Say these words: ‘This is the best day of my life so far.’ And know it to be true. Know it to be true because you have never been on this planet with as much wisdom, life-skill and knowledge as you have TODAY. Yesterday you had masses of wisdom, life-skill and knowledge and today… you have more. All the tools and skills you need to thrive, to appreciate life, to commune with life and spirit, to help other people, to navigate life’s magnificent obstacle course, are in you today like never before. And guess what, tomorrow, you will have more!
That’s a beautiful perspective in these remarkable days.
There really only is only skill to practise in this life, is you want to ensure a blossoming, joyful and peaceful old age, and that is: appreciation. If appreciation of your self, of life, of others and of the planet becomes your default state, you will simply grow in inner peace daily.
Know, sweet soul, that you are being HELD. Know this, through and through, and your struggles, your suffering, your doubts… they will ebb away. Do you know that you are HELD by an army of supporters? Do you? Each of you are. None of you is alone in this day. Not one.
Your choice to suffer is, unbelievably, with you. We know this sounds trite, and in the circumstances of your planet today, we know that our words may shock. But hear this, sweet soul: if you truly new the circumstnaces of your human life, you would all throw yourselves into the fray of helping eachother while you could. You would not hesitate to support each other, especially not out of fear of infection. Nor would you let tiredness stop you, for you would discover that the softest, deepest help can be offered to another soul, from the comfort of your couch. Be it sending a text, or prayer, or reiki… your capacity to support one another in this time is endless. And your army of supporters are really there to support you to support others. That is how the physics of it works.
You are a speck of creative force, so your supporters are here to help you evolve as such. Creativity is known by its fruits: true creativity (which is Source outmanifesting) uplifts, inspires, moves and helps others. So your supporters are here to help you to do what uplifts, inspires, moves and helps others. As you step into the stream of helping others, your supporters will really be able to get the wind beneath their wings.
You saw that yesterday, in the freshness of the new social distancing guidelines, as you and others leapt online to support each other and to connect despite the circumstances. What a sociable, flowing day you had yesterday. You were all in the STO flow. And your supporters were able to flick up the hem of your beautiful skirt as you spun round.
Thank you, Supporters. So, they are like an army of good energy bearers?
We prefer ‘council’ to army.
Cool. A council of good energy bearers. Waiting for me to plug my finger into the socket between them and the people around me. So I can be a channel of good energy.
Good. Let’s read…
COMMUNICATION: If you try to adjust yourself in a certain way, you will lose yourself. So without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, to express yourself freely as you are is the most important thing to make yourself happy, and to make others happy. You will acquire this kind of ability by practicing zazen. Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. Zen Mind p88-9
To me, as an Aspie soul, this speaks of dropping ‘masking’. And what a relief that would be. I get this feeling that, in moving into the online world as a result of this pandemic, there will be far less need for masking. I can’t tell you how much relief I have felt these last few days about not having to go out, dressed up, into other people’s spaces, and follow their neuro-typical ways in their loud, crunchy, awkward environments, overloaded with psychic clutter and energetic noise… Eek. Did I just say that out loud? Well, here’s me ‘expressing myself freely as I am’, and yes it does make me happy to speak my truth. And the truth includes this: I love connecting with people in the online world! I’m only just understanding this. I’ve been throwing so much energy into navigating the physical, interpersonal world… And online probably felt it wasn’t tough enough so it wasn’t the real work…!! Like I couldn’t focus on online while I still had real world work to do. Like online was a distraction or luxury I hadn’t earned… But yesterday I enjoyed:
- a long call with my sister while walking
- a Zoom lunch with my children and their grandmother
- a Facetime meeting with a colleague
- a Zoom meeting with a work friend
- constant WhatsApp banter with family
- AND a walk in nature, the pleasure of comfy clothes, the freedom to take breaks as I wanted, enjoyment of my lovely home, the company of my G at his desk next to me…
- AND a sense of the fun of connection – so much better than heavy old email or clunking meetings.
I hear you though: helping others is where it all comes alive. And in these current circumstances, we are all in the spirit of helping eachother.
You are welcome to let that spirit of helping others GROW, safe in the knowledge that our lives improve on so many visible and invisible levels when they are geared towards helping people.
I’ve had a block, haven’t I, over recent months? My work ostensibly is about helping others, but my days have been geared towards helping myself, defending myself financially, and proving myself professionally. I have even hidden my true self, in projecting a NT professional profile, thereby removing from myself the happiness of freely expressing myself.
‘Giddily helping others’ is a thing. It refers to our headlong tumble forward into the work of STO. When we get the feel for it, we scale up. Free self-expression is the catalyst.
Ok. This is good. So my message for today? (I’m driving 4 hours each way to collect my precious youngest from uni today. The year’s exams have been cancelled, and bar a few online lectures for the next four weeks, the academic year is over til Oct. It’s currently mid-March…)
The archetype for today is: The Sage. The Sage listens deeply, and speaks freely but little. The Sage knows so very much, and carries that wisdom both lightly and at the fore. The Sage is able to support others, and is supported as she does so. The Sage is unruffled by circumstance because she knows that ‘this too shall pass’. For the Sage, life gets better and better as she learns better how to navigate it, and as she loosens herself from burdens.
The Sage has only love in her heart as she has no need for fear.
What one thing would you have me do today?
Sense the love in your heart. As you drive, feel it, nurture it, expand it out, revel in it. Your heart is a magnetic instrument. Magnets grow in attractiveness the more you play with them. Play with the living sensation of love in your heart, and see what happens.
Sense the love in your heart.