The last few weeks, I have been offering yoga and meditation sessions in a nearby healing studio. I noticed how I have to come into a medium that is already prejudiced—yoga is about developing body flexibility, for example. So it plunged me into an inquiry: how can I center, orient, and express myself with what I know to be true without imposing it on anybody else? This would mean some people who are in resonance with my vibration will get it, and some won’t. I have come to accept that. But I won’t be compromising myself in order to fit into any of their value systems. So it’s a journey of belief in oneself, yet vulnerable and open to change.

I’m also noticing change in my musical expression. The other night I played a music gig and, to my surprise, only 3 or 4 people showed up. In the beginning I was working through some internal triggers this had caused, which were also partly from the audience, but I quickly came into my element. There was one guy who was meditating through out and clearly resonating with what I shared which offerred me great feedback. Curiously, this experience gave me freedom to be myself whether others saw it or not. Hence I could see why I manifested the situation and thus found success in it. I realized that when we are emotionally invested in some way—like needing validation, for example—then surely we try to fit in and allow old value systems to define us. Success is to find freedom within that.

Success is to be in my humanness but not of the human program. It is to embody my soul frequencies yet not distance myself in spiritual pride. It is to find sovereignty yet blend in with systems that resonate with my vibe. It is to approach every day with passion and purpose yet not attach to a particular outcome. It is about being in complete self-acceptance, feeling grateful, and celebrating the wondrous beauty of nature and life, without languishing in inertia.

It is to see all beliefs, including spiritual ones, as temporary forms pointing toward the formless. It is also to be open to mistakes and setbacks and use them as opportunities to find a deeper aspect of myself. It is to love deeply and unconditionally and allow others to be completely themselves.

Vimal 🙏