I first started talking to Síla through the community platform when she was still on the island she thought would be her Kin’s Domain. Almost a year later, on the main Ringing Cedars chat, she shared images and a bit about her story from her move back to the mainland. We reconnected, and now I’m blessed to share a fuller version with you. It is a most inspiring story of growth and dreaming.. —Elizabeth Erkel
Learning What Dreams Are Made Of.
Written By Síla Rose | Edited By Elizabeth Erkel.
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who couldn’t be deceived; she knew that so-called fairy tales and myths were more Real than not.
When the Ringing Cedars books found me, I recognized the same Realness. It was just a couple of years into my reawakening—a journey back to the innate wisdom strongly present in me as a child.
By divine design, I had forgotten that wisdom during my teens and twenties. As I learned the hard way what I didn’t want, the orchestrated path of life became evident. Truly, it is a divinely guided journey.
I stumbled upon a mention of The Ringing Cedars in a permaculture forum thread during a time of grappling with challenging circumstances.
I had followed my destiny and intuition, relocating with who I believed was my perfect partner to what I thought would be my forever home on a beautiful tropical island.
It was only then that I began to recognize the profound truth: external circumstances cannot mend a fundamental lack of self-love and awareness. I discovered that we genuinely shape our own realities, for better or worse.
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