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kev_vanderzel
@kev-vanderzel.bsky.social
A recovering perfectionist.

I help creatives design and build a f*cking inspiring life.
https://www.thecrystalcasa.com/stuck
That’s how you move information and self-awareness through your body

(hint: that’s real growth, evolution, and fulfilment).

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Big love!

_kev
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
You aren’t looking for the perfect morning routine, the perfect project to apply yourself, or the perfect alchemical moment of total clarity on the meaning of the universe.

You simply are just taking what you know and moving it through your body into practice and expression.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
You know a lot about yourself, now follow the golden thread of what feels authentic and start applying that knowledge.

It’s going to be messy because life is messy.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Experience reality for a moment less through the lens of your mental stories and more through the lens of body.

Everything you need is already in there, especially with all the information and self-awareness you’ve gathered.

Now, put some of that awareness into everyday practice.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Like all the arts and sciences, there are levels to this shit.

Applied mathematics becomes music and architecture.
Applied self-awareness becomes fulfillment and liberation.

When you become overloaded with information and awareness, step down from your mind and into your body.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I’ve discovered that with 99% of people,
you don’t actually need any more inputs.

Output is the balancing act.

All of that information becomes digested and then becomes some usable form of knowledge that can be applied.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
What you need is not more awareness of your patterns, traumas, and of your true nature.

These are indispensable for your highest becoming, but they are of little use the longer and longer you live your life without integrating and practicing their insights and wisdom once it is digested.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Its like shiny object syndrome but for conscious creatives.

The passion and fire to awaken is strong.

In tending only to fire, we can lose our place in the world.

We can misplace our sense of belonging, and try to ground ourselves that ultimately are not serving us.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Information has brew time required to digest it into wisdom and somethingof true. value.

The problem occurs because we keep adding more information to the various pots of fermentation within our minds that we lose track of which ones are ripe and ready through the inundation of the fresh and new.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
“Ugh, I know this is the pattern and I know exactly why its playing out, but Im still so confused on what to do next and where to apply myself.”

Trust me, I’ve been there plenty of times...

Here's a hard truth for devotees of learning:

More information rarely leads to liberation.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
More awareness does not guarantee more freedom to the contextual circumstances that you are living.

Often, it can have the opposite effect and lead one to feel density through stories of guilt, shame, and inadequacy.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Self-awareness is a product of seeking when times are stagnant, but times of stagnancy are created when self-awareness is not put into practice.

When you feel stuck the ‘logical’ solution seems to be learn more, become more self-aware, and understand more of the ‘problem’ at hand.
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 AM