AWARE 👁️ converse with the nature of reality

30 Days of Adventure AWARE 👁️ converse with the nature of reality

During Week 1 of our adventure, we focused on cultivating clarity into what it is that makes out hearts come alive. In Week 2, we will practice taking the path of least resistance by receiving guidance from our Inner Being, other supportive allies, and the Universe at large.

We are always being guided and supported. So this week, let's cultivate the attention and presence that will tune us to this guidance, which is quite an adventure all in its own.

Day 8 of 30 Days of Adventure

👁 INTENTION

Today, let's unravel the profound interconnection we have with our surroundings so that we can truly understand who we are and elevate our existence to its full potential.

💡 INSPIRATION

David Whyte's notion of the “conversational nature of reality” awakens us to the dynamic interplay between our inner and outer worlds. Rooted in this insight, we uncover a frontier of reality—a space where our attention and intention define our identity. What an adventure this promises to be!

Today's Key Takeaways

🌼 Realize you are as much a part of your environment as it is a part of you.
🌳 Harness your attention as a tool for deeper connection.
🌌 Explore the edge between your self and the world to broaden your sense of presence.

💬 ADVENTUROUS WISDOM

In Galapagos, I began to realize that because I was in deeply attentive states, hour after hour, watching animals and birds and landscapes—and that’s all I did for almost two years—I began to realize that my identity … actually depended on how much attention I was paying to things that were other than myself—and that as you deepen this intentionality and this attention, you to broaden and deepen your own sense of presence.
– David Whyte
poet, author, and speaker who once walked 80 miles through the Himalayas with a copy of Emily Dickinson's poems

🥠 TRAIL SNACK

Listening, touching, creating, and living in a way that heightens our attention brings us into this conversational nature of reality. It manifests as imagination, reverie, and expanding of consciousness. No pandemic can stop our “hidden discipline of familiarity” as we ease into the conversation with the “grand array” and the “swelling presence” of everything.

🔭 LAW OF NATURE

Researchers have found that ‘forest bathing,' the practice of spending time in a forest, significantly improves mental well-being.

ACTION STEP: Take a few moments to ‘bathe' in your natural environment, even if it's just a patch of sky or a single tree. Allow nature's wisdom to envelop you.

📿 TRAIL MANTRA

I AM the conversation.

Realize that you are not just a passive participant but an active collaborator in the conversation with reality. Let this mantra serve as a reminder that your presence matters.

🧘 MINDFUL MOMENT

Sit for 5 minutes and pay extra close attention to the conversations within your environment.

What grabs your attention and why?
How does the wind weave its way through space?
What sounds are bouncing off each other?
What aromas are in the air?
What changes do you notice since the last time you observed this space?
How does the conversation of your existence affect your environment?

✍🏼 JOURNAL PROMPT

How do you view your relationship with your environment?
What grabs your attention in nature and why?

🚀 INSPIRED ACTION

What's your role within the conversation of reality?

Do you see yourself today as the river or the channel of the river? It is kind of asking yourself “Are you more yin or yang?”, or more one than the other? As the river, we know ourself as flow. As the channel, we know ourself as a guidance for that flow, banks that funnel the energy and direct it.

📣 AFFIRMATION

I bask in the presence of what is.
I appreciate all that was.
I allow what is wanting to come.
My attention illuminates.
My awareness reveals.
My expression creates.