Immigrating Spiritually

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While I created this circle to discuss what it’s like to approach the question of immigration spiritually, the news from the last 2 days about the H1B visa deserves immediate solidarity and compassion. Spiritual bypassing is when we deny or ignore our “negative” feelings like fear, pain, anger, sadness to stay in positive states of joy, happiness, excitement etc. However, this moment is to process this significant news, & hold space for all the feelings it brings up, ALL of them. Shock, paranoia, fear, rejection, uncertainty- all of it. Once we hold space for all of these difficult feelings, we can then move through them & device practical plans & strategies. Me personally- I woke up on Saturday morning at 5am to pee, and saw my WhatsApp blow up with messages from friends & family. I almost had an anxiety attack. I texted everyone, vented, panicked, and eventually went back to sleep. I spent the day processing & doing my work, but it hasn’t been easy at all.

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People with little to no education or income make their immigration dreams a reality. If you’re meant to reside in a land, the whole universe will conspire to make it happen. Never doubt if your accomplishments are good enough to qualify. It’s ultimately God’s criteria, it’s he who decides. Not the immigration officer(s) or regimes. I’ve heard countless stories of immigration that can only be explained by serendipity, not laws, paperwork or logic. Although my strategy combines both. 🌸 Facts + faith 🌸

Faith

The immigration process is one of the most UNCERTAIN processes that one can ever go through, especially in the current socio- political climate. Therefore, it is absolutely the best time to practice developing “CERTAINTY beyond logic”, the skill that makes you the most spiritually immune & unshakeable ✨☘️

What is immigrating spirituality

Why have I started immigrating spiritually? Hi! I am Anupriya, originally from New Delhi, India where I was raised & spent majority of my life. Ever since a young age, I knew that I belonged in the US. It was deep inner knowing. Majority of my family on my dad’s side is in the US across multiple states. My parents & grandparents chose to live in India despite having a green card because they love it there. For them, there’s nothing better than “apna desh” (our own country). My dad returned his green card in front of me when I was 13, as a symbol to show the immigration officers that he had no interest in living in the US, so that they could grant a tourist visa to my sister, who was 21, a ripe age for women to go and settle in the US with marriage as a guise, something that officers were afraid of happening but my sister had 0 interest in. We got our tourist visas & I spent my first summer in the US, only to never be the same again. The inner knowing that I belonged here grew even more strong. The freedom to where whatever I wanted, the belongingness I felt when my taste in music & aesthetic was represented all around me, & the overall culture feeling so aligned made going back to India a miserable experience for me. My teens were spent in reverse culture shock, struggle & unhappiness (continued below)

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Immigrating spiritually is a project I have curated in recognition of the fact that the process of immigration is as much spiritual as it is legal, practical, strategic, professional & so on. Your soul chooses to relocate & expand in a specific place. It knows where it needs to be to reach the next stage of its growth. It embraces the truth that at a certain age or time, it has outgrown its existing env & now the next stage of its evolution will be in a new land. Despite all odds, practical struggles & factual obstacles, it perseveres & reaches its new destiny.