Sierra Nevada Mountains 2024
Rumi, I love Rumi. If you don’t know Rumi yet go now and find a book.
Fear. So often we live in fear. It could for some be real in-your-face fear, or fear of change, fear of the unknown. Here’s what Rumi says about fear. “Walk in the fire of truth, for the flames you fear will only set you free”. 100% guarantee that whatever problem you are not addressing out of fear will transform you – but you have to let go of the outcome. What are you waiting for? Will people be hurt? Well that is actually part of their journey, to learn that they can be hurt and come out stronger. You are not just holding yourself back, but everyone in your life. Got kids? What are they learning by watching you live in fear? What I have learned through experiences that I very much did not appreciate at the time is that a perceived loss will not crush you. Grief cracks you open, this is one way – maybe not the most fun way – that we grow. Each time we feel broken, a window actually opens and new light, energy, love, whatever you want to call it – enters. And for goodness sake don’t compare yourself to others. You are a tiny yet powerful star in a universe of stars that are all unique. You must let your own legend unfold without fear or regret. Ecstatic motion, that is you. You are infinite and all you have to do is reach out, open your hands and your heart. Don’t believe me? Try this…close your eyes (or don’t) and focus on your fingers and palms, and as you breath in and out you will feel a slight tug or a small tingle – that is YOU expanding further into and connecting to the entire universe. You walk around like you are just this body, this heart, this soul. You are not just anything – you are everything. We are so easily distracted by the world. Maybe make up your own mantra to say throughout the day to remind yourself that your thoughts reach out to infinity and on those waves returns what you have sent out. If your heart and soul focus on fear, pain, suffering, then that is what you will experience. Is that the life you want for the small amount of time you have here and now? Don’t answer that. It will just be excuses, reasons, your defense case for carrying on in fear of pain or the unknown. To put it bluntly, do you want to be fear’s little bitch, or do you want to walk through the fire and be set free? I have sat staring into the fire doing nothing many, many times. You will see, as I did, that what burns away needed to be shed, and what is on the other side is bigger than what you were holding so tightly in your hand.
dream walkings 