Jamie here aka. Forest River - taking you on my journey of awakening. Because it is the most beautiful journey and I want to capture every moment. And share it with anyone who wants to hear. Sometimes I feel like it is "AWAKENING FOR DUMMIES" - Because I had no idea what was going on with me. I have learnt a lot as I realised my truth and fallen madly and deeply in love with myself, my life and everything and everyone around me - because I feel a connection deeper than that which we see with our eyes.

My truth is your truth, there is a connection between our souls, the earth and indeed the entire cosmos. Our own truth shines uniquely but all connected... it took me a minute to understand what was happening to my body, mind, and soul, to realise I was having an awakening. To know that there is something bigger than me and I am a part of it, that it is within me, and you. To let go and surrender... It is a constant conversation between the ego and the soul.

Life is a journey of awakening.

We ought to learn that we do not need validation in order to exist fully. We have within us the group mentality whereby we long to be accepted and therefore we hide parts of ourselves away for fear of being rejected. But if we hide ourselves away we can never be fully accepted and loved, from ourselves or others. When we lose our minds, we remove the judgement we have for ourselves and the worlds. We understand the subconscious biases and ideologies - we understand that what we think is malleable. We empower ourselves to reconfigure your biases and beliefs.

If we can, we must travel, to understand that our perspective is not the only one. That there are a multitude of stories and a multitude of truths. The world is a rainbow, different colours, different religions and different stories. We must read and watch and learn with open minds. We will come to understand that it's not about your god’s name, it is about what your God teaches you and it is about how you interpret gods lessons. If the message is love, keep listening...

Anger and judgement will never fix the problem, it will store up in your body and cause physical problems. We must realise that we are not our emotions or thoughts, instead we are the conscious observers thereof. We can transmute negative energies and not let them overcome our lives.

What exists only exists because of our conscious awareness of it. We are in control of our minds.

People are going to judge you and not understand you. That's just the way it goes. Don't let that stop you.

Song: The Anxiety- Meet me at our spot