Let Who You Are Be

Might each transformational step 'towards' actually have been a step further 'from'

An End to Saving

So many are consumed with acts of saving. But might there be a deeper part in each of us that has never needed saving? I imagine the work of Inner View is to catch sight of this part, so as to save a lot of unnecessary saving.

Ben (in the film), who helps me on the English Retreats, is soon to launch a project that sets out help those who have walked ‘the Camino’ bring that sacred experience into their everyday. It’s named Beyond Camino and is launching soon.

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Let Who You Are Be

(incendiary words to some, perhaps)

What if the who you are that you’d been so sincerely seeking is not who you are?

What if that who was an unnecessary idea. A misguided point on a compass that should never have been for sale?

What if each transformational step towards, had actually been a step further from?

What if you’re exhausted, bone-deep tired from a fool’s errand that had seemed so noble at the outset?

What if who you are had always been?

Had never not been.

Underneath it all. Waiting patiently for a still and hallowed moment in which to let you know.

And what if in such a moment, you were simply to let who you are be?

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(I will record this soon, I didn’t have time as I just wrote it down. The ink is still drying.)

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A Few Notes

On Emailing You - I really like Substack but when I send out a post it feels more like posting to a social media platform. For many years I’d been used to an email platform which felt like I was emailing each and every one of you personally. I miss that. I’m considering a move back to that more personal way. Substack would remain a key venue for everything produced, as will the Soul Biographies site. It’s just that I could be more personal and creative with the Inner View missives. At the very least I’d feel better.

On Subscriptions - I researched the average % of paid-for substack subscriptions (in support of the creator) versus free subscriptions. Average was 5-10%, Good 10-15%, Excellent 15-20%. Now I know here is voluntary (i.e you get the same if you have elected for a supportive subscription or you haven’t) but I have this vast amount of content in film, image and word I intend to place in substack but I’m at less than 1% paid-for subscription ($8). I’m not entirely sure about this but I’m considering subscriptions having access to more, like so many others on substack. Thinking-Out-Loud. To be decided.

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This Wednesday

30 minutes alive with the mystery of Nothing. On Zoom. Come for Nothing, Leave with Something. Wednesday 19 February at 12pm US Central. Register for free. Also a full immersive Day of Nothing on March 7th in England - 4 places remaining. And of course I never mean nothing nothing. I mean start with nothing, knowing full well that so often it is from this extraordinary point that everything may change.

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