Spirit Notes ~ Traveling the Natural Path

I read a story about a Man with heart transplant from young car crash victim who loved Taco Bell.  This man now has an endless craving for Taco Bell himself. Interesting how muscles know and remember particular instances of joy and relief even when they are passed on to others through transplants.  Imagine the things you could be holding onto in your muscles and let them go. Who said you are what you eat? 

So, my car battery dies. I walk away from the car and walked home in the rain. How am I going to deal with this? In that moment I made a load of decisions. The number one decision, Don’t Panic! The number two decision, no reason to get excited and make a big deal out of it.  This happens to people every day! And now I’m one of those people. Now I’m a part of that group. I’m actually not kidding about being a part of the oneness within the Oneness that is without cars. Good thing I didn’t get a ton of groceries. Good thing that it’s a bit cold out so that if I did then they would be fine. Good thing I have a heavier coat with me. Good thing I decided to wear my hat and scarf.  All good things! Thank me for listening to my intuition on all these things to make the rest of the evening go smoother, although had I listened in the first place I wouldn’t be in this little lesson to begin with…

 Thank you for the lesson of listening to my intuition.

With a clear intuition that I would be doing this on my own, although I had called several people for help, I calmly spent the night at home cooking and relaxing. No reason to change the battery in the dark in the rain.  When I woke up in the morning it was a sunny day. Thank you! I grabbed some tools and walked back to the car to remove the battery, which was a bit more than anticipated, but still I got through it, as we all do. (That little bracket on the bottom sure is a doozey.) Glad I have small hands! Off to the shop with the old battery to get a new one in a taxi and soon to return and pop in the new one lickety-split. No problems! Car is running perfect and I got a self-propelled lesson in battery changing. How about that? Not bad for a couple hours work…did I mention the taxi took an hour to get there? Or that it was really cold? All the while I was willing the universe for a little extra help.  One man offered me coffee, another stuck around to make sure the car started, and a woman offered any services that I needed as she was an employee of the grocery. There are people willing to help you all around, you only need ask, but there are some things that you need to do yourself.

I had given up on my friend that disappeared into his own life.  He had a habit of nesting and is a free spirit with little time for outings of debachery, or so I thought, so I could live with it. I let go of the attachment. I knew that he moved out of state some time ago through a mutual acquaintance, though I hoped he was well, I just assumed that I didn’t make the good-bye list.  I was sitting at my desk and I got a text from an unknown number wanting to know if I would like to bid someone adieu on a last night in town. Who was this? My lost friend had gotten a new number.  It was difficult to reply, wondering why is he calling me now? Last night? I know that story, but at the same time I did want to see him. And it also reminded me of another friend who is not speaking to anyone for reasons totally unknown. I figured I would go with the flow, because that’s why I have been sent this lesson? gift? thing? The question was which was it? 

I want to be remembered, thought of, important, just like anyone else, but in losing touch with old friends for reasons of life changes, it seems a bit unpredictable and hardly something that you can expect of everyone you know. At the same time, we do hold people to certain expectations. We expect them to call and to keep in touch, but regularly we lose track of how much time has passed, because of unforseen circumstances ourselves. So much energy is expended “making it happen” day to day that we often forget to sit and relax with those around us, keep in touch, or just give ourselves time to think.  At that point in the game, is it just too late to call? Taking the time is what builds and maintains the connection. So make the call! Better late than never! The winter season is a time to slow down and take it all in. Who did you lose touch with? What challenges did you face throughout the year? You’ve gotten through it this far. Just for this moment, be at peace with yourself in all that you have accomplished this year, even the smallest things, and remember those who helped you get there, whether they were present or not. We are all each others helpers.

Remember the beat of the heart as it signals you to slow down and be with you and the ones you love in this time of peace. -Anonymous.

Thank you to all those that have been reading and commenting on Spirit Notes! Happy Holidays and Peace to you all! Looking forward to a brand new year!

I was sitting here typing and listening to the quiet while channeling a good set of directions and instruction from the guides and with each breath I type there is a fascination at the quiet of the space.  We were talking earlier this morning of a spinning telescope.  The view that with each story that someone tells, we go to a place in their story that reminds us of our story and we start talking about us.  The focus of the telescope (story) moves from them to us. Then the next person re-focuses the telescope (story) on themselves as they are triggered by the previous story.  With each change of story, the telescope moves and eventually it starts moving so fast from person to person, because the story is being reverted so many times that the telescope starts spinning.  It spins so fast that it is spinning out of control. The stories that we as a collective group are holding onto create the spin. It’s like feeding drama. It is like hanging onto a merry-go-round, because the central point is you.  It spins so fast that if you let go (of the merry-go-round) you are afraid you will to fall off. So, how do we let go of the merry-go-round without falling off?  Our minds would tell us that if you were to let go, you would land fast and hard on your butt! But in letting go gently to your story, where you would jump into another’s story making it your own, you have the chance  for change.  The chance to recognize that you are going to speak or just listen and notice the story and how your mind (the ego) wants to focus it on you. With each notice, whether you speak or not you are gently and gradually letting go of the wheel and allowing the real you to shine through, and also setting a valuable example that will eventually spring change in others, and eventually you will no longer be having conversations of drama based on stories, but discussions based on universal principles of the universe and creating awareness.

So to this awareness, I give ‘Thanks!’  It is ever so much more important to notice the change that you can create in yourself, rather than force change in others.   Let go of your story and you will see.

While on a walk this morning, I witnessed a woman blowing leaves off the tree with a lieaf blower.  It got me thinking of all the ways in which we try to control nature, cycles and the equilibrium balance of who we think things should be.  We make bridges and build dams in waterways, maintain old growth and new growth forests, migrate beaches and lots of other wonderous engineering marvels to keep stationary, maintain stability and hault change in a world where the planet itself is evolving and changing along with it’s people.

Change provides a message of contrast.  For without contrast there is no change. Contrast is not defined as good, bad, big or small.  The relative measure of change might define how much.  We often look to the past meaning 50-100 years as a baseline for contrast.  Other times we may look back 10-15 years or even months.  How about looking at the everyday change? Do you notice the little changes that make up the big overall change adding to the contrast? Do you notice with judgement or compassion? Do you notice with curiosity, joy, anguish or hate?

Name five healthy changes in your life that have occurred just today.  You may have called that neighbor you haven’t wanted to talk to.  You may have gone for a walk.  You may have held the door for a stranger.  You may have said “Thank you.”  It seems that just a small change in your daily live can lead to big change in opening the doors of the universe to let what is coming to you in.  Create change, you deserve it!

It is hard for me to know what others are thinking when blowing leaves off trees with leaf blowers, but perhaps she was improving someone else’s life by doing it.

A delicious twist to a family favorite.  The crust here is puffy and thick on the outside and thin in the middle.  It reminds me of the borders and boundaries we put up to keep people in or out as the toppings and sauce are scattered inside, never spilling. Now don’t get me wrong they do have fabulous pies.  I felt posed an interesting question derived from one wanting to propose a change in consciousness of inclusion in design.  We hold with us boundaries controlled in fear in order to feel safe and whole. We hold them to think we know ourselves fully inside our own box.  But what if you stepped out of your box into the world? Realize in that process, we are indeed a spiral effect of many things, many people coming together influencing other people, but all here as one to create what is happening in the present. Look around and imagine one thing that you have, that you feel would make a positive influence in your own life, if you did not have it.  What would not having this thing feel like?  Hold that feeling in every part of your body.  Start slowly and let it spread throughout.  Recognize the relief or compassion or any other emotion that appears as you hold the feeling of letting go of that object, thing, abuse, time.  Let yourself float in this feeling whenever you have a doubt.  In other words – Mellow! Relax! And feel what you truly desire as already there.