The name of God, whispered throughout time, is not what you might expect. It is not a word uttered with the lips, nor a sacred scroll written upon parchment. The true name of God is the signature of the Divine upon our very hearts. Like a seed carries the blueprint of its full potential, so […]
The divine and miraculous stare us in the face every day, if only we allow them to manifest. There are no chance meetings or accidental encounters. God is present in every face-to-face, every encounter, and every conversation you have today. However, God’s presence is often missed, clouded by the noise and filters of our own […]
Meekness is often mistaken for weakness, but it actually stems from inner strength, self-knowledge, and self-control. It’s about having power yet choosing restraint, guided by deeper wisdom. Those who truly inherit the earth see beyond the world’s illusions. They possess a ‘gnosis’, a hidden knowledge, about the true nature of reality. This insight isn’t mere […]
From birth, we are enrolled in the University of Life. A hidden curriculum guides each of our lives. Have you discovered this curriculum at work in your own life? When we do, we can choose to ignore, resist, or surrender to it. A powerful force, an intelligence, works in and around you. It moves with […]
Welcome to afishoutofwater.blog To my fellow travelers, the quietly unraveling, the beautifully undone—this space was made with you in mind. You know who this is for? It’s for the one quietly unraveling in a world that only rewards certainty. The one who feels like they lost the map, only to discover it never quite fit […]
Deep within you lies an incredible source of wisdom – an internal guidance system far more powerful than your conscious mind. This inner guide – your intuition, higher self, or the presence of God – holds insights, ideas, and paths forward that you can’t access through logic alone. Think of those flashes of inspiration that […]
Living too much in my head wasn’t serving me. Back in 2016, I realized there must be a better, more authentic way to understand reality than through the constant chatter of my mind. I longed for a deeper connection – with myself, the world, and something greater. I asked God, the Universe, the Holy Spirit, […]
Time is an illusion. That is not to say it is ‘not real’. Time is an illusion because it is not what it appears to be. Time is how we perceive reality i.e. in sequential linear events. Yet what the mind perceives and translates into your experience as sequential and linear, stretching from the past […]
The questions you have are more important than the answers because that is where your potential is. Trust your questions more than your answers. Question some of your conclusions and lean more into the unknown. Adyashanti We are susceptible to accepting certain answers because of the comfort and succour they give us. Hence, it ias […]
Faith is informed by what we ‘see’. It is not mental belief in a concept or deity, nor is it idle ‘hope’ that things will turn out OK. Faith is an ‘experiential knowing’, that comes from seeing Reality for what it truly is. But not the seeing of the physical eyes or intellect. What I’m […]
Perspective is good for the soul from time to time. Shakespeare is quoted as saying ‘life is a stage, and we are all actors on it’? Perhaps it is time to wake up from the illusion that the drama in our lives really matter. They don’t in the grand scheme of things. ‘Be still and […]
Sometimes our fearful and limited mind perceives and interprets situations we face as being ‘world ending’ or ‘soul crushing’! Despite our best efforts, there seems no way out and no silver linning in the cloud. Depression and anxiety can feel like this too. The darkness, the pain and the anquish is real. But there can […]
If we take a view of life as a battle or quest to get, achieve or overcome SOMETHING or arrive SOMEWHERE, then we place a huge target on our backs for the arrows of pain, suffering, frustration and distraction. However, an alternative approach is to view LIFE AS A JOURNEY with no accidents or mistakes, […]
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩? A life dedicated or solely focused on ‘getting and having’ does not appeal to those who are waking up from slumber. There will 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 you should get, have or secure; someone else who has got […]
Often, we don’t have control over the timing, nature and location of the storms that arise within or around us. However, we can choose to put our lives on hold by focusing on the storm, OR press on regardless by consciously and deliberately focusing on the positives instead. Brolly anyone? Let’s go dancing in the […]