Ok. I prayed for courage. And I acted courageously yesterday – swimming in the sea! And I was also overcome by anxiety all of last night… 🙁 I am astounded by some of the things going on in the world at the moment too: the Amazon burning, Gran Canaria also on fire, Australia in drought, Trump retweeting a tweet proclaiming him as the second coming of Christ, Johnson corralling the country to a vicious Brexit. What’s happening? I hardly dare take my eyes off the horizon…
And in your actual world?
I’m behind on my comms. 🙁
Do them, dear one.
I will. Thank you. This courage. Grant me a brave heart for these times…
Let’s read:
-25- Something formless yet complete, existing before heaven and earth. Silent and limitless, it stands alone and does not change. Reaching everywhere, it does not tire. Perhaps it is the Mother of all things under heaven. I do not know its name so I call it “Tao.” When I have to describe it I call it “great.” Being great it flows. It flows far away. Having gone far away, it returns. Therefore, the Tao is great. Heaven is great. Earth is great. People are also great. Thus, people constitute one of the four great things of the universe. People conform to the earth. The earth conforms to heaven. Heaven conforms to the Tao. The Tao conforms to its own nature. (Tao Te Ching, chap 25)
Ok. So. What is this Tao / Way thing, in my actual world? Where do I see it? What is it to me? Where do I interact with it, and how?
Every time you flow, you are in alignment with the Way. The Way is flowing. This you are aware of. What is the opposite of flowing?
Resistance.
When you are in a state of resistance, you have stepped out of the Tao stream. You are on the riverbank walking upstream again. It’s fine, because you can jump back into the downstream flowing river again whenever you wish.
When you look at the news – are you in flow or resistance?
Tbh, I don’t know. There’s something blissfully passive about consuming the news, especially on FB where it’s curated by my bubble of heart-centred, planet loving, empathic friends.
Let’s try again. How does it make you feel when you passively consume FB?
Both relaxed (zoned out and mentally switched off) and fixated.
There we are. This is your message. You would do well not to use uncurated (uncurated by you) reading for relaxation. Go back to your books. Ok?
Yes. I hear you. Last night was a blip. But the images are so compelling… 🙁
It is highly important that you do not consume – or ‘imprint’ – images of destruction and tragedy while in a zoned-out state. Ok? If you want to know about what is ‘happening’ in the world, sit up, get your laptop out (not your phone) and do the research – and. then. take. action. Any passive, saddening, bewildering consumption without massive loving action is tantamount to adding your loosh to the bonfire.
I think that is the hardest talk I’ve had from you. I hear. May I act accordingly.
Let’s go back to courage and link it to today’s reading on flow.
Courage is love in flowing action. Love is activated by courage. Flow is courage inspired by love. See?
I see you saying that there is a dynamic connection between: LOVE, COURAGE & FLOW..
Your mission this year was set as the following: Reach peace; teach peace. LOVE, COURAGE & FLOW are the expression of peace in action.
Where do I need to pour more love, courage and flow?
In your teaching.
I need to overcome my fear and sadness and shame.
It is forgiven – as soon as you forgive yourself and others.
Start now.
How?
Meditate…
***15 min med with Insight Timer***
Arising:
The old world paradigm would make the new world paradigm ‘ridiculous’. Hold firm to that which the so-called arbiters of taste and wisdom point at as ‘ridiculous’, ‘pathetic’… especially the ‘snowflake’ argument. Allow to rise up in you that essence of you that is priceless. Priceless: unpurchasable, not for sale, not to be bought or traded.
There is so much of me that I have feared to bring forward lest it was called ‘ridiculous’.
What is more ridiculous? Love, gentleness, intuition and softness – or a system of values that would engulf your planet in flames?
Exactly… I am embracing the ‘ridiculous’ aspects of me as we speak.
The ‘ridiculous’ peace-makers, dancers, pray-ers, lovers, whirling dervishes, healers, magicians, miracle-makers… Will they bring their spirits to bear this day?
I am cherishing my essential self as we speak.
Let your essential self come forth. Gently. Use your ‘How to’ category with love.
I need time. And peace.
You have all the mornings ahead. Be patient. Be still.
I am cherishing my essential self (it’s flowy – and what others might call ‘ridiculous’ but it’s far from being so)