This started as notes for the recent teachings I have been delivering and then I kept on writing. I have opened my mind and now you are privy to the contents :) Good luck!
As we are in spring (although the weather hasn’t yet got that message :)), our theme in this teaching block has been about new possibilities and our potential. New possibilities and reaching our potential is not designed to create additional pressure, especially if you are at the stage in your life where you don’t know, you have not yet given yourself space to consider this question or maybe you are not ready to enter this work, yet. This is all okay of course. The main message from this block is to be open and feel strong enough to receive all possibilities. Our limiting thoughts and beliefs cause weakness in the mind and body. If we have a quality about us that is curious, open, willing to listen and move forward from a place of presence and connection with ourselves; we will naturally start to align with our authentic self and our life’s purpose. We cannot connect well to a deep purpose, without first connecting on a deep level to ourselves. It would be like potting a beautiful plant, with no soil and expecting it to thrive. We have to do the dirty, muddy work first. Cultivate the soil, create the right environment, tend to the soil and then allow the fruits of your patience to bloom. It cannot be rushed and there is a liberation to be found in not rushing, not striving but in allowing, leaning in and being okay with where you are today.
Maybe this new potential is not about striving for something else, to be better or more special or different, maybe for you it is about being okay with who you are, who you are today, in this moment. I saw something today which fits beautifully with what I am trying to convey - “the biggest disease on the planet today is people wanting to be special”... by wanting to be special, we are wanting to be better than other people, we may then feel a little better about ourselves when someone else is having a difficult time - we may say things like “at least I don’t have to deal with that”, or “it could always be worse”. We may say to our children “what did other people get on the test?” “Where did you come in the race?” Immediately creating a vocabulary for our children rooted in comparison, competition and striving for more. The very nature of wanting to be special means we want other people to not be as good as us. It is not our fault, it probably has an evolutionary purpose; looking out for threats. If we can fight better or hunt better then we survive. It is a hangover from living in constant survival. We do not have this level of threat, one where we will die if we are not better. Our ‘threat’ is delivered to us by people posting their lives on social media, by competitive environments in work, at home and in school. I wonder how the quality of our education, our workplace and our communities would change, if people began allowing themselves to be exactly as they are. To start to understand themselves on a deeper level, to begin to feel more connected with who they are, feel connected to the world around them and then from this place start to transform. Transform to be their authentic self. Not for anyone else, not to be special, not so they can judge themselves or others, but to improve their experience in this life, and to improve the experience of everyone else they have contact with. We have all no doubt experienced the negative ripple effect of news, gossip, or being in the company of someone who makes us feel worse than when we met them. Just imagine, if you could be the reason the ripple effect has a positive effect on someone. Because you are more comfortable, connected and at peace with who you are, there is no need to pass on toxic energy. You can be the reason someone else feels more comfortable with who they are, which changes how they speak and communicate and so the positive ripple effect begins to gain momentum.
Our quality of thought, emotion and action can change considerably if we begin to lean in, truly lean in to who we are- the simple present, the ordinary moments of ourselves, our lives. If we can start to acknowledge, accept and have an awareness of who we are in each moment, this is deep spiritual work. From this place of peace with who we are, we can grow and enjoy a more abundant life.
I will leave you with this, just in case you are questioning yourself, afraid to lean in, or have thoughts that have a quality of resistance.
“It’s okay to say “I don’t know”. I don’t know what I want, I don’t know where I am going. I don’t know who I am. It’s okay to be at a crossroads. It’s okay to be uncertain. It’s okay not to have clarity. Sometimes not knowing but being open to discovering, open to the opportunities, and open to the possibilities; will perhaps bring the most magic. Sometimes we need a blank page, to discover the magic within.”
Lisa Buscomb.
Maybe your future self will be grateful that your present self took the leap to lean in, listen, understand and then ultimately be open to all that you have to offer. How bloody exciting!!
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