We come into this world as whole and complete. We know nothing but pure perfection. For that's all we are — our innate nature.

Over time, we develop a sense of a "separate" or "ego" self. It's necessary for our survival. We recognize our caregivers as those who provide us with food and shelter. We look to the world around us as “out there” to protect what’s “in here.” In the process, splintering ourselves from our innate wholeness.

You could call this wounding — we feel separate, we feel alone. 

Wounding materializes in many ways but occurs primarily with our caregivers. Those we depend on most can hurt us most if they act from their own wounding. If healing doesn’t occur, the wounds get passed down from generation to generation.

How then do we heal?

We must be in connection with ourselves. We must be what we are seeking. 

There’s no one else who can heal you, others can only point you back toward yourself. Your wound is uniquely yours, thus your medicine is uniquely yours. It’s found not by turning outward, but by going inward. 

When we go into our wounds, we have the opportunity to love what was once hurt by fear. Slowly integrating and realizing, or rather, remembering, our true nature. How we were when we were born into this world.

The world is in need of healing right now — you could say it has always been. Healing yourself is how you hear the world. Because when you’re able to realize yourself as whole and complete, you’re able to see others in their own wholeness. You’re able to serve as a mirror for them, guiding them back to themselves and their true nature. 

The most beautiful thing of all is that it extends beyond humans. It extends to the birds in the trees and the rats in the streets. Everything as a reflection, an expression, of wholeness. In that way, our human experience is radically transformed.