Understanding Rumi: The Journey of Divine Love

There are moments in our lives that we crave that person, that idea of that person, the wonderment of a deep love we may never have experienced but believe exists for us out there somewhere. ⁣

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We miss something we’ve never had. We long for it. We chase it. We dream it. That soul deep urge we feel is often a distorted need to feel our own love. Of filling the spaces where our parents couldn’t love us. Of finding from without, a way to fill the emptiness we feel from within. ⁣

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And so we follow this path to loving ourselves. Integrating our shadows. Healing our traumas. Forgiving our parents. Nurturing ourselves. Awakening. Bringing balance between our inner masculine and feminine. And finding that unity and wholeness within. ⁣

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And in that process of committing to ourselves, we abandon that need for that connection to another person. ⁣

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It becomes a nice to have. But never a need or a goal. ⁣

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That wave of soul deep longing once felt for another person just hit me again. But not for a person. But for God/Divine Source/Creator/Universe. That deep deep love for Him/Them. ⁣

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But this time, instead of lack or sadness, that longing was instantly met with love. ⁣

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The dark stormy clouds outside of my window are lightening up as I write this with tears in my eyes. ⁣

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That need and integration and devotion for His/Their love. ⁣

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We know that separation is just an illusion. We just need to open ourselves to feeling that energetic glory of His/Their love. ⁣

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What once, many years ago, was a deep and overwhelming gratitude and desire for another person is now magically replaced with This. ⁣

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You know, Rumi never wrote about another person but for his love for God/Divine et al. But for so long and for so many, those deeply loving Rumi quotes get used in the context of a Divine Partnership with a person. ⁣

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In this moment, I understand Rumi and his intentions behind his beautiful words. ⁣

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There is truly nothing as beautiful as the love you feel from God/Universe/Creator/Divine Source. The faith that you’re always supported, safe, loved, protected, provided for. The invincibility of being so in love. We really are. ⁣

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All those things we wished we could have had we had all along. It was always here. We were always loved. We are always loved. Infinitely. ⁣

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And we all hold that capacity to love. To be loved and to love all. The cup runneth over. ⁣

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We all have this connection. We all have this within ourselves. In our hearts. In our intentions. We have this with everything around us. We just need to stop searching for it. It’s here. It always was. And it’s so beautiful. ⁣

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The irony of this journey is that we travel this path only to come back to the beginning to see we always had it. Like looking for the glasses we slipped on top of our heads. ⁣

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But only through this journey can we truly see that. ⁣

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And only through this journey can we appreciate that. ⁣

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By loving our humanness, we can understand this love. And by understanding this love, we can love our humanness. ⁣

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“If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself” -Rumi⁣

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💖Z⁣

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THROWBACKS BY Z: Chase the joy, not the chore

Guided back to the Guidance by Z Vault for this piece from May 2021. This is a massive theme once again in the lead up to the first eclipse of 2022. Just like last year, this post came before that eclipse season. This is another round of shedding yet another layer of our inauthenticity to leave space for the true. The themes could be different from last year or the same. Observe from your heart and go as you’re guided.

Remember that All is Well.

💖Z

#throwbacksbyz

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We are no longer expending any more energy into that which doesn’t nourish our spirits.

Just because it once did, doesn’t mean it still needs to. You change constantly.

There is no need to “marry” anything. The only one you are committed to for life is you. And so the only one you’re accountable for serving and loving is you.

I don’t mean be selfish. But I mean, stop assigning obligations to yourself like a life sentence. You deserve a better life than that.

If it feels more like a ball and chain that a golden anklet, it’s time to cut and release.

No one says that’s easy. But trapping yourself by the choices of your past is harder.

I don’t care how damn giddy you were over those shoes at that Black Friday sale at Nordstrom Rack in 2016; or how many butterflies that person once gave you; or how hard you grinded for that promotion- if it gives you blisters, heartache, or hives, it’s not for you bro.

Resistance to surrendering to the natural life cycle of anything leads to more trauma in the end.

Save yourself and release the things you’re keeping yourself tied to, and allow them to find their next home, where they will be better appreciated.

Those shoes, those relationships, that job, that house-whatever-may be more like a chore to you now, but they are definitely the joy of someone else. Let them fly free to find where they belong.

So let’s clarify: a chore is an unpleasant task, something that is no longer in alignment with your soul’s calling. Not like a household chore. Those aren’t actually a chore per say, more so an investment in loving yourself with discipline.

A chore is nothing more than an obligation. The antonym of obligation is freedom. And freedom, like true love, is unconditional and eternal, like your soul. As is joy.

💖Z

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Originally written May 12, 2021

Collective Message-Stay in your Heart

When something is about to shift, everything comes at you to distract, challenge, and test you. Like when you’re about to finish one grade or class, you get tested before you graduate to the next. ⁣⁣

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Life is like that. Before a big shift, we experience big tests. ⁣⁣

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⛔️Places you’re used to getting direction from suddenly have decoys. ⁣⁣

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⛔️The answers at the back of the book are filled with the wrong ones. ⁣⁣

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Normally in life we know the answer in our hearts. But we don’t believe in ourselves enough to believe them to be true. So instead, we ask everyone and their barber for advice or guidance to see if it resonates with what we already know inside to be true. ⁣⁣

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All we want is a little confirmation. ⁣⁣

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Right now, more than ever, it’s incredibly important to be discerning with where we get that guidance or confirmation from. Even our most trusted sources. ⁣⁣

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Because right now, on the precipice of our cosmic prom night, is a giant push to stop seeking from outside of ourselves, and climb back into our heart spaces to stay in our knowing. ⁣⁣

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Protect this inside of you and fortify your practice of listening only to your heart. ⁣This is how God/Universe/Creator/Divine Source/Morgan Freeman speaks to you. ⁣

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Seeking outside of that opens you up to interference and trickery or frankly another lesson detouring your back to your own knowing. ⁣⁣

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There’s a branching of the collective at the moment. A splitting of timelines. Nothing at all to fear, but a fork or two in the road where the freeway has to head in different directions for folks to live their various Divine paths. ⁣⁣

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Your path may split from others you’re used to travelling with because there are different missions at play. And with that different truths. They are all correct for the timeline they are meant for. ⁣⁣

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But right now, that super confusing junction point on the freeway interchange has things being a little chaotic. Focus on your own road and trust your own GPS. ⁣⁣

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Remember that separation is an illusion as we are all always connected. ⁣⁣

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As we know with complicated freeway interchanges, while the road may split off from one bunch of travellers, it invariably joins up with another. ⁣⁣

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We will come together with Soul Fam we may not have connected with in a minute or a millennia. ⁣⁣

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We are all here on assignments quite a bit bigger than we realize and we don’t have time for detours. ⁣⁣

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So keep your eyes on your lane not on your rear view. ⁣⁣

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And stay in your heart. ⁣⁣

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Where we’re going, we don’t have time for checking for confirmation on what is true. We must trust the Divinity within ourselves. ⁣⁣

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Always remember that All is Well. ⁣⁣

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💖Z⁣⁣

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