Vulnerable

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Us humans, just like all other living things, are vulnerable creatures.
When looked at in the grand scheme of things we turn out to be quite fragile. It doesn’t take much for us to ‘break’, whether that is in a literal sense ~ for instance in an accident ~ or as in a breakdown of our system due to environmental influences ~ be it food related, air quality related, or even something in the soil we live on.

It seems that with the ever higher frequencies of energy that we live in at this point in time, our vulnerability is growing exponentially.
And with it more and more voices are heard telling us that the rate in which changes are occurring is so fast that our systems cannot keep up. We, as humanity, are having trouble to adapt to the new circumstances ~ and to a certain extend are therefore left more vulnerable than we may have been in ages. With the difference that throughout history we may have been vulnerable to outside influences like foul play, a harvest that was destroyed ~ be it through weather conditions or through war ~ or through epidemic diseases that came along with unsanitary living conditions.
Now, it looks like we are vulnerable from the inside out.

One way in which this vulnerability seems to express itself is through allergies.
The way to handle the allergies is, certainly in this time of polarities, very diverse...

On one hand doctors find, for example, that there is an explosion of asthmatic symptoms in their patients; placing the search for the cure to asthma and COPD in the spotlight.
On the other hand, more and more people are taking a close look at their lives. At the food they eat, the air they breathe, and yes, at the patterns of their lives in general. Is the (relative) luxury of life worth the stress?

Or is it time to change directions in favor of a simpler, less stressful lifestyle? To start eating less refined, whole foods. To create a new awareness, and therefore a new relationship with our space ~ both our literal space as in our home, as well as our personal space; the space our energy needs to function in.

There are countless accounts of people who say that they are healthier, stronger, more vital than they have been for some time ~ just by making those type of changes in their lives.

If just a handful of fairly simple changes can leave us less vulnerable ~ it is probably something to keep in mind the next time when we feel the need to evaluate our lives.
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The best possible outcome

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Whenever we are working on something, we are working toward ‘the best possible outcome’. What the best possible outcome actually is, depends on the project at hand ~ and very often on our definition of ‘success’. If our definition of ‘success’ involves a monetary perspective, chances are that in our ‘best possible outcome’ money is involved. On the other hand, if our definition of ‘success’ has more to do with following our heart’s desires, what we envision as the ‘best possible outcome’ may not have a monetary aspect at all.

From a spiritual, or even universal perspective the ‘best possible outcome’ more often than not has to do with our personal growth. With the lessons learned. With experiences we have as we move forward along our personal paths.
As such, the spiritual perspective on the ‘best possible outcome’ may be vastly different from what we have dreamed up in our own conscious, logical minds as the ‘best possible outcome’. After all, us humans really love to have happy endings...

But what if your personal path takes you into serious illness? From our human perspective that is about the worst that could happen to us. However, from a personal-growth perspective it may well be an experience that will allow us to move forward on our paths with leaps and bounds!

It seems that perhaps the biggest difference between our logical perspective and the personal-growth perspective are our emotions. As opposed  to the spiritual world, our emotions allow us humans to learn our lessons in the earth plane. From the spiritual perspective we are cheered on with every step we take on our personal path of growth ~ whether that involves pain and suffering or winning the multi-million dollar lottery.

That being said, the energy of this point in time does allow us more than ever before to adapt and change our ways mid-stream. And as soon as we figure out how to bring our logical perspective and the spiritual, personal-growth perspective on ‘the best possible outcome’ together ~ our rewards can be greater than we ever dreamed possible!
And looking around in the world today, this seems to include financial and health issues just as well as smaller or more subtle ‘best possible outcomes’.

It does require for us to be courageous enough to be willing to look at all the aspects of what is happening in our lives. The good the bad and the ugly. All without judging ourselves because of it.
Just observing what is at play, how we feel about it, what it has to tell us, and what we feel we are learning from it.
The ultimate outcome may still not be a good or desired outcome, let alone what we perceive as the ‘best possible outcome’. Yet chances are it has permitted us to learn and experience invaluable lessons on our path of personal growth.
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When things fall apart

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With the Winter Solstice of 2012 the world hasn’t come to an end ~ and yet it seems like ever since we are living in an energy that is breaking down things. Perhaps not actually breaking things, yet it seems that suddenly our plans don’t work out anymore, prospects don’t materialize, projects just don’t get started...

The least that happens is that priorities change ~ and sometimes quite drastically. But there are also more subtle changes, like a change in taste; the food that always was your favorite, suddenly doesn’t taste quite as good anymore. Or changes in personal rhythm ~ an evening person who isn’t quite as active in the evening, or a morning person who now has an urge to sleep in...

In the energy of today nothing is like it was ~ and when we keep acting like nothing has changed we are in for a surprise! Because before long we may see things falling apart all around us. It is like the Universe is giving us a giant push to get our acts together and start working with the energy that is rather than the energy that was.
And while for some the changes indeed are as minor as changes in personal rhythm or what food tastes best ~ others face huge transformations that have enormous consequences; for instance financially or health-wise. Like an income that unexpectedly falls away. A change of heart as to how we want to spend our time and/or energy resulting in a possible difficult passage from how it was to how we want it to be. Or an unanticipated diagnosis of what seemed more of a ‘nuisance-complaint’ rather than an actual illness.

When things fall apart ~ in whichever manner ~ in our lives, it feels like we are stripped down to our core. Everything that we counted on always being there, everything we had taken for granted falls away ~ leaving us standing there, vulnerable and seemingly alone.

In that position, priorities have a tendency to become crystal clear.
All of a sudden, sifting through what is and what isn’t important in our lives is a surprisingly easy thing to do. Our heart’s desires become very obvious. And while we may not know exactly how to get there ~ that first step often is clearly visible to us.

When things fall apart it is a major thrust from the Universe to re-evaluate our lives. To re-align with the energies that are present now, and to let go of all that has been before. To follow our heart’s desires as we take the next step on our personal paths.
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Journey into Peace

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We are all on a journey.
In an ideal world that journey would be a peaceful one, yet for most of us it turns out it is a journey that has its peaceful moments as we are involved with the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives.

There are always so many things to do! Just the practical things like grocery shopping, doing the laundry, cleaning the house... Staying in touch with friends and family. And then there are the demands  our jobs put on us.
All these things are just the normal things we encounter living our lives ~ all these things also make us very busy people as we try and keep up with them, juggling our calendars to make everything fit. It seems that all too often we have a tendency to overcommit ourselves. To want to do more than our time or our energy allows for.
And as we are so intent on ‘what is next’, we may forget to make time to take a deep breath and focus on the sense of peace we so desire.

This changes with the arrival of Winter, as our energy turns more inward. Suddenly the yearning for that quiet place, that peaceful space within ourselves is right there.
The Holiday Season then gives us the time (at least after all the shopping and gift-wrapping is taken care of) to direct our attention to other things, new things. To our plans. To thoughts on what would make this world a really beautiful place to be in...
We wish for a peaceful world. And perhaps even for some peace and quiet. Because deep inside we know that all our creative endeavors, all the new and wonderful plans we want to bring into our reality these coming seasons can only stem from that point of peace deep inside ourselves.

It makes this time of year a great time to take that journey to that peaceful quiescence in the core of our being. To connect with the reality of ourselves from where we can be aware of the things we need rather than the things we want, or the responsibilities, the obligations we have.

As we permit that peaceful quiescence to fill us, as we start breathing in that stillness while exhaling peace ~ we quietly start spreading that energy that is ‘peace’ from inside ourselves to the world around us.
And the stronger our personal journey into peace becomes, the better can we observe our potential, perceive our creativity, and distinguish ways to make them work for us in a practical, productive manner in our lives.

We are all on a Journey into Peace ~ every step of the way as we are discovering our brilliant uniqueness and are unfolding our greatest potentials.
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In sync

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Most of the time things just happen in our lives, one after the next. And while we hope that as they happen they will fit together ~ this isn’t always the case. Most of the time seemingly unrelated things come up leaving it to us to fit the pieces together into some workable whole.
And most of the time this works quite nicely.

However, sometimes it seems really hard to fit the pieces together. It is like there are pieces missing, the colors don’t match, and every time we think we can finally put together the whole picture ~ something happens that seems to make the pieces decidedly dis-congruent. Somehow the pieces belong to different pictures.

It can be the start of a long journey of discovery...
Searching for new pieces ~ and perhaps more importantly, which pieces belong with which picture; which pieces fit where. And yet every once in a while the search doesn’t bring that one picture together ~ it seems that with every new piece a new picture is started. And while all these pictures may feel like they are related ~ in which way they might come together stays unclear.

After a while all these related yet different pictures that fail to fall into place and form a solution become an ever more frustrating experience ~ leaving the desired solution elusive...

And then, out of the blue ~ perhaps even without a noticeable change ~ things start to come together. In some unexpected way all these different pictures start forming one, grand solution.
Life is getting in sync.

When life is in sync it is not just that one picture that finally comes together into a whole ~ chances are all other aspects of life also start coming together.
Often without making big changes to your life ~ often it appears that all that was needed was a new perspective. In a sense a need to look with new eyes. Rather than looking at what you thought the picture should look like, it is a matter of finding the similarities in all the different pictures and move on from there.

When life is in sync it becomes a lot easier to find solutions for problems; it seems like everything you want to do is a guaranteed success. It gives a feeling of being ‘on top of the world’.

In a way what was needed is an open mind; a way of looking at things at face value ~ without any preconceived ideas as to what the ultimate solution should be.
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