A World Without Soul
All revolutions start in the human heart.
A Simple Question
It was over 15 years ago, in a yoga workshop with the great Judith Lasater, when she asked a simple but piercing question:
“Imagine a world in which every single person—man, woman, and child—loved and accepted themselves exactly as they are. How might that change our world?”
Instantly, I pictured communities filled with people so grounded in self-love that they offered help, joy, and compliments freely. I imagined world leaders wise enough to know their limitations, humble enough to seek counsel, and rooted enough to lead from truth instead of ego.
It felt revolutionary then. And perhaps, it still is.
Today, in a world that thrives on division, where dehumanization has become so normalized we barely flinch, where our leaders often appear more invested in power than progress, that vision can feel naïve—idealistic, even.
But I believe it’s exactly what we need.
We need global change. Urgently. But we cannot create global change without personal transformation.
The inner teaches the outer. The outer reflects the inner. We cannot heal the world if we refuse to heal ourselves.
And we cannot heal ourselves if we do not learn how to love ourselves.
Self-Love is the start
Without the love for ourselves, we see ourselves as separate. Different. Weird.
Disconnected, lonely, and fearful, we can't help but treat others with suspicion, jealousy, or worse, disgust and contempt.
Without love for ourselves, fear feeds us more lies about our differences, inundates us with beliefs about “it's me against the world."
Without self-love reminding us of our interconnectedness and providing us access to the bottomlessness of Who We Are, there is little hope for true, authentic joy and communion in our lives.
A Soulful Revolution
The world is in a tenuous state.
It is a time of both incredible transformative possibility and planetary destruction.
Meanwhile, the deep, seemingly irreconcilable divide and mistrust of the intentions among our people collectively tears at our hearts.
The loss of trust and faith in authority figures, scientific fact, and even the evidence of our own eyes and ears has found us all running around with our own set of “alternative facts,” a spiraling condition portending a truly Orwellian world.
At a time when the window to reverse the imminent danger of global climate change is rapidly closing, we face record levels of denial and/or apathy — a true disregard for ourselves and future generations.
The wall on the southern border is only a representation of the many walls that are going up in our lives — designed for protection, but instead creating isolation, loneliness, depression, anxiety, pain, and suffering.
As long as we insist on living in an "us vs. them" world, we are one step closer to destroying ourselves, each other, and this earth.
Can we not see the writing on our melting ocean walls?
We need transformation. A true evolution and healing of humankind. And that begins with evolving and healing ourselves.
How we heal
The first critical step to healing is remembering that the deepest desire of our being is to feel loved, accepted, and embraced—by ourselves.
Self-love isn’t indulgent or frivolous. It’s foundational. It is the ground we return to when everything else feels unstable. It’s the part of us that says, “Even now. Especially now. You are worthy.”
Self-love doesn’t demand perfection. It asks only for presence.
But like any relationship, self-love requires an open door. We have to choose it. Invite it in. Let it sit with us—even in the mess, even in the doubt.
When we begin to love ourselves—even imperfectly—we move toward a more truthful life. It may be awkward. It may be slow. But movement is movement.
A small starting point
If this speaks to you… If you’re feeling the ache for transformation—one that leads to greater self-love and acceptance—but you're not sure it can be done in times such as these...
I created something with you in mind.
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