The Art of Being the Sky And Letting the Sh*tstorms Pass

1/7/20265 min read

The Raw Nerve Ending

For most of my life, I wasn't just in my feelings; I was my feelings. If I was sad, I became Depression. If I was angry, I became Rage. If someone looked at me the wrong way in a meeting, it wasn't just an annoyance; it was a catastrophe that ruined my whole week.

I was a raw nerve ending walking through a world of sandpaper. I thought this meant I was "passionate" or "sensitive." I wore my intensity like a badge of honor. But really? I was exhausted. I was a puppet, and my emotions were pulling the strings.

We live in a culture that tells us to "feel our feelings." And yes, that is important. We shouldn't suppress them. But there is a massive difference between feeling a storm and drowning in it. That difference is called Becoming Untethered.

Imagine your consciousness is a calm lake. Every thought, emotion, or external event is a fishing hook cast into the water.

Hook: Your boss sends a passive-aggressive email.
Hook: You remember something cringey you said in 2004.
Hook: You see your ex on Instagram looking happy.

Most of us bite every single hook. We bite it, and then we get dragged. We get dragged into the story, into the drama, into the spiral. suddenly, we aren't swimming anymore; we are being reeled in by a narrative that isn't even real.

The moment you bite the hook, you lose your Sovereignty. You are no longer the Queen of your domain; you are the victim of your reaction.

The game-changer for me was discovering the work of Michael Singer (The Untethered Soul). He asks a simple question that breaks your brain: "If you are the one hearing the voice in your head... who is the one listening?"

You are not the voice. You are the Witness. You are the Observer.

This is the core of spiritual sovereignty. There are two of you in there.

The Ego/Loki: The part that freaks out, judges, fears, and craves validation.
The Soul/Observer: The part that watches the freak-out with total calm.

Becoming Untethered doesn't mean you stop feeling. It means you stop identifying with the feeling. It means stepping back and saying: "Ah, I notice that Anger is visiting right now. Interesting. It’s very loud today." Instead of saying "I am angry," you say "I am experiencing anger." It sounds like semantics, but energetically? It is the difference between being hit by a train and watching a train go by.

You Are The Sky, Not The Weather

The best analogy I have found is this: You are the Sky. Your emotions are the Weather.

Clouds come. Thunderstorms come. Hurricanes come. Does the Sky freak out when a storm hits? Does the Sky say, "Oh no, I’m a terrible Sky because it’s raining"? No. The Sky knows it is the container. It knows the storm is temporary. It knows the sun is still there, right behind the grey.

For years, I tried to "fix" my weather. I tried to force the sun to come out. I tried to analyze the clouds ("Why is this cloud shaped like my mother?"). But you cannot control the weather. You can only expand the Sky.

When I was going through my lawsuit, the weather was bad. It was a Category 5 hurricane of fear and anxiety. If I had identified with that weather, I would have collapsed. Instead, I practiced being the Sky. I let the fear rage. I let the anxiety scream. But I didn't let it become Me.

The Practice of Leaning Away

So, how do you actually do this when you are triggered? It’s a physical practice.

When a trigger hits - when that email lands, or that comment stings - your body naturally wants to constrict and lean in. You want to defend, explain, or attack. The Sovereign move is to relax and lean away.

It feels counter-intuitive. It feels like you are doing nothing. But actually, you are keeping your energy channel open. You are imagining the trigger passing through you, like wind through a screen door, rather than hitting a solid wall.

If you are a solid wall (tense, defensive), the bullet hits you and explodes. If you are empty space (untethered, relaxed), the bullet passes through and hits the wall behind you. You remain untouched.

Becoming Untethered is scary because it feels like freefall. We are so used to holding onto our trauma, our stories, and our identities that letting go feels like dying.

I call this the Space Between Trapezes. You have let go of the old bar (your old identity, your need for control), but you haven't caught the new bar yet. You are floating in the Void.

The Ego hates the Void. The Ego screams, "Grab something! Anything! Panicking is better than floating!" But the Sovereign knows that the Void is where the magic happens. The Void is the Chrysalis. It is the place where the caterpillar dissolves into goo before it gets its wings.

If you can learn to be comfortable in the discomfort of the Void—if you can float without flailing—you become invincible. Because if you aren't afraid of losing your grip, you can't be controlled.

Freedom Is A State of Being

We think freedom is a destination: "I'll be free when I have a million dollars / a husband / a beach house." But true freedom is an internal state. It is the ability to sit in a chaotic room and remain at peace. It is the ability to lose everything and know that You are still whole.

I am not perfect at this. "Loki" still tries to grab the wheel. I still bite the hook sometimes. But the recovery time is faster now. I catch myself. I laugh. I spit out the hook. And I remember: I am the Sky.

And so are you. Let the clouds pass. The sun is waiting.

📓 JOURNALING PROMPTS FOR THIS CHAPTER

Let’s separate the You from the Weather.

The Hook Audit: What are your most common "hooks"? What specific topics, people, or situations instantly drag you out of your peace and into a spiral? (e.g., disrespect, being ignored, financial stress).
The Observer Gap: Recall a recent time you were triggered. Re-write the scene from the perspective of the "Observer" (a neutral camera recording the event). How does the story change when you remove the emotional adjectives?
The Identity Check: Complete this sentence ten times: "I am not my..." (e.g., I am not my job, I am not my anxiety, I am not my relationship status). Who are you when all those labels are stripped away?

🛠 PRACTICAL TOOL: The "Screen Door" Visualization

Use this in real-time when you feel a trigger hitting you.

The Trigger: Someone says something rude to you. The Reaction: You feel your chest tighten (the Wall going up). The Practice:

Notice: Say internally, "I am closing up."
Relax: Consciously drop your shoulders and unclench your stomach.
Visualize: Imagine your torso is made of a wire mesh screen door.
Release: Visualize the rude comment as a gust of wind. Instead of hitting you, watch it blow right through the holes in the screen door. It passes out the other side.
Mantra: "It passes through me, not into me."