Not Everything Means Something

Written By Chloë Rain
Tromsø, Norway November 24, 2020

Tromsø, Norway November 24, 2020

Reflect upon this simple statement: “He who is of few needs, and easy to serve, swiftly finds peace, and is already close to happiness.”

The more complicated we make ourselves, the more complicated is our idea of ourselves, the more we will perceive our needs to be, the more of a burden we will be to this planet, while we spend our time here pursuing those needs.

The truth is, the only real needs are food, shelter, and companionship, and everything else is a bonus. One who is content with food, shelter, and companionship treads lightly on this world and swiftly gets to the point where they have something to give back.

But one who is not content with that, who feels they need an extraordinary elaborate array of things in their lives to feel their life is meaningful, makes an awful ruckus in their time upon this planet.

Somebody asked me “Do we all have inside of us, that pure part, that pure consciousness?” and the answer is “Yes.”

— Philosophy of Alan Watts

Chloë Rain

Chloë Rain is a Spiritual Guide whose work is deeply rooted in the initiatory cycles of nature. She has more than fifteen years of ceremonial practice within two traditional medicine lineages, as well as having completed graduate research while living above the Arctic Circle exploring the sacred landscape of Sápmi through a Masters degree in Indigenous Studies.

Through her writing and body of work she hopes to inspire more people to listen to their soul’s calling, and cause them to look a little closer at themselves, at the natural environment that surrounds them, and at other people and our beliefs of separation, race, culture, and religion.

She offers one-to-one spiritual direction for those navigating life transitions and deep personal spiritual inquiry.


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