In recent times, many of us face the uphill challenge of finding inner peace. Amidst the turbulent two years – our lack of inner peace and connection with our Soul is now more obvious than ever.

After wonderfully surviving through 2020 and 2021, I must say the past two years have been positively transformational. For both my husband and myself.

Have you noticed in the past 18months, you no longer can ‘push’ yourself to do things that no longer resonated with you? And the whisper of your soul is getting louder and louder, the Universe nudging you towards braving new paths – the truest path of your soul?

In the past, it is easy for us to push past our discomforts. In the new energy of 2022, the most salient pursuit is in who you are in the depths of your being. No longer can we neglect or ignore the gentle love of our true nature.

The more connected we are to our soul, moment to moment – the gentler we treat our wellbeing and our emotional state – the stronger our inner light and inner being. The most important question you need to ask yourself today is:

Who are you becoming?

That question is an artful conversation with your soul. The question that we ask, will determine the answers we receive. Allow this simple question to permeate your mind, soak into your cells and carry it deep into your soul’s core. Until you discover the truest answer is the simplest answer of all.

There is no need to push, no need to be, no need to punish or to crawl on the stones begging for forgiveness.

 

The Essence of Our Soul – Pura Vida

In Costa Rica, their national motto is Pura Vida – or Pure Life.

In 2020 a documentary was showcasing the simple life of Costa Ricans. Pura Vida is more than just a simple way of life – it signifies that life is not just good, not just great – but the highest potential of LIVING.

To me, it feels like a spiritual call to all of us to remember what life is all about. Not just money, or work. But our happiness, the way our soul sings in its invisible magic that brings great peace, great vitality, and great happiness to your life.

One of the earth’s five Blue Zones are located in Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, where its people live over 100 years old. With the help of the National Geographic Society, Dan Buettner discovered five locations all over the earth that not only had high concentrations of individuals over 100 years old, but also people who had grown old without health problems like heart disease, obesity, cancer, or diabetes that are now so common in the modern world.

As I watched this documentary my soul was inspired to discover more on the purest essence of Happiness – Pura Vida – and how living life simply & happily can affect all areas of my life.

 

BONDS OF THE HEART

In our constant modern world pursuit of abundance, we often neglect our familial-connections. Upon hindsight, I realised during the numerous lockdown months, how far I have distanced myself from my parents.

Remembering, rebonding, and rekindling that love and connection became a stronger calling. The past two years have been a wonderful miracle to my family.

Due to the border controls, my husband and I were separated for 11 months. This separation brought me to my senses. How much have I neglected our love and our cats whilst we were living in the same house, for a full year.

By nature, we are incredibly entwined and in sync. Arguments were a rare occurrence and we understood how important our marriage is to us both.

Too often we forget the most important people in our lives on hold, to manage our work or the politics that engulfs us. Once we put aside all that no longer matter, there is only one truth.

Our LOVE that binds us together.

Our bonds of the heart is what makes life worth living. No man is an island. Isolation and aloneness is not how we are meant to live. It is enough for us to survive – but insufficient for us to thrive.

Is work or money – a worthy price we pay to replace our happiness? When life pushes us to reflect on our relations, you will begin to remember why we are here on earth to begin with. People on Costa Rica may not have everything they need to be happy, but they choose to FEEL ENOUGH to be happy.

 

BONDS OF OUR SOUL

Pura Vida, is a state of the mind, a state of the heart.

This essence inspires me, infuses my life force as it pulses through my vibration. I was and still am inspired to live fully, live simply, live happily. To cherish each breath as I breathe in. This simplicity of conscious living is the key ingredient to our health.

The stronger we bond with our soul, our health, our family, our friends – the stronger we bond with vitality. And vitality is who we truly are.

Pura Vida brings the deepest inner peace you have ever felt. When time stands still, each connected moment we experience within us vibrates outside of us – spreading around us like wildfire.

Enjoy your life. Enjoy life itself.

You deserve it.

Pura Vida, is like a feeling you feel you’ve been searching for all your life, but never knew you needed. And once you have it, you will hold on to its precious essence – your perfect happiness of living life to its fullest.

And so I ask once more – Who are you becoming?

*Pura Vida – The Good Life has been rewritten and edited to adjust to the earth’s changes.

*Originally published in Vol.24 of bodymindsoul Magazine. Visit https://bodymindsoul.com.my for more positive living articles.