One of my favorite parts of writing is discovering that what I thought was a single idea is actually part of a much larger conversation.
Last week’s piece, When Hearts Don’t Align With Yours, was received with such warmth. Thank you to everyone who read it, shared it, and took the time to write to me. Your reflections reminded me that many of us are learning the same lesson in our own unique ways.
Earlier this week, I also had the privilege of contributing a guest article, When Intention Becomes Magic, to the wonderful Substack publication Modern Mysticism. It’s right up my alley, and I’m deeply grateful for the invitation…and for the generous welcome their readers extended. Then, yesterday, a new YouTube Short, How to Boost Your Intention, became another expression of the very same theme.
Finally, I introduced the last archetype in my initial series. The Emerging Mystic feels especially close to my heart because it reminds me that spiritual growth isn’t an invitation to leave the world behind. It’s an invitation to bring more of who we truly are into it—with awareness, intention, presence, and yes, a little magic.
Whenever the same message arrives through different forms, I pay attention.
As I’ve sat with all of this, I’ve begun to see a thread connecting these pieces that I hadn’t fully recognized while I was writing them.
Last week, I said:
Freedom begins when we stop handing our power to [other people’s] perceptions.
At the time, I believed I was writing about sovereignty.
In the guest essay, I wrote:
An intention embraced by the whole being becomes a living force.
I thought I was writing about intentional magic and manifestation.
Now I’m wondering if these were always pointing toward the same truth: that authenticity, intention, and sovereignty are not separate practices. They are different ways of returning home to ourselves.
I’ve noticed how quickly my own energy can wander.
A difficult conversation.
An unexpected disappointment.
A fear I thought I’d already moved beyond.
Before I know it, my attention has drifted away from what my heart actually intends. My energy is no longer supporting the life I want to create. It’s supporting the story I’m telling myself instead. And it could be just for that moment.
One thing I’ve noticed is that while old stories may lose their grip, new ones patiently wait for an opening. They often sound more believable because they arrive wearing different clothes.
Lately, one simple question has become part of my daily practice:
Where is my energy?
That question has changed more than I expected.
When my energy follows fear, fear grows stronger.
When it follows someone else’s opinion, I slowly hand them authority over my peace.
When it follows an intention rooted in love, presence, creativity, or service, something within me begins to settle. My thoughts become clearer. My choices become simpler. Life feels less like something I have to force and more like something I can participate in with openness.
Authenticity invites me to know what’s true.
Intention invites me to live in alignment with that truth.
Sovereignty invites me to remain there, even when life offers countless reasons to leave it.
Perhaps that is what coherence really feels like.
Not perfection.
Not certainty.
Just the gentle experience of my heart, soul, mind, body, and energy finally moving in the same direction.
I’m still learning what that looks—and feels—like.
Some days I notice my energy wandering several times before lunch. Other days it feels almost effortless to be at home with myself, agenda or not.
Maybe home isn’t a destination after all.
Maybe it’s the place we return to each time we realign our energy with our deepest truth.
Again and again, each return reminds me that home was never somewhere I needed to find.
It was something I was always meant to remember.
Journal Reflection
Where has your energy been flowing lately? What would change if, today, you gently invited it home?
In joy and unity, always.
Related:
Something in You | The Emerging Mystic
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Mark, that simple question, "Where is my energy?", is the key.
And each gentle return, each realignment, is the path itself.
Thank you
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