If you don’t love being single, there is a big chance you will compromise on your needs and desires when choosing a mate. You could end up in a relationship that is toxic and harmful (once the honeymoon period has elapsed) then find yourself in the painful position of having to end yet another romantic connection. While this isn’t the greatest disaster in the world, if you’d like to finally have a meaningful connection in your life, with a person who has all the traits you’ve wished for in a partner, you would ideally find a solid position first. You would resolve to find deep satisfaction with your life, as it is, right now.

You start questioning; ‘What’s going on? Is there some kind of curse against me? Do I not deserve ease? Why can’t things go smoothly?’ And you notice thoughts like, ‘Typical! Of course it would start raining the moment I hang my clothes on the line!’ No. It’s not typical and no, the universe did not place a vendetta against you and frankly, Murphy manifested his own law. How do I know this? A dear little Wattle Bird showed me.

You wake in the still of night, swept into a torrent of thought — past regrets, future fears, looping endlessly. But peace is not far. By gently returning your attention to the breath, the body and the present moment, you begin to quiet the storm. You know instinctively, calming your mind leads the way to peace — and here is where you’ll find out how.

The world is noisy and chaotic. Our modern lives are filled with potentially problematic circumstances at every turn. There are constant distractions from this quiet stillness that you are. Life will try and tempt you into wrestling with its many stressful situations that cause you to become tightly wound into a knotted ball of tension. It is only when you unwind, let go of tension, release the racing thoughts and return to the stillness of this moment, you can reconnect with who you are.

This is what it means to awaken spiritually; you reconnect with who you really are.