Hi Everyone -
How are you doing?
Hope you are enjoying the present moment.
I also hope you are taking good care of yourself. That can mean peaceful strolls, comfy afternoon naps and lovely evening soaks!
Don’t be surprised if you have found yourself to be tired lately, a great deal has been happening. It’s a lot to process, come to terms with, and try to understand.
My view of what’s happening is something I feel so strongly ”in my bones”.
It’s clean up time!
It’s happening at every level.
The whole of humanity has been slowed down, so we can see - and integrate all that is happening. Long-standing issues, no longer being tolerated & accommodated.
Social justice issues - racism and poverty.
Corruption and greed in leadership - along with its resultant effects.
Abuse of power - need for police reform and me-too revelations to promote TRUE gender equality.
Even attention and awareness is being honed, through increased care given to everyday situations. How we shop. What we touch. A full deep breath is now, very clearly, a precious thing.
So much is configuring together in such a short period of time. It is so strongly felt, that people are willing to risk their health and possibly their lives to protest and push for change.
In Psychology, it is a fundamental principle that everything that is blocking the system, that is preventing healing, has to rise and be consciously seen, felt and recognized before it can be let go, for new energy and vision - a new life you could say - to arise. Then it does. Organically and gradually - it comes to be.
Evolution doesn’t move in a straight line, but it does, surely, inevitably and mysteriously occur. Even statues, flags and symbols are being pulled down. Racist names given to sports teams and landmarks are being changed - world-wide. They have been tolerated till now. But they don’t belong to the future that is emerging. A future based on respect.
I am hoping that these thoughts may alleviate any fears or anxiety you may have been feeling. There are multiple, positive processes underway - it can be messy. But what is needed most now is patience. And trust - in the Wisdom that underlies and runs through all of Life.
Returning to the present moment, again and again - and living in that state of peace, contentment and joy, provides an anchor of stability. An unmovable presence within each of us that we can depend on.
The exercise I shared with you, of stopping throughout the day - just to stop - look around for a minute or two, to see everything in your room, to see all the beautiful ways life is supporting you, and then ask, “In this moment - am I okay?”
I know that all of you are!
The answer, “Yes”, is the tuning in, to that presence and source of strength.
Here is a lovely poem for you from ancient China:
The truth you search for cannot be grasped.
As night advances, a bright moon
illuminates the whole ocean.
The dragon’s jewels are found in every wave.
Looking for the moon, it is here,
in this wave, in the next, in the next.
Xuedou (980 - 1052)
Enjoy summer, enjoy sunshine, enjoy storms, enjoy your breath, enjoy everything!
Warmest wishes,
Lynda
How are you doing?
Hope you are enjoying the present moment.
I also hope you are taking good care of yourself. That can mean peaceful strolls, comfy afternoon naps and lovely evening soaks!
Don’t be surprised if you have found yourself to be tired lately, a great deal has been happening. It’s a lot to process, come to terms with, and try to understand.
My view of what’s happening is something I feel so strongly ”in my bones”.
It’s clean up time!
It’s happening at every level.
The whole of humanity has been slowed down, so we can see - and integrate all that is happening. Long-standing issues, no longer being tolerated & accommodated.
Social justice issues - racism and poverty.
Corruption and greed in leadership - along with its resultant effects.
Abuse of power - need for police reform and me-too revelations to promote TRUE gender equality.
Even attention and awareness is being honed, through increased care given to everyday situations. How we shop. What we touch. A full deep breath is now, very clearly, a precious thing.
So much is configuring together in such a short period of time. It is so strongly felt, that people are willing to risk their health and possibly their lives to protest and push for change.
In Psychology, it is a fundamental principle that everything that is blocking the system, that is preventing healing, has to rise and be consciously seen, felt and recognized before it can be let go, for new energy and vision - a new life you could say - to arise. Then it does. Organically and gradually - it comes to be.
Evolution doesn’t move in a straight line, but it does, surely, inevitably and mysteriously occur. Even statues, flags and symbols are being pulled down. Racist names given to sports teams and landmarks are being changed - world-wide. They have been tolerated till now. But they don’t belong to the future that is emerging. A future based on respect.
I am hoping that these thoughts may alleviate any fears or anxiety you may have been feeling. There are multiple, positive processes underway - it can be messy. But what is needed most now is patience. And trust - in the Wisdom that underlies and runs through all of Life.
Returning to the present moment, again and again - and living in that state of peace, contentment and joy, provides an anchor of stability. An unmovable presence within each of us that we can depend on.
The exercise I shared with you, of stopping throughout the day - just to stop - look around for a minute or two, to see everything in your room, to see all the beautiful ways life is supporting you, and then ask, “In this moment - am I okay?”
I know that all of you are!
The answer, “Yes”, is the tuning in, to that presence and source of strength.
Here is a lovely poem for you from ancient China:
The truth you search for cannot be grasped.
As night advances, a bright moon
illuminates the whole ocean.
The dragon’s jewels are found in every wave.
Looking for the moon, it is here,
in this wave, in the next, in the next.
Xuedou (980 - 1052)
Enjoy summer, enjoy sunshine, enjoy storms, enjoy your breath, enjoy everything!
Warmest wishes,
Lynda
