Being in the flow of Divine energy is proving a matter of letting or allowing answers, inspiration and right action to come as opposed to getting these things by force or uphill resistance. The axiom “Let don’t get” are not my own profound words- rather they are the essence of the lesson Michael Beckwith introduces in his Life Visioning process. As with many such materials, I ingest and digest the wisdom and the Divine within does a wonderful job of correlating and organizing the universal truths from them all for me, building the fortitude of increased intelligence and awareness of my own intuition with each one. When I am deeply listening with the core of my being, these wise words speak to much more than a surface mind intellectual understanding – a “sounds true” perception. Instead, it speaks to a core of light that is simply called into remembering and it feels much like the call from an old, dear and loving friend. It is a call and a voice instantaneously understood on the deepest level and in need of no explanation or questioning. So, the day’s inspiration card at my bedside meditation table read “Let, don’t Get” today.
As it happens, beyond the morning’s thoughts of the weather, the dog, my grumbling tummy, deciding on the run or the bike, the yoga, the kid’s breakfast and snacks, the hair style, the hubby’s kiss and the cat’s food, (breathe…) I knew most deeply, that the energy ball I saw building in the previous day was still with me and needed to be moved up and released. It was a dark ball of confusion, negative, disappointed & ungrateful emotion most of which I’d sat with and utilized for growth. The finale would be not ignoring it but following inspired action to let it be released. The oxymoron is that when such clouds of ‘mud energy’ arise, they dampen the psyche and burden the body so it becomes more difficult than normal to be inspired and move through them with the patience and intensity that will release it. In my case this morning, small surface mind quibbles, tension and fear over yesterday’s unexpected car accident, tire blow out on the highway and subsequent repair costs built into a fearful ball of turmoil over precarious finances, unpredictability and potentially unreliable “stuff”. It, the ball, was separate from me. That is, it was a detached contrast to my choice of grounded gratitude, courage in embracing the unknown situations and experiences as they occurred and certainty that all was already not only well but unfolding exactly as it should. Yet, the ego has a way of creating diversions that, if not carefully observed, utilized and disintegrated can threaten to eclipse the eternal light of our soul.
Therefore, reaching past the weight of those emotions, I invited them to sit with me and made it clear that I was willing to hear their truth. In listening, I remembered Yoga is a powerful tool for transforming heavy energy so I gave more attention to that blissful practice today. When the body began to yearn for more movement, I walked out into the sunlight with Faith, my beautiful black pup. Without predetermining whether we would walk or run or hike or bike, I went outdoors with only the intention to have fun with Faith. To let myself play with her rather than getting some miles in or getting a run in. The thought was to let the right action in. This body has shown me miraculous possibilities when I invoke the power of deep listening and let my body have and do what it needs to. Letting go into a rhythmic trot with Faith easefully crescendoed into a graceful cleansing gallop and while we let ourselves enjoy sips of spring water and gratefully received the grand view of our nearby lake, the energy of burden, ingratitude and complaint was disintegrated and exhaled through a wide joyous grin into the trees. Wayne Dyer once said “The wilderness is therapy.” Indeed, the trees have a majestic power to cleanse such residual ego balls. They cleanse and they transform the energy. I know this because when I let them, I gaze into the trees ahead and exhale the heaviness I begin to feel in my legs and lungs. Without fail, they return to me a revitalized energetic shift, it makes me buoyant and whisks me home. Faith and I were so thrilled, giddy even, to let ourselves have such fun outside playing together this morning.
The power of allowing can be applied to every area of our lives that may have previously seemed difficult. Difficulty is a sign that we may be resisting instead of allowing. For example, we can let the body be healthy instead of trying to get in shape. This shift in consciousness invites the power of listening to what the body needs and enjoys, then simply providing it without resistance. In this, there is no answer outside of you, no process to undergo except deep listening and the willingness to be available to the answer that you already have.
I am reminded of an Eleanor Roosevelt quote my dear friend Sandra Gibson refers to in her life affirming work “You gain strength, courage and confidence from every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do”. Those words bring most of us to a thought of some courageous action to be taken or fear bravely confronted. With deep listening, I’ve discovered that the thing I thought I could not do, a great fear, is to live without resistance. I am learning to reside in a deep trusting place where love is released and inspiration and powerful intention let more accomplishment come into being than I have ever imagined or witnessed before. Frantic external action, busyness and incessant getting are the diversions that thwart real accomplishment from ever being birthed. With this truth in mind, letting is a refreshing and empowering space to settle into, the power of opening to the grand expansiveness of God and standing in the simplicity of being guided. If you listen deeply, with the inner ear, you may also find that this is the one thing you think you cannot do. Spirit says the answer is – don’t think, do.
