to coddiwomple, to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination.
Dear Friends,
I am writing to inform you of my intention to coddiwomple, to travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination.
In truth, we are always travelling into the unknown. Often our lives take a different direction to the one we had planned and hoped for. Sometimes we can sense a change might be coming and other times, it happens completely out of the blue.
But when we coddiwomple, we intentionally embark on an adventure or journey with no certain outcome or direction - we live with the thrill of not knowing where each day will take us.
Why now? Why not?
For the last year, Bodhi Aspirations has no longer been a business that could consistently pay my bills. Like many small businesses since the cost of living crisis hit, it’s been really hard to maintain a steady, constant income. I am very grateful for all the years that it did work well for me but over the last year I have had to consider how / if to take it forward.
There are things I could have done and was advised to do - like resort to unethical marketing practices, create super expensive trainings and packages to solely target the wealthy with but ya know…. I’d rather eat mud.
I see in desperation, a lot of other facilitators doing that and I get it. I won’t judge. People got to do what they feel they need to do but I am not doing that. I appreciate how hard it is to see something you have loved deeply and worked really hard for disappearing right in front of your eyes and you got kids to feed. It sucks. But for me it is important that spiritual teachings and wellbeing support are shared with integrity and are accessible to all people at all income levels and I want to honour that.
I could get (and for a while applied for) “ a proper job” but the thought of committing 40 hours a week to a job that I didn’t want, to pay rent on a flat that I would never own and barely spend time in - no thanks- not doing that either. Life is too damn short.
So after much deliberation, the decision to coddiwomple was made.
As from the end of April, We will have moved out and will have no fixed abode. No home.
And this journey is not necessarily about travelling great distances or to exciting places - probably won’t even get far beyond Hertfordshire for a while, BUT its also about the inner journey too.
Where will the coddiwomple lead us emotionally, mentally and spiritually?
On the spiritual path, there comes a time and usually more than once in a life time where you just have to let go of everything (or at least a lot ), get out of your own way and let God/ Goddess/ Universe / Spirit show you where you need to be and what you are meant to be doing without you trying to control the how, the why and the outcome.
I am also treating this as a kind of spiritual, economical and social experiment too - the world is a challenging place and a lot of us want change for the better and I want to find out what is possible for us.
So the decision to coddiwomple might be crazy or courageous or both?
But with all of my heart, I know it is what I need to do right now.
I will still be around for a while, so please come to events if you can. Next year, we could be anywhere.
Thank you for reading this.
I must say that I am delighted to finally have a reason to use the word coddiwomple.
Hopefully I will have a lot of exciting adventures and insightful revelations to share as the journey unfolds but who knows - watch this space!
Wherever I am, I will be continuing with the Art of Being Human online and this will continue to be a great way to connect LIVE each month and support me in supporting you through my work.
So much love to you all - You are what has made this whole Bodhi Aspirations endeavour worth while and wherever I am - we are connected - in the heart - always
Bodhini
