Shift your awareness. There are no mundane moments. There are no in between times. MORE AT MY WEBSITE https://amarastrand.com/the-door-that-death-opens/ EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://mailchi.mp/e2edf396ca2e/emailsignup SOCIAL: Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand SUPPORT MY WORK: If you value what I do, contribute to what I do: https://paypal.me/amarastrand #spirituality #shorts #nonduality ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhQcW6ii1s4

Does childhood trauma damage the soul? I know some of us have been handled roughly in life, in childhood, in past lives, with the memories carrying over. We are not our joys or sorrows, both pass through us. We are this pristine consciousness, totally undisturbed by good or ill fortunes, happiness or heartbreak. I sat every night and looked inside, in my typically direct and objective way. I breathed and I looked. I breathed and I felt. Whatever was there, I was willing to see it, to feel it, and know it. This is what I found: I found a brilliance, a radiance that defies all description. I found a hardness that was not made for defense or out of armor or in response to pain. It was like a perfect diamond, hard by its basic nature, indestructible, untouched and…pristine. Absolutely pristine. I kept looking, trying to go deeper. I did this every night for the better part of a year. I never found anything other than this utterly natural perfection. Nothing could be added to it and nothing could diminish it. It’s not what I expected to find. I thought I’d probably find a bunch of persona-level stuff, psychological stuff. At least some sadness or anger. That stuff was there, but it wasn’t on the “inside.” It was on the outside, more like stuff on the very surface. Looking inside uncovered something so astonishing to me. Primordial clarity and radiance. My message to you is not about childhood trauma or about the dangers of psychology. My message is this: be independent. In all areas, including and especially spirituality. Observe deeply, challenge your own assumptions, hold “beliefs” ever so lightly if you need to hold them at all, don’t be afraid to road test them. Look at your spiritual search and see where you might be falling into the “good patient” trap. I guess in this case it would be a “good seeker” or good student, however you look at it. Should you believe what I tell you, that you are this indestructible, radiant awareness? It sounds pretty, doesn’t it? But it doesn’t matter at all unless it is your lived reality. Most spirituality provides you with a whole world view, when it should be unburdening you of all views so that you can simply see. MORE AT MY WEBSITE https://amarastrand.com EMAIL UPDATES: This is how I stay connected with new posts + content I only share with subscribers: https://mailchi.mp/e2edf396ca2e/emailsignup SOCIAL: Catch up with me on Instagram: @amarastrand SUPPORT MY WORK: If you value what I do, contribute to what I do: https://paypal.me/amarastrand #spirituality #healing #childhoodtrauma ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U16MNilOVw