The Fire Of Change

Change calls us to let what we have outgrown to burn away in the heat of transformation. When we sit in the fire of change, we enrich the ground of our lives and make space for new creative powers to emerge.

Transcript

At least a few times in your life,

If you're lucky,

You are called to change.

You stand at the edge of who you've become and you finally know that there's nowhere else to go but inside.

It's time to sit with yourself,

To become friends with the harsh voices you've been avoiding.

When you're ready to sit in the fire of change,

Its primordial spark will seek out all that's flammable,

The dry timbers that have grown stiff and brittle,

The parts of you that no longer draw water from the soil and no longer bring you the nourishment of life.

Some of the things you've clung to don't serve you on your journey anymore.

Your back and shoulders ache from the burden of dead weight you've been dragging along,

A heavy and cumbersome identity that can't keep up with where your soul wants to go.

Your suffering is your fear of letting go of the parts of yourself that have become too familiar to you.

You haven't yet seen that what you're carrying is the very kindling you need to lay down at your feet,

The kindling to create the fire that will transform you into something new,

Into something that wants to be born.

There are parts of you that are ready to burn up and burn away.

Don't turn away from the rising heat.

It's time now to sit in the fire,

To feel the intensity of the flames.

What's burning away are your past limitations and old stories of yourself.

Let them go.

This is not a rejection of the past but a deep honoring.

To feel the pain of how it hurts to let go is to honor and acknowledge how it has helped you to navigate your life up to now.

Sit in this fire.

When you allow the burning,

You begin to understand that the destruction is also a new phase of creation.

And what is disappearing is preparing itself to appear again as you,

Cleansed and born anew.

Stay here.

Feel it all until the fire goes out on its own.

This is your new beginning,

Your new life.

Give yourself the gift of time.

Allow the charred remains to cool.

Notice the new feeling of emptiness in you.

The pain of burning away is clearing space in your body for something new.

There's no need to do anything now.

Don't hurry into action.

Pay attention and savor the small sensations.

The warmth of the ground,

The dissipating smoke,

The quiet of the fire going out.

Allow yourself to dwell in your emptiness.

For in time,

Into this open space,

Revelations will come.

Let the ashes be absorbed into the ground of your being and fertilize the soft soil.

What has burned is becoming an invitation for something new to take seed,

For something pliant and supple to root into the blackened earth and spring forth.

When you're ready,

Reach into the debris and pull out a bit of charcoal.

Take it in your hand and feel its creative potential.

How this new and ancient tool enables you.

Your imagination has returned.

See how the black charcoal finds the creases and cracks in your weathered hands.

Allow yourself to be covered in soot.

You aren't afraid of the dust and the dirt anymore.

Let yourself fall in love with your own divine darkness.

As your hand begins to move across the screen of your mind,

What do you see?

What will this new life of yours look like?

You are a child again,

Free from the eyes of the world,

Free to make a mess,

And free to draw a picture of the more beautiful life you want to create.

When you sit in the pain and let it burn through you,

Relief awaits.

An ancient healing process is trying to work itself through you.

You must allow it.

Sit in the fire of change and let yourself be transformed.

Reviews

WOW! This is such a powerful message. BeautyFULL! Thank you.

Timely reminder thank you 🙏 more a talk than a meditation 😊smooth calm good cadence and call to change 💫
Reminds me we sometimes need some fire 🔥 to help through the spring and wood element as energy rises and maybe gets stuck.
To accept and let in emptiness is a challenge I accept. To have space is something my soul calls for and I’m excited for what may come.
Namaste 🙏

Awesome meditation! That really resonated with me. Thank you! 🙏

Thank you for this splendid and insightful explanation of the processes we often endure on the rocky road to inevitable change. Your's was exactly the message I was waiting for! Namaste

How very poetic. 💛 A perfect thing to hear for someone who is going through a big life change. Thank you so much. 🙏🏼

I love the analogy of charcoal in your hands seeping into the creases and wrinkles of your hands and your being. Thank you for this beautiful meditation on this beautiful morning.💕

Thank you for wise guidance on the power of change. Namaste 🙏

I was greatly gifted by this meditation, and I see how I have been trying to hurry things along and making some of the same mistakes I made earlier which brought me into the pain. Now I look forward to being a child again thank you Michael.

I need to listen to this meditation a few more times. I’m a little overwhelmed by its impact. Thank you for this gift.

Ex-act-ly what I needed at this moment. Your words and passion went straight to my soul. Thank you for this gift.

Powerful message spoken in beautiful poetic form. 🙏💞

Wow. The imagery is phenomenal. The message is clear. Phoenix rising.

Powerful 🙏 need to hear this one again - there is much to learn ❤️

Love this Michael! Beautiful!

2nd message of this nature today.

Thank you for these words

Wow👏🙏 thank you so much Michael, for this powerful moment.

Powerful imagery. Change is so easily resisted and feared. Embracing change is freedom. Thank you for this reminder.

That's really powerful. Thank you for sharing your gifts 🙏🏼💚🌱🕯️

Powerful guidance flowing with Divine Truth 🙏🔥💖
Thank you

Beautiful and Inspiring! Thank you!