There is a quiet misunderstanding woven through a lot of spiritual language.
That misunderstanding is this:
that more awareness is always better.
More insight.
More sensitivity.
More openness.
More expansion.
But awareness without support doesn’t feel like freedom.
It feels like exhaustion, confusion, or being “too much” for the world you’re trying to live in.
What’s often missing from the conversation is regulation.
Regulated consciousness isn’t smaller.
It’s inhabited. It becomes a powerful aspect of your daily experience and the way you connect with others.
It’s awareness that can stay present in the body.
Insight that doesn’t override rest or the need to stay balanced.
Sensitivity that doesn’t require self-abandonment.
You might recognize dysregulation not by chaos, but by subtle signs:
- Feeling constantly “on”
- Needing to withdraw after every interaction
- Being spiritually insightful but physically depleted
- Knowing a lot, but struggling to live gently with that knowing
None of this means anything is wrong with you. It typically means your awareness has grown faster than your capacity to hold it.
For the remaining days of this year, I’m inviting a different focus—not on becoming more conscious, but on becoming more supported inside your consciousness.
This is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about learning how to stay deeply aligned with your current state of consciousness.
So today, the only invitation is this:
Before you reach outward—pause and notice where your awareness is landing inside you.
No change required.
Just noticing.
That’s enough for now.
Blessing:
May your awareness have a place to rest.
May your sensitivity be met with kindness rather than demand.
May you remember that staying is as sacred as seeking.
May what is awake in you be held gently, not pushed forward.
And may tonight, as the day releases you,
you feel just a little more at home in yourself
than you did this morning.