Art of the Unknown | Spirituality, Healing & Mental Health

No matter how or where we are headed, there comes a time when we need to travel onwards. In this episode, I talk about the one place that I have a difficult time leaving: the past. No matter how much I hate to admit it, the past still has a hold on me because I am affected by past pains and memories. The more I try to move forwards, the harder they pull me backwards because it is clear that I still haven’t dealt with them. Traveling onwards means being honest with ourselves and where we are at before we are able to fully let go and move forward. Understanding how and why we are hurting is just part of the process of moving on so we can eventually get to where we are going.

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Spiritual journeys can take on many forms, for me it is becoming clear that mine is a healing journey and this trip is just more proof of that. Israel had been calling my name very loudly and very clearly for the last month, so I knew that I had to go in that direction. Once I got there, I realized that the energy I was feeling was a source of love, but i didn’t understand why. It wasn’t until I got to the Dead Sea did I realize that the love I was feeling was a reflection and one that I forgot I had. Sometimes we need a mirror to see the things in ourselves we cant see without it, and the Dead Sea was just that.

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In order to live authentically and honestly, we must be able to fully and completely express who are are. In this episode, I talk about creativity and why it is an important part of the spiritual journey. I talk about some creative blocks that I face and what that means on a deeper level. Ultimately, how we express ourselves becomes an indicator of who we are and what is inside of us, even if were not completely aware of its contents.

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In this week’s episode, I talk about Istanbul, Turkey! At this point I have been here for one month and I talk about what the city is like, my overall experience adjusting to it, and some of the political fears I had to face before arrival. I also look at the city from a spiritual perspective and really try to understand the energy of Istanbul and how it has affected me. If I could describe the energy in one word, it would be: Healing.

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Using your intuition is imperative while traveling. In fact, it is the best guide that you can have while in an unknown and foreign place. In this episode, I talk about how to use your intuition, times that I have failed to do so, and lessons I’ve learned while traveling and being lost. This is the second half of the pervious episode.

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What is “spiritual awareness” and how does it relate to traveling? To become aware of something means to be conscious of it and to recognize its existence. When you become spiritually aware, you have a greater understanding and increased perception of what’s going on around you in the non-physical. No matter where in the world you are, your surroundings have an effect on you whether you are conscious of it or not. Using your awareness while traveling isn’t only important in terms of guidance, but it is also necessary in order to find a deeper connection, wherever in the world you end up. (Part 1 of 2)

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Being in the unknown means doing things that you have never done before. In this episode, I reflect on my first month as a “Digital Nomad”. The hardest part about making this adjustment is that I keep acting like what I am doing is a transitional period, even though it’s not. By assuming that I am in a state of limbo, or that right now doesn’t matter because it’s not ultimately where I am going to end up, it takes away the value and the importance of the present moment. It’s almost as though I am trying to arrive somewhere and I forget that I can’t be anywhere else expect where I currently am. By traveling and being on the move, its becoming painfully obvious there is something missing from my life: Balance.

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When traveling to an area, we all look for different things. In this episode, I give a brief summary of what it was like being near the Mediterranean Sea for the first time from an spiritual perspective. I go over what the energy was like, what it did to me, and what I learned from it. Overall, if I could describe the Mediterranean’s energy in one word, it would be receptive.​

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We can’t know the truths about ourselves if we already think we have it figured out. In order to understand who we truly are, we must be willing to let go of the parts of ouresvles that we have been so tightly holding onto, no mattter how much it sucks. In this episode I talk about the importance of traveling inwards, especially to the places you really don’t want to go. The outside world is a reflection of our inner being, so in order to understand the world we must understand the source of its creation: ourselves.

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Throughout time, the concept and understanding of the self has been widely debated by philosophers. What is the self? Do we actually possess a self? If the self is constantly changing and evolving, can it truly be understood? In this episode, I talk about the notion of the self as it relates to travel. I question the idea of traveling in order to find yourself while taking a look at some of the ways travel aids in spiritual growth.

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