Last night I sat with a tribe of beautiful Brisbane women listening to words of wisdom, grace and, enlightenment. Gabby Bernstein in the house!
Gabby is a woman who is blazing a path of light and spreading her illuminous message wide and far. She speaks of lessons and learnings in forgiveness, patience, intuition and, self-love all while wearing 5 inch heels. Respect.
She shared her story from darkness to light, of how she’s been ‘cracked open’ many times over.. (hitting rock bottom can be a turning point and, combined with surrender can create transcendence) and, how choosing love is a constant moment to moment decision that, even she, needs to constantly remind herself to return to.
Stories were shared, questions answered, insights ignited, tears shed and, hearts opened WIDE. Including mine.
There were so many a-ha moments and golden nuggets of wisdom shared throughout the spiritual smackdown, here are a few I grabbed:
1. The ‘F’ word – what it truly means to forgive.
We know the key to peace is through forgiveness. This sounds great in theory but, how do you truly forgive someone who has hurt you, betrayed you.. abused you? How does forgiveness become an experience rather than simply a philosophical perspective. Well.. I learnt, infact, I experienced that forgiveness IS actionable. I experienced, by meditating on the people and situation I desired to forgive, a tangible psychological and emotional shift in myself. Increased understanding and compassion, clear guidance and … peace. Powerful. Here is the mantra that Gabby led us though with a focus of forgiveness. Try it for yourself. Infact, my friends at Realistically Raw You are committing to this beautiful practice for the next 40 days. I will be too, join us.
2. If you don’t meditate already – start.
Grab a cushion, cross your legs and, repeat this simple manta..
Peace. Begins. With. Me.
Gabby couldn’t speak enough of the power of meditation to cull stress, create calm, increase awareness and, basically personally transform. She mentioned that, specifically, Transcendental Mediation is where the magic is.
3. Measure your success by the amount of joy in life
Rather than referring to the daily to-do list, relationship status or job you are in, measure your success on your happiness. Happiness is an inside-out job. Check in with your internal joy barometer often to stay in flow with life. The distractions in life can drag us away from joy in an instant so, it takes a conscious commitment and mindfulness to choose to come from a place of joy over and over.
To delve into more of the wisdom that Gabby shares, you can find her here at http://www.gabbyb.tv In the mean time, I’d love to hear your experiences in true forgiveness. Comment below on how forgiveness has made shifts in your life.
Big love,
Monica xo
