The Illusion Of Positivity & Meeting Genuine Gratitude Instead

I came across a quote by a man called Cory Muscara that, for me, beautifully depicts the process of moving through our shadow in order to reach our liberation. If you know anything about the way that I work and live my life, you know that I don’t shy away from the shadow. The shadow to me is the way through and to, our liberation, joy, bliss and ultimately, peace. The quote goes: “You won’t find inner peace by focusing on the positive. Inner peace isn’t a mindset shift. It’s the result of meeting yourself deeply, honestly, and in all of your shame, until there’s nothing left to hide and no more reasons to run.” This is how we sit in and with our shadow. We feel. We be with. We stay and then stay some more, until our own presence and love alchemises the pain and suffering and turns it into relief, love and peace. A false positivity means we are forever skirting our experience and therefore, you could say, our truth. False positivity is something we have to keep up with, forever leaning forwards and running ahead of ourselves, lest the dark figure in the night—the shadow—catch up with us. You don’t need to work hard on being positive. If you sit with your experience and stay, not abandoning, neglecting or bypassing, you will naturally come into a place of relief, relaxation and gratitude. Gratitude will be genuine and organic because it’s already there within us, when we drop into the awe of life and its magic. But that genuine gratitude and “positivity,” if we want to use that term, cannot arise unless and until we’ve sat with our human experience. It might be uncomfortable in the moment, but I can tell you from my personal experience, that moving through it to the other side, once we’ve melted down the hardness of the rock around the diamond, is truly an awe evoking experience that will leave you with such an appreciation not only for the beauty that comes into your life, but the hardship it took to get you there. By moving through, we come out the other side and see that there is beauty in all things. Tune in for more… Loving you from afar, Corinne Want to work 1-1 with me? Visit my website and book a session. www.corinneblum.com Insta: @corinneblum @theauthenticselfcoach Facebook: @corinneblum @corinneblumcoach