Depression and spiritual awakening -- two sides of one door | Lisa Miller | TEDxTeachersCollege
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2014
- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Is depression, as most of us experience it, meaningless suffering? Dr. Lisa Miller presents research that lends meaning to the experience of depression and to our experience on planet Earth.
Dr. Lisa Miller is perhaps the world’s foremost expert in the relative study of psychology and spirituality. Dr. Miller is Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she founded and currently directs the Spirituality and Mind-Body Institute, to innovate, disseminate, and train healers in foundationally spiritual treatments. Dr. Miller solo-edited the Oxford University Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality (2012) and has published over seventy articles and chapters on spirituality in mental health and wellness. She has acted as Principle Investigator on several million dollars-worth of grants from corporate and family foundations as well as the National Institutes of Mental Health. Dr. Miller is Co-Founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the new APA publication, Spirituality in Clinical Practice, and also serves as associate editor of Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, the official journal of APA Division 36, Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, for which Dr. Miller has served as President and is now APA Council Representative. Dr. Miller has been elected to Fellow of the American Psychological Association and awarded the Virginia Sexton Mentoring Award. She is a graduate of Yale University, Columbia University, and University of Pennsylvania, where she studied under Martin Seligman, Ph. D.
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Quote by Rumi: "The wound is the place where the light enters you".
Thank you!✨
Amen...
Beautiful 🤩
“there is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in”
Leonard Cohen
My depression has also been a portal to spiritual awakening!!! No suffering is wasted. I've come to realize that the presence was always there, waiting for me to come home.
+Suzannah Lathrop You sound like a kook. No wonder you're depressed.
Suzannah - same here :D
Suzannah wonderful way of putting it. I was looking for the light at the end of the tunnel but I didn't realise I was the light.
------> Oliver McLeod
Indeed you are.
Oliver McLeod hi can u explain me abt light u r talking so after death we hv to go to light or r we enlightened so we won’t get light
Psychedelics saved me from years of uncontrollable depression, anxiety and illicit pill addiction.imagine carrving heavy chains for over a decade and then all of a sudden that burden is gone.Believe it or not in a couple years they'll be all over for treatment of mental health related issues
I made researches and found out that shrooms are very helpful , it has really helped to reduce anxiety and depression and some other mental health issues..i would love to try magic mushrooms but they are hard to source!
Please does anyone know where I can get them? I put so much on my plate and it really affects my stress and anxiety level .I would love to try to shrooms.
I live in Michigan….suffering for awhile now but didnt realize how serious I may have it until recently - probably bc of @self medicating” with alcohol
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My depression was a gift. Depression is not an illness but a wound of the soul.
omgg you saying this is making me feel better :)
I agree...is our soul telling us we are in the wrong path or we are disconnected from our true self
What gift
@@ciaran6309 if you don't understand gift then maybe guide is a better word. It's showing you you're disconnected from parts of yourself, and pushing you get it touch with yourself, your emotions, and that we have an innate instinctual drive toward wholeness.
If you feel lost consider looking in to Carl Jung and depth psychology so that you might understand the disconnected parts of yourself, and also, kundalini yoga and the energies at play in those practices so that you might directly experience those disconnected parts of yourself.
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My experience thus far in life tells me this is a universal truth. Suffering, I believe, is the primary mechanism of spiritual growth.
Junto so yuck
Truly my own opinion has concluded the same 😞
Well my spirit is about to get huge!
Exactly, which is why we need "spiritual growth" about as much as we need cancer growth.
It's true! Growth never comes easy
My depression awakened me to the presence of angels and ancestors. They were always there. We are never alone
Same!
Cant argue that. She does NOT deserve this platform.
Being depressed, you are probably more susceptible to hallucinations and suggestion.
I know that this is true but yet i dont want anymore
True
Essentially, when you stop trying so damn hard, think and work too much at it, and instead, just let it go, let it flow with NO ego or expectations, that's when the Universe steps in and helps you along your Path. Still may not be the exact outcome you wished for, but more than likely, even better.
“More than likely even better.” This is so true. I’ve noticed when our egos take control we get disappointed. Versus our soul. Our soul always leads us to what’s best for us and most importantly the most influential. 💯❤️
Thank you
Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤
Perfectionism will destroy you from the inside and simultaneously make you feel like you're doing something good for yourself. At this point I'd rather fail
@@ariels.3378 I hear u there
"Terrible suffering is a sign of happiness and peace to come". Meher Baba
So when happiness and peace finally comes does the spiritual path stop?
True, just like rain after intense heat.
@@beaucephus6295 nope
Depression led me to the Dark Night of the Soul and now I'm here watching this video.
Everyone who is suffering, it will be okay. Just hang in there. I promise it will be better.
Good vibrations and blessings.
LOL! I"ve been suffering now for over 63 years! How much longer do I have to wait?
Do you guarantee your promises?
@montesa shift your perspective and you will stop suffering...
@@Suckafreevibes how do I do that?
@@montesa9136 seek connection with nature. Seek the wonder and beauty in the cycle of the seasons. Xx
i reallyyyyy needed to hear this
So glad a psychologist is saying this. Depression is a normal reaction to life and all it’s curve balls and challenges. Namaste 🙏
a psychologist is the last person to be inspired from about this subject. She doesnt not know wtf she is talking about, a mythomaniac
Namaste
Namaste means hi. It’s not some word of great wisdom😅 You’re better off saying ‘bless you’
depression isn't a normal reaction, sadness is , if depression was normal people wouldn't suicide , it's like saying cancer is a normal reaction to life .
@@45tibi namaste is used both ways when saying goodbye , bye or hi , its like when you bow down after an performance to the audience it's an almost practice to start and end an act with namaste
That’s why many African Americans are so spiritual. They had to overcome the loss of being taken from the motherland of humanity and go through a lot of suffering until even today. Those people are so humanly evolved for that.
All our ancestors struggled an enormous amount quit obsessing over race
That’s true
Native Americans as well.
I have been battling depression since last 7 years.. I literally gave up on everything.. lost relationships , friend career studies everything.. I thought it won't end ever.. now suddenly when I look back I realize that it all happened for a reason .. suddenly I'm looking for spiritual videos doing meditations .. and realise it was spiritual awakening process.. what I've been looking outside is inside me.. still in the process of spiritual awakening 🙏 don't give up guys .. ❤️
WOW, I recognise this so much. It is a global awakening. Many people around the world are experiencing very similar dark nights of the soul, for almost 10 years already, some call it spiritual "awakenings " but severe depression seems to be the cocoon time before the "butterfly " time can begin. A blessing in diguise, but my goodness, why does it need to be so painful and hard?! It seems to be an initiation, to make us humble, less influence off our ego and in the end the feeling of oneness, love and respect for life and others, innerstanding yourself and why we are here, selflove etc.
Keep going beautiful, you are doing great. Much love from me to you, greetings from the Netherlands ❤️
Oh mine has been this long too. Thanks for reminding me to go inwards again.
@@IAMinfiniteandfree. i love this. it was so peaceful to read it.
@@nina_ana333 I am so glad my words helped you to feel peaceful, even if it just was for a little while. That peaceful feeling is our birthright and should be our normal state. Keep that feeling alive inside of you. Bless you ❤️🙏
How’s that going for you?
My husband was shot and killed by a police officer almost five years ago. I’m a few weeks away from the 5 year anniversary and struggling pretty hard with depression over the last month. It comes in waves. Anyways- the loss of him absolutely lead to my spiritual awakening. I’ve been doing intense healing work for years with much progress. The immense suffering laid my soul bare and through that, I learned to recognize and heal my shadows and trauma. I’m obviously still learning and it’s that information that keeps me going on low days like today. I do know it’s all divine even when I don’t understand it.
Sorry for your loss. He must be so incredibly proud of you for all your healing. Watching from above. Thats the greatest gift u can give him and yourself.
Sending love to your heart and soul. May u get through it all with ease and grace
I am very sorry to hear about your husband. Same here...lost my husband to illness 4 years ago and since then I feel like I have been waking up from a long dream.... before he passed away I feel like I was sleep walking through my life, unaware of myself or who I am. It has been painful and difficult but I feel very strongly this is a one way journey.
Where did you get help to start to heal?
Sorry for your loss but if you believe in spirituality you'll know he's not gone. He's not far from your reach. As everything else in this world, he's within you.
We are listening you. Keep going. Be strong!! Also, belive that in this world there are people who doesn't know you but care about you.
A lifetime of trauma, tragedy, depression, hurt and pain led me to my awakening. Most of my life I thought God just didn’t like me and that’s why my life was so sad. It was just preparing me for the greatest gift of all, Spiritual Awakening. Hang in there my dear friends, it will happen. Sending love & light to you all. 💜
this really touched me.
thank you. i neee this most
How?
Depression can be paralyzing. But powerful transformation happens when we begin to face difficult emotions and listen to what they have to teach us. They are messengers that let you know when you are out of alignment. Transcending them is the key.
well said
Been a very high achieving and positive person all of my life however have been suffering from depression as long as I can remember. A break up 2 months ago coupled with a hellish level of trauma attachment and depression as a result of my life situation put me on the path to spiritual enlightenment.. I read the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle which changed everything...it took me to be 43 to start to awaken.. Sending everyone lots of positive vibes from Australia! 🇦🇺☀️🌈
May you try his other book a new earth. Its very nice too :)
That book turned my life around too. I still get cycles of depression every now and then but I feel more in control because of that book.
The 2 best books ever
This comment resonates with me so much. So depressed for about 9 years. Had The Power of Now on my bookshelf for months. I wish I’d read it so much sooner. Literally changed my outlook on life overnight. Was a prisoner of fear, now full of faith 🙏🏼. Almost done with A New Earth now. Everyone should read these IMO. The lessons from The Power of Now are what’s enabling me to taper off my anxiety meds. Truly incredible ❤️
@@elissarenae5616 I'd love to be free of the anxiety. Will try reading The Power of Now.
"The spiritually engaged brain vibrates at the frequency of the Earths crust."
whhhew so good.
my brain feels like the earth's crust.
what? leave, pseudoscientific Wretch
demonphoenix42 i bet the statement isn't completely untrue. careful what you call bullshit. even mainstream science recognizes everything is fundamentally connected.
get out of here. There is no place for your negativity here.
@XaticBeatssure
stay in this echo chamber where people only reinforce your beliefs rather then challenge them.
@W Tansey
its skepticism, but look more into what you just said because its extremely vague "even mainstream science recognizes everything is fundamentally connected" in what way are they connected, this is most likely due to us as humans being the only way the universe knows itself. we are born from the materials of stars. that does not equate to spiritualism let alone "Vibrations" having a negative or positive effect in terms of cognitive processes (this "good vibes" thing is a form of social mirroring and practice in empathy to not desire to harsh another persons mood). its just new age bullshit that pisses me off and makes claims with only a rudimentary understanding of the fundamentals you claim to tackle. there is evidence that dictates logical reasoning behind why we were born from stars. but there is no evidence that leads to logical conclusion regarding the existence of a soul.
4 years ago I woke up on Mothers day and immediately thought of my beautiful children, who I miss terribly and began to cry. Just then I heard a duck right outside my window and when I looked I saw her and her 8 little ducklings following behind. I've always thought of them as my Mother's Day gift from the Universe. After hearing your story about a Mother Duck, I'm sure of that now.
Animals,insects and nature signs are often used as messengers,confirmations and answers!
Ms. Lisa Marie, YES!! 🦅🐢🦃🦋🦊
wow!!!!! not a coincidence!!!!
Nicole Davis was it that your children are just not near you because they’ve grown and live other places now?
Your profile picture made me start crying I haven’t cried in a very long time
Adoption is the most lovable way to give love to a child. It’s a beautiful way to balance things in this world 🌎 So many children abandoned and so many parents that can’t be parents. Bless you and your family ❤ always. I have a child, that was announced in a dream of mine, but I didn’t think I could have a biological child because of medical conditions and I could! And everything went fine! She’s an angel and my blessing. And that’s the reason I always saw adoption as a way to offer love and caring to a child. All of us parents (biological or not biological) are blessed. Parenting is a duty that makes us better beings. I personally went through depression before my personal awakening. It was on solitude. I experimented so many things, dark times, and then….I bloomed 🌹 💫 New me. Now I see everything as a gift, as a miracle, as what it really is 💕God bless you all and your families 🙏🏻
So glad to see Psychologist and other western / educated healers sharing about & incorporating Spiritual practices as valid modalities of healing
Indeed! 60% of psychologists do not believe in GOD… once we turn that percentage in the other direction.. we will see a shift in consciousness.
Phycologist lost half of them mental patients themselves 😂🎉😂🎉
She made me cry. Depression is call to a spiritual path. Yes.
when I was deeply depressed and desperately lonely, one night during my sleep a hand placed a sheet of paper right in front of my eyes written on it were the words 'you are not alone, I communicate with you' Another time just before major surgery I was dozing on my sofa full of anxiety and was woken by the distinct feeling of someone kissing my forehead. These signs are always so uplifting.
I believe that is God at work, the God of love. Reaching out when we most need Him, and also there if we truly seek Him. May God continue to bless you.
Hello how are you doing?
Oh wow ❤
It was because of my depression, anxiety, and suffering that I went to find answers. I went into spirituality. And eventually, I went to Source (Creator, God, whatever you want to call it). My depression and anxiety come back from time to time, but now I feel like I'm not alone. That whatever happens, I can get through it.
As well for me. Sometimes things get so hard when anxiety tries to take over. Ive been trying my best to beat this. Meditating everyday has helped.
Once when I was feeling very low a person told me “you don’t pray enough, pray and and God will listen”. At the time I thought that was some kind of religious babbling....I’m not a religious person myself but now I know it was true. The spiritual world is there to help us, but we have to ask! If we don’t ask it doesn’t happen because we have free will, they need to know what we want in order to help. Ask and it will come and yes, that person was right, I wasn’t praying enough. I wasn’t asking so how they could possibly help me?
My anxiety leads to depression cause very hard pain..I'm going through this phase...trying to overcome with the help meditation.
For me too
Interesting and comforting comment. So do you feel you received help after praying, and in what ways (if you don't mind elaborating)? 👍
I'm 6 years late to this video but it found me at the exact point in time when it most resonates with me. I went through a heavy depression this year but it was also the most transformative year of my life and I will be forever grateful for it.
Oh my gosh do I relate to this comment! It’s been one of the most emotional turbulent years of my life, but unlike the time before, this time I knew the cause: I was living extremely inauthentically.
I now feel more myself than ever 💓 I’m still feeling strong emotions but the past week since I finally stopped trying to force things to happen and surrendered to the Universe, I feel somehow calmer.
I appreciated this talk a lot 💚💚
I heard this talk when it first came out but It’s finally making sense to me now that I feel isolated and alone there seems to be a time for everything and once we take the focus off ourselves we are left with the truth that life is not about us and our pursuit of happiness as Hollywood would like us to believe, the truth is something we are constantly searching for, I say this because I had everything and I lost everything not once not twice but multiple times as thought a deep voice is trying to tell me “let it all go” and when you do you feel this sense of peace
she is very good at speech, the technique of pausing in between - to get the deeper meaning - behind what she speaks about. I've never seen anyone do it so well actually, something to learn frm.
Aka a pregnant pause. Lmao
She definitely hit home
Mmm yes to me this speaks to her faith and self confidence
@@christinelaloba8869 poignant. bruh lmao
I went through a period of time where I thought I was in hell. I found my dad blue on his bed and performed CPR but he passed; I graduated college high honors no one would hire me; my ex left for a married woman at his job; my dog died 3 months after dad; mom used me as a crutch to do everything and began early stages of Alzheimer's. I went to the doctor and he wanted to give me depression meds. I told him I am depressed because any sane person should be depressed bearing what I am bearing right now. I said if I came to you happy go lucky and thought life was swell with the nonstop tragedy it is then I hope you would medicate me. I was depressed because I darn well should have been!
I love this!
Its almost like if a person is feeling down or is thinking negative then its "bad" ..."we need meds"... without these "bad" times we would never know our "good" times. Why do we want or need everything to be perfect??? Can you imagine how boring that would be!
Power comment! Especially the last line! I respect & honor you. I am grateful you expressed yourself here! Thank you! I can now see that being depressed in the face of grief and tumultuous change indicates that I am alive and filled with power, love and caring... If my heart & mind were closed, I'd be numb & 'happy', but no! I am open to life! There is nothing wrong with me being in depression right now!
Check me out 🥺 I’d love to help you on your journey. I’m really reaching out. I love you stay safe and positive 🔮 Terry Smith
But what if the depression never wants to let up?
With all you had going on, you were called to remind him that not all is meant to be "cured" with pills or potions or procedures. Peace
Iv had depression and suicidal thoughts since I was 13, I'm 26 now, I know in the future I will come to the end of it, it just takes time, depression can last for a day or it can last for a lifetime. I love that she opened the door out of her depression, and experienced freedom in the light.
I am so thankful that you’re here
Your presence is a grace to us. Decades of life and philosophy and religion (I am a Catholic) have gifted me with great confidence in our loving God who is closer to us than we are to ourselves. You were known and loved before the stars were formed whose dust has formed your body. Your free will and mind that can do non material things like work with numbers and logic and value, prove you are a spiritual being as are we all, with a material side, not a material being with a spiritual side as some sage once said. May God bless you.
Love and light
hi, idk why but i felt the urge to write to you, are u okay? i hope you are founding the key to free yourself, im 18 and in suffering since 11, now my emotions are taking so much power on me and i finally start a professional journey with a therapist, i advise you to do the same, trust me do it even if i know we never want to try this, idk if this resonate to u but my words comes naturally ❤️
This is the video of the day for me. Very inspiring. Just wanted to add from myself, that depression comes with dissatisfactions and illusional expectations, and it takes away the gratitude from us. Like a thief. Until we completely forget how to be grateful. And so the first step out of it is to realise that and start counting your blessings and be greatful for those.
Just want to say, it’s a really brilliant insight, depression makes us focus on what we’re lacking which you term them as dissatisfaction and illusional expectations and gratitude helps us to cherish what is in the present moment, and they are real for us. It’s easy to say but it takes time to make the shift, it’s a process
I discovered this very thing this year. When I am depressed, or feel the darkness coming down, I focus on mentally listing all that I'm grateful for... when you live in a state of gratefulness, it is very difficult for the darkness to swallow you.
The duck with the worm? Love comes in many physical forms. Sitting on my front step one day was a rather bedraggled looking little cat. Half her tail was missing. But she had the most beautiful amber eyes you've ever seen. Next to her was a dead mole she had hunted. It was a gift to me, an invitation to friendship. This happened on one of the hardest days of my life. My only daughter was moving three thousand miles away that day, to attend a school. It was a profound message from the Universe. Yes, beautiful daughter no longer needs you. I miss her terribly. But there are others who do need you. Peace, and thanks Lisa for sharing your experiences.
lm sandy beautifully said ..thank you
She will always need you...just in a different way. Just as we grow and evolve as humans, it is the same for nurturing.
Wow, I will soon be in the same position. My daughter is in her senior year of high school and can’t wait to move away to college. She’s more and more distant towards me, and often says how much she can’t wait to leave. It hurts, but I am learning how to get ready for the next phase of my own life.
@@msims1081 no matter how much they hate you, they still need you. you need to be strong spiritually for them and love unconditionally.
I have lived on the lip of insanity,
wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I have been knocking from the inside.
- Rumi
According to my spiritual beliefs, the moment you went to bed as parents, it manifested, and also when you adopted, you let go. This is a message for me to let go too. Wonderful story.
This had me absolutely bawling my eyes out! Starting from the little boy on the documentary 😭 Depression was absolutely my portal into spirituality, I started to really wake up after a long period of being suicidal, being afraid to pick up a knife when putting away dishes or to drive in case I might do something that a small part of me that was still holding on didn't want to do! My life has shifted exponentially over the past 5 or so years in ways I never would have imagined possible back then. Now I have a beautiful boy and another baby on the way with an amazing partner, and I use my experiences to follow my passion of helping people find their way through depression and anxiety. 💖
Thank you for this beautifully delivered speech 🙏
Hi how did you get to this stage. What steps did you take
I'm quite desperate
@@5tendo For me I was in a toxic relationship that needed to end but I was giving chances over and over while being verbally and emotionally abused. So when I finally got out and it became more clear to me how wrong the situation was, I got angry. Anger isn't usually great but it is a step up from depression and numbness. It pushed me. But the anger isn't always necessary either. The biggest things for me were:
1. Reading(/listening to audiobooks) material around self development, especially mindfulness based and CBT. The actual book that was the original catalyst for me was "A New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle. But there are many people out there who are incredible. I am actually doing a challenge right now by Tony Robbins that is free! It started on the 25th but when you join you can join the Facebook group and watch the replays of the days you've missed and will DEFINITELY still get a lot out of it!!! I started today and that's what I'm doing and it is incredible! Along with the reading was just researching to find as much info as I could on the internet and I started to find I had a drive towards learning more the more I realized how potent some of the information out there was, that I never realized was there in the first place.
2. Listening to positive meditations and hypnosis as I fell asleep (reprogramming my subconscious mind without any effort besides pressing play! 👍) I actually create videos now on my channel that I want to use and share them with others, so feel free to check those out but I also have loved listening to RUclips meditation or hypnosis videos by Michael sealey, Brian Scott, and Jason Stephenson, those are probably 3 of the people I listen to most frequently.
3. Finding a purpose bigger than myself. When I learned certain things about how our brains work and what was really going on to make me feel this way and that there was a plethora of info out there to help me understand myself AND heal, I was shocked that I never knew about it, and that I almost ended my life without knowing what could have potentially brought me out of it at that stage. I started to look around more because I wasn't so consumed by my own grief and misery anymore and I noticed how many people didn't know this stuff, and how much it could help them too! And I thought especially of kids and if I had learned it all when I was a kid it could have completely turned the trajectory of my life around. So I felt this fire light in me to share what I had learned with other people so they could have the chances to turn themselves around if they were in a similar place, or even just minor suffering! I have so much information on the details of this but this is already going to be a long enough comment so I won't flood too much on here lol. But I can definitely elaborate! I am actually working on a series of videos teaching some of what I've learned but I don't have it ready yet.
One of the biggest shifts for me though was the realization:
If you think a thought or do something and it feels bad in your body, it is NOT you. You do not have to make negative thoughts or actions that happened through you, MEAN something about WHO YOU ARE! Intrusive thoughts are thoughts that spontaneously jump into your brain and usually are triggered by something you saw on TV or heard someone say at some point throughout your life. Not necessarily something you would agree with according to your values. I feel like there are so many people walking around believing that they are secretly bad inside and afraid to let anyone too close because they "might find out and abandon me".
You are perfect. Exactly as you are. Depression is not who you are. Negative thoughts are not who you are. Negative actions are not who you are. Depression comes from the fire of passion not being stoked, and nothing stokes it more than passion for something where you are having a positive impact on others.
That being said I 1000% recognize that helping others when you're depressed might feel like you're struggling to stay afloat and invite a bunch of other people to pile on top of you. It definitely doesn't have to be a first step. But even a small act of kindness can be enough to create a 1% change in your overall mood. And if you even just maintain one 1% change, think of an airplane in flight. If it maintains a course that is 1% different over a long flight, it is going to end up in a completely different place! And if you keep adding more 1% changes on there with more random acts of kindness or anything that just feels good in a really pure kind of way that service to others does, then think of the impact of that!
Now also when I say maintaining the 1% shift I don't mean not course-correcting back to the original path at all, because you WILL! Autopilot will pull you back and you will have to keep switching to manual override by doing more small manageable things that help you feel that 1% better. It is simply how our brains are wired. But the cool thing is, eventually you will train your autopilot to course correct back to your NEW flight path without the effort of manual override! Our brains are so amazing and there are so many ways to hack and program them just like a computer!
I seriously recommend checking out any of Tony Robbins interviews, especially recent ones with Lewis Howes, and also Andrew Huberman (he's one of my new favorite people to listen to he blows my mind every time I hear him talk), and Wim Hof!!! All three of those people have amazing interviews by Lewis Howes! But even better would be Tony Robbins Breakthrough Challenge 2022. If you google those words you will find how to sign up for it 😄
This is super loaded lol but I am happy to go more into things if you (or anyone reading this) has any questions!🙏🏼💖💖💖💖
@@5tendo Also, I believe it was Jim Carrey who said this (but he might have gotten it from someone else so forgive me if I am wrong)
When you feel depressed, your body is asking for deep-rest.
But depending on circumstances it may be from burnout where you legitimately need to show down and relax. But if it is chronic depression I feel like it is more deep rest from the mental baggage, like maybe from berating yourself about things you have said/ done/ not done/ thought etc, or "shoulding" on yourself and so on.
A basic practice to start right away is to feel your breath as often as you are able, whenever you think of it, even if you have to set alarms for reminders throughout the day, and just notice the sensations as it enters your body (you can choose a specific point or follow it all the way through as it goes in and out), and even focus on making the next breath even more enjoyable, thinking about what type of breath would feel best next, and noticing how it feels when you try it.
This is a foundational Buddhist practice and it is incredibly popular as it is simple yet powerful. I actually just recently uploaded a guided meditation using this technique on my channel as well but there are lots out there I'm sure too 😊
And just remember to be so so gentle with yourself. There is nothing "wrong" with you. This feeling will not last forever. Your life CAN be better than you ever imagined it.
Sending you so much love 😊💖🙏🏼
Did you feel like you couldn't recognize yourself when the depression started?
@@ashleyriosrizo yes, when it worsened.
Realistically I have been in some level of depression on and off since I was a child. But it does feel like there are very different people inside of me at times. Like at some times my ego is in control and is stuck in fear (fight/flight/survival mode) or depression and feeling hopeless about everything and can only see negative, and other times my true deeper self is in control and I feel empowered and joyful and see possibility and positive angles more easily.
Cold showers have been a godsend, and I find exercise and meditation to be necessities to keep me balanced. Along with what I have written in my previous comments and replies on this thread. 😊
But yes when it worsened I was also in an abusive relationship (as mentioned above) and I found myself drinking quite a bit to be able to tolerate the relationship, and he was always trying to make me more "girly" so I did change the way I dressed a fair bit as well. So those aspects were definitely factors but I did notice myself slipping into the more un-empowered and "negative" aspects of myself and losing sight of any dreams and hopes I previously held for the future, as I believed they were silly and impossible for me. I still definitely have times where I think "what was I thinking? Who do I think I am to try something like this? Someone like ME could never do this!" But those are old limiting beliefs that come up when I'm pushing up against an edge I haven't fully crossed before, so I know how to recognize them more easily and am better at not being held back by them for as long, giving myself some time to be afraid if I need to, regrouping and getting back to it. 😊
And everything I said in my previous comments applies to you as well! You are perfect. Exactly as you are!!! 😊🥰💖 and there is good waiting in your future for you, if you are open to clearing away the blocks that are keeping it at a distance. 💖
Could not have kids either; wanted to adopt - first husband left. That was 25 or so years ago - no children ever came. Remarried - still no children and guess what - life has been just fine without children. Been depressed on and off for years - thank God for medication - it helped lift the veil during the darkest depressive states. Eventually, you learn that life is not really about getting what you want - it's more about wanting what you get. An acceptance that this is not a fairy tale - this is life and it's about all kinds of loss - especially as you age. I am thankful for all the unanswered prayers - I definitely wish at times that I could have gotten one or two things I wanted that didn't happen - but I channeled my loss into my job as a teacher and then a school counselor - parented that way. Worked for me and thank God met a wonderful husband who did not care if I was infertile.
Acceptance Is So hard at times and we all have our own desires for example mine was a house move something I had wanted to happen for 6 years when it happened it turned out to be the worst mistake of my life and I have been depressed ever since, some days are unbearable, that one final piece of the jigsaw that would have made everything perfect went horribly wrong the wheels fell off my life completely lost all desire to be even the person I used to be, it's horrible not being happy anymore but hopefully with time I can recoup my losses and move on properly, until then it's unlikely I will see any light.
I am truly so sorry you are in this place - boy have I been there. I am so sorry and I hope things improve eventually - I've had clinical depression off and on all my life - I'm in a good place now - but I know it can change in a new York minute. I will think of you and pray you come out the other side of the darkness. It is the most painful thing to be there and the worst pain is the fear it will never pass. My last bout was about 5 years long - horrific. But, I did get past it. Lots of work and lots of letting go of how things "should be" . I am no sure why or how it finally lifted - but it did....it is a mysterious illness. I am so sorry you are suffering so much. It's so painful. I hope you have support and help.
Maybe you had a different lesson to learn. Or maybe you had the same lesson to learn, but you did not learn it, so you were not ready to have your prayers answered. This life is about love and about giving, not about controlling things. If we want things for the wrong reasons, God needs to right the reason. God bless you. Hope you found your peace.
Oh you dear honest person, thank you for holding on and serving people as a counselor, had a few counselors in my life and I did not realize that they had problems and pain too. Bless you.
Angie Wilson We each have a different path.
Some of the comments here are stupendously lacking in compassion, empathy and intricate understanding about what it means to be a multi-faceted individual. No wonder the world is in the pitiful state that it is in.
Walk a mile in the shoes of someone who has been hospitalised with clinical depression. Only then will some of you truly understand what it means to live life in a soulless, black abyss.
Humans are not one dimensional. There are many facets to people including the spiritual. A facet that unfortunately is being ignored more and more.
I acknowledge other peoples' opinions. Opinions that are based on their truth through lived experience. Having said that, failing to see the personal integrity with which this woman undeniably speaks - and the message that she is sharing - will continue to render some respondents one dimensional.
I loved this talk, but that's me. Others clearly didn't. That's them. Peace ✌
+Elizabeth S once i went through my spiritual awakening I instinctively stopped reading RUclips comments. They are always filled with such closed mindedness, and hatred. How anyone can watch inspiring videos and hear such beautiful words and respond with hate, is beyond me
alexandra s I agree. Reading negative comments sucks the pleasure out of watching a video that can be potentially life-changing. These days I'm very selective in what I read. It really is a shame that so many people continue to be so closed-minded.
+Elizabeth S Agree Elizabeth, it was a very special video for those in need. XX
+Elizabeth S Well said, Elizabeth
I agree wholeheartedly.
I am also on a spiritual journey. I’m currently practicing sewing on random pieces of cloth, because I want to be able to sew patches onto my backpack and jackets, and it’s a relaxing and satisfying hobby for me, while listening to this.
I sewed a heart pattern without even trying or noticing until I was done. Synchronicities are real. ❤️
I've been struggling with depression for so long with no way out which just seems to be getting worse until a few weeks ago where I finally connected to my spiritually calling/path and now there is so much hope. I can never be enough grateful for the universe for sending me all these signs and finally finding my place in the world.
Hi how are you doing now?
The mother duck felt Resonance with her pain.
No bribes
That duck really caught my feels man.
Seeing depression as a symptom of isolation from one’s soul connection is an important and alternate view. The magic of connection, interpersonal as well as environmental and cosmic is so fundamental to our existence. To live without it is to live as the walking dead.
I am still struggling with depression, off and on my entire life, tons of trauma, this talk is so beautiful and helps. I am so isolated and alone during this pandemic and it hurts emotionally. Good luck to all and God bless. Merry Christmas.
Hello how are you doing?
Love and prayers to you.🙏♥️
I feel your pain. I am going through the same.
Sending love ❤️. You are not alone!
I’ve watched a ton of TED talks on depression looking for help and understanding of depression. I’ve never felt more whole after a talk the way I have after this talk. Thank You so much for this video it has shifted a part of my heart.
xxx
Wow this was just the most beautiful spiritual awakening story I've heard to date. I favored it and I will listen to it again & again. I feel a new door is opening for me!
It's Tabaitha
Currently going through dark night of soul, I m 26 now and years of depression has paved the way for my spiritual awakening!! Luved the way u explained it mam!!
28 in a few days and I was diagnosed in 2017..I feel you. Sending a big hug ❤️
Stay strong. You are young and so get yourself after a big purpose and change the world
I've spent much of my 39 years dealing with depression and little bit anxiety. I've always felt like I was born in the wrong time and was a little different. I question a lot and have a certain intuition about things.
I've recently had another shift in my spiritual awakening. It feels incredible. It's a bit scary to think about tho cuz every single time in my life I've ever felt even half this good it was quickly taken from me. I don't want to let go
8 yrs later, this just changed my life!! “Depression does not have to be an illness”!!! Mercy🙏
Please, always listen to the guidance of your inner voice.
Dear person whoever reading this, we may not know each others but I wish you all the best in life ! Stop blaming yourself, accept things and go forward. Your smile is precious 🥰
All the keys of happiness is in your hands, so open it up 🔓
Do you know how to do that?
Joh 😊❤ GRATITUDE 🙏 and wish the same sweetheart..Stay Blessed 🙌
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
- Jesus.
Paul Jeong Check me out 🥺 I’d love to help you on your journey. I’m really reaching out. I love you stay safe and positive 🔮
That first part, can you elaborate? Poor in spirit? What does that mean
MadMahdTV
This is what Billy Graham said:
We must be humble in our spirits. If you put the word “humble” in place of the word “poor,” you will understand what He meant.
In other words, when we come to God, we must realize our own sin and our spiritual emptiness and poverty. We must not be self-satisfied or proud in our hearts, thinking we don’t really need God. If we are, God cannot bless us. The Bible says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6)." Hope that helps!
If you look up old hebrew/greek definitions of words from the bible you often times get a correct definition. If you look up "fear" in hebrew, it actually means "honor". So when I read the word "fear" in the bible, I know I need to honor God and I feel way better about the Bible.
I like what Eckhart Tolle says about this verse. To be poor in spirit means your spirit carries nothing with it. It has no baggage therefore you are able to see life as it truly is, not through the lens of the world and it’s opinions.
I am 57 years old, and have listened to MANY speakers and beautiful messages in my life. This was one of the best. Having traversed the Dark Night, I know your song of surrender.
OMG I cried my eyes out! The Universe has its own language to talk to us. Very inspiring.
Came back a year after I watched this. Half a year after watching this, I had my spiritual awakening. Been through ups and downs, healing cycles and traumas, finding myself in my own shadow. I am on my way back to myself, my truest, purest, most authentic self. The dark night of depression was my gateway here. Thank you, Dr. Miller
Thanks for sharing your story... I also in my shadow recently and I feel less alone reading this. It's tough but we're getting through!
My spiritual awakening was triggered by my twin flame. Our first contact after 5 years of separation. It began with depression (dark night of the soul) and “anxiety”. I saw my doctor and asked for anti depressants, but they made me feel worse. I got off the anti depressant and one morning I woke up with this amazing realization regarding the purpose of my life and that I needed to get in gear and make some changes. I had been living basically stagnant for years not really progressing, just surviving. I just knew this message was not something I came up with, it came from God. Suddenly I knew that this depression was just a catalyst for this spiritual awakening. After this point I began to go through a kundalini awakening as well. It has been a little over a month of this. I finally am not depressed. I just have an overwhelming urge to become closer to God now. To learn more about spiritually. I was not religious before and not really all that spiritual either. I believed in God and had some loose beliefs about spiritual things but it wasn’t something I spent a lot of time thinking about. Now I’ve been watching and reading about spirituality every moment I have free. I actually quit all social media so I could focus more on this. It has changed my life. It’s been so difficult, but I’m so grateful for it. It feels like I finally have purpose for the first time in my life.
Beautiful! Thank you
Wow! beautiful! wish i could and feel that way
look at everything as a child which needs love
naturesavatar I'll try that one sounds right
Thats right. No matter how old we are we are all still vulnerable little kids inside.
The research she mentions at 12:18 regarding certain people being in tune with the Schumann frequency is very interesting. It makes me wonder if the pineal gland is related to this effect. A friend of mine studied Neuroscience and did his final paper on the pineal gland which I was fortunate to learn from. Besides this organ being anatomically a 3rd eye ball, another interesting quality is that is has a layer of piezoelectric crystal. This would in theory allow it to resonate with electromagnetic energy. So perhaps it's not just a 3rd eye but also a 3rd ear?
lol I know a song that says " you damn near need a 3rd ear to get to the truth" you're the only other person I've heard use that term. lol love it.
and I like to call it the first eye😉
the other 2 are secondary😃
:-)
What's the song??
It's kinda true...
😁 I have a few faves of his.
Have a good one!
soundcloud.com - Wake Up by DT Lamont
Reading all the kind loving comments here, I feel so comfortable and able to trust. People who've been through or going through depression have a special quiet understanding connection. Love and light to you all. I'm going to pray in bed now that we will all use our spirituality. All will be ok all will get better. Sending you all hugs and love ❤ ❤
WOW. I am so moved. loved the part where she said “spiritually awakened brains have the same wavelengths as the earth’s crust” that is so beautiful. That is no coincidence. Just that whole talk was gorgeous. What a beautiful being❤
I love this. My depression was at its worst march '17..it had me literally on the floor because my mind was so in agony my entire body hurt. I had this unexplainable irrational rage inside me despite having 4 beautiful healthy kids and the best husband and as perfect a life i could have. I was in the deepest pit I've ever been in. By july,i woke up one morning and literally felt like a different person. I started to feel God more n more and i started experiencing .so many synchronicities and positive feelings, feeling braver, more confident, and my body literally tingles now. The funny part is when i feel especially"tingly", my kids tell me my skin feels like the softest baby skin , softer than my little 5 yr old, i don't kniw what that meand but its very strange. i may sound crazy to some but now i know God is speaking to all of us a bit louder it seems. There's an urgency and we need to listen
Empathy (a magnet for Narcissists)
When they are in your life, at any level, you absorb their evil and exhaust yourself in the efforts to please the taunting bait requests - to feed their sadist feeding on ALL THE ENERGY YOU EXPEL TO SATISFY THEIR DEMANDS "."
Sound familiar!?!
It is not you -
BOUNDARIES - and enforce them.
💚💚 Felt this one on a deep level 💚.
Yes! Same! And uk wt I did it! ✨❤️
I hope everybody can find the strength!
Depression feels lonely and empty and there’s an underlying sadness all the time. I feel like I can’t trust ppl. I rather be alone than get hurt. I can’t take it anymore.
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My depression lead me to a coma. I wouldn't change that experience for anything in the world. In that few week long coma, I lived for 30 years.
Some of the hallucination was terrifying, but I woke up with 30 years of life experience that I hadn't experienced in "real life". My view of the world had changed. My view of life had changed.
That event kicked off a life of searching. After 20 years I'm still learning but because of that event, I am always open to understanding new things.
Before the coma, I knew the facts that are absolute in this world.
After the coma, I knew that there aren't any facts that are absolute in this world.
The coma was like a gestation period of a human fetus. As I awoke, I was reborn. I had the same body but there was nothing in my interpretation of reality that was the same.
I am so thankful for that experience.
I still suffer from severe clinical depression but it is more like the great depression that America went through. It is like my bodies economy is depressed. It comes with intense lethargy and extreme bodily fatigue. Moving is like walking through neck deep water while wearing clothes and shoes. Everything about my body experiences resistance.
My moments of severe depression are a gift that usually lead me to answers that bring clarity and hope. I use the depression to question things. I ask for guidance. When the new concept is at least temporarily understood I am free to look deeper at it. This usually leads me to further understanding and so on, the cycle repeats.
IMPORTANT ~ Please don't think that going in to a coma is the answer to finding answers. An extreme overdose is often the doorway to never waking up and your families doorway to extreme grief and a life of sadness.
I now believe that that state of understanding can be achieved by asking for answers before you go to bed. The answers come during our spiritual adventure when we cross over during a dream state. I often have no idea what my dreams were about while still waking with the answers that take me to the next question.
Seek wisdom but do it safely. Please remember that some psychedelics like psilocybin may guide you to the right questions but they can also guide you to walking out into traffic, or worse. Please seek wisdom under safe conditions and don't be afraid to ask a sober friend to stay with you to keep the car keys out of your hands. The other side can be confusing and hard to immediately understand. This can lead to poor choices before you have had time to reflect on the meaning of those experiences. A sober friend can be the buffer that you need to get to sobriety and safety where the new concepts can be processed.
My posts seldom end the way that I expected them to end. Take this post as a concept, not an attempt to teach.
"Depression is core to our developement". Interesting and optimistic way to look at those hollow moments.
I can totally relate to this speaker's experience. Spirituality, as elusive as it may appear to people, is the real force in human life. Without this awakening, people are living corpse. Interestingly, just like this speaker, the awakening often comes from sufferings and adversity.
"It hurts so much to not be loved." A very profound feeling.
God Loves You that’s all it matters Bless you 💕
Agreed! I’ve been feeling that for a very long time. But I think that’s what my brain is TELLING me...and I have been taking it as truth. It’s not. I am love itself. Tough to shut that brain up, though!
It feels, to me, as though God is on vacation.
@@Niecy1001 Hello how are you doing?
@@munecahermosaddios1286 Hello how are you doing?
This is a stimulation we live in. Detachment is the #1 advise for spiritual awakening which is the main goal of any religion, belief system or existential philosophy. And, agony is the only way to reach detachment, especially the detachment from perfectionism. The purpose of this game is to find the beauty in broken, to love the defective, see the virtue in vicious, pull out transcendence in pharisaic, etc.
Not one of the most “professional” talks I’ve heard…, but honestly, from me, one of the most inspired and human and meaningful and raw and personal and intelligent and experienced and LOVING sentiments/“talks” I remember hearing. Thank you
Ive known MANY people without children who had amazing lives and conversely MANY parents who were miserable because of their kids (and vice versa)
A SECOND "AMEN"
This story is an “Angel guide” towards my journey to that door made of light.
One step at a time.
Such a pleasant change from bible-thumpers blethering on and loving the sound of their own voices. This lady tells a beautiful inspiring story of coming through seemingly desolate depression to something life-affirming and she does so with integrity, sensitivity and love. Wouldn't we all want such a mum. Love, Allan x
so profound, "PARENTING IS LOVE", I totally agree, parenting is more than just giving birth or blood, it is indeed LOVE
I also found my spiritual path through my suffering. What an amazing presentation!
❤ believe me Lisa you are promoting your studies in a true level and decree no other psychiatrist I've heard in my 30 years of sad life ❤ l love you asy my mother ❤
The death of Love, 081818, dropped me into a severe depression ... he was buried in cemetery plot 222... after months of synchronicities and weird happenings... I realized I was going thru an awakening. I regained him as a guide and found Source, and my ancestors 💞
I needed to hear all that! We are going though the same thing! 4 years of pills, one surgery, tons of money .. we are wrecked! "Would you adopt if you are pregnant?" - I thought "No." I asked myself whether I could love an adopted child as my own... I started to question the importance of having a child but this only brought more emptiness. Thank you, Lisa! Now I know - one should find one's spiritual path firs. What make us human, our connection to all living things and our planet. God, Mother Earth, Nature. Whatever the name of that great force is, the first step towards the light behind the door is being in peace with the great spirit.
Through Buddhism I learned to go through life trying to embrace people with kindness and understanding so looking at others like they've all had suffered made me feel differently when someone was difficult like I've never walked in their shoes I only know happiness because I've suffered but now I try to tame my own thoughts change my own channel and nobody can take my happiness away .
I am battling with depression. I feel like I'm working through it. I have happier days, more joy than I did, and interest in things I once didn't. I stood out on my porch the other day and asked for Universe to come back into my life and heard: "You're not ready yet." I shall wait and watch for my spiritual awakening.
As someone who has suffered from depression twice, this deeply sincere and emotional talk truly resonated with me. The one thing that helped me trudge through those swampy waters was love -the unconditional love I received from my family and my friends, the love I had to give back to them and to others. For me that was the light on the other side of the door, that light on the edge of the swamp. I can't say now I'm spiritually elevated. What I can say is I've been there, I know how much it hurts, and I don't wanna go back.
Be there for those you love when they most need you.
I been with depression, anxiety many years...many places..
Lost 3 different homes in different others places ...well decorated I'm a interior decorator...I has it all..
Lost friends, family still..
Lost girlfriends...
Been homeless 3 times in roughly places,crazy citys...
Many years ago started my journey as a loner person ...I find my truly self....no professional help
No medication just all by me...
And nature,God,places many situations many people.....
Until you touch the ground
Believe me you grounded!
You cry out loud sobbed
...no more instability emotional
No more instability in life
Decided Seattle down ....
In one place....
Not much friends ..(want to keep.that way)
No girlfriend..only God knows ..and the destiny....
The only thing I dont lost is hope
And faith🙏⛰🌲💪
WOW! That was one of the best Ted Talks EVER! Thank you!
What a beautiful share! Thank you. I was adopted as a toddler. I was blessed with a good family. When you said the hand in the darkness is the hand that brings you to other side of ligh was awesome. I'm bi polar so depression is a frequent reality for me.loved the story of your spiritual journey. I'm going through a journey now. People like you make hope an actual possibilty. Thanks again!!!
I agree with Suzannah - the presence is always there - Faith is what got me through those darkest times and each time I came back into the light something changed. I learned to see both depression and anxiety as transitions.
Hello beautiful friend how are you doing?
True. Makes a lot of sense. It’s hard when you’re in that state though especially. Once I was free of the torment I saw that it happened for such deepened reasons. Sure was beautiful ❤️
I will remember this story for my own healing.
The Knock,
When you hear the knock
Will you hear the invitation
Will you open the door in fascination
Will you rush to meet your destiny
Will you cry take all of me
Will you leave shards of depression behind
Will you discard this temporal time
Or
Will you fear the other side
Will you let the opportunity slide
Will you cry big bad wolf
Will you hear a deadly horseman's hoof
Will you pull the bed clothes tight
Will you tremble in the night
Will you wont you
Its up to you
Whether you go through
But fear not the knock upon the door
On the other side there is always more
+James Laing-Smith Did you write this? The reason I'm asking is because I am moved by it and would like to copy and paste it to my desktop so that I can read it when I wish to. I don't want to do that without your permission.
+James Laing-Smith walls
I'm conscious of inadequacies I've never known before
a fight for objectivity in a room without a door
at first the bout with' no way out' close to panics me ;but
round again, “you can't get in” lends security.
Though briefly entertaining from somewheres eeks the fear,
this space still needs maintaining, least I go mad in here.
The echo of my laughter bounces 'round my mind
if shelter's all you're after, shelters' all you'll find
Jr
Bless
To everyone spiritual out there and believes that there is more to us than this physical body i wanna give you a hug because YOU DESERVE IT BABY
This was so beautiful. It reminds me a little of my pregnancy journey but my guides and messengers came in the form of white butterflies.
as soon as this speech started, i just knew that the story was going to end with a MIRACLE BABY. is there anyone who watched this who didn't see that coming a mile away?
it's so easy to say how great the spiritual life is when you get what you want. that's using a child's mindset.
lol uhhhm..
No it means you are clarvoyent and have wasted your gift secondary to jealousies. Let others have thier happiness and one day others will let you have yours.
woooooooosh
This was so beautiful and had me in tears by the end. Bless you and everyone else who has gone through depression- I pray you all find Light, transformation, your path and your true selves.
Oh wow thats so powerful.
Having been through the traumatic journey of IVF, I could so related to her pain and depression.
But I was blessed, it worked for me, however, I have long wanted to adopt a child who needed love, a child, similar to the little boy she described, but it never happened that way.
I was able to have my children finally, and now, I"m a bit past that stage of my life, but in my heart, the desire still remains, because being a parent, a Mother, is the most beautiful thing in the world.
Lisa is a true blessing that has opened my eyes to the other side of the depression that inevitably comes with the spiritual awakening, and is so often very isolating from the others not yet awakened.
Bless her and her family
Depression, which was increasingly getting worse year after year, almost killed me. But when I finally was able to emerge from that deep, dark abyss I understood that in order to continue living, a part of me had to die.
I think sometimes people hold onto an idea too hard, it’s ok to have what you want in the life and it’s ok to not have something you want in your life… I am 44, never married, can’t have a kid, I started 4 IVFs with my ex when I was 38 and they didn’t work out, we broke up because he wanted to have kids even though after two years and he is now 48, he still doesn’t have a kid yet… I later believe that I maybe a starseed, i started wakening, I am untraditional and I don’t always believe some things that I was told or taught. I started believing that this is my life path I was given, a path of no child because in this life, it is not meant for me to have a child for whatever reasons… the universe has its own reasons and answers… just let it go, free yourself you will be much happier😅 there are so much things we can do in this world beside having kids 😊
She was so raw and vulnerable with her heart wide open while she shared and educated us. Amazing! 🥰
I hit bottom on the weekend before Jan 9th 2012. I was either going to end it all or get help and find healing. My puppy walked in on me as I was holding a full bottle of Vicodin and his presence and the way he looked at me made me put the bottle down and I surrendered. I wept for a while in my bathroom floor and held him. Then I took 2 Vicodin to make myself go to sleep with the intention of tomorrow being the first day of my new life, and it was. I’ve been sober for 11 years (since), and my entire life has changed as I worked hard Uber the first few years to heal. I’ve had so many spiritual awakenings and experiences since then- incredible stuff that most won’t even believe. It never would have happened if not for the difficulties I had to face. So grateful today ❤
Depression led me straight to God and happiness I never would have thought possible followed.
Wow, this had me in tears🥺🥺 So heartfelt and magical. Darkness is the biggest teacher in life, I am forever grateful for it all. You shall pass this too, don’t give up yet. I know you are hurt, trust me I know how it feels. The rabbit hole goes deep. Regardless, wouldn’t be without it. Remember that everything happens for a reason. This is all preparing you for a bigger purpose, brighter days are coming. Stay grateful and positive, you attract what you send out. Love, light and peace to you reading this. You are never truly alone. I love you, and please drink some water. So important to hydrate and rest 🙏🏽🌹 Amen 🕊
400,000 children in foster care in the USA, and millions of children world-wide that could be adopted.
Yes but it takes a special person to adppt
Baby Meeks ю you spelled not egotistical wrong.
My grandfather and mother adopted my mother and her 4 siblings. God bless them
OMG, you didn't understand anything. First of all, read the title for knowing the main topic, second of all, They did adopt, so...at least finish watching before commenting.
TRUTH. My spirituality came after a two year period of stress, depression, anger, shrinking around others, etc. I too had an encounter with a being,.... All feathers and eyes
My perspective is that our life on Earth is about stripping ourselves from expectations, attachments, fears and ultimately resistance. It's about learning to forgive, let go, love unconditionally and trusting we're always divinely guided.
OMG, your talk produced such a yearning inside of me to experience those wondrous moments. I have a friend who lives in that space...knowing that everything is sacred. Whenever we meet and she speaks her language my heart opens and I want to learn it and use it too. Thanks so much for your talk. It was indeed inspirational. Namaste'
Hitting the like button on this talk does not even begin to communicate how awe inspiring this story is
I came to this tonight as I cry tears of broken pain from too many years of abuse and trauma. I have lost everyone I ever loved. I have no real family. I just had spine surgery and I am trying to heal and hold myself together, Tonight I cry. I miss my children so much. I am praying to get back on my feet as I am in an emergency shelter for trafficked victims. I am grateful for a safe place to heal, but I do not know what to do next. Besides look up videos on here to try and seek change. I want to be loved so badly. I want to not be a failure to my children. I pray but I am not sure what else to do. I have to get this sadness out.
I’m happy for you for already taking steps and wanting better for yourself.. you got this dear stranger 🫶🏻
❤ perhaps I can't give you a Nobel but my prayers and love for your ministry will surpass all those.god bless you ❤