So there's an interesting subject that's come to mind for me today that I want to talk about,
And it's this.
If things seem like they're crumbling or collapsing or falling away,
It's our instinct,
Isn't it,
Often to lunge forwards and try to catch the cup as it's falling from the shelf,
For example.
But what if it's falling because the hook is giving way or the shelf has become too full?
The reason why I'm asking this is because we are taught,
Aren't we,
To follow logic and a kind of instinctive sense of self-preservation.
But when we focus on expansion,
We gain the distance and the space and the true perspective to be able to see things differently.
Now the other day I sat down to do an online guided meditation session.
And after the instructions the person that was leading the session guided everyone into grounding and deeper in a connection and then he invited us to explore within.
Now,
After this,
There was silence.
And I sat quietly,
Enjoying the stillness,
And then briefly went back and checked that the video was still running,
Which it was.
And so I returned to sitting with my eyes closed,
Breathing deeply,
And receiving some really much-needed peace and healing for myself.
After about 20 minutes,
I checked in again because there was still complete silence and the video was still running and I remember thinking what a brave kind of minimalist offering this was and how deeply I had needed exactly this kind of spaciousness.
I even found myself reflecting on whether I should offer more silence and stillness in my own work for people.
And then I discovered that the sound on my device had accidentally muted and the instructor had actually been speaking the whole time.
His lips were moving all along.
I went back and checked.
And so whilst I had been open and responsive to what I thought was an unusual new approach,
The session had in fact been filled with noise.
Like so many others lately,
And yet somehow my own circumstances had inspired to bring me exactly the silence,
The rest,
And the reflection that I truly needed.
So in review,
That session still gets a firm thumbs up from me,
Even though I received it entirely differently than it was obviously intended by the person that recorded it.
But more importantly,
Why am I telling you this?
Because sometimes being light is about being open.
And flex.
And being able to float with whatever presents itself instead of becoming too rigid about how things are supposed to be,
How things are supposed to look.
I needed peace.
And I received it.
And that brings me back to the falling cup.
So,
Sometimes,
Things need to fall away.
Sometimes we need to stay still for long enough to see that what is collapsing is actually making space for something new.
Because if we leap in too quickly to fix everything,
We may actually inadvertently be preventing ourselves from recognizing and receiving what is actually trying to arise.
