Guess what this month’s teaching is…
I’ve just come down from the mountains of Cádiz, Spain, after am inspiring week-long advanced wisdom training with my spiritual teacher Rita Hraiz. I feel purified.
We are in between homes in Italy, so the timing was perfect to stop, empty out, and receive.
I arrived with an awareness – about my worth. I know it. But feeling it? Really feeling it deeply without someone reminding me? That’s been harder to embody.
Which brings me to a beautiful and perfectly timed teaching!
Saucha.
Translated as purity. Cleanliness. Or simply, clarity.
Clarity in the sense of clearing what gets in the way of seeing ourselves as we actually are.
And whilst the Yamas from the last five love letters were about right relationship with others, the Niyamas – starting today – are about right relationship with ourselves.
On one of the days we had a daytime ceremony and we could wear what we wanted. Most people arrived in white.
I arrived in a silky wrap around yellow dress!
I felt so self-conscious. For a split second I thought, oh no, should I have worn white?
But being fully in the flow of trusting divine perfection, I leaned into my discomfort.
Because the issues lie in our tissues. And the only way out is through.
And something clicked. I became aware of my own ridiculousness – way too old and wonderful to be thinking this way. And wanting to hide! I mean, really?!
I found pleasure in the softness on my skin, the joy of yellow, and the lightness of the fabric. I was loving it! I remembered how people used to call me a ray of sunshine when I was young.
And then, out of the blue, one of the participants said – own your sunshine, Dipika.
And the irony? My name means guiding light. It comes from the festival of lights, where candles are lit to guide the sacred deities home.
I laughed so much that day, at myself, with others, and at the mystery of the universe and the divine perfection of it all.
So, I made a choice. To stop controlling my light and be the fullness of it. Share it. And recognise it as my birthright.
Because that’s what Saucha really is.
Clearing and removing the layers that made us forget the beauty that we already are.
I left feeling full of heart and empty of mind.
Like something had been wiped clean.
There is a story of the giant solid Golden Buddha in Thailand. It sat hidden beneath layers of clay for centuries, to protect it from invaders. Everyone believed it was clay – because that was all they could see. Until one day, when they tried to move it, and the outer layers cracked. To reveal the gold underneath.
Like us. The gold was always there. It just needed uncovering.
Saucha isn’t just inner work. It applies to our homes, work spaces, social diaries, and the way we think or speak to ourselves.
In daily life, Saucha can look like:
- Transforming the thoughts that cloud your clarity, so they come from a place of love.
- Purifying your words and actions through the law of harmlessness.
- A clean space at home, at work, and in your diary.
- Cleansing your old habits around food, exercise, and indulgences.
- And sometimes – wearing the yellow dress.
So as you move through your days, I leave you with this:
What layer are you ready to release so you can see your own gold more clearly?
With love in all ways,
Dipika
