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- In the beginning . . .
- Torn Between Two Lovers
- Who I Am Becoming – A Young Woman’s Story of Spiritual Awakening
- When the Student Is Ready the Teacher Appears, Really
- The Empyrean Experiment in Hawaii
- Catching the Empyrean Vision
- Our Love Affair with Wisdom
- A Spiritual Pilgrimage
- Our Great Undoing
- Cupid Lives at Our House
- The Way of Community
- Surfing the Waves of Change
- How Much Transformation Can You Squeeze Through a Phone Line?
We were ready for a new way of working.
The question was how. We were living in this question with no clear answer. In other words we had again jumped into the void with only our spiritual guidance as a safety net.
Have you been there before? We imagine you have. It seems no matter how practiced any of us get at trusting the process of change and evolution there can still be the occasional sense of trepidation and second guessing.
There is a metaphor that has served us well. Picture yourself as a trapeze artist swinging from one bar to another. There is a point in time where you aren’t holding onto anything. You are mid flight for awhile before you can grasp the bar before you.
Releasing and Letting Go Into the Future
You may have done it thousands and thousands of times and you’ve learned to trust the bar will always be there for you. Then, let’s pretend a thick fog comes in and you can’t see the bar. There are a few clues that it should be there, some familiar sounds perhaps, but you can’t see it.
It’s leap of faith time. A lot of people are going through this now with the challenges of the economy crisis, changing jobs, reorganizing domestic life to deal with all the rapid social changes, moving to a new city. People are having to feel into an unknown future for themselves, their families and the world.
In so many ways we are all trying to find a new and stable ground. Change, change and more change. Where do we put our trust when we don’t have the usual signals that predictability provides?
Tuning in to the Guidance of Spirit
For us, it has been to calm our fears and tune into to the voice of Spirit. There is a homing beacon that can guide any of us, if or when the fog starts drifting in. Quieting the fearful mind is a skill set and we were well practiced. If we could allow our minds to relax and recall all the times life had turned out for us, even when we didn’t know how, it helped.
Life is full of unexpected twists and turns. Learning to adapt and go with a new flow is part of the journey. Although, sometimes the space and time between completions and new beginnings can be maddening.
Before there was a clear path and purposeful things to do, now there is this peculiar “slowness.” So, what are we to do without that focus to fill up our days? What is there to do, when there isn’t much to do?
Waiting and worrying just hurts. So, the best use of our time was to love. There are always new ways to choose love and frequently love is a choice. Many people wait for love “happen to” them. But, choosing to feel the presence of love, even in times of uncertainty, seems like a pretty good way to pass the time.
Some days were easier than others . . . and then, at last, the new beginning, began. The waiting was over and we were off on a new and exiting adventure!
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December 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
paul and layne! so great to get a “hit” of your love and energy……….i miss having weekly connection with you.
Yes, I feel I too am in this “leap of faith” place. with my work, with wondering if love will ever find me again………each day, I turn to my spiritual practice, connection with Source, with my clearing tools to keep me focused and in trust. some days are certainly easier than others:) my love flows deeply to you, melanie
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December 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
“Learning to adapt and go with a new flow is part of the journey.” Life for me has been one change after another the last ten years. There’s gratitude for learning fairly early in it all to go with the flow. Figuring that out has made surfing the waves interesting and even exciting, and one growth and learning experience after another.
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December 10th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I was just having this conversation with my husband on the way home from a road trip. People claim that life is short, I say life is once! I was explaining to him that my journey of getting what I want is more fulfilling to me then when it actually comes. I think he is wishing that my boat would come in already so he can stop working:)
Paul and Layne thank you for your excellent suggestions for the”waiting game” I have this saying that I live by and that is “Your most important job is to be happy” When I am aware that I could be happier, more excited, energetic, or creating, I stop what Im doing or make a definite next thing to do point of doing exactly what I want that I know will make me happy, a workout, a manicure, massage, cocktails,something I have never done before. something that makes ME feel GOOD. I am then recharged and have had that experience in my life that will most likely jump start my feel good mood again! No I am not blonde, ok I am!
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December 10th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
sometimes things like the going through the fog are a bit scarey. i’m getting better at tuning out the crap from the world around me and listening to Source to get me through it. love is what makes the fog less dense and helps me to be able to see the way again.
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December 10th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I love the metaphor of the trapeze and how trusting ourselves is so important in life. I am at that place in life where I need some stability and this is a way of dealing with the many losses I have had to bear….Change after all is the only constant in life and living in the moment and enjoying life is very important.
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December 13th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Thank you for your beautiful thoughts above. I’ve always loved that metaphor of the trapeze artist but I’ve never heard the gap described as a sudden fog. It’s a welcome reminder. Especially your thought of filling the space with love. It reminds me of the time I was pregant with my son. Beyond taking care of my physical being the only thing I could do was to ‘let go’ and trust God to deliver the child. I had to totally trust the process and believe that everything would be OK. I think it is possibly the most aware I have ever been of the spirit. The waiting, the trusting, and simply filling the moment with love. Sounds also a bit like Advent…an anticipation of something magnificent being born.
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