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Letting go and accepting, Life, the new Cult, All Life Begins at the Edge

 

 

Letting go and accepting...

 

When I go to the gym, I treat it like it’s meditation in motion, and sometimes I end up with a thought that comes from someplace beyond me.  So, this blog is about just that- a thought that came from beyond me and has inspired me to

ponder it.  Perhaps you can as well.   I have some challenges in my life that aren’t as simple as me flicking a switch because they involve other people, and their own destinies and choices.   But lately, I’ve been inching toward a thought, and maybe it’s growing into a belief, which is this:  Source created us with a destiny in mind, and that destiny WILL happen.  But we have some wriggle room, which many call- freewill.

 

I’m beginning to think all the hoopla about freewill is a bit overrated, because, as I stated I’m starting to believe that our lives were fashioned with a beginning and end in mind, which is called destiny, and the artist of that destiny is called God-Source, All that is- Allah, Jehovah, well you get my meaning, and if we think we can erase the colors, shapes, and design of that which created the universe and the millions of galaxies and trillions of stars- well, good luck with that.  So, I don’t believe we can alter our destiny, but as I said, I do believe there is something called wriggle room.  We can marry Peter instead of our soul mate Michael, but we’ll end up divorcing Peter and one day find Michael.  We delayed our destiny with Michael, but- we’ll end up with Michael.  We can become an attorney instead of an author, but we’ll end up feeling empty and dissatisfied, and end up writing a book.  Maybe we’ll be 90 years of age when we do it, but my belief is- yup, we’ll end up writing a book or many books.  So, for me, wriggle room is just delaying or speeding up our destiny and sprinkling it with interesting commercials in between the real movie, or if not interesting commercials, then some really screwy commercials, but the movie will definitely come before and after the commercials. 

 

Okay, so this is what I’m beginning to believe, and getting back to my original point- I have some challenges that I can’t simply flick a switch to resolve.  During my workout at the gym, my mind began contemplating on its own the idea that I don’t have to think about my heart beating and pumping blood, nor does it have to think about all the muscles that have to move and contract in order for me to walk or get up from a chair.  Some other part of me does that- and yes, scientists call it the autonomic nervous system, but I call it Source/God.  I don’t think much about my heart beating or my muscles because I trust the autonomic nervous system AKA Source to take care of this.  Trust.  Humm, trust?  So, what if I trusted Source to take care of those challenges I just spoke of?  What if instead of separating life into my body, its functions, nature, seasons, and challenges with people- I just thought of life as life and that all of life is the business of Source?  What if I looked at everything as part of the creative artistry of Source and surrendered everything to It?  What if I looked at everything as part of the universe, from the stars, solar systems, laws of gravity, ants, and also my next-door neighbor talking my head every time I get out of the car and try to rush toward my front door?  What if those things all have a destiny too, and it’s all part of how Source creates and does its artistry thing?

 

So, this was my meditation as I was on the treadmill, and then worked out my arms, and my legs and then did my own personal session of yoga.  What if I surrendered everything to Source because maybe everything is part of a divine plan and yeah, I can delay, speed up, or create an interesting commercial break, but really, everything is going to turn out the way it’s supposed to?  And if that’s true, I’m thinking I should enjoy it as best as I can, get some popcorn, put my feet up on the table and just go with the flow.   

 

                        LIFE, THE NEW CULT

 

 

Perhaps the multitudes of the world were always followers and not thinkers, but now it seems a blaring reality.  Most of us don’t think, we follow, and worse, we persecute those who choose to think,  Sometimes we even get together a gang of nonthinkers and ambush the thoughtful.  It takes inner strength to resist the pull to lose yourself in the distractions of life.  The world is always calling out to you to betray your drumbeat and play the rhythms of others or to buy this or that, to look a particular way or to not be an oddity by spending time alone to develop yourself, your art, your life, or what have you.

 

A definition of a cult is a person, philosophy, or activity regarded with extreme or excessive admiration.  Most of us regard the world with the highest esteem.  We allow it to impact our minds and never even go inside our own to do “fact checks” or even common sense checks.  Only those who feel little love for themselves could so easily ignore the individuality that was given to them from such a benevolent and infinitely intelligent source. Inside we are as unique as a snowflake, crafted by the greatest Artisan of all, with the deepest love and joy that we should, like a seed, grow into this unique life form.  But who even cares to notice this about themselves?  It is sad,

 that we harbor such low esteem for who we are.  Or maybe it is fear that paralyzes us from pulling out of the glue-like muck that imprisons us.  We don’t love ourselves enough to overcome the fear and the looks and whispers from others as we defy the path of conformity. There may be as many reasons as people for opting out of being truly ourselves in every moment that we hear that inner divine melody that is called “I” or "you",.  But for whatever reasons we choose to stray from our inner path, the depth of our betrayal will correlate with the depth of our pain and unhappiness. 

 

 

 

All Life Begins at The Edge

 

 

In every aspect of your life, there is an edge.  When I started practicing Yoga many years ago, students were instructed to stretch to the edge, hold it, allow it time for the muscle to “release” and then stretch to the next edge.  Many of you will understand this intuitively.  The edge in Yoga is that place in the stretch that feels a bit uncomfortable, but not harmful.  If you hold your edge, the muscle tissues will expand, and then you can stretch the muscle further.  If you’re adamant about becoming limber, you keep finding your edge.

 

There is an edge in every aspect of your life.  If you are an athlete, your edge is that place where your skill ends.  If you want to get past that edge, you must practice until your skillset increases.  Exemplary athletes are not simply talented, they are people who find their edge and excel beyond it.  If you are in a relationship, your edge is that place where your tolerance ends, or your passion ends, or your understanding ends, or perhaps, your love ends.  If you want to continue with your partner you must get beyond those edges.  If you were raised in poverty, your edge is called “not enough money.”  If you want to get past that edge, you have to imagine and feel what it would be to have more money than you have now.  Then imagine having more money than you could possibly need.  If you were brought up in an abusive environment, your edge is your inability imagining and realizing you deserive to be cherished.

 

But how do you get past those edges, some of you may be wondering? You get past your edge for intolerance through practicing acceptance, you get past your edge of apathy by going inside yourself, to those places where you hold back or tense up, and you work it out- by thinking, feeling or reading books that expand you into new understanding and new feeling. You get past your lack of understanding by realizing there must be more to learn if you're still alive.  You get past your edge of “not enough” love, adoration or finances, by realizing if there are too many stars to count, if there is a Universe that cannot be measured, there must be more love, adoration or finances for you too. if apple and orange trees bear fruit year after year after year, why not you?  if the sky expands into outer space, that expands into something called our solar system which expands into expanses of space billions of light years wide, which expands into…. You get the picture. We evidently live in a reality where the natural laws are apparently abundance, and poverty, well that is the anomaly, not the norm. And finally, you get past your edge of not enough loving, by deepening your heart, by opening your heart, by telling yourself you love you so much and so often, you transform your heart into this amazing organ that radiates pure power and pure unabashed love- and this, this changes you on levels that are beyond amazing.

 

In life, if we are not constantly feeling for the edge, we are living in comfortable terrain, and living comfortably amounts to an ordinary life.  If you feel you were created to be ordinary, then you can be very content living in comfort.  But if you feel you were meant to be spectacular, you seek the edge and you learn to be comfortable, with discomfort.  In fact you redefine what it means to be uncomfortable, just like the avid exerciser learns to love the “burn” of muscle tissue- they actually crave muscle exhaustion.  You redefine discomfort just like the person who wants to lose weight learns to how to enjoy how it feels to not feel stuffed.  You redefine discomfort just like a leader learns how to enjoy standing out in the crowd, and being the only one who walks the road less traveled.  You see, the extraordinary individual takes life, and knows that all definitions are hers/his to redefine as they like, and because of this, they break through what they used to think of as reality. You are reality.  And the extraordinary reality, lives on the other side of your edge.