YARO BLOG JUNE 2025
DO YOU KNOW YOURSELF - REALLY?
Dear reader,
As we all know, the world is in great trouble. Leaders who are responsible for enabling the nations of the world to prosper are not fulfilling their task. So, we are left with the responsibility to become more aware as to who we really are as individuals who can contribute to the healing of people and nature. My reflections turn to my mentor, Michael Meade. He writes about how we can recover our SOUL – the real source of healing self and then the world. He er is the quote you may reflect upon:
"When the world becomes flooded with anxiety and uncertainty, everyone can have existential moments of severe doubt and despair. Everyone becomes world-weary at times and each of us has an inner Hamlet who must repeatedly question the meaning and purpose of life. Yet, as the ancient scribe took pains to inform us, the question of “to be or not to be” is not as straight forward as it might seem. “To be” does not simply mean to act or just “do something.” Nor does it mean, “I think, therefore I am.” To truly be turns out to mean more than simply acting or just thinking. Each time the question becomes “to be or not to be,” something essential and authentic is trying to awaken within us.
Because each person born is a unique being, to truly “be” means to be as oneself, to act in authentic ways. The issue is not simply the question of life or death; the real issue is not being fully alive, for that is also a kind of death. Thus, the real question is whether to be or not to be oneself. As Emerson put it, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Typically, the dilemma of who we are is solved in too narrow a way. We limit ourselves to prescriptions of what others consider attainable and renounce the hidden potentials that our souls hint at all along. The problem is that we are each involved in a unique experiment, and there is no formula or series of prescribed steps that can save us from the struggle to awaken more fully. The answer to the existential dilemma of being or not being cannot be found outside oneself. It is the unique inner life of the soul that needs to be found and become awakened within us.
"The real risk in life has always been becoming our true self amidst the troubles and uncertainties of existence."
The story written within the soul requires a drama of self-realization and self-revelation. On such occasions, the veil between the little self and the deep self becomes thin, and a self-adjustment becomes possible. If a person doesn’t become paralyzed with fear or fragment into pieces, the deep self will rise to the occasion.
Usually, it takes the right kind of trouble to move the little self out of the way so that the deeper self can bring its resources forward. Something inside the soul knows the true aim and purpose of our lives. Yet we must become lost in order to find it. When a life situation will abide no compromise, the little self is intended to bow to the greater presence and innate knowledge of the deeper self.
When the knowing self takes charge, a surprising sense of peace can occur, even amidst chaotic circumstances. At the same time, inner resources previously unknown become available to us. When the deeper self and soul manifest, we feel truly empowered, especially empowered to be our true selves. “To be” is to awaken to the thought held deep in one’s heart and the imagination set in one’s soul and, in that way, be as one was intended to be all along.
In awakening to the inside story of the soul, we become the thought that intends to be brought to life through us, the living word that exists.
Greek Goddess JUNE
