spirituality | Issa Brain Monkey Brain

October 11, 2025

Current time: 7:10 am

I want to say goodbye to an incredible year of witnessing miracles.

This past year in my life has been a full one, I feel fortunate to say.

People used to say to me, “MonkeyBrain you are such a lucky person”. But this past year has shown me, what one would say is luck is actually a miracle. I feel privileged and humbled by the miracles I witness. They are also ways we are guided by those watching over us. I just choose to listen to them.

In the weeks close to my birthday an amazing thing happened.

I naturally can show miracles to others.

How, you ask.

Well, when I am one on one with a being or a few beings, something inside me will be listening. My attention will divide itself among the conversations around me. Then I will have a few words of what will happen if the narrative is change slightly. And BAMM! Like that, a few minutes later someone will point out. Look, at what just happened, just as MonkeyBrian said. These moments always fill me with a warm light. I can show and watch someone witness a miracle. The look of astonishment and understanding on their face, for me is total joy.

These beings have seen a simple miracle. They saw how easy it is when you change what is going on inside of yourself. It is not always so easy to do.

Miracles happen when you have TRUE love within your heart.

TRUE love for self and all others beings.

So I am thankful for what this past year has given me the ability to do.

I will keep witnessing and showing others miracles all around their lives.

I’m so happy!!!!

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After 9 am today I will blow-dry my hair. Get dressed and put the finishing touches on my first new painting. I have not painted for 13 years, but this year many different beings have blurted out “MonkeyBrain, you should paint.”

Then while in California a friend said to me. “I had to see you because I had a dream that our mothers were together and they said. You need to see Issa and tell her to start painting.”

I felt love at that moment but did not feel the urge. Then 1 month ago, painting is all I can think about. So today I will finish my painting, as a birthday gift to myself from all who has come before me.

Then I will continue with my day and rest of my year, with as little planning as possible.

I am so excited about this year to come. Trying to always stay in the moment. This way, I can enjoy this beautiful life I have been given. Appreciating all the tiny to big things that happen, from the good to the not so good. The not so good things happen for a reason. We must just trust and to wait to see the reason.

I LOVE LIFE, I LOVE ME & I LOVE YOU

Issa the MonkeyBrain

Current time 8:00 am

This is something I read and wanted to share:

Our Quest to Build the Ideal Self

When we begin our spiritual journeys of inner growth, we discover many things about ourselves, other people and the world.

We uncover the lies we tell ourselves and others, the lies the world tells us, we work on exploring our personalities, we work on improving our personalities, we heal our wounds, we try to make peace with ourselves, we try to make amends with others … and many more things that go hand-in-hand with the cultivation of self-awareness, self-discovery, self-understanding and self-transformation. These are all very useful practices.

Eventually, we develop a pretty good understanding of ourselves – of our flaws and strengths, of our core wounds and shadow elements and of our true dreams and gifts. We nourish our bodies, change our diets, create healthy personal boundaries, cut away toxic habits, say goodbye to destructive people, build new friendships and relationships, and eventually develop love and respect for who we think we are. This is all imperative.

And yet … we always feel as though something is missing in our lives.

We still work to pursue creating an “ideal self,” that always feels happy, that never suffers and that is constantly at peace. We still work to build and enhance our identities, whether through identifying as vegans, as yogis, as empaths, as intuitives, as Buddhists, as healers, as spiritual students or teachers, as Old Souls, as shamans, as eco warriors, and as any of the other hundreds of identity labels we love to collect and embody.

And yet … we are never happy. We always seek more – we always seek to “be” more. Our quest is never-ending. We think that we can “defeat” the mind by using the mind … but have you ever questioned the validity of this? Have you ever asked yourself the following question:

“Will I ever be enough?”

Will You Really Ever “Be Enough”?

The question may seem absurd: “Of course I am enough!” you might think as I once did. “I am a smart, attractive, intelligent, kind and loving person – of course I am enough!”

Yes, yes you are. And to achieve this kind of self-respect is an important part of the growth process away from self-hatred to self-love.

But there comes a time after you have cultivated self-love and self-respect where you come to realize something miraculous:

You will never be enough because who you “think” you are is not truly “who” you are.

All of the memories, all of the beliefs, all of the associations, all of the spiritual and worldly labels, all of the tastes, all of the traumas, all of the loves and hates, all of the insecurities and strengths, they are not truly “who” you are.

And no matter how highly you regard yourself, no matter how popular, liked, celebrated, or lovable you are – your identity remains as a burden; a barrier that prevents you from the purest self-realization which is that you are an expression of Oneness. Your true nature has no name, no form, no identity, no limits. You are everything and nothing at the same time.