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03/10/2024

Please USE YOUR BRAINS!!

Please stop sharing news footage and damage videos!!!

It is psychologically damaging to the people currently in the TRAUMA EVENT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING!!!

It is in NO WAY COMPARABLE but neurologically trauma wise it would be similar to people holding up pictures OF YOUR ABUSER while you are actively being ABUSED!!

We are using this platform to find resources and help our community!! We’ll ALL revel in the amazement of the devastation later.

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02/10/2024

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PLEASE READ and feel free to share!
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I’ve spent the vast majority of my life in but I consider (from to to to and the surrounding areas) my HOME with the Upstate of South Carolina and Eastern Tennessee, my AMAZING neighbors. I am TRULY blessed and LOVE my home and my neighbors.

Yes, things are bad in AND AROUND

BUT! is gone so now, we’ve ALREADY been through the worst of it!

Do you remember what is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING to do in case of an emergency?



Right now, we need to our and beyond and keep people . 😉

Make sure that people know that support and supplies are CONSTANTLY incoming and that this situation DOES SUCK… BUT! it IS getting and is going to continue to get better and easier day by day.

With that in mind, please try not to share anything about fatalities, negativity, or things that we in the area do not have any control over like estimates on roads being reopened or estimates on water, power, or other utilities being restored. If people want that information they can research it on their own.

We’re taking things one day at a time.

Each night, if we go to bed with the mindset of: we’ve survived today and every day up to today… then it’s easier to assume that we’ll survive tomorrow as well.

Right now it’s




There are SOOOO many amazingly POSITIVE things happening behind the scenes that the public is not fully aware of due to limited power and cell reception.

This is a lesson in and .

If you are reading this, you are better off than many others and there should not be ANY guilt around that fact unless you have already taken care of yourself (your family, and neighbors), able to help, and CHOOSING not to.

There are people that have been alone for days, with medical issues, and anxiety that have been having panic attacks because they are physically alone and listening to the news and there is such little hope on there. I’m certain that there are MANY out there in this AND WORSE situations.

It is our responsibility as neighbors (regardless of where you live) to comfort, reassure, and support each other and eventually worry about rebuilding… starting with our collective community of WNC, NOT just Asheville.

PLEASE be mindful that there ARE social media pages and news companies out there whose entire business model is fear based click bait as opposed to hope which is what we all need right now. ❤️

If it’s safe to do so, check on your family, friends, and neighbors and see if you can help.

A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet. 😉

If you don’t live in the areas affected, texts and phone calls are greatly appreciated and can positively shift a persons mental state instantly by feeling SEEN when they’re in a situation like this but again, there are cell service issues so please be patient. ❤️

If you can help, it is your duty and honor to help how, who, when, where, and with what you can.

Kirk Neumann and I have been out everyday from when we wake up until after curfew assisting how, when, where, who, and what we can. From water runs to generator installs to road clearing to runs to Home Depot for general supplies for neighbors to wellness checks on friends to just spending time with those who are going through all of this alone. These SMALL efforts make BIG differences.

I’m super proud of what we’ve accomplished this last week and I’m incredibly grateful, blessed, and honored to be able to help.

Huge shout out to The Home Depot and all the other local businesses like the team at Grovestone Rock Quarry and corporate businesses as well as all of the government agencies and departments assisting all those areas in need.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, A TREMENDOUS THANK YOU to ALL of the employees and government personnel who have left their homes, friends, families, pets, and neighbors to assist STRANGERS in this difficult time!

If you’ve ever met someone raised in the WNC and surrounding areas, you know that we’re stubborn, honest, loyal, hard headed, respectful, and kind.

That being said:

WE ARE going to get through this.

In order to express reverence and respect to ALL faiths, religions, and spiritual practices in our community and BEYOND, I extend my love to you and “I thank you all and thank all of you.”

Chris❤️

05/01/2024

Today I’m grateful for understanding the power of free will.

It's been an interesting journey to get to this point. Understanding that part of free will includes my perception of how I choose to view reality and how I choose to interact with it is an amazing blessing. It’s through this blessing that I get to decide how to perceive the events in my life.

The MOST beautiful perk to free will is the freedom to find and discover a personal understanding of God and the Universe. My personal KNOWLEDGE around this is my own and I discovered it through reverence, respect, caution, intuition, and love.

All I will say here about my spiritual journey is that through the logic approach I took, I have never felt the way I have spiritually and it has caused me to replace the terms "faith" and "belief" with "knowledge" and "truth". The process was almost like a lesson in surrender and once I did, there was a calm that encompassed my life, regardless of what comes up, I KNOW and am grateful for the experience.

Your journey is your own and that's part of the plan.

I KNOW that knowledge is the currency of the Universe and I am happy to share my views with anyone interested one on one but it’s never my intention to affect or change anyone's mind or journey, especially from a random Facebook post... I have attempted to have conversations with people (that I have immense respect for) regarding my views but have been disappointed in some of their lack of openness and willingness to hear something that doesn't align with their beliefs. I ALSO understand, respect, and admire their convictions to their beliefs. Their convictions are as much a part of my journey as it is theirs. My approach is my own and if I engage in any discussion, especially around philosophy, religion, and spirituality I will ALWAYS err on the side of respect, reverence, and love... I require the other person to come into any conversation with that mutual respect. There's nothing I would say to anyone that I wouldn't say to my Grandpa (a Presbyterian minister and (I say this honestly, humbly and, with reverence) in MY PERSONAL EXPERIANCE, the most Christlike person I have ever met).

Regarding my personal perception of reality, I could (easily and justifiably) choose to see the events in my life through the lens of a victim but instead I choose to KNOW that the events in my life have given me the blessings of contrast and context as well as the opportunity for growth and to find my authentic self which has led to self awareness which has encouraged self knowing (instead of self belief) resilience, self confidence, and self love.

I choose to understand and KNOW that fear does not exist.

I am the only one that has and can control my actions, words, intentions, feelings, and thoughts and that is my only societal responsibility: to take personal ownership of my reactions to external events and know that my reactions could affect others. I have the choice to react to events and spread rumors to increase fear, or I can choose to provide a different context, support, or encouragement to generate hope, light, and love.

I believe that the distractions (news, gossip, what others think, lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride) that this reality presents us from discovering our authentic selves are to ensure that we are serious and committed to personal and spiritual growth.

My personal knowledge (not belief) regarding my perception of this reality is that when my time is done here, I can’t take any of the physical things with me. The only thing I can “take with me” is this personal and spiritual growth that I’ve been literally working on for years.

Okay, enough rambling. Sending everyone light and love!

Chris

04/01/2024

Today I’m grateful for understanding the difference between hope, faith, and belief and knowing.

Having hope, faith, and belief that things WILL work out are completely different than KNOWING that things ARE working out.

Sending everyone that sees this love and light.

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Chris

03/01/2024

Today I’m grateful for my faith and belief delivering me to my truth.

02/01/2024

Today I’m grateful for new beginnings and the experiences that come along with them.

01/01/2024

Today I’m grateful for the symbolic passage of time as it gives me the opportunity to close chapters, books and libraries of my life. Having learned what I needed to from those experiences, I’m excited to begin shifting my awareness from the past and begin living in the moment, anxiously looking forward into the future.

I expect nothing but light and love in this moment and in the coming years for everyone and everything.
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30/12/2023

Today I’m grateful for my basic needs being met.

I’m grateful and I acknowledge that these things that I have taken for granted show how privileged and blessed I am to exist during this moment in time and in the protection of my mountains.

The understanding that being blessed with clean air, clean water, food, shelter, clothes, family, transportation, convenience, opportunities, and purpose is a blessing in and of itself which allows me to not only be grateful for what I have but it also strengthens my empathy for those less fortunate than me and fuels my desires to positively affect change in other people’s lives.

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29/12/2023

Today I’m grateful for this amazing journey called life and the wisdom, knowledge, lessons, understandings, connections, and truths that have been presented to me and that I’ve discovered.

I’ve been doing these posts for myself everyday for over a month now.

Originally, I was hoping that these posts would create a buffer for my friends from the constant negativity and inauthentic posts that flood our feeds as well as receive some external validation for the journey I’m on… ( ) an “Inner Light Journey” if you will…

It wasn’t until the other day when I reached my “Eureka moment” milestone on this journey that I realized that (respectfully) the ONLY thing that matters in my life is what I believe to be true.

HOPEFULLY YOU have come to that realization as well: The ONLY thing that should matter in YOUR life is what YOU believe to be true, regardless of what others think… ❤️

…including my statement. 😉

The ONLY thing that MY (or ANYONE’S) opinion about YOUR life and what YOU believe should change is your level of confidence in your convictions.

I’m learning that this mindset is a double edged sword. People have EVERY right to criticize me just as much as congratulate me.

It’s my responsibility to choose who I engage with, with what, and at what level. It’s my responsibility to understand that if someone has a conflicting personal truth around something that I’m passionate about and it elicits a negative emotional response to what I’m saying, I have the power to choose if I want to continue the conversation and/or if I want to continue including them in my life.

I do my best to love and encourage the awesome people in my life without an opinion, focusing on their happiness and trying to encourage and support their passions.

Looking back, I spent SOO much of my life in a state of insecurity… seeking external validation and honestly concerned about the opinions of others, etc.

I see now how much time I lost and how many sacrifices I made just to get approval from others.

I’ve been and felt really alone for over a year and honestly, while it has been lonely at times, I’ve come to really cherish my peace. It has given me the opportunity to have the room, time, peace, and presence to address and engage in what I’ve needed for a long time personally, intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually.

The MOST important thing I’ve discovered is how critical self honesty is when it comes to growth.

Understanding that personal growth isn’t possible unless you are able to be honest with yourself completely was and IS a huge journey.

I found that the level of honesty needed for my personal journey couldn’t exist without completely shedding the masks that wear and sacrificing my ego and acknowledging, understanding, and embracing all of the vulnerable, shameful, embarrassing, and hurtful true events of my past which shaped me into the person that I am and am becoming.

Notice that I didn’t use the words “healing” or “heal“… the events, traumas, decisions, reactions, excuses, delusions, lies, and other actions I took in response to my life’s story are what shaped me into the person that has the self awareness to want to better myself for me.

I don’t want to “heal” because there’s nothing to “fix”.

There are a lot of things I still need to understand and integrate and a lot of pain involved around some of it.

Through integration, I’ll be able to honestly examine why I am the way I am and why I’m triggered by the things that I am. This process creates an amazing sense of awareness and I’m excited to eventually step into it fully.

I believe that we are spiritual beings living a human experience. The only thing we can take with us after this life is the spiritual and personal growth that we acquire. We acquire this growth when we go through trauma in order to learn lessons while having our character tested.

I don’t want to let go of or numb the pain with substances or distractions because I want to learn the lessons I am supposed to and remember the intense emotions around the events. I want to be able to reference them so I can honestly examine my behaviors and reactions going forward.

I’ve never had an issue with cutting people out of my life if they’ve done me or someone I love wrong… this was honestly a way that I would prevent myself from initiating retaliation or wanting to be the “deliverer of karma.”

Now, it’s not about if anyone has done anything at all or not.

Now it’s about understanding my self worth.

I’m done with the one sided personal and business relationships.

I’m done trying to include people in my life because I have hope that they’ll show up.

I’m done with making excuses for people that I considered friends that have shown me through their actions how they view me.

It’s not worth it for me. I’m tired of always being the one to reach out to check on people and that not being reciprocated.

I have some really big things coming up and I just don’t want to invest the time I have left in this life around people that aren’t authentic and don’t want personal growth.

I’ve been able to find myself on multiple levels, appreciate who I am without seeking external validation, and understand contentment with who I am and where I’m heading. 😁

I am exactly who I am supposed to be and taking the steps to understand, accept, and love me for me.

Self honesty leads to self awareness which leads to authenticity which leads to self acceptance which leads to authentic self worth which leads to self love and self love generates self appreciation.

Understanding all of this has shown me the importance of living and speaking my truth (regardless of anyone’s opinion), setting and maintaining boundaries, and choosing who I am willing to involve in my life.

With love and light,
Chris.

28/12/2023

Today I’m grateful for what I know is coming. ❤️

26/12/2023

Today I’m grateful for understanding the power of words.

Knowing that the words I choose can bring hope, joy, encouragement, and support to others or my words can tear them down completely is something that I don’t take lightly.

That being said, I wish everyone love, light, and joy.

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