Parvati Magazine December 2014/January 2015: Consequence/Beginnings | Page 7

POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES
dislikes have little say in the
lessons we are given along
the spiritual path. In fact,
being attached to likes
and dislikes, the idea that
something is for or against
us, limits the way in which
we can meet all of life with
fullness and truly grow.
A Capricorn (an astrological sign ruled by Saturn,
the great karmic teacher),
I know first-hand that perceived limitations, restrictions and painful events
are always blessings in
disguise. The most immediate example of this in
my life is the four months I
spent paralyzed from the
waist down, immobilized in
bed due to a severe spinal
cord injury. A mysterious
and spontaneous consequence of the prayers and
rituals I performed at the
North Pole where I went in
the fall of 2010 to do healing work on the planet,
I woke up on the day of
the Japanese tsunami in
March 2011 in searing pain
and with a severely injured
spine. I would remain bedridden until the summer, in
agony, in awe, being born
into a whole new me.

I had to face the possibility of never being able to
walk again, which doctors
estimated was a likelihood
– even after the spinal surgery they recommended
for me. Instead of seeing
this experience as against
me, I knew somehow
deep within that this was
an expression of my innate
interconnection with the
planet. Rather than surgery, I chose to go within
and fully meet this as a
complete
recalibration
around a whole new axis –
one I knew nothing about.
In surrender, I saw the consequence of my actions
as a gift of karmic fast forward. In those months, I
burned through deep karmic ties that had limited
my ability to perceive the
whole with greater clarity and insight. Out of it, a
book was born, Confessions of a Former Yoga
Junkie: A Revolutionary
Life Makeover for the Sincere Spiritual Seeker, and
a new me was born: freer,
happier, wiser, lighter, more
rooted, connected and
whole than ever before.

Consequences show us
that limits are not obstacles but guideposts to actions that support greater
health and total well-being. They are never punishments from a judgmental
universe, but compassionate guidance from a loving source, and a reflection of our truest nature.
They may be seen as strict,
even unbending - but never cruel.
Next time you find yourself
in a painful situation, do not
waste your valuable time
feeling somehow judged
by the universe, as though
you were being punished
for your past. Instead, welcome the consequence
as a deeply wise and compassionate teacher, one
that is showing you how to
grow through recalibration
and redirection of your energy and release of that
which no longer serves.
Remember, you are never
alone, but always within a
loving and wise whole.

Parvati Devi is the editor-in-chief of Parvati Magazine. In addition
to being an internationally acclaimed Canadian singer, songwriter,
producer and performer, she is a yoga teacher and holistic educator.
Having studied yoga and meditation since 1987, Parvati developed her
own yoga teaching style called YEMTM Yoga as Energy Medicine. Her
current shows, “Yoga In the Nightclub” and “Natamba” bring forward a
conscious energy into the pop mainstream. Her book “Confessions of a
Former Yoga Junkie” is a road map to a revolutionary life makeover for
sincere spiritual seekers.
For more information on Parvati, please visit www.parvati.tv.