A welcome note from our founder

As I sit here reflecting on all that has been and what I have created, it hits me that the love I pour forth into the world today began to emerge the first time I was brought to my knees, by loss of great magnitiude. While that may seem like an odd way to start the story of how My Temple Home was born, let me take you on a little journey. 

 

When I was 16 years old my father Ray suddenly passed away one Sunday morning. No warning, no goodbyes. While this was the most inconceivable situation to face, it was also the beginning of my spiritual awakening. That day cracked me wide open, to feel immense shock, sadness and pain but also unity, connectedness and my own deeper knowing.

 

This was so profound and yet so deeply shattering, words still fail me when I try to contain it somehow. I wrote a poem shortly after that day. It’s my honour to share it with you today-

Before the pain everything was plain

There were trees in front of me

But they were just trees

The ocean was blue but not very

I wanted more, I didn’t know what for

I was not even living or properly giving

 

I loved my dad so much it kills me

Every day now that love fills me

I feel it more than I did before

Now the trees are beautiful

The waves that hit the shore

Hypnotise me over and over

I believe there is a four leaf clover

Waiting around every corner

 

My dad was my best friend

One I’d hoped to keep til the end

The sea, it took him. It took him so well

The surf was up, his favourite swell

It washed him away from sight, from touch

But god I’ve never felt his love so much

 

It fills the space, lights up my face and beams from every flower

This isn’t the feeling I’d expected to face in that dark and horrible hour

Life took him away and at the same time shone

A light down on us that will never be gone

A light that lit up everything

Made me smile, made the birds sing

 

We said goodbye and it broke us hard

Through my heart the sharpest shard

Though through the same heart in my chest

Came something greater than the rest

 

The world said ‘Hello, here I am!’

None of this here is a sham

‘Look I’m a mountain, look I’m the sea!’

I saw everything was part of me

A power that cannot be measured or named

That in truth and beauty shall never be samed

A louder voice that says ‘It’s ok. You’re here for a reason.

With you I will stay'

 

This poem is relevant because, in summary; this experience opened me up to the magic and wonder of the universe. It flooded my life with meaning, love and an openness I previously did not have access to. I was awakened to the beauty in the natural world and our deep connectedness to all that is. This began my quest for more of the same. My yearning to understand more about why we were here and what this all means. Some would call it a ‘spiritual path’ others, ‘searching for meaning.’ However it becomes conceptualised by the mind, it’s a journey of discovery and awakening of the true nature of self and other. 

 

My quest took me around the world, learning meditation & ancient vedic knowledge, becoming an energy healer, journeying with shamans, dabbling in corporate finance, living as an actress in Los Angeles, a temple assistant in San Diego, a baby nanny in Bondi, a farmhand in Northern NSW. I explored so many aspects of self and the world through my adventures that were heart focused, always. To others this kind of life may seem erratic or dysfunctional, for me it was divine perfection. 

 

Over the last few years I have been living in Byron Bay, the most easterly point of Australia, frequently popping over to India to experience devotion in an incredibly visceral and brilliantly inspiring way. Making lifelong connections with friends who span many thousands of kms yet who feel like they're right here with me. A 2 year health crisis took me to yet another level of enquiry that ultimately plonked me here, where I am today with more peace in my life than I ever knew possible. 

 

Despite the current chaos of the world situation, I’m able to live out my days with enthusiasm and joy for all that is with my 6 month old puppy Theodora who personifies love with every breath she takes. 

 

My Temple Home was born out of my desire to help others connect with their deepest nature, through recognising the divine within and around them. To give hope in these precarious and often dark times. To remind people that despite the way things appear, we are all divine and here for our own special reasons. We are all loved and supported in ways we might never understand.

 

I want to share these gifts I have received in abundance to help the world become a more beautiful place to be. This starts with you, in your home, every morning you wake.

 

May My Temple Home be a place you come to ignite that fire within you, that burns brighter than all of the stars in the night sky. May you remember who you are even in the most challenging times.

 

As I write these words I feel my dad's presence in the room. He knows, in the formless world there is no separation. And perhaps this was always the part hardest to grasp. My dad was gone physically but I always felt him and still do. Love is something that never dies, cannot be destroyed and will always transform into something else.

 

Each time I have experienced an excruciating loss, I’ve been opened deeper to the great mysteries of life. A treasure trove of wisdom awaits those who dare to dive deeper.

 

It is with immense pleasure and excitement that I launch My Temple Home into the world.

May we all awaken to our greatest selves with the utmost grace and a sprinkle of humour. 

 

With love always,

 

Lucia x