From One Ocean to Another – The Way of Phi in Practice

A Bridge to Sweden...

This past week, I have moved across five countries—France, Italy, Monaco, Denmark, and Sweden—traversing not just landscapes but entire ways of being. My journey has taken me from the sunlit expanse of the Mediterranean to the quiet vastness of the Baltic Sea. A movement not only across physical space but across states of mind.

Travel invigorates me. There is something about the Linear energy of the explorer—the drive to push forward, to seek, to expand—that deeply resonates. Yet, paradoxically, I find that in motion, it becomes easier to embody the Circular—to surrender, to accept, to allow life to unfold.

Returning to Sweden, however, evokes a different sensation. In the past, I often felt confined here—caught in routine, disconnected from the dynamic balance that makes me feel alive. But this time, something has shifted. Instead of returning to an old version of myself, I feel as though I am bringing the journey into this space—bridging the person I have become with the place I have known. Thus I am walking the Way of Phi.

Bridging Two Worlds

A bridge is more than a passage; it is an integration. It connects opposing shores, uniting movement and stillness, past and future, known and unknown. In many ways, this journey—from one ocean to another—has been just that: a bridge between different aspects of myself.

Sweden is no longer just a place of return, and the Mediterranean is no longer just a place of movement. Instead, I find myself carrying both within me—a deeper presence in stillness, and a quiet momentum even in familiarity.

The Candle and the Plate

Imagine a candle standing on a plate.

The plate is the foundation—broad, stable, unshakable. Yet, in and of itself, it does not rise; it does not illuminate. This is the power of presence. It is where we begin, where we must root ourselves. But presence alone does not cast light.

The candle, in contrast, reaches upward, effortlessly illuminating its surroundings. The higher it stands, the greater its glow. Yet without the grounding stability of the plate, the candle would topple—extinguished, or worse, setting fire to all around it.

Thus, the two must coexist. Stability enables ascension. Foundation allows illumination. 

Where in your life are you being called to bridge foundation and elevation, to balance stability with ascension, to honour both the darkness that grounds you and the light that calls you higher?

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Until next time, with grace,

Christopher