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[DolphinGirl]

Personally I think the biggest lie in this industry is actually the idea that healing can happen in isolation. That you can heal yourself out of needing people. In my experience, that lie seems more pervasive than the “no contrast” thing

[Jaaaackjack]

Light & dark, pleasure & pain, joy & sadness, success and failure - this is human life and you can’t tease apart the good from the bad, we get the whole experience

[Being_Katherine]

Oh woman, I appreciate this video.

I was blinding myself with “endless happiness” & resisting the naturalness of contrast, wondering what is wrong with me. 😭💀

Thank you, I appreciate the clarity in knowing that allowing contrast does not mean that I am “allowing bad things into my life, ” I am allowing the fun of expansion as contrast always is natural & inevitable. 👍♥️

[jordansaintemarie]

In regards to the ocean/wave analogy, I think what the “seekers” are seeking is not an ocean without waves but to be constantly riding the crest-which is impossible. You’re right that the goal of spiritual work is to get good at riding the waves but I also think that the ocean seems to calm down quite a lot in general as well.

[ChidumOsobalu]

Heaven and Hell technically is not a place, rather a "state of being or mind". And as pain and pleasure are contrast, so is heaven and hell.

[mordaciousfilms]

The paradox is that so many people tell me I can't expect people to "make me happy" when much of my trauma stems from feeling unloved and unappreciated by... PEOPLE. Am I responsible to help myself, yes! But why is there this insistance I make myself an island, when it's that very "in this alone" mindset that's hurting me to begin with? I NEED PEOPLE. My greatest desire is just to feel included, loved, seen and appreciated and to be close to others who appreciate who I really am and not just my gifts or what I can do for them. This whole obsessive "DIY" thing has been hurting more than helping, because I've begun SHAMING my own "Vortex" - my inner being and entire mindset KNOWS I thrive when in good company, when I feel engaged. I learn so much by interacting with others. So, to ask me with my trauma brain to "fix myself" is like asking someone to hold themselves up in midair. I've also punished myself for not always being happy, not being grateful... for basically being human> that's what spirituality has done, made me ashamed to be a human and not "infinite oneness" because *sarcasm* apparently we're wrong and bad if we're not floating in a cloud embodying pure light...

[Mr.Honest]

I don’t think you can make great art without that contrast either! Just like you can’t have a great movie without drama or a great song.. The contrast is required!!!

[OllieSmiless]

I feel like this video was made for me in my current state. I fell into the trap of " if I don't have this thing in my life = I'm out of alignment = there is something wrong with me and/or my beliefs/thoughts. I've been struggling so much with this and chasing alignment so these things can manifest so I can feel enough and good about myself and where I am in life as I'm feeling behind like "I should have had this thing by now, what am I doing wrong?!!".

This video is yet another reminder I need to rethink my approach and understanding of this whole spiritual thing.

[rashmi]

A lot of people are overcoming trauma, they don’t know what’s normal.

[FablesDen]

Called out with the shadow work thing 💀 I am constantly grappling with the idea that "I don't want to suffer anymore. I just want things to be perfect." And I get caught up with the "so that" for sure. Thank you for this video 🙏 it was just what I needed 💖

[tinamancusi]

This is so on point with a realization I recently had. My definition of happiness has changed to being in a space of acceptance - meaning, all I want is the ability to be where I am, in whatever situation I am in, to be in the present moment without wishing or thinking I should be somewhere else. A state of acceptance or non resistance IS ease, IS happiness. Thank you for being the mirror Teal ❤

[red]

THANK YOU! Such a good message. Since I am someone who fears happiness because I was trained to "wait for the other shoe to drop" this video actually helps me. Being ok with happiness AND holding that "negative" things just happen (not because I am being "punished" as I grew up learning. This is a good reminder (I also find the self/help and spiritual communities too often filled with toxic positivity and gaslighting.

[Katlyn]

Thank you for this. It really explain the dead end feeling that I am having. Often times I caught myself thinking about what exactly i was trying to achieve while constantly staying on the dark side of the moon. I feel like I missed out a lot of things and fear of commitment to anything remotely human. It is in a way like an endless cycle of a running hamster wheel. As I am writing these lines, it brought tears to my eyes.

[anttiaalto]

I've taken a back seat to watching my life happen since I was very young, and this is my main contention with myself, to get to a point where I feel my feet going forward, where I no longer restrict the impulse to live and copy behaviors that aren't authentically mine. These patterns lead to resentment. My way out is authentic self-expression, with its positives and negatives. But it takes practice to allow that and stay with myself.

[kristenr]

Thank you for this! I have been struggling my whole entire life with this! I was so frustrated because i have been seeking spirituality and been practicing what i thought would put an end to my complicated blueprint and I can’t believe it took me this long to realize how counterproductive that was to my expansion! I was always wondering why no matter what i did or how good i was why the contrast was always there! I thought for sure i was doing something wrong and how i must be failing at life somehow so i tried harder to figure it out and wondered why i am always drained from it. I really needed this video today. So much has been going on in my life and I couldn’t understand what i was doing wrong. You’re right teal, that a lot of the spiritual community has it wrong. The way they think is no different from religious beliefs with the whole you must be doing something wrong to have contrast. And that to get to heaven you have to do all of these things correctly. So many of us are here to learn so that’s impossible to do. Thank you again! I will be listening to this every so often to remind myself that contrast Will always be on this plane, no matter what we do, and it’s needed to expand, because without it expansion stops! 🙏🏻🌹

[annikabirgittanordlander]

"No real positive and effective change can come to a person, from a person who does not relate to them deeply enough to understand their perspective and subsequently needs". Teal Swan (Compassion and how to cultivate compassion) Thank you Teal 🌎

[lovefool]

One of your best videos so far Teal. Please keep sharing your thoughts with us. Thank you!

[LutherAEvans]

Unwanted things will always happen. It's how you react to these experiences that matters. The goal for me is heaven on Earth, but I don't view it how Teal describes it in the video. I recognize that there will never be an end point or an end to contrast. There will always be more ways to learn, grow, improve, and progress. It's about enjoying the journey along the way and persevering despite upsets. Contrast informs you of what is wanted in your life, so you can go in that direction while acknowledging that there will be more contrast to come.

[oneuniversesol]

I really needed to hear this. I just know the universe has conspired you to make this video for people who are going through some similar such as myself! I thank you and I thank the universe for your existence ❣️

[npurewal]

What I like the most about teal, and the very thing that keeps me going back to her teachings…. Is her sense of humor 🤣 she cracks me up.