Extracts from :http://www.revealingwisdom.com/uncategorized/the-courage-to-swim-upstream-back-home
How does the journey of wild salmon reflect the path of living an authentic life?
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| The journey of the salmon is one of the most amazing phenomena in nature. How is it that after years in the sea, they can locate the exact stream in which they were born and pursue their upstream return home? Human journey back home can be lonely, scary, disorienting and full of ‘obstacles’. Living and leading an authentic life requires staying focused even in the middle of the ferocious storms, perceived ‘predators’ and swimming against the conventional stream of people unconsciously and innocently racing away from home. This journey requires a dedication to becoming intimate with the strategies of the mind, the messages from the body and the willingness to sit in the fire of intense emotions and reactions when they arise. What seems straight forward, intellectually, can feel counter-intuitive and exhausting. Doesn’t it sound easy to ‘become more intimate with our particular thoughts, beliefs and distracting behaviors that inhibit us from living with an open-heart and with a fierce trust in every moment and experience of our lives?’ Yet, doing so can feel like swimming upstream, jumping waterfalls and lying exhausted on the edge of the bank. |
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