FLAWS
Dearest Seekers,
Your flaws are leading you.
I know this because I’m an artist. My process is built on create and destroy. I have stood in front of a painting that I have destroyed and wrecked and brought back to life many times over... I have cried at what I’ve lost occasionally. And then I’ve had to start again.
That cycle isn’t a failure of technique. It’s the creative process, the way we learn and grow. It’s the only way anything true gets made. That’s how I’ve come to see human flaws. Not as problems to fix. As the texture of a life being lived and the way we are designed…
So when I see teachers on social media building their authority on the cracks in someone else's foundation, it concerns me. Because it misses the whole point. Here's what I know about the Wheel of Fortune: what is up goes down. What is down goes up. We all take our turn. Every single one of us.
I am a flawed human. Not occasionally. Daily. By design. And I want to lead from that place. Because I want to live in a world of forgiveness, redemption and give myself the leeway to ff up now and then. Not a world where we perform our wholeness and quietly dismantle everyone else’s.
The truth is, the quirks and the bumps and the oddities are my favourite things about the people I love most. Their humanity is inseparable from their mess. You can’t have one without the other.
I was in a Tibetan Buddhist shop in Los Angeles about 10 years ago, buying a mala. The man behind the counter turned out to be a monk. We fell into conversation. He never told me his name. I told him about a situation with a Buddhist teacher. A boundary crossed. Nothing serious, more intellectual than physical. And he said: don’t interfere with other people’s karma. You don’t know the lessons set for this person in this life. Leave it alone.
As it happened the whole thing resolved itself within a month. No intervention needed. The wheel turned.
Once you start meddling in other people’s karma, things get complicated. Quickly. So stay in your lane. Unless it’s life threatening. Love everybody for their weaknesses. Embrace your flaws and everyone else’s capacity to mess up. Because they will. So will you. So will I. We are HUMAN.
Very few of us earthlings, will ascend to the heights of Jesus, Mary, angels or the Buddha. But we stand a better chance if we’re honest about our shadow. Or at the very least, willing to admit we have one.
No in-person breathwork this Monday - I’m in New York. 1 spot left for the retreat on Saturday. Everything on the website
Sunday: Breathwork Online, 12pm PT / 3pm NY / 8pm London.
The following week : breathwork online and in person, and Kundalini activation back in the studio Sunday 24th, 2–4pm (turns out to be a lovely time for this surrendering).
Lots of love - I’ll be updating you from Manhattan. Emma x