{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67e9605fe270d6e036f31e09/698da05dd36bede67014ee7e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Seasonality of the Higher Self Journey (Plus, a Special Announcement)","description":"<p>The seasons are turning — though you may not yet see it.</p><p><br></p><p>In early February, the land sits in a quiet threshold. The light is returning, but winter has not fully released its hold. In ancient traditions, this liminal period was marked as Imbolc — the quickening beneath the surface, the first subtle stirring of new life.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I reflect on how the higher self journey mirrors these natural rhythms. Spiritual development is not linear. It moves in cycles of withdrawal, reorientation, expression, and integration — just as the earth does.</p><p><br></p><p>What if silence is not absence?</p><p>What if dormancy is not failure?</p><p>What if the turning happens long before the evidence?</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on seasonal archetypes, equinoctal shifts, and the intelligence of liminal time, this episode explores why growth cannot be rushed — and why depth has its own timing.</p><p><br></p><p>It was through contemplating these natural cycles that I recognised something important about this podcast as well. If the higher self journey is seasonal, then the container for this dialogue must honour that rhythm too.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Discover</strong></p><p><br></p><p>·&nbsp;<strong>The Higher Self Has Seasons</strong>: How silence, confusion, and withdrawal are integral phases of spiritual maturity.</p><p>·&nbsp;<strong>The Quickening Beneath the Surface</strong>: Why transformation often begins before we can see or articulate it.</p><p>·&nbsp;<strong>Honouring Natural Rhythms</strong>: Why spiritual dialogue — including this podcast — must move in cycles rather than constant output.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is an invitation to notice the season you are in, to soften your expectations of constant growth, and to trust that something may already be turning — even if it has not yet bloomed.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Resources</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Please share the Higher Self Dialogues on your Socials</p><p>www.higherselfdialogues.com</p>","author_name":"Anton Jarrod"}