Thank you.
Life on the islands is simple luxury.
Island life is raw, organic, and rhythmic.
Living on Maui for a few months brought me back to my own roots in the most natural ways. Being immersed in the jungle, in the gardens, and in the forests has uprooted and weeded out basic beliefs that are no longer serving my path. This land began collaborating with my pruning the moment I set out on my journey and the second I landed. I’ve learned to accompany the process and the process will become the teacher. I’ve experienced the passing away of plants, only to watch them rise again. I’ve experienced the multiplication of abundance through seeds, fruit and intention. I’ve seen the relationship of collaboration and competition through the lens of nature, conserving and seeking energy. I’ve witnessed the places within myself where I can be more exclusive with my time, my energy, and with whom I also share space.
Many people can refer to this place as a vortex. From above, envision a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, where the waves lap against the sands on every side. The physical embodiment of these waves reveal the energetic frequency that is constantly washing the shores. The magnitude of living on a volcanic land, is seen in the explosive creativity of its inhabitants. If we can feel the beat of the jungle, the heat of the sun, and the cool of the breeze we may begin to feel this point on earth is calmer than most, and although it has its own distractions, this vortex pulls you away from everyday life to life that’s more emphasised. Maui illuminates and makes clear the lessons we are here to learn in the season of life we are in – both literally and figuratively.
The days in the garden became a meditation. Nature calls for mindfulness attention.
We are nature.
A minuscule chore like weeding revealed its relevance by the frequency she needed tending to. We are all weeds of the garden, popping up, growing quick, and asking for attention. We are all the fruit of the garden, producing more seeds and more leaves and even more when we are cut back and pruned for harvest. We are all the trees in the garden, with deep roots and big shadows. We are all the gardeners of this land, our land within, where we attune to mother natures heart beat. The symbology I received from simply immersing myself as the hands and leaves of the garden, helped me grow exponentially by accepting the natural process of growth.
Living in Maui, a tiny obscure little island somewhere off in the Pacific Ocean, nestled between waves water and more ocean, the volcanic land is full of jungle, forest and waterfalls. For 3 months living off this land of abundance and receiving all that it is that I need from nature herself. And feeling a sense of overwhelm as I look into the eye of Abundance, I see that the key to abundance in maintenance. And that maintenance is medicine. I see how stewarding this physical land speaks so poetically to stewarding the land within ourselves and I am here only to offer the knowledge and wisdom my experiences have revealed to me on my journey.
Living with so many sunny days this land has illuminated quite a lot of shadows. Some have been gentle awakenings while others have been a little bit wilder, like a hurricane. The people pleaser in me has shown itself in new ways, revealing how I use this to get people to like me…although that is not my intention it is a reaction of protection. My anger has been received with laughter and gentleness. My eagerness for connections has been seen has a deeper need for connection with myself and with the Holy Spirit. My desire is to “be connected”, not to have many connections, but to have a deeper connection with myself and with those whom I share space. And with many connections, not based out of insecurity or need, but because I honour my widening capacity in life. I desire to know many people and to know them deeply, to travel well with others for however long our paths cross. I want to learn, to see, to know, to accept and to love.
During my short time here on Maui I’ve fallen in love with my inner child, my inner artist and all these play mates around me. It feels good to play again, to not take life so seriously so I can be silly.
I don’t need to be liked in order to be loved. This is setting me free. Witnessing and immersing myself in a loving and nurturing community where I can be myself and in moments be disliked and in other moments be loved. So wherever you sit, whether you like me or not, thank you for seeing me.
Mahalo Maui.
With much love and aloha,
Taylor