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In Just 24h... Sometimes the kindest word is no
20 years on the path... and what finally taught Shāradā Devī to stop pleasing 🌸


Hi friend, 💛🌿
⏰ In just 24 hours, the Permanent Presence Summit™ begins. Free and online, November 13 to 16. Save your free spot now 🤍
Shāradā said something that went straight into my body… "For a very long time I thought the kind thing to do, the loving thing to do, the spiritual thing to do… was to say yes." ✨
She has been a seeker, a mumukshu, for more than twenty years. And for a long time, she said yes to things she was not meant to say yes to… accommodating, to the point of hurting herself. "To be able to say no can be so, so, so scary. Because we want to please… and for us women, pleasing means safety."
[Where are You still saying yes… when your body is already saying no?]
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Then she asked me something simple: when was the last time I truly felt physically unsafe? And I remembered a conversation with a woman friend, years ago. I realized I almost never feel physically in danger… and she felt some level of danger, almost every single day of her life. 🌍
It's not okay to build a world where half of the population doesn't feel safe. 🥺
And I felt this one deeply, because it is also my story. As a monk, the pleasing part in me was too big. Nice instead of kind. I stayed five more years than I should have… trying to please everyone, except my own truth.
Shāradā put it in one line: we say yes "because we want to be kind to the other person, but it's actually not kind." It can be nice… comfortable for the egos… and still not kind to the souls of either of us. 🙏
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At the summit, Shāradā brings the Vedic truths of who we are down into the body, into the feminine and the masculine in each of us, and into one beautifully practical tool she learned from her mentor… a simple question that changed how she relates to everyone, starting with her brother and a sauna in the Swiss Alps. 🏔️ I won't say more here… it deserves to be received in her voice, with presence.
Shāradā's session premieres at the Permanent Presence Summit™. 🎉 Free and online, anywhere you are, November 13 to 16, starting tomorrow, on the International Day of Kindness.
⏰ Today is the last day at the launch price. Tonight at midnight Bali time (5 pm Madrid, 11 am Miami), Premium goes from €44 to €55 and VIP from €444 to €555. Premium and VIP keep every recording for life, with each speaker's gifts.
I choose kindness that includes me… I choose a clear no when no is the truth… I choose, if you want, to do it with you. 🤍
Loto
Founder of Hawimi & the Permanent Presence Summit™
What if Kindness is Always the Answer?
PS. Three ways to continue, if you want:
① Register free for the Permanent Presence Summit and receive a gift Inner Circle session valued at €111: https://Hawimi.World/Summit2026 🎁
② Today only, at the launch price: become Premium (€44) and keep all the sessions for life, or VIP (€444) and get that + a full month of Inner Circle. From midnight Bali time, €55 and €555. Either way, you give and receive more. 💛
③ Share this opportunity with the world and receive rewards for sharing kindness and presence. Here's the direct link: https://Hawimi.World/Ambassadors 🫂