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Savira V Gupta's avatar

Am always shifting sometimes at lightening speed and sometimes slow… there are moments where I think back at would the older version of myself say or think… realized it was rarely helpful!

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

I know right? Because it's like they were fundamentally different from our current versions!

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Judy Murdoch's avatar

LOL Actually these shifts DO come with manuals: they're called people who have gone through this stuff and want to pay it forward. Usually wise elders but I'd say you're someone who qualifies to be a "manual" or guide.

Just saying ;-)

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

Oh man! Thank you Judy! Seriously!

I think a part of my brain wanted a manual for years to come... completely mapping out my path like a book and getting to read it right now lol 😆. But life wouldn't have been so beautiful if that had happened no?

You also reminded me that every time I've experienced really terrifying and chaotic situations, the universe has always sent me someone or an energy to guide me through it. For that I'm so grateful! Thank you, my friend!

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Judy Murdoch's avatar

Writing is a relatively new human technology 😆 Compassion, kindness, and presence has been around for a couple million years maybe longer.

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

Oh definitely! I think more than writing I see communication + documentation of some form in itself. And I guess it's as old as the others no? It's hitting me so deeply how grateful I am to be living this life especially in the last few days

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Lakeisha | Temple Priestess's avatar

I feel like I’ve been quantum leaping without a manual sometimes too. It’s overwhelming and confusing and exhausting all at the same time.

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

Yeah the pace is massive as fuck isn't it? It's only this week I got 2 days to shut down and I'm back again!

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Sam Messersmith's avatar

Gosh but then that manual would be for them, not for you. I feel like you have to write your own manual. And then just have other people witness you and mirror you back to yourself.

Seriously so relatable especially that bit of people being draining and are these emotions even mine and menstruation and dogs. LOL

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

Hahahaha yeah! The soul knows that. But the mind does throw a tantrum from time to time lol 🤣

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Sam Messersmith's avatar

my mind enjoys a good tantrum every now and again. lol

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Vivienne Helen's avatar

You are not alone Shruthi.

The words you say are what I too experience...including with a sense of acceleration and intensity recently.

I too have felt that sense of "tying up loose ends". I used those exact words the other day when describing how I feel.

It feels like the end of a great cycle of learning and now resting and integrating for the beginning of a new cycle.

I too do not know what this actually means in terms of Life experience. All I know is that something is happening and I am being asked to Surrender and follow whatever flows...even if I am a little confused or scared by it.

We are shifting into a physical dimension that aligns with our frequency and it is wise to let that happen and be open to great change.🩵🩵🩵

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Shruthi Vidhya Sundaram's avatar

It feels like everything's been constantly shifting no? And why the hell are we always in one of the in-betweens? Can't we just get on the cliff and rest there for a bit before leaping again?🤣🤣

But yes, even as I write this I realise how immensely grateful I am...and how sappy I tend to get over this journey lol!

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Yvonne Gerner's avatar

I wish the world could normalize those stages instead of going "When are you done with this nonsense and ready to be a normal person?".

I'm mostly tired of trying to fit into a world that just doesn't work for me. We need new models and systems.

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Anouk 🩸's avatar

Wow. Yes. I feel this so much.

That part about time warping and forgetting who you even were a few years ago, sooo spot on. And the reminder that indeed naps are spiritual practice.

The way you named the messy middle, the exhaustion, the trust that doesn’t feel romantic at all, the “is this even my emotion?” loop, yes thank you. That’s the real awakening no one writes manuals for.

Sending you a big “same, girl” and thanks for this write up XX

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