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Meditation and inner work. A community for healing, growth, and self-acceptance, blending science, spirituality, and lived experience.

144 contributions to The Art Of Self-Connection
Fun - Drawing 🎨
For few days l am trying to draw whatever comes in my mind. It is so much fun 🥳. No rule, no expectation, just drawing. Each time I feel more relax, connected and happy🤗🤩
Fun - Drawing 🎨
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I love this! Do you carry your notebook and pens with you, or is this a scheduled activity? Cute lizzard!
Nothing that is meant for you will ever miss you. ✨
Hello family good morning I have notices something Sometimes we get so caught up wondering… “Did I miss my chance?” “Was that opportunity supposed to be mine?” “Why did it work out for everyone else but me?” But what if the delay isn’t denial? What if what’s truly meant for you doesn’t require you to chase it, force it, or become someone you’re not just to keep it? Some things leave because they were never meant to stay. Some doors close because there’s another one you haven’t seen yet. And sometimes, the timing simply isn’t right. Your job isn’t to control every outcome. Your job is to keep growing, keep showing up, and keep moving forward. 🌱 What’s something you once thought you had “missed” — but later realized was actually making room for something better? Drop your thoughts below. 👇 Let’s remind someone today that their story isn’t over just because something didn’t work out.
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Every time I look back it feels like I have missed something, because back then I wasn't present. Then I realise that similar things are happening now, if I am not present for those, I will miss them also. Being mindful and grateful of the moment is key hey?
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@Biyinzika Joshua That is exactly it :)
NEW! - Break The Habit Challenge
Starting the May 1st, we are running a new challenge: Breaking a habit we know we should, but haven't yet been able to let go of. How To Participate: 1: Pick one habit you want to release 2: Share it in the community: beginning with, "This May, I am breaking the habit of...." and a bit about why you are choosing that habit - Perhaps adding what you will do instead! (under the ✂️ Break The Habit Challenge category) 3: Support others by commenting and showing up for them What Habits To Break: Anything that’s no longer serving you. - Substances: Intoxicants, sugar, or anything you’re using to numb, escape, or cope - Behaviors: Risky, avoidant, or self-sabotaging patterns - Self-Worth: Saying yes when you mean no, Letting boundaries be crossed, Putting yourself last I’ll be hosting some digital catch-ups/sharing videos throughout the challenge to support one another and talk though the urges and challenges. I will also share some resources on habit building! Who is in?
NEW! - Break The Habit Challenge
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@Su Biswas I love this for you! Can you let us know specifically what practices you will be doing? and when? That way you will be more likely to be successful!
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@Su Biswas I love that approach, and love that it is working for you :)
Introduction
Hi, l am Su(32), from Bangladesh. I can't express myself fully. Because of fear of judgement, fear of rejection. I always hide myself. That's why l can't enjoy my life fully. I also don't allow myself to feel all emotions. I suppress. These days, l am allowing myself to feel every feeling, to enjoy every emotion. I want to know my real self who is not faking herself and not suppressing anything❤️🥳. Note. This is the picture of yesterday's sunset from my house. I like to sit quietly and watch. ✨
Introduction
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Hi Su! It is great to have you here :) It is so good to hear that you are working towards self expression and connection. Living behind a mask is tiring and painful, and suppression can be toxic for our health. We need to feel our feelings for sure, but doing so can be scary! beautiful sunset!
I didn’t have social anxiety because I was shy - I had it because I believed I was worthless and fundamentally different
Lets go back 2 years for me, I see a cute girl I want to talk to in a store. Half a second later my body reacts before I even make a decision. Feelings rush in; a sense of mild dread, throat gets dry, physical slight shaking. Overwhelmed by thoughts "There's no point in approaching, she'll reject you", "You're worthless don't approach". An underlying conclusion my brain has drawn that she will reject me, I am worthless and I am doomed to be alone forever. Then afterwards I beat myself up because of a missed opportunity, "she could've been the one" or "You've improved so much in your life yet you can't do this simple fucking thing? what a failure of a person you've turned out to be". So physical fear, overthinking and ruminating afterwards causing more self doubt and self loathing. Glad to say I do not miss experiencing this. Even just a normal conversation with a cashier or a stranger triggered slight fear, just connecting felt outside my reach; like I wasn't normal and that everyone else, they fundamentally had something I didn't. This fundamental feeling of difference, worthlessness and being unlovable; It was an underlying feeling that stayed with me no matter what. I didn't realise it at the time, if you asked me I would've said "I'm a confident man, I don't care what people think of me, I'm barely insecure at all". Yet underlying everything I did came from a feeling of not being enough, so therefore you must work to become enough. I was a self improvement addict, gym, discipline, cold showers - got into shape yet still social anxiety prevailed. It didn't work, well it barely worked; I felt a bit more confident but that's it. My motivation for self improvement was because I wasn't enough, my value as a human came from my self improvement - if I wasn't bettering myself, I will never get love or have any value. This existed in my brain as a genuinely tangible rule; as real as this screen your looking at right now. It's not just a thought, it existed as truth in my nervous system and brain.
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Social anxiety was not the real problem. The real problem was the deep belief that you were fundamentally different, unlovable/not enough. I get it, self worth is a major component of healing. Problem is that self-worth issues over time teaches us behavioral patterns akin to shyness. We learn how to respond and do not have the insights necessary to change. Thus we grow shy and then form an identity around that shyness.
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