In search of soul | spirituality blog

Welcome to my website.

And you? When will you begin that

long journey into yourself?

Jalāl ad-Dīn Rumi

This website is or those of us who are seekers, who live with the conviction that ‘there must be something more’ to life, to ourselves. It is for those of us who feel drawn to turn inwards, to embark on a deeper journey of discovery, to learn to live a deeper, more fulfilling life. It is an invitation to make ‘that long journey into yourself’ of which the 13th century Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi spoke so long ago. I call it the soul journey.

The soul journey is a journey into the landscape of our inner being. It is a long, slow process of transformation that changes us from the inside out. It asks nothing less than that we dive deep down inside ourselves to find the inner treasure that lies at the very core of our being. The journey is not always an easy one. It is not without effort, not without darkness, pain and loss. But the further along the path we travel, the more we become aware that something within us is changing, that a quiet revolution is slowly taking place. The change is radical. It touches every aspect of our being and penetrates to the very core of it. It strips away that which is false to allow that which is real and true to emerge. It makes us aware of that which limits or constricts us so that we might fully embrace our freedom.

If we give ourselves unreservedly to it, this quiet revolution will transform us from the inside out. And it brings with it a deep-rootedness, a strong sense of 'at homeness' and an inner reservoir of peace, joy and hope. For the soul is our best self. It is our deepest, truest and most fully human self. It is our intuitive, creative and most deeply loving self. It is our sacred, spiritual self and it is beyond beautiful. It is the self we long to be, the self we are meant to be. It is the self that has been calling us home from the day we were born.

The song of soul

The song of soul is an invitation.

It is an invitation

to find a new song to sing.

Once you have opened yourself
to the song,

once you have made it your own,

it will change you

from the inside out.

It will pierce you with longing.

It will inhabit your dreams.

It will take down walls

you did not know you had built.

It will show you paths

you had not seen before.

It will take you to places

you could not have imagined.

It will sing you to freedom.

It will dance you to joy.

It is the song of soul

and it has been calling you home

from the day you were born.

Kaitlyn

The lotus flower: a symbol of rebirth

At some point in our lives, all of us will hear the song of soul whispering in our ear. Perhaps we will not heed it the first time it comes or even the first few times, for most of us need to hear it many times before the song seeps into our being. My hope is that when it does, this website will cast some welcome light on the path ahead and offer us some companions along the way. It is not grounded in any particular spiritual tradition and it does not seek to tell us what path to take. What it offers us is the opportunity to look at our life journey through a different set of lenses.

Along the way, I will share what I have gleaned from my own and others' personal experiences of the soul journey. I will look to the writings of wisdom teachers from various spiritual traditions, mythologists, philosophers, psychologists and poets. And I will draw on what I have learnt from my personal encounters with students and clients as a teacher, therapist and spiritual accompanier.

My hope is that website will empower and resource you in finding your own way home to soul. For there is nothing more important, more freeing and more joyful than coming home to the person we are meant to be and finding the song we are meant to sing.

Kaitlyn Steele, writer, psychologist, therapist, spiritual accompanier

and a woman in search of soul.