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as neuroscientist Candace Pert affirms:
“Love is an integrator and a healer, but you
have to do the work to love yourself, and you
can start by loving others. That’s the core of
human health.”
I had a stunning revelation during deep
meditation when I suddenly perceived how
everything is interconnected. A wave of
relief washed over me, and my life changed
forever. While this may sound incredible,
my direct experience tells me that when
connection is restored, we are safe again.
Fear fades, love takes center stage, and we
become ourselves once more.
This illumination has stayed with me, and
those close to me have remarked that I have
been more myself since then. The change
can become permanent because once you
receive this knowledge, you can’t un-know
it. This is why your creativity, your direct
engagement with life, is so important: it
reconnects you, for life. I want this for you.
Engaging your innate creativity is one of the
quickest, safest, most available, satisfying,
and positive ways to do this. As Above, So
Below: reclaim your creativity, reclaim your
life. On the Bright Way, it is an article of
faith that you aren’t broken. The Bright Way
doesn’t try to “fix” you. Rather, it reminds
you of who you truly are. By being creative,
by actively engaging in your life, you will
remember who you are. Welcome to the
magnificence of your true self.
Welcome home.
Excerpted from the book The Bright Way. Copyright
©2020 by Diana Rowan. Printed with permission from
New World Library — www.newworldlibrary.com.
Diana Rowan - Diana Rowan is the author of The Bright Way. She is a
professional harpist with an MM in classical piano performance and
a PhD in music theory. She is also the founder of Bright Knowledge
Guild, an online creative community that offers students around the
world access to her Bright Way system. She lives in the San Francisco
Bay Area. Find out more about her work at www.DianaRowan.com.
“By being creative, by
actively engaging in your
life, you will remember who
you are.”
Diana Rowan
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