If you're looking for freedom, real freedom—the kind that cracks open your soul and shows you who you truly are—then you’re going to have to meet yourself. Fully. Brutally honestly. Tenderly.
To know true freedom, you need to know yourself. That’s it. That’s the gateway. That’s self-actualisation. That’s enlightenment— it's not some ideal existence that avoids our human messiness, but the deep inner knowing of who you are, wounds, scars, warts and all.
The beauty of truly knowing yourself, is that you begin to see others more clearly too—because we’re not as different as we think. The ego limits how our stories play out. Even though we have unique experiences, the patterns and behaviours we form around them are the same. So knowing yourself, helps you to know others.
Soul freedom is not some sparkly light switch moment. It’s human work. It’s growing massive self-awareness. It’s brutal, soul-shaking self-honesty. I say brutal because it can hurt to realise we’ve been lying to ourselves. To see the ways we’ve held ourselves back out of fear, or lack of self respect and self love. To confront the shadows we’ve been hiding from and giving our power away to.
I think that it is important to know that when we do get the courage to go into those dark places, we often find that it isn't actually scary at all. What we feared was a monster is just a wounded part of us waiting to be seen and loved. It’s never as grotesque as we imagined. But damn, the fear of looking can feel as terrifying as the worst evil we see out there in the world.
We’re here in these bodies. We are here having a human experience—and if we’re going to be here, let’s make it less tormenting, more freeing. That’s what I mean by soul freedom. It doesn’t drop from the sky. It’s earned through presence, practice, and radical self-responsibility.
My own healing journey started when I was 21—maybe a bit earlier if I’m honest—but consciously at 22. I’ve been at this for 26+ years. It’s not glamorous. It’s not quick. And it’s not about arriving anywhere.
But here's the trap I see too many fall into: treating personal growth like a destination. Like a finish line. We chase a feeling. A state. A resolution. And when it doesn’t arrive how or when we expect it to, we feel deflated. Defeated. Like something’s wrong with us.
Nothing is wrong. Life is non-linear. Healing is non-linear. Growth is not a straight road. It spirals. It deepens. It loops back around.
Nothing stays the same, and nothing is meant to. You can see it in everything, because everything evolves. Your creativity expands. Your voice strengthens. Relationships change. Everything is a constant work in progress with no destination.
The work always sits on your shoulders. No one can do it for you. But the beauty of claiming your own freedom is that you get to choose how you relate to everything that happens to you. You can suffer, or you can surrender. You can resist, or you can flow. And as with all things, it becomes easier with practice, until you become a master.
There’s a quote often attributed to Buddha: “Pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice.” We don’t get to bypass pain in this life. But suffering? That’s tied to perspective. It’s how we relate to our experiences that determines whether we suffer or grow.
The takeaway is this: mastery isn’t a moment. It’s a practice. A continual becoming. The journey doesn’t end. You don’t graduate from it. You live it for as long as you live.
You are the work. And you are the freedom.
To dive deeper you can listen The Sovereign Soul Podcast here.
With love,
Rose
Comments
Post a Comment