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Aloha
and Good Morning, I’ve wondered from time to time – surrounded
as I am by the wisdom and words of the masters – just what life feels like
the day after one experiences a great awakening, a grand new insight, a
mystical opening or any other wondrous event that marks our life-stages of
growth and unfolding. I’ve wondered how to integrate and inculcate such
moments into soul growth, to soften my sharp edges little by little. |
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With a burst of courage, the young one let go of its rock, tumbled down
the river and out of sight. After a time, the tumbling stopped. The current
tugged the young one above the turbulence and turmoil of the rocks and the
curious little creatures that clung there.
“Ahh,” the young one thought, “There is an art to going with the flow.
“I’ve let go. I’ve trusted the
river. I’ve passed through those first frightening moments that smashed and
hammered me. All that I have known flows beneath me.” |
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Clinging to the rocks and twigs,
others would look up and point as the young one floated past.
“Now I’m swept away into a sense of timelessness while the world
rushes by.” The young one stared with wide-eyed wonder, breathless with
awe. It knew that the current carried it
and yet felt as if the whole world, and not it, was the one moving. “All my
life I have been taught to cling, to resist the force of the current and now,
for the first time, I am at peace. In my heart I feel a deep and delicious
stillness.” |
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The peace abided and yet in a
strange dichotomy, the brave little creature felt a little unnerved as all
that it knew fell away beneath it. The
young one found itself in a strange, new world where everything felt the same
and yet different, unknown and yet familiar. “I am still myself,” it said and
marveled. “What do I do now?” |
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“Just be,” the faint, familiar sound of the old master’s voice echoed in its mind, “Just breathe; allow your self to be fully present
in this moment. Now is a time for being; when the time for doing comes, you
will know it.” And so the young one gulped in a huge gulp,
and then another and another until its lungs burst with life and its heart
sang. The young one laughed with pure joy and floated down the river. It
noticed all the strength and energy it once used to cling to the rock,
against the flow of the current, now reverberated through every cell, fiber,
tendon and muscle of its body. What a fabulous feeling! |
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“I think I shall call myself Expedience,” the young one thought, “For I
am not the creature I once was. I have started a new journey and shall give
myself a new name!” Expedience delighted in everything
that flowed around her. To the creatures still clinging, the passage of Expedience – floating by
above them – marked a wondrous and magical event far outside the happenings
of a normal day. They would point and stare and discuss far into the night
the meaning of this miracle. |
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A few found themselves inspired to
investigate the rocks to which they cling and question if clinging so serves
their highest good and growth. Others found themselves content to merely
talk about it, albeit with great authority and a certain conceit for being
among the “chosen few” privileged to witness the great event, and so never
considered the necessity of actually letting go of their own rocks and twigs.
Yet, for Expedience life went on, each day
dawning anew as always before. |
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So it
is for each of us. We pass though life’s passages. We learn life’s lessons.
We begin to do things differently; bit by bit we become better than before.
We find ourselves step by step higher on the ladder of conscious evolution
and soul growth. Sometimes this growth is as dramatic as “letting go of the
rock;” sometimes as subtle as simply
switching our clinging to a rock of a different, more suitable shape until
the time comes to let go altogether. Either way, we grow. Either way is cause
for celebration. Today is a day to celebrate. Today is a day
to pat ourselves upon the back and say: “Well done!” We’ve made it this far
and each day dawns anew as always before.
Our intention, to become better than before,
insures that it will be so. The divinely responsive universe provides the
teachers and events to propel our path of growth provided we demonstrate a
willingness to participate. In other words, the more clear our intention of
personal growth, the more clearly we can respond to the opportunities that
life presents to grow. Within ourselves we remain ourselves
regardless of the degree of growth so easily seen by others around us. So, perhaps today is the perfect day to
reflect upon our progress, large or small, however we chose to measure such
things, and simply “gulp a huge gulp,” and then another and another until our
lungs burst with life and our hearts sing and we celebrate. Thank you for spending this morning moment
with me. Aloha, Peace and Wellness, Holman |
