Living an Integrated Life – It’s About the Allness

I recently returned from a training in London for a course called Awakeners, and it was one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had.

I felt this shift take place in London, and my level of non-attachment went up when the illusion of anything being outside of me dropped. I just sat in this wonderful feeling of peace and love. I still walked around, went to my training, and talked to people. I just realized that life can happen on the canvas that I am creating, and I can enjoy this when I trust my inner knowing.

Integration Begins

Now, as that experience settles and integrates into my life and my current situation, something deeper is emerging that I feel called to share.

It’s not about being enlightened or “awake” or achieving some state on the level of form. It’s about living the way we were always meant to live, aligned with who we truly are, before we started collecting layers of conditioning from the world.

The Dance Between Being and Doing

Living in an integrated way means that the background becomes the foreground, and the foreground softens into the background. It’s a gentle dance between being and doing.

Put simply, I place my attention on being settled, and then live from that place.

Remembering Who You Are

This is how we were born. Before the stories. Before the striving. Before we thought we had to become something more. And the beautiful truth is, we can gently release all those layers we've picked up. Or rather, we can see that there’s nothing we actually need to release, only the thought that we do.

You are already that joyful, exploring toddler, the one who finds magic in the ordinary, delight in the simple act of taking a step.

The Ease of Living From Presence

And when you live from that space, life feels different. More easeful. More aligned with what you truly want. Though even your desires might shift as you settle into yourself.

Living in an integrated way doesn’t mean you never get stuck, or think unhelpful thoughts, or feel uncomfortable emotions. It doesn’t mean everything is always peaceful or perfect.

When Life Throws You a Curveball

In fact, after walking the streets of London, I was so present, I felt like I could float away. Strangers became loved ones, and I felt one with my fellow training participants. It was so lovely, beyond description. Until I realized my credit card was missing, and realized it must've slipped out of my jacket pocket. Focusing on being in the training after that was interesting. I found my brain kept flashing pictures of what I “should do”: go search the streets, call and cancel the card, check the place I was staying.

And yet, and yet, a part of me stayed clear. A part of me, albeit a tiny part, remained focused on the new background, being completely still and focusing on that feeling of non-duality. And when I did, I was able to integrate. Meaning, letting life unfold around me and just watching it.

The Peaceful Operating System

Meaning, live in a state of peace as my operating system, and remember that what happens in the “apps” of my life are constant and ever-changing. I can play with them, close them, delete them, or just watch them.

It means understanding that all of it, the highs and lows, the clarity and confusion, the joy and the discomfort, is part of the Allness. It’s all included. Even the stuff we try to avoid.

Embracing the Allness

Sit with that for a moment, even the parts we resist are still part of the whole. Part of your experience. Part of your beautifully imperfect, mind-made movie.

And when you really see that, you can sit back a little. Breathe. Relax. Enjoy the show.

Let Life Unfold

Because life, when lived from integration, doesn’t require you to fix, force, or figure it all out. It invites you to trust, to rest, and to allow the next moment to arise naturally, in its own time.

And from that place, that soft, steady place of inner integration, wonderful things unfold.