It is said that when we find our pack, our hearts ache and we feel a pull toward these beautiful souls. Joining a soul family raises our vitality and brings a sense of belonging.
When we began contributing to this dream of creating an opening for an online community rooted in Gift, we could not stop sharing and connecting the dots.
I dream of a community where I get to curate and share my unique gifts for the benefit of all. Where all topics, doubts, beliefs are used with intention, care, kindness, in service to life.
These are a few of the elements that gracefully stayed present in my life and fueled my curiosity and interest:
languages and how they color our perspectives; I've always been drawn by languages and communication and the more I was told I had to have a certain level to get by, the more I became convinced that communication is so much more than language skills, no matter how much I nerd about languages.
beliefs, how they get formed and shape our behavior; there would be a lot to say here and for now and just because these days I am very much into this - beliefs are a 'nice to have' next to experiences. I have realized I am a hunter of experiences, meaningful conversations, long walks, eating a juicy fig. And then at the end of the day I'll read my books and play around in my head with beliefs...
formal coaching tools combined with intuition; searching to use my skills to benefit all, I stumbled upon self-development jobs and got trained in various tools. And now I like to let my intuition play with them.
yoga and mindfulness; practices around these sciences happened in my already adult and a bit more conscious life. So I got to engage with them as far and as much as I wanted and needed. These days I like to share them with children and some of the people in the small village we live in.
I used to (and sometimes still do) live life in comparison to others - those notions of I am doing it better or worse than the next person. So I would say that I'm a yoga instructor but only just beginning so they must be better than me. Or I've read all of Pema Chödrön's books and so should they in order to get to the depth of conversation I'd like.
And then something shifted and I realized I am here to live a life that aligns as close as possible to the flow of life. For that, I need to listen to the gifts around me more (the trees and bugs and animals and rocks) and I need to contemplate the moon a little longer and touch the earth a little softer.
Gift is one way I let myself be lived - today what I offer might be a smile and what I take might be a lemon that fell off the tree on my hike.
Aaahhhhh, I love your thoughts and your points here, @corinasskills... I've been ruminating deeply too, on what my inner hierarchy-of-thought is: who do I exclude from the conversation, by assuming my stance immediately and not waiting first to let others speak...
And language: it is very interesting yes, having learned several non-mother-tongues, and mostly having learned them by immersion in place and culture...
I'm now learning my own indigenous language Scottish Gàidhlig, which is opening wide horizons - where all my life it is a language and culture scorned and dismissed as 'irrelevant in modern times' by our Anglified focus on only authorised versions of 'history'.
I know that I was born into a land that had a sacred language connecting its people to plants, animals, seasons and elements: an embodied language rather than an imposed one. Rather than the Gàidhlig being 'old-fashioned', it's a profoundly ALIVE and vital force of nature - so very different from English, and so very adapted to profoundly different ideas about life, ethics and truth.
Much to respond to here, and much to unravel... I'm excited that we're entering The Gift together.
I can totally relate to all of this.
How many times I remind myself ( and other of this ) and meanwhile I'm still focusing on getting crypto rich ( mainly so I can help more people )
While reading this post, corinasskills , I couldn't help thinking that you might be interested in the community that my friend @whatamidoing started recently and vice versa, I feel that he is interested in what you are sharing here. He's also looking for curators.
I will keep a close eye on this community and wish you all the best for the future!
Big hug,
Vincent
Dear @vincentnijman,
It is synchronous that you write on the day I was looking your profile up to look at it again, to show it to my husband (who draws wonderfully - I showed him your Hypersensitivosaurus series), remembering you live in Portugal I think (just like us), and remembering to look further into @whatamidoing and his community.
I celebrate intuition and my recent cleaning up of random actions whose energies get lost in directions I don't seem to be able to track, and to reclaim focus and small but impactful action.
Grateful for your generous support of our community @hive-141753, Vincent.
@whatamidoing - what is the name of your community? Still not able to figure it our with my limited orientation skills around hive...
I want to contribute to valuable content and by curating I understand - reading attentively, commenting on content, voting it up with various levels of % - can you confirm this is it? And can you two add another piece of advice each to keep me going with my intention here.
With gratitude,
Corina
You're in Portugal too? Awesome! :<)
I actually saw a notification that you started following me so checked out your profile again ;<) but believe me, I also believe in synchronicity.
Nice to hear that your showing my hypersensitivosaurus series to your husband.
Love that approach! I believe we can be more productive ( not liking that word at all ), more aligned by doing less and listening more ( with all our senses ).
This is the community @whatamidoing started recently: Hive Cross Culture
Are you on Discord too? I can answer your questions in more detail there. This is me on there: VincentNijman ZENsitivosaurus#5870
Um abraço,
Vincent