Taken from my course Nature's Rebel and the Subtle Art of Discernment,
This lesson is called Outer Limits.
Working with Tight hold Attachment to outcome Limitation Rigidity Pressure Disillusionment Fear of failure and limited parameters of future success Calling in Creative flow Divine intervention Faith Infinite possibility Making room for magic and universal gifts Animal medicine The ladybird Colour Electric blue It is possible that when we hold on to a fixed idea of where we are heading and what that should look like,
We are creating an outer limit to that thing,
Idea,
Relationship or future creation.
This means that there is only a finite amount of natural creative organic flow that can be welcomed in before meeting that self-imposed limit line of desired outcome.
It can be likened to being in a citadel where the parameter walls mark the boundaries of the space that you are allowed to occupy.
Each time you experience a consciously formed,
Firm view of a future happening that looks a certain immovably desired way,
The wall comes in just a little closer.
This may feel safer as your surrounding protective wall that houses your idea in formation comes further into sight in your mind's eye.
But it also increases the pressure by restricting the birthing canal and the space available to breathe out your creation.
It is fair to say that an element of that safety and protection is vital when holding a growing concept in your field,
To shelter it from unwanted influence.
But there is also a sweetly discerned point that benefits from an openness to yet unknown and richly aligned influences.
These may inspire unplanned trajectories that await beyond the eye,
Beyond the wall.
Perhaps in the shape of an inspirational person,
An unexpected audience,
A muse,
A synchronistic happening,
A perspective-altering event,
A sign or some other divine or physical intervention.
These gifts require an available space in order to present for your consideration along the way.
As a result of your taking a conscious step towards a new space,
The universe opens up a brand new set of possibilities that support the shape of your chosen direction.
The less tightly you impose shape upon your flow,
The more possibilities can present for growth,
Learning and aligned contribution.
In balance,
A gentle shape held lightly can help refine the look of those possibilities to enhance and benefit your vision by greater alignment to you and your world.
Your vision is then free to grow beyond any limitation that might otherwise keep it smaller than it had scope to be,
Yet still has the feel of something recognizable as being birthed lovingly by you.
It is a sweet point for sure,
But it is worth the careful consideration of this balanced and measured approach.
If your fear of failure,
Fear of judgment or fear of losing control keeps the walls drawing in ever closer,
You may well reach the point of perceived completion sooner,
Yet potentially at the cost of an actualization that lacks the fruitful,
Satisfying fullness of what might otherwise have been available with timely and bounteous ripening.
There is also the possibility that the walls draw in so close that the idea you held tightly in dream space now feels to suffocate you as a burden.
It may become overwhelming or somehow compromised,
Flawed or disfigured from being trapped in the rigidity of a wall-shaped mold.
This can cause disappointment,
Disillusionment,
Confusion,
Despondency,
Doubts or a fear-based need to withdraw from the space entirely.
You may feel to retreat from your dream because it has quite simply been denied the space to fly.
If you feel that there is something in your life right now that you have drawn the parameter walls in too closely to,
And your attachment to outcome is starting to feel stifling,
Unnerving or somehow out of shape,
Then take a few minutes to follow this process.
Close your eyes,
Get yourself comfortable,
And settle into your breath.
Now breathing in through your nose,
Holding at the top for the count of four,
And then blowing the breath out through pursed lips as if trying to make a candle gently flicker.
Again in through the nose,
Holding here,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And then releasing with a long,
Soft blow.
Once more,
In through the nose,
Hold,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And then release as a blow.
I invite you now to gently bring into your mind a relationship,
Place,
Creation,
Space or idea where you feel there is a too tight hold that needs just a little more space to breathe.
Do this without judgment,
Punishment,
Or strong intention to rectify.
Just an acknowledgement is enough.
Once you have this in mind,
Just hold it gently.
Now take a slow,
Steady breath in through the nose.
Hold here and say in your mind,
I am open to more.
Now blow that breath out,
Slow and long through the mouth.
Again,
Taking a full breath through the nose,
And hold at the top and say,
I am open to more.
I am open to more and release as a long,
Soft blow.
And once more in through the nose,
Hold and expand with I am open to more,
And then release as a long,
Full blow.
Keep this process of breath going alongside the light intention of I am open to more until you feel a softening to the edges of things,
Until you can let go of the skirts of it,
And instead allow it to billow in the breeze like the robe of a divine dancer.
I will give you a little time with this.
The expanding pause at the top of your breath is the in-between magical space of manifestation.
And it is here that you are creating more space for creative flow,
And you are inviting aligned gifts from the universal unknown.
You are opening to more.
Each time you release this breath,
You gently blow at the citadel walls,
Blowing them farther out from your creative epicenter.
And as such,
You are then able to release this breath into an expanding vastness of your own creation.
Within this expanding space,
You are making way for more trust,
More grace,
More creation,
And more airspace into which you can then breathe in the next fuller and more aligned breath.
It is time to gently blow at the walls of committed limitations that attach you to a finite final form.
And within the space that you make,
You can call out a welcome to the magic of more.
Repeat this process a few times a day to move back into an ease and grace where all unknown beauty can be delivered to you through boundless and aligned possibility.
You are creator.
There is nothing to fear in letting go,
Just enough to allow your path to widen.
Knowing your boundary walls are still there,
Just out of sight.
Knowing that your dream is still safe,
And that you too are held.
The universe is responding to,
Supporting,
And championing your creative flow.
All you need to do is make room for more magic.
