Before great vision can become reality there may be
difficulty. Before a person begins a great endeavor, they may encounter chaos.
As a new plant breaks the ground with great effort, foreshadowing the huge
tree, so must we sometimes push against difficulty in bringing forth our
dreams. Chaos-where dreams begin...
I
Ching Hexagram #3 |
Brilliance
from Chaos
mandala by Valerie Holt |
Dharma:
Finding sense in
the
Order of the Universe...
Finding sense
or order
in life asks us to bring our 'A' game.
Consider this an invitation to get into
coaching mode for yourself--Time for an internal dialogue.
Life gets messy, chaotic even.
How do we incorporate the experiences of our own lives and those
examples that we truly value, as a way to make some sense, find some
wisdom, seek a path we actually want follow? So often we seek and
seek, learn and learn, surf the waves of living and totally turf it on
the shore...over and over and over...When someone has lived or
survived a certain cycle of learning and whether they consciously choose to or
not, they are holding out a light for all they are worth to make their way on
the path in front of them without breaking their neck. We are each of us, doing
this, in some aspect of our lives--
Showing
the Way, Making the sense, Finding the path.
Take a minute as you read
these words, reflect on your own Turf
Sessions, call this the video highlights of the game. Now
it's time to talk strategy--we're gonna call this part of living and learning
the spin cycle
and my suggestion today is that you start to reflect, apply a tiny bit of big
picture strategy, find that inner voice of coach; dig a little deeper and
amazingly you will see you have such inner wisdom, you are your best divine
source for guidance--the best choice to bring order to your sense of
spin.
The
divine, still, knowing self that dwells right in your center--the Divine
Wayshower--knows what it takes to bring your 'A' game--so it's time to start a
little chatter,
wouldn't
you say?
Getting
to the insight or perspective of WayShower requires living through the Spin Cycle--cycles of
personal growth. That means you gotta play a lot of games just to figure out
how you like to throw, whether you are a fast runner or better at a slow
game...
The Wayshower is a powerful archetype to take on, sit with, walk
around and think about, or invite into dreamtime when learning to recognize
inner guidance--start some inner chatter with this guy!
I like to picture the very
humble image of a monk or maybe even a hermit-someone who journeys to the holy
mountain to get some perspective and stillness. But the beauty of inner
dialogue is that you get to choose any image you like that offers great
perspective, wisdom, and most definitely humor in your life (it's really just
Divine You in a new suit).
You could even sit with the
image of a lighthouse, but one that is moving-not locked in place-and only just
missing the rocks ahead in time enough to shine a light for those following
behind because you are living this wisdom, learning it moment by moment and
applying it in the very next moment when new rocks appear.
The rocks, Spin Cycles
or cycles of learning are constantly arising as we make our way through life. When we understand
this cycle is rotating through our lives--on
huge major cog wheels, or tiny little spokes, they can be measured in
generations, minutes, milliseconds or milennia--it is the beginning of
understanding our own strategy for a successful Spin Cycle.
Here's the key... we become empowered in our own lives when we
recognize & acknowledge the cycle. The Brilliance of this sense of Order is begging for its
turn--this is your turf, why not master the spin?
We start just by
recognizing...
big loves, Valilama
