Yesterday was full and could have been stressful, but when time felt pressured, I took the approach of flowing towards the destination like water – steadily, gently, powerfully. My goodness, I conserved a LOT more energy than I would have usually, with my tendency to slap the water around me to prevent the sense of drowning… I really did ‘go with the flow’ for once. And good things arose! And when I didn’t want to be in a place, I left it… Simple.
Today…
-9- Better to stop in time than to fill to the brim. Hone a blade to the sharpest point, and it will soon be blunt. Fill your house with gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Be prideful about wealth and position, and you bring disasters upon yourself. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven. (Ref)
There’s a strong ‘less is more’ aspect here. Where can I apply the teaching of ‘stop in time’ rather than ‘fill to the brim’?
Eating.
And good morning to you too! Thanks for that! And also, yes… thanks for that. It is a lesson for me to work with. Tell me more.
You often feel ‘there won’t be enough later’ – so you consume or take as much as you can now. Withholding yourself will be a good way of developing the trust that there is always enough. Always.
To be fair on myself, I do need to learn to balance my blood sugar. When I get hungry it’s suddenly all too much.
‘Grazing green’ is your term, and it is good.
Why am I here today? I feel unsettled.
To learn you can hold firm to your routine in any context.
MEDSAN… Yes. I’m tired… Confused. Out of sorts. I want to keep to my protocols but it’s hard away from home. I’ve come to assist, but everything’s clearly more than in hand…
Maybe I over-sharpened my own blade. Maybe I filled my cup to the brim this past weekend. I don’t know how to get rest… I wish to retreat to the hermitage sometimes…
Softly, dear soul. Softly. Where is your breathing? A person can not live on sips of breath alone.
Let’s go back to a vision, intention or target slide.
Ha… I never finished (or started) that target slide (ie vision image) of drawing DoDs and Casework together.
Rest in exploring that concept now then… and you will find your guiding North Star again.
They are harvesting outside, or cutting down a tree, or building a new temple to noise… I can’t THINK.
Move. Move. Move… like that water. You are stagnant in your room there. Flow on. ‘Retire when the work is done.’ ‘Stop in time.’
What’s the thread for today?
Go and find your North Star.
I am finding my North Star