Hello beloveds!
We want to write a bit about what it means to be brave. Some of you will think oh, I know, it means you are never afraid! Others will say no, it means you are afraid sometimes but you do it anyway! Those are two ideas about bravery that are currently in circulation, and some of each of them may or may not apply to you.
Today what we want to say about bravery is: this is what you are doing when you choose something different than you have always done before. If you are a person who tends to push on through, to get things done, and who likes to accomplish things, then it takes a lot of bravery to allow yourself to rest. To be fallow. To run dry and not know the next step. Some people come to this place through intention - I see I need to do something differently or I will burn out - but some people come through a slide and a crash and a burn. It can be difficult from this place to see the courage you exhibit, because you may feel you have no choice. You may think that whatever care you take of yourself, it brings no rewards. You may believe you are a failure, because doing things differently doesn't yet feel any different, and doing things the same old way brings pain. You may feel trapped, and sad, and worthless.
It brings discomfort when you do things differently. Bravery is very often an uncomfortable place to be. But if you look into that discomfort, you will see it is just the discomfort of old beliefs being scrubbed away. Although they cling tenaciously, you can say to them thank you, you have done your work here, see you later, goodbye!
It is a little bit like washing a grater or a sieve after it was left to dry with material like cheese or something on it. You can't just scrub it off. It needs soaking first, to loosen up the relationship between the food and the surface onto which it has fused. If you attack it, you will skin your knuckles and also exert a lot of effort for not much return, which will only add to your feelings of futility and irritation. But if you let it soak a while, and go do something relaxing yourself, when you come back it will loosen of its own accord and let itself be rinsed off and away.
Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is to take a nice hot bath.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Saturday, March 14, 2015
Beginnings
Where did you come from?
In the beginning, there was light. And vibration. And love.
How did you start out?
Were you more, or less, than a twinkle in your mother's eye?
Sometimes in a new endeavour, whether writing a blog or coming into a body for a new earth-based life, it is helpful to recognize that everything is continuum. Nothing really starts, and nothing ever ends. Therefore, the option of correcting your mistakes is ever open to you. Therefore, have no fear.
When you begin something, know that it was begun before you, and will carry on after you are done. (In this way, be careful what you post on those internets, you know?) You did not start at the moment of physical conception, and getting here was also not all your idea. Other people joined in to make you happen, but you had a hand in it as well. Multiple factions, coming together in a certain way in a certain time and place (also in a place beyond time and space, but that's another topic) created the you that you think of as yourself.
You had this big idea, to come here and do this. Maybe when you arrived it was not as you'd thought. Maybe when you got here you suddenly got scared. Or you recognized how helpless and vulnerable having a body is. Or you realized you'd bitten off too much to chew. Plus you had no teeth. But you carried on, and here you are!
We wish to reassure. You got this far: so far, so good. Things have not gone according to plan, but that is neither here nor there, because you just keep going. Sometimes you haven't done well. You have cheated yourself of an experience you needed, or you shortcut around it, or you stayed too long in one place. But in general, overall, things keep unfolding and you keep on going and it just works out.
When you begin something, remember it has its roots in long ago, so far back you can't see it. These are sometimes the seeds of the Pharaohs, sprouting after many thousand years in the dark. Sometimes they are your own imagination gone wild, having been fertilized by a chance encounter or a determined exploration on your own. Sometimes you just get a notion. There is the possibility of planning and that plans can go awry. You need to plan so the Universe knows where to follow you, but if things go wrong it is not such a bad thing after all. There is no misstep in your past that should be erased. Everything brought you to here. Now. This.
This moment is the culmination of all that has gone before: that successful presentation, that one more broken glass. None of it resented or rejected now; all of it in gracious acceptance and embrace. Give yourself the kudos for continuing on, neither swayed by glory nor fear, next steps taken, both tiny and major leaps. Appreciate the accumulations of experience, even as you prune and tidy and decompose.
You do get to shape the future, in a way, but remember it is based on the past, and everything leads to the next moment, ripe with infinite possibility, buoyed by the last thought you had.
In the beginning, there was light. And vibration. And love.
How did you start out?
Were you more, or less, than a twinkle in your mother's eye?
Sometimes in a new endeavour, whether writing a blog or coming into a body for a new earth-based life, it is helpful to recognize that everything is continuum. Nothing really starts, and nothing ever ends. Therefore, the option of correcting your mistakes is ever open to you. Therefore, have no fear.
When you begin something, know that it was begun before you, and will carry on after you are done. (In this way, be careful what you post on those internets, you know?) You did not start at the moment of physical conception, and getting here was also not all your idea. Other people joined in to make you happen, but you had a hand in it as well. Multiple factions, coming together in a certain way in a certain time and place (also in a place beyond time and space, but that's another topic) created the you that you think of as yourself.
You had this big idea, to come here and do this. Maybe when you arrived it was not as you'd thought. Maybe when you got here you suddenly got scared. Or you recognized how helpless and vulnerable having a body is. Or you realized you'd bitten off too much to chew. Plus you had no teeth. But you carried on, and here you are!
We wish to reassure. You got this far: so far, so good. Things have not gone according to plan, but that is neither here nor there, because you just keep going. Sometimes you haven't done well. You have cheated yourself of an experience you needed, or you shortcut around it, or you stayed too long in one place. But in general, overall, things keep unfolding and you keep on going and it just works out.
When you begin something, remember it has its roots in long ago, so far back you can't see it. These are sometimes the seeds of the Pharaohs, sprouting after many thousand years in the dark. Sometimes they are your own imagination gone wild, having been fertilized by a chance encounter or a determined exploration on your own. Sometimes you just get a notion. There is the possibility of planning and that plans can go awry. You need to plan so the Universe knows where to follow you, but if things go wrong it is not such a bad thing after all. There is no misstep in your past that should be erased. Everything brought you to here. Now. This.
This moment is the culmination of all that has gone before: that successful presentation, that one more broken glass. None of it resented or rejected now; all of it in gracious acceptance and embrace. Give yourself the kudos for continuing on, neither swayed by glory nor fear, next steps taken, both tiny and major leaps. Appreciate the accumulations of experience, even as you prune and tidy and decompose.
You do get to shape the future, in a way, but remember it is based on the past, and everything leads to the next moment, ripe with infinite possibility, buoyed by the last thought you had.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Welcome!
In the beginning, there was life...
Dear Ones,
We welcome you to this very page upon which place thine eyes do dwell.
OK we are being silly.
What we truly want to say is this: Let The Adventures Begin! We say this to Ker, our beloved channel for our words, and we say this to you, gentle reader (OK silly again!) because we think if you are reading this then you are ready for an Adventure of sorts yourself.
Please know that we welcome questions to be answered only in this format. If you wish a personal reading using a voice and body, on the phone or face to face, please contact Ker easily and thy will be done. (excuse again the silliness)
OK, so this is the first post and we are so excited to get this show on the road, as it were. Let the merriment be joined!!!
With love and fondness,
Your hosts BlueStar and the Counsel of Light
Dear Ones,
We welcome you to this very page upon which place thine eyes do dwell.
OK we are being silly.
What we truly want to say is this: Let The Adventures Begin! We say this to Ker, our beloved channel for our words, and we say this to you, gentle reader (OK silly again!) because we think if you are reading this then you are ready for an Adventure of sorts yourself.
Please know that we welcome questions to be answered only in this format. If you wish a personal reading using a voice and body, on the phone or face to face, please contact Ker easily and thy will be done. (excuse again the silliness)
OK, so this is the first post and we are so excited to get this show on the road, as it were. Let the merriment be joined!!!
With love and fondness,
Your hosts BlueStar and the Counsel of Light
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