‘Go the distance’
~Voice in ‘The Field of Dreams’
Lately, when I have asked Spirit what I need to do, I have heard phrases like, ‘trust the process’, ‘go with the flow’, ‘one step at a time’. The meaning behind it seems to be that things are progressing as they need to and we mainly need to just, as the Buddhists say…chop wood, carry water.
I have a wonderful friend who worked practically day and night for several years to spread the word in our community about edible landscape, ecological design and ways to create abundance in our back (and front!) yards. Lately, he says he has slowed down, is doing some self-care and is feeling more balanced.
I went through a stage like this several years ago when I was trying to spread the word about our environmental problems and to wake people up about them. After a couple of years of this, things shifted inside of me, quieted down and I moved on to experience the spiritual part of nature and the earth. Somehow I knew I had done what I was supposed to do for one stage and it was time to move on to another stage.
Americans tend to be action oriented and action often means focus in the physical world. Certainly, I tend to have a ‘to do’ list with tasks I want to accomplish. Lately, I have felt more called to do things like send blessings to the water, love to the trees and healing to people near and far. The focus has been more on the Unseen realm.
I am not entirely comfortable with this. My tendency is to think I’m not ‘doing’ something if there isn’t a tangible, visible result. Yet perhaps this is the lesson. As I often quote my friend Nancy Joy Hefron as saying, ‘both are true’. We are function in both the Seen and Unseen realms. Both are important. As we listen to wisdom and inner guidance we can each find the balance that feels right and feeds our souls.
I send you blessings as we enter what is often a busy and emotional holiday season. May we all find the balance of doing and being…and the joy that is a part of that.
Much love, Mary
From Gaia, November 21, 2013
My beloved, precious and beautiful,
Surely you can feel the energy flowing to the earth. Some is the energy of activation, awakening and action. Yet it is balanced with energy of serenity, peace and joy.
The balance is different for each person. Some have been immersed in the current paradigm of accepting the way things are, blind to the need for radical change. Life is indeed helping them to awaken. The lessons can be painful as their eyes open to injustice, earth destruction and the consequences of that, the numbness of existing rather than being fully alive. They may be experiencing some big bumps in the road and the changes may be unwelcome. Yet it is for their highest good and as they wake up, they will find the path to abundance, contentment and fulfillment is available to them, if they are willing to look for it and let go of the Old.
Other people are well along the path to this New way of living. They are listening to the God Within, rather than the noisy and demanding voices of the 3D world. Their eyes are open to see the path to the New. There may be some bumps but they will be gentler. Understanding of how to navigate will be clearer as they move along.
Each person is being guided and held in arms of love. Know deep within your being that you are loved beyond measure, no matter where you are on your path. The world may appear to be in chaos but there is purpose, if you are open to seeing it. Old ways of doing things are being composted and new life is emerging in its beauty and perfection. Fire is burning away the fear, hopelessness and constrictions of the current ways. In their place, love is emerging, only love, always love, love overflowing.
I love you, dear ones. I am Gaia, your Earth Mother, your friend