holds you when you fall. In being the gentle voice that speaks to you when you’re feeling low. And in tucking yourself in at bedtime and reminding yourself that, “hey… I see that you are doing your best.” – pierre –

By truly being you, and doubling down on the you that you really are, without perhaps realizing it you will serve and shape and support the life all around you just like this flower. But unlike the flower who has only this one expression, you have the limitless freedom to experiment and play with endless ways of creating, until you have found the expressions that make you the MOST you. So try them all! – pierre –

When you change the way you see yourself, EVERYTHING changes. – pierre –

If you try to reject any part of yourself you’re simply increasing the fear in your system. If you push away the parts of you that are scared, their voices only grow louder. – pierre –

Surrender… It can be a rather difficult concept to grapple with because our very human bodies have a deep desperation to survive. To this body, surrender can feel extremely threatening. Anita describes surrender as a “letting go of our need for certainty.” That when we let go of certainty and just surrender, we are gifted with clarity. – pierre –

If you believe that you only qualify for love when you are perfect, then you probably think that you’re not lovable. – pierre –

No one can love you hard enough to fix this, but you. Your own love is the only force that can break through these walls you have built against love and this is where all of our self-work lies. – pierre –

Don’t go to war with ego, it’ll always fight back and you’ll never have peace. – pierre –

Don’t go to war with ego, it’ll always fight back and you’ll never have peace. When being the observer of your emotions becomes your default way of being, then ego is never in control – then actions begin to come from your SOUL. – pierre –

Your SOUL does not walk around in pain thinking about all the trauma that has happened, and while we should certainly not ignore the body and its scars, we have the freedom to choose where to find our identity – Am I identified with the body and all of its wounding, or am I being the expression of this SOUL? – pierre –

Every day is an opportunity to create again! You don’t have to be perfect at it, but you do have to be committed to trying again and again and again! Can you start your day fully committed to what you’re trying to create? And can you balance that by getting to the end of your day saying, “however this day turned out is perfect!” – pierre –

Put this on repeat: CREATE AND ALSO LET GO – do your best but don’t try and hold on to control – be serious about what you’re trying to create but don’t take YOURSELF so seriously in the process. – pierre –

You are a Fearless Creator! You were born to create! Create not because you fear scarcity, but create because you recognize abundance! – pierre –

The only reason we even know our own names, is because people around us repeated it so many times that we started believing it was true, and this is equally true for everything else we believe about ourselves. – pierre –

This is your choice! The conversation with yourself that you choose to show up for every day from this day onward – the language you use when you speak to yourself – will write the new programme that becomes the operating system of your future.  – pierre –

I’m not doing a comparison to try and say that you are “better” than a tree or a flower, but I am suggesting that when your old limiting beliefs show up trying to convince you that you are not good enough that you remember this… If you are able to stand in awe at the very limited expression of a flower or a tree, then you should be able to stand in awe at the limitless expression of your own beautiful human form. – pierre –

We waste our energy fighting what we cannot change, but we also fail to live fully if we don’t act on what we can change. Our job is to cultivate the deep, inner knowing that guides us. As you move forward, consider this: the most powerful change you can make might be within yourself – the choice to connect with your own divine wisdom. – pierre –

“Where to take action” and “where to let go” is not always easy to know. – pierre –

Your ability to love, is determined by your ability to love your SELF, period. If you don’t find pure love for yourself within yourself, then your outward experience of love will forever be dominated by your need to fill that space within that you find empty. – pierre –

If your sense of wholeness is dependent upon the love of people around you, then they are hostages to your happiness, and you are a victim to their actions, because every possible mistake that they make will control your emotional state. – pierre –

Your heart has been beating for you since before you were born, and you don’t need to know much more than that to fall madly in love with YOU! – pierre –

The most reliable way that I know of, is to do the work that leads you to YOU. To work through all of the thoughts and feelings about yourself that scare you, until you can look in the mirror and actually like the person you see. – pierre –

It is only once we become the witness to our thinking and feeling, that we start creating the ability to place our attention on better feeling thoughts. – pierre –

If you were raised with the belief that you are un-intelligent, then your subconscious will highlight and show you all the words, facial expressions or body language of people around you that supports the belief that you are dumb. It is your brain’s job to find the proof for what you already believe. – pierre –

Likewise, if you were raised with the belief that you are smart, then your brain’s “algorithm” will find proof of your “smartness” in the behaviour and responses of the people around you. – pierre –

“Our conscious thoughts can handle only 40 to 50 bits of information in a second. In contrast, the subconscious mind can process 11 million bits of information every second, because it has well established patterns created from the past that serve as shortcuts for the firehose of information we are faced with.” – pierre –

On autopilot our brains will simply match “proof” to already established beliefs as the most efficient way to sort through millions of bits of data and keep us alive! If we don’t challenge our limiting beliefs, then we run the risk of believing in their “truth” forever. – pierre –

The good news is this… you don’t have to remain stuck in the belief system you grew up with. You can trade in your old beliefs for a new set, and then your brain will go about its business as usual: highlighting from your environment all of the proof of your (new) beliefs. – pierre –

Creating in fear will do its job to keep you alive. But creating in freedom is the true expression of your soul. – pierre –

When you create in fear, your highest achievement will be to become the best version of your LIMITED self. Step into your UNLIMITED nature, and see what you can create when you embrace possibilities over problems. – pierre –

Your life is a ripple in this big pond of ours, and as you live and breathe your presence spreads, touching the ripples of life all around you. Seen or unseen, you make an impact, your presence is felt. – pierre –

Your life is an expanding ripple in this big pond of ours. Your ripple is never separate from the pond, every ripple is something that the entire pond is doing. – pierre –

Through a practice like meditation we become better at observing our thinking, rather than being dragged along by our thoughts. – pierre –

The past serves either as a teacher or a trap. – pierre –

Your thoughts and beliefs are 100% responsible for the trajectory of your life. Remember that you have the POWER to take responsibility. When you have crafted new thoughts and new beliefs, then you have essentially created a new mind, and a new life. – pierre –

In order to change your thoughts, your beliefs, your perception, you have to first become familiar with exactly what your old thoughts and beliefs are. When you learn to observe them instead of living them, you gain the power to change them. – pierre –

Underneath all of the fear response, the coping mechanisms, the old patterns, the bad habits – the truth of your being is that you are pure LOVE! – pierre –

Your only job is to do the work to discover (or actually remember) who you are, and then to double down on that. You are made of love and so every time you express love, you get to experience the truth of your being. If you turn your search for love around and make it a quest to find all of the ways in which you can express love – then you will start to notice those rare individuals who are doing the same, and you will become surrounded by an abundance of love. – pierre –

You can’t change what happens in the world around you, but you CAN change how you respond to what happens in the world around you. – pierre –

Just as there is constant movement, constant change, in the world around us… so too our inner world is in constant flux. Within us, thoughts and emotions are always flowing in and out like clouds in the sky, and we need to create a similar spaciousness in our response to our inner world as we’ve learned to have with the world around us. – pierre –

Where there is nothing, there can only be God. – pierre –

Fear hijacks even our best intentions. And unless we develop our awareness, fear will slip in under the radar and we won’t realize that we’ve strayed far away from our original intentions again. – pierre –

There is a balancing act between being committed to doing the best that you can, while also completely letting go of the outcome. This is true freedom!

Resistance, by its very nature causes friction and stress within a system. This can be useful if applied to provide light or cook dinner, but very unhelpful if resistance is the default state of our nervous system. – pierre –

Surrender becomes available to us once we realize that our latest set of actions have been mostly unhelpful. That in our resistance to reality we’ve been doing nothing but splashing up a storm in our pond, and that the only route back to clarity is to take a step back and for the moment do nothing but wait for the water to settle. Surrender doesn’t mean the absence of action but it does mean the absence of splashing, and being committed to only act once we’ve returned to calm clarity. – pierre –

Our “work” is to build an awareness of how our inner state shifts so that we create for ourselves the space in which we are able to say, “I choose a new response to these old thoughts and feelings.” – pierre –

When we embrace our emotions as messengers, we begin to see beyond the surface reactivity into the deeper narratives that drive our behaviour. This awareness empowers us to make conscious choices, to act from a loving part of ourselves, even when we are experiencing pain. – pierre –

It is your freedom to decide when you want to move beyond mere survival, and now your work is to introduce the scared parts of you to your soul, so that they can learn that there is more than the survival of this body. There is also the expression of this soul. – pierre –

When you start paying attention you will see how every decision you make results in your body experiencing either LOVE or FEAR. And with every action you take, you are wiring either more LOVE or more FEAR into your nervous system. – pierre –

Whenever we turn away from and try to avoid what we are experiencing, we are automatically aligned with our fear. We embody the scared human – the personality. But whenever we turn towards and accept the experience – whatever it is – we are aligned with our soul, and we’ll deal with it from the level of soul. – pierre –

When you know yourself as light it’ll be obvious that this is true for everyone around you too. – pierre –

When you know yourself as light then the life that you’re giving form to will change, because every thought, every action and every intention will carry the knowledge of your light. When you know yourself as light it’ll be obvious that this is true for everyone around you too, and instead of blaming and criticising others for their failings you’ll think, “they just don’t understand that they are light yet…” and you’ll go from judge to cheerleader! – pierre –

Don’t just breathe with your nose, don’t even just breathe with your lungs but with every breath engage every cell in your body in the rise and the fall of the inhale and also the exhale. Aligning every cell in your body with your breath wakes up every part of you to the announcement of wellbeing that is so clearly present in this moment. Let every part of your body recognise the proof of perfection in your breath this moment. – pierre –

When you frequently see other people as “the enemy”, you’re turning against your own true nature which wants connection and collaboration. When you’re identified with the ego then you’re not just caught up in a war with the world, but also in a war within yourself. – pierre –

Setting boundaries is not about isolating yourself or punishing the other – it’s about nurturing well-being, while insisting on healthy connections. – pierre –

Our willingness to accept the process of being stretched and re-created into a more refined form has a direct impact on the quality of our lives, and on our ability to grow through what we go through. – pierre –

Ego almost always stands in judgement of the willingness to be open to the change in weather, and even sees this acceptance as weakness. But when I’m aligned with source which is to be found in my connection to my soul, then the change in weather is just an obvious law of nature, and it tends to feel easier to deal with. – pierre –

True honesty is not about attacking others for what they do “wrong”, it’s about taking off our own masks and revealing the honesty of our own humanness – being sincere about how we’re experiencing this moment. – pierre –

This kind of sincere honesty is disarming because it doesn’t attack the other, instead it shares itself with transparency and creates a space that invites honesty as the way forward for everyone involved. – pierre –

Words can cut or they can heal, and if you are able to understand what it is that your body needs to hear in order to heal, why not make that the language in which you speak to all the humans around you?  – pierre –

In every interaction with another human, the way you respond will linger as the vibration in every cell of your body. What kind of energy do you want to carry around with you? – pierre –

We get to embody the wisdom of our Soul when we stop trying to fight or ignore the Ego, whose job it is to fight for the survival of this flesh and bone body. When we simply ignore what the Ego feels, then our body interprets this as ignoring warnings about possible danger and the fear in our system only increases. But when we sit down and listen, our body interprets this as “my concerns are being taken seriously” and then becomes willing to soften and relax. – pierre –

Allowing the ego to express what it feels – inviting the body to express what is being felt – is the doorway to embodying the soul, because the only part of you that has the ability to hold a space that is safe while pain and confusion and discomfort are being felt, is through the calmness and openness and wisdom of your soul. – pierre –

All experiences hold the potential for growth. Let yourself be open to the change in weather and discover the unwavering sanctuary of your Soul, the part of you that brings safety even in the middle of the loudest storm. – pierre –

My wish for you is not that your struggles magically disappear, but that you find yourself opening up fully to your life, becoming a willing participant and letting all negotiating and bargaining with life dissolve. Asking in every moment, “what does this moment ask me to step up and do… what does this moment make available to me…?” – pierre –

Speak only what you wish to become true. Your words are powerful – decide to stop speaking anything that you wouldn’t want to come true. – pierre –

You possess an infinite capacity for growth, development, and unfolding. – pierre –

If happiness is something that is waiting for you around some distant corner somewhere in the future when finally things have come together in the way you want, then I want you to know this… happiness will always be slipping from your grasp. – pierre –

Happiness doesn’t come from having what you want. Happiness comes from wanting what you have – from looking at your ever changing environment and deciding, “I choose this, and I can be ok no matter the change in weather because I am grounded in the presence of the mountain.” – pierre –

Let your inner-being be your grounding and your guidance. – pierre –

Our sub-conscious creates patterns from past experience in order to ensure future survival. – pierre –

In every moment you have a choice of where to place your attention. Will you always let your old programme make your decisions for you? Or will you become present and be deliberate about where you direct your energy? This is the power of NOW. – pierre –

My favourite interpretation of love is: “… to become acquainted with the essence of what you are, and then to recognize that same essence in everyone and everything around you.” – pierre –

When you have unconditional love for the humans around you, YOU are the one who will benefit most from the love you generate, YOU are the one who will FEEL it the most.  – pierre –

Whatever holds my attention, I will be shown more of. – pierre –

It may feel small like a small thing. You might be totally taking that small thing for granted, but if you notice every small win and hold it in gratitude you will literally be living in a new reality. – pierre –

In a nutshell what it means is this: people who meditate consistently are developing an increased ability to become aware of the unhelpful thoughts that are on autopilot, and their ability to take a step back from these unhelpful thoughts keeps improving. – pierre –

Double down on your practice of meditation and not only will you clearly begin to see the fearful ways of how the Ego thinks, you’ll also become immersed in the fearless ways of how the Soul thinks. Continue down this path and you will find yourself growing into the expression of your soul, it is the only logical conclusion. – pierre –

We have to become aware of the patterns that we perpetuate when we continue to react from the old programme that we learnt while we were deep in survival mode, because every old reaction that we repeat will continue to re-create the situation of our past. – pierre –

What is your new response to life going to be this week? – pierre –

We don’t create a better world while we are throwing stones at one another. We don’t do better, unless we do better together. – pierre –

What you want to see in the world, IS what you have to be in the world. – pierre –

So many of the actions we take are motivated by fear. When we live our lives with a focus on avoiding all the potential problems we see, then we remain operating on the same level as those problems, always fighting for survival. While we are motivated by fear for our survival, we’ll always be consumed by avoiding problems, and we’ll never get around to what our soul is here to express. – pierre –

The only impossible journey, is the one which you never start. You have to take that first step! And then you have to keep taking steps even if they’re really small, in fact surrender to the idea that they will all be baby steps. – pierre –

Some roads are straight and clear for miles, but some parts of the journey are so misty and unclear that you can only see a foot ahead of you and that’s OK, just take that one step, and then the next tiny step, and then the next… – pierre –

Be willing to fail! You have learned that you can catch yourself. You have learned that you can fail and still love yourself. You have learned that you can fail and still trust yourself. You are safe to fail… because you can trust that you’ll get back on the road and take the next step again. – pierre –

We can sit still in one place and learn, but we can’t sit still in one place and grow. Growth comes from applying what we’ve learned, from putting what we’ve learned into action. Even if your first step leads to a detour, you’ll gain valuable information that informs your next move. – pierre –

When we are not in love we are in fear, because experiencing ourselves as being disconnected from love is a scary place to be. So maybe fear is not quite the opposite of love, but the desperate need to be reconnected to love. Gripped in fear, we start splashing and flailing in our pond muddying the water and losing all clarity, which scares us even more. In fear we are both scared and aggressive and we keep behaving in a way that damages the relationships that we do have, not because we’re being the opposite of love, but because we are desperately trying to grasp at it. – pierre –

Can you be right where you are and find yourself not captured by what’s happening in the world around you? Can you be with what IS without giving in to the compulsion to run, or to hide, or to fight, or to control? Can you be right where you are and just breathe and find that you are in fact OK? And if you are able to breathe, can you feel that you do actually have some room to move, even if it’s just a little? And if you really are OK and if you have some room to move, do you realize that you could in fact also be happy, right here, right now? – pierre –

It’s all the stories told by our inner narratives that get in our way. The ways in which are the victim. All the ways in which the world is unfair that our inner narrative obsesses over. This is the narrative of our wounds, and if we don’t put these stories down then we’ll forever be creating from that wounded place. – pierre –

You are always creating. Your choices are whether you place the wounded parts of you behind the wheel, or your soul? – pierre –

We can create from a place of fear, or we can create from a place of freedom. We can create by running away from what we don’t want, or we can create by stepping boldly towards what it is that we do want. When fear is your biggest motivator then you’re always creating while looking over your shoulder, and the best you can ever do is become the best version of your scared self. – pierre –

YOU are the only person with the ability to always be there for you. YOU possess the unique power to always have your back. You are SO much stronger than you’ve ever known! – pierre –

When you work on your own wholeness, then all of your relationships will support your growth. – pierre –

Our need to run is an old inner message that’s trying to find safety. But it’s going to run forever until the wiser part of you makes the firm decision that, “we will run no more”.  – pierre –

Our innate tendency to want to escape from discomfort or pain can lead us on a never-ending chase for some external refuge, that just never really provides the safety that we thought it promised. True peace and fulfillment can only be found by confronting whatever we’re dealing with and embracing our authentic selves in the process. – pierre –

It’s not the storm around you that is holding you back, it’s what’s happening inside of you during the storm that is your prison.  – pierre –

YOU are worthy because you ARE consciousness itself, manifested in form. – pierre –

Your existence is not a fluke; you are a deliberate expression of the divine. – pierre –

There is a space between “no longer” and “not yet”, the sensing that something is coming to an end without having clarity of what’s next. This can either become the quicksand that you lose your life in, or a powerful time of preparation. – pierre –

Because of fear, you have kept holding on to what you no longer want for far, far too long. – pierre –

The wisdom of your soul, is the essence of who you truly are – everything else is just baggage accumulated along the way. – pierre –

The wisdom of your soul, is the essence of who you truly are – everything else is just baggage accumulated along the way. You have known this before, and you can trust yourself to always find your way back to this place again. – pierre –

Your life becomes easier when you realise that the humans around you are all reacting from their OWN wounds, it’s not personal. And that your only job is to heal YOUR wounds and triggers, that are so clearly pointed out to you when the words or actions of someone else controls your emotional state. – pierre –

Nothing within us, WANTS to sabotage our future. But we all have old behaviour that did in fact help us “feel safe” in the past. And to our subconscious (which is wired for survival) anything that has created a sense of safety is regarded as successful for survival. While objectively, that old behaviour doesn’t serve us right now, “successful” patterns of the past will be played on repeat in an attempt to find safety again. – pierre –

Double down on love in a world that insists on dividing people into “us vs them”. – pierre –

Describing what love is, is an almost impossible task but here is what we know for sure: there is no love without self-love, and it is likely to take some courage to double down on love in a world that insists on dividing people into “us vs them”. -pierre –

“I see me in you. I recognize my own humanness in you, and I can so clearly see that whatever I do to you – I do to myself too! The bad yes, but really also the good. I am not separate from anyone.”  – pierre –

No matter how much we learn or how good we may become at dealing with life, having problems or encountering difficulty will be ever present during our human experience. And as we develop the ability to allow the experience to be felt without the overwhelming need to run from it, or change it, or control it – so we grow our capacity to become bigger than the problem. – pierre –

Whatever you water will grow… CHOOSE where you pour your attention, water only what you wish to grow. – pierre –

Making a practice of silence, allows what is unconscious to surface in a way that we can be a conscious witness to what is usually hidden below the surface. When we spend enough time being the observer of our own transient thoughts and feelings we come to the realization that on a deeper level, below the constantly moving thoughts, there is something of permanence, something of real substance that is connected to what is bigger than us. – pierre –

What becomes available to us when we surrender to the essence of our being… is access to our full potential. – pierre –