Tag: soul wisdom

I’m Back

Hello Tribe, 2025 has been one long arduous path for me. I have learned the art of escapism and suddenly realize most of the year has passed. Forgive me for I know not what I do! So life has changed a bit this year. My husband decided to retire and we sold our home up in Northern Ontario. We have sold, given away and donated most of our possessions and we now plan to slow travel the world. We are headed to Panama, our first stop in the journey of retirement. I have decided to blog about it and post on social media the adventure we have set before us.

Retirement planning in this age of societal breakdown and chaos might seem inconceivable but it might be the cure for what ails you. If we have learned anything from the Covid lockdowns it is that there are other jobs to work, there is a creative side to our nature, and life will go on, with or without those who were supposed to be our family or friends. Follow me as I deep dive into topics around Spirituality & Wisdom, Mind/Body/Soul wellness, Reinventing Retirement, Travel & Adventure and Aging & Resilience where I welcome honest discussions dispelling myths from facts.

Walk with me as I journey on my own retirement path through the social media links that will be provided. Together we can co-create a better future.

Lesson 5 “The goldmine is within you”

In 13th Century Afghanistan a fascinating poet by the name of Rumi, said something very powerful. “Every mortal will eventually taste death but only some of them will taste life”

This is so true because every single day the question we should be asking ourselves is “Are we living life?” Why are you looking to the world to provide for you when the goldmine is within you. It’s our inner bonding that matters. Words are pretext. It is the inner bonding of gifts, abilities, resonance from subconscious to consciousness, that draws some person to another, not words.

It’s time to grasp this life lesson with both hands. It’s time to get in touch with the voice within your heart and soul. How it speaks, the difference between it and the worldly voices we are forced to listen to each day, the wisdom that waits and the encouragement lying in wonder. We can do this by closing our eyes and listening to our surroundings, music, and to nature. We can also let go and do a dance in rhythm to what we hear, probably for extroverts only. Putting ourselves in this state of self-love, calmness and ease, will help us develop our goldmines.

So the next time your bored don’t be afraid to be alone, be silent, it’s an opportunity to listen to your inner voice, thoughts and emotions and to discover the goldmine within you. The world within us is vast and the roads to access it are multiple. When you fill your inner world you might just find yourself doing the whirling dervish dance, while raising your vibrations!

Lesson 3

DO WHAT YOU LOVE

As you journey forward you will find there is something that moves your heart, something you love or something that you do that others may not. Find it!

“Let yourself be silently drawn

by the strange pull of what you really love.

It will not lead you astray”.

For me it is the many ways I can find that allow my creativity to escape. Inspiration is the key for all creativity. There are as many ways to be inspired as there are stars in the heavens. Whether it is by painting, knitting, photography, journaling, traveling to places or by my favourite, writing poetry, I look for inspiration whatever I am. Today, I decided to take a walk and immerse myself in nature. I am surrounded by a boreal forest on an in-land lake cradled under a picturesque waterfall escaping over a rocky ledge. I know the view alone is inspiring! I find myself taking pictures that sometimes hit Instagram, although they never portray the depth of seeing it with the naked eye. The stillness, so serene, has no voice, you just breath it in and it becomes a part of you. My body now filled walks a little more until I hear the flurry of excitement.

A flock of snowbirds

enters the scene

tiny wings fluttering

as they devour the cedar

the tree explodes in a

blast of energy

as they fly branch to branch

tasting

the cedar tips laden with

recent snow

create a new storm

as snow falls with each

birds fluster

once done they all fly away

joined at the hip

in community

off to another forest friend

exposing the scene back to me

the stillness of a tree

nestled on the edge

of an in-land lake

my mind blanketed by the experience

inspired me to write

What is it that you love to do? What brings you Joy? Today I challenge you to move towards that which is meaningful to you and there you will find your uniqueness and your joy!

Namaste Tribe, Jacqueline

Lesson 2-CHANGE YOURSELF TO CHANGE THE WORLD

When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be. Deep, very deep! I took a moment in time many years ago as a young adult and asked “Who am I?” When I looked within I saw everyone else except myself. I was the creation of all my parents wants & desires, my societies expectations and even as a soldier, my countries enlisted responsibilities and demands. I was a figment of everyone else’s imaginations. That was the beginning of my awakening. Who I was in the 1990’s is not the same person I am today, nor should it be.

In this lesson we are called to not be satisfied with the stories that made us. Who you are now is who you want to become. I’m here to tell you to forget everyone else’s expectations. Live your life where you fear to live. Be notorious, be brave. Once we begin the journey of shadow work we end up in a place where we should be asking ourselves some very big questions. Questions like; who am I, what do I believe, what do I want, where do I belong and where will I be in 5 years? Taking the steps to self orient is a step in the right direction. Who might you be in this age of re-defining oneself? You could possibly be an inventor, a creator, a warrior, a spiritual way shower.

In retrospect I am no different than you. I live and breathe and have my being enjoying my body, my life, sometimes living and learning my lessons the hard way. I have been to the bottom of a bottle and to a mountain’s highest peak but it is in the middle spaces we live. Since a child I have always known I am different.  I have always been pulled towards psychology and towards the spiritual realm. These were my first two loves. My being has always had a mission and that is to uplift humanity.

The intension of my poetry is to open you up to the spiritual possibilities, heal the land, the separation between us and remind you of the sovereign being that you are.

Here’s hoping I accomplish this great task!

Namaste Tribe, Jacqueline