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  • Katia Costa posted an update 2 months ago

    2 months ago (edited)

    A message from pain

    There is a strange comfort in pain. It comes with a script, a role, and an endless list of permissions.
    Don’t change. Don’t risk. Don’t grow. After all, you’ve been hurt.

    But here’s the uncomfortable truth: some people are not afraid of pain. They’re afraid of healing.

    Pain can become useful. It attracts attention.
    It excuses bad behavior.…

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    • Thank you for this deeply impactful post, Katia. Your insights and contributions here on this forum are appreciated more than you know.🙏

      Namaste, my soul sister.♥️♥️

      I think that, along with Connection and Intuition, the subject of Pain and Suffering lies at the heart of spirituality. It certainly does for me. Pain and suffering are certainly…

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    • Katia Costa posted an update 2 months ago

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      Where does our suffering come from?

      Most of our suffering is not born from what happens.

      It’s born from the silent contracts we sign with reality.

      We expect people to understand us without explanation.

      We expect life to follow the timeline we imagined.

      We expect love to behave, effort to be rewarded, healing to be linear.

      Expectation turns possibility into demand.

      And when the world…

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      Awakenpedia, Victoria and Corina(Arashaya) Todoran
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    • Accept people as they are, but place people where they belong.

      Acceptance is often mistaken for unlimited access. But wisdom knows the difference.

      Accepting people as they are means releasing the urge to fix, save, or edit them.
      It is seeing clearly, without denial or fantasy. It is compassion without conditions.

      Placing people where they belong is discernment.
      It is understanding that not everyone is meant…

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      Corina(Arashaya) Todoran and Victoria
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    • Uncomfortable Truths About Family

      Some truths arrive quietly.
      They do not shout, they sit across the table, fold their hands, and wait for us to notice.
      Family is often painted as a safe harbor, but for many it is also the first place we learn confusion, silence, and self editing.

      Not every parent was taught how to love in a way that heals.
      Not every sibling grows with us.

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      Victoria
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    • Katia Costa posted an update 2 months ago

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      🎂 🎈 Celebrate Aging: Proof You’re Still on the Guest List

      We talk about age as if it were a failing score.
      The bigger the number, the smaller the future.
      As though life were a carton of milk and we’re all nervously checking the expiration date.
      That logic is charmingly wrong.

      No one knows how long they will live. The years ahead are not a visible countdown.
      They are an unknown credit. No app, no dashboard,…

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      Victoria
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    • Emotions are an experience. Not an identity.

      Feelings are like pop up notifications.
      Useful.
      Sometimes urgent.
      Often badly timed.

      “I am anxious.” “I am angry.” “I am overwhelmed.”
      Careful. That’s how a temporary emotion gets a permanent job.
      We are not angry. We’re having an anger moment.
      We are not anxious. Our nervous system is just being a bit dramatic today.

      Emotions rise, peak, and leave.

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      Victoria
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    • Katia Costa posted an update 2 months ago

      2 months ago (edited)

      ✨ To your inner bird, who definitely skipped the rulebook ✨

      You are safe to fly.

      And yes, you are also safe to land.
      Not because every branch is OSHA approved.
      Not because the wind sends calendar invites before changing direction.
      But because you can open your wings anytime and take off again.

      You are safe to land, test the branch, tilt your head like a suspicious pigeon, and decide:
      “Cute spot… or…

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      Victoria
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    • When Love Changes Form: Honoring Life Beyond Death

      Death, seen through a spiritual lens, is not an ending but a passage.

      Not a door slammed shut, but one gently opened into a wider room of existence.

      Those who leave us do not vanish. They change form.

      They move from presence we can touch to presence we can feel.

      From voices we hear to guidance we sense.

      From shared time to shared essence.

      Grief…

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      Victoria
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    • Katia Costa posted an update 3 months ago

      3 months ago (edited)

      Outsourcing Happiness Inc. Is Closed 😄

      Somewhere along the way, many of us tried to hire other people to do the job of our happiness.

      Partners, parents, bosses, coworkers, even that stranger on social media with the perfect morning routine.
      Spoiler alert: none of them accepted the contract.

      Every time we hand over the remote control of our joy, we act surprised when the channel makes…

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      Seb Busz and Victoria
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      • Thank you, Katia; this is tremendously helpful to me right now, and puts things in perspective.🙏 You are absolutely correct, and I thank you for reminding me of what I already knew: not to look to others for happiness, even in my spiritual life.

        This has been a particularly painful week and I am grateful for your post.

        Namaste, my beautiful…

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    • Katia Costa posted an update 3 months ago

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      Today's message to you

      The energy you vibe on ripples outward, touching everything around you.

      Find the rhythm that feels true, and the Universe steps in, taps its foot, and invites you to dance to your favorite beat.

      We’re the DJs of our own reality.

      So choose the track with care… then turn it up and enjoy the dance. 💃🌍

      “We got love with our feet on the ground” – watch… Read more

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      Victoria
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    • When Your Nervous System Finally Gets the Memo 🦉✨

      There is a quiet wisdom in relaxation. 🦉

      Not lazy. Not distracted. Regulated.

      When we tell ourselves to “think positive” but our nervous system is still braced for impact, the body does not follow the mind.

      Growth does not happen there. Alignment does not happen there.

      Relaxation is not a pause from the path. It is the path.

      When the nervous system…

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      Victoria
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    • Katia Costa posted an update 3 months ago

      3 months ago (edited)

      When Life Hands You a Rock... 🪨

      Pain is basically a rock with a personality.
      And like all strong personalities, it gives you options. 😄🪨

      Option 1️⃣: Suffer.

      Lie dramatically next to the rock. Become one with the floor. Bonus points if you narrate your life as a tragic movie trailer.

      Option 2️⃣: Drag it along.

      You keep going, but now your life sounds like scrrrrrape. Same goals,…

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      Corina(Arashaya) Todoran and Victoria
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    • You Have Always Been Enough

      Accepting yourself is tough because the world has been running a decades-long training program called “Here’s Who You Should Be Instead.” 📚✨

      From day one, the syllabus was relentless: Be better. Be quieter. Be louder. Be thinner. Be stronger. Be successful. Be humble about being successful. Bonus points if you figure it all out by Monday.

      And…

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      Victoria
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