Welcome to Everything Speaks if You Listen with Jen CobbleWorks where we befriend our humanity and the Sacred through story, soul questions, and every day life.

In this week's episode, we consider a deep (maybe the taproot?) invitation from Samhain, All Soul's Day, and All Saint's Day which is: If this is a short season where the veil is thin, how can we connect to the thinning veils within us? This feels important because we have to decide whether we are going to open our hearts to Sacred presence or not. We have to consider our inner veils, the places where we often can feel very guarded and protected even from love and Spirit.

Honestly, receiving love can feel extraordinarily vulnerable. It is no small task to ask ourselves to stay open and welcoming even to love. We can convince ourselves we are not worthy of it. We can begin to believe that Love doesn't really *do* anything anyways. We can armor ourselves up internally and refuse Spirit's embrace. It's ok if we need to do this. There is nothing wrong with self-protection. But when we're in a season where all of existence is drawing closer together, it's reasonable to ask ourselves if we can lower our guards and thin our own inner veils.

This is a short, liminal season that can help us feel connected to parts of us we have almost forgotten and we want to reclaim. It can help us feel connected to precious memories, people, places, animals, events, even things. This communion of who and what we hold most dear becomes part of our own inner strength and connection to the divine as we know it. It edifies our hope and our sense of love in the world. But for this communion to occur, we need to welcome it, to thin our inner veils.

Weirdly and honestly, I share how an 80's pop song from REO Speedwagon is often the catalyst that reminds me to pick up the invitation of spiritual communion from Samhain, All Soul's, and All Saint's and receive the love that is abundantly available to me, to all of us...even if I don't always feel "chill" receiving it.

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I'm Jen Cobble Willhoite, a contemplative storyteller, spiritual tool designer, and life-long soul seeker. My path is formed and framed by questions more than answers. I'm more comfortable wondering and wandering about things spiritual than I am in ideology, religion, or dogma.

My soul language and connection with Spirit is primarily grounded in Celtic Spirituality, science, nature, seasonal cycles, myth, folklore, and stories of all kinds. I do have roots in progressive Christianity that I sometimes speak from. My tap root, though, is ordinary life. I believe enlightenment is rhythmic, unfolding, and found in our everyday experiences and selves. I also offer tools and courses on my modern interpretation of the examen: a daily ritual of looking back, looking within, and looking ahead to cultivate a rapport with your inner wisdom and the Sacred as you understand it.

Every week, I share an episode from my own spiritual explorations, offering invitations for you to explore these themes on your own. Thanks for journeying with me!