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Embracing the Wheel of your Life · Remember Why You Are Here

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  This is the truth of the wheel of one's life:
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  if you can simply embrace where you are,
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  that energy itself is the energy that will help this wheel continue to move.
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  Hello and welcome back to Remember Why You Are Here,
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  a podcast for seekers and sensitives where you can relax, receive,
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  reconnect to yourself and remember the most important thing of all:
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  why you're here. Where I live,
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  we are just entering the time of the fall equinox,
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  and it's one of my favorite times of the year.
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  At all of the equinoxes and the solstices, I go outside.
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  Nowadays, I'm doing it with my daughter.
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  I go outside and I collect flowers and things that are in bloom,
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  bring them to the outdoor altar,
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  and I always love seeing how vivid the colors of these
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  last flowers are. Gathering up the zinnias,
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  the last sunflowers, the anemones in the garden,
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  and just seeing the beauty of this last gasp of color
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  and really deeply appreciating this feeling of the wheel turning
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  yet again.
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  I've always really loved and resonated with this Celtic
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  concept of the Wheel of the Year,
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  this concept that everything moves in the cycle
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  and part of the great celebration of being here on this planet is
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  being willing to slow down enough to feel that shift,
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  to feel that turning. And the fall equinox to me always has such a specific
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  feel to it.
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  I really can feel the shift into the autumn season,
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  the coolness in the air, the crispness,
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  the fading of summer into fall. It's such an invitation,
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  not only deeper into the season, but into self-reflection,
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  into this time of self-reflection of one's own
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  life: where am I in the wheel of my existence,
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  and what might be coming up next?
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  Fall is such a time of nostalgia and reflection and planting
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  seeds literally and figuratively for the future.
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  And so I felt inspired to share this video that I made before I created the
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  podcast called The Wheel of One's Life, and I never got around to sharing it,
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  so I was excited about sharing it now as one of our
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  episodes. So in this episode,
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  we're going to touch on what the wheel of one's life is,
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  how to be aware of where you are in the wheel of your life,
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  what that means, and how, when we can orient to that,
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  we can then know what might be coming up next.
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  So cozy up as we step into autumn and step into this
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  understanding of the wheel of our own lives.
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  We all have seasons in our lives, times that we're up or down,
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  in the depths of winter, or in the height of summer. In the Celtic tradition,
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  we call this the Wheel of the Year or the Wheel of one's life.
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  And the truth is, just by embracing the wheel of your life,
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  this is how you find your center,
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  and this video is a guide to help you understand where you are in your life,
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  what season you're currently inhabiting in your life,
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  and how to graduate to the next phase in your life while being able to
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  embrace this moment with peace and wellbeing.
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  Wheels are some of the most ancient symbols on earth.
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  Pictographs of wheels going back thousands of years were often thought to depict
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  the sun or a sun calendar.
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  The image of a wheel also figures prominently in many world religions.
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  For example, in Buddhism, there's the wheel of Dharma,
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  which both symbolizes the wheel of samsara, of birth and rebirth,
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  but also this concept of rapid spiritual change.
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  Being able to go with this wheel,
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  to experience the power of birth and rebirth,
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  and to ultimately transcend the wheel altogether.
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  This is called coming to the center of one's wheel.
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  There's also a wheel that figures in the Bible.
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  Ezekiel refers to this enigmatic, heavenly, wheel within the wheel,
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  representing perhaps among other things, the universe and our place within it.
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  The wheel is also a symbol in the traditional Waite-Rider tarot deck.
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  So the wheel closes out the journey of the Major Arcana,
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  and it is about the ending of one journey,
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  and the beginning of another.
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  Wheels have ancient symbology and meaning,
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  and just by connecting into the symbol of the wheel,
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  we can understand our own lifetimes as a wheel.
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  Just like the seasons and the cyclical nature of
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  life, everything in nature moves in this cycle.
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  Everything in your life is on a wheel, a seasonal cycle.
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  So no matter where you are in your life,
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  you can know that wherever you are is temporary,
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  that it is just a part of this wheel, and before you know it,
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  the turn will come and the next phase will arrive.
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  Embracing the seasonality of your life is how you realize that you are
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  never stuck. You are always moving.
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  The next era is always coming into being.
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  It can help to tune into which season you're in now, because just by doing so,
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  you will know which season may be coming up next for you.
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  So wherever you are in your life right now,
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  I invite you to tune into these qualities or characteristics of the four seasons
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  and ask yourself, where are you in the wheel of your life?
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  Perhaps you're in a wintertime.
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  Are you in a time where things feel like they're dissolving,
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  where things are fallow, stuff isn't happening, you aren't going out,
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  things are slowed down.
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  This can be a time where depression is taking center stage or there's a lack.
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  This is a winter of one's life and winter can be potent.
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  Winter can be where we perceive the otherworld.
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  It can be where we do the repair work necessary to be ready for the next phase
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  of our life, which is spring.
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  Are you in a moment where it feels like you're being bombarded by newness,
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  where you feel vulnerable, unsure,
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  where you feel naive or youthful-like you're starting out and you're not sure
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  what you're doing and the intensity of that vulnerability can be overwhelming?
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  You're probably in a spring of your life.
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  You're probably in a time where you're beginning something entirely new.
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  You're not going to feel like a beginner forever, but this is a potent moment.
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  This is a moment where all the new seeds of your life are getting planted.
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  Maybe you're in a summer moment.
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  Are you in a time where everything just feels like it's totally at its height?
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  Like you can't take on anymore? The busyness is just at its peak.
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  Maybe you have a lot going on,
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  you feel like you can't keep up with your to-do list. This is a summer time.
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  This is a time of fire, of movement, of fullness,
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  and this has its own beauty as well.
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  There's only so much that we can reach our peak of busyness before things start
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  to wane again. And you are setting so much in motion right now.
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  You are setting the foundations so that you can be ready for fall.
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  Maybe you're in a fall moment of your life,
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  a moment where it feels like everything is up in the air,
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  things are ending,
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  but you don't know what's going to happen on the other side of that ending.
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  Where things are starting to wane or disappear or transform or
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  change before your eyes.
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  Maybe you're in a time where you're really having to let go,
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  let go of a job or let go of a partnership.
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  Fall is a time of deep transition, but it's important,
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  because this is how we prepare for the winter.
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  We prepare for a time where our spirit can come back into stillness and
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  peace and reconnect to an essential part of ourselves.
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  So which season are you in in your life right now?
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  I'd love to hear in the comment section below: Are you in a winter?
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  Are you in a spring, a summer or a fall?
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  And when you can embrace that,
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  can you see how you are being prepared for the next journey in your life?
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  Because this is the truth of the wheel of one's life. It always turns.
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  You're never stuck, you're never stagnant.
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  If you can simply embrace where you are,
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  that energy itself is the energy that will help this wheel continue to move.
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  And at the end of the day,
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  what we really want is to be able to sit at the center of this wheel no matter
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  where we are in our life, to sit at the center and observe,
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  to embrace what is happening now,
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  to embrace the power of this moment because this is where the change happens.
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  So how do we do this? Well,
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  the first thing is to really step into your observer mind:
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  Can you step out of this situation and look at it from an outside perspective?
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  Can you watch your own mind?
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  This is where meditation practice comes in and is very helpful.
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  Can you take at least five minutes every day to just watch the patterns that
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  your mind goes into,
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  to watch what you think about when you have a moment of quietude,
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  maybe to watch what judgments you go to about yourself or about the world?
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  This is all training yourself how to sit at the center of that wheel and
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  observe your life. And that observation is what will help that wheel to move.
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  Having a gratitude practice can also really help you step into this
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  observational mode and help this wheel to move.
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  What are you grateful for in your life?
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  What are you grateful for in this season?
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  There's always something to be grateful for in every season.
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  Every season has its hardships and its challenges.
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  But what is it about this season that you can actually find gratitude for,
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  that is maybe bringing something to your life.
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  Taking time at the end of each day to list just a couple things that you're
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  grateful for. Even if it's something as simple as,
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  I'm grateful for this comfy pillow behind me,
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  or I'm grateful for the water that I drank today.
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  I'm grateful for a hot shower.
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  These simple things can help retrain your mind to see the
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  gifts inherent to the stage that you're in. And when we see the gifts,
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  that's when we graduate. And whenever you feel like you're truly stuck,
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  take a moment and remember another time in your life where you felt like you
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  were just going to stay in that season forever.
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  Another time in your life where you felt like you couldn't envision what came
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  next or that you thought you were going to be stuck forever.
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  Think about that time now and then remember what happened when it shifted,
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  when it changed, when the rest of your life came in,
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  when the rest of your life began. Even then when you thought,
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  I'm never going to get past this. I'm going to be stuck here forever,
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  you can look back now and see how it was just a
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  phase. Everything is temporary.
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  The moment that you're in right now is temporary as well.
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  The wheel of one's life continues to turn.
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  And our role is just to get comfortable with that movement,
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  to get comfortable with the cyclical nature of life, and to trust, to know,
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  that when we can step into this role of observing,
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  embracing and accepting that that is the very energy that will help us
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  graduate and step into the next season of our life.
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  The seasons have so much to teach us,
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  and I'm so passionate about connecting with the natural rhythms of the living
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  world in order to tune into that.
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  So if you want more content like this and to stay connected to the living world
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  in a way that really informs your journey and gives you support along the way,
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  I'd love to see you in any of my courses.
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  I have a whole catalog on my website of classes that will help you make these
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  direct connections with the living world and find support,
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  support that will help you tune into your own individual path,
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  the journey that you're on, and the gifts you're here to bring to this world.
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  I also send out videos like these and other forms of support every other week
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  through my newsletter, and I'd love to connect with you there.
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  Once you're on my website,
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  you can sign up with your email and I'll be in your inbox every other week with
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  messages like this and support for your journey.
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  So thank you so much for being here and many blessings on whatever season you're
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  in right now. So after listening to this video,
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  I'm super curious. Where are you in the wheel of your life?
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  If you want to leave me a voice message and let me know,
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  head over to asiasuler.com/remember.
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  I know when I first recorded this video,
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  I felt very much like I was at the end of a long winter in my life.
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  It felt like maybe just the very beginning of spring,
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  like maybe just the snowdrops are up.And now, listening to it now,
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  it's fascinating to see how I am in a different season.
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  I feel now way more so like I am in a summer
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  of my life. And I just think that that's so cool.
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  It's so neat to take this moment to reflect on that.
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  And it's such a good reminder for me that when we take that time to really think
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  on it and reflect on it, it gives us so much feedback and so much support,
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  not only where we are, but how to meet this time,
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  and how to move with grace through the season that we're currently in,
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  and so we can meet what comes next.
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  So wherever you are in the season of your life, may there be beauty.
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  May you be met by everything that you need to
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  walk through this time with wisdom, with courage, with grace,
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  and may it show you and remind you of the most important thing of all,
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  why you're here.