3rd July.
Greetings
to You on The Universal Journey.
Well,
the world is very chilly around here at the moment so it seems winter has
decided to arrive a little later than usual. Still pretty dry though, but makes
for lovely warm days in between the cold fire-side nights. A good time for contemplating Life and the wonder of Nature.
Sadly
though there are areas around the globe and perhaps around you that are being interrupted by sounds of vegetation being felled
and mulched, land being bull-dozered and dug up. Pockets of development
happening. Ahh qe sera sera. (sigh)
Fortunately there is still much of our natural forested areas remaining and hope for it to remain so.
Change
is inevitable as we travel our Universal Journey of course. It is also a gauge
for us to reflect on just how we are able to adapt or adjust when it is out of
our realm to do anything about. We can always pray, or project our higher
vibrational thoughts towards a situation; use Reiki techniques and Qigong and
Feng Shui to enhance ourselves and our environment too.
Below
is a passage I wrote some years ago on change during early times teaching
Qigong which is still relative today and may be applicable along your own way.
"
“ The one thing that remains constant in life . . .is change.”
(quote from the honourable Lao Tze ( Lao Tzu) from the ‘Tao te Ching’.)
The constancy of life endures because of cycles ,
and cycles within cycles.
Native Americans also hold sacred the circle as the strength of Life that flows in that form. From the shape of wind at its most powerful as a tornado, to the gentleness of a birds nest for care and nurturing, and to the passage of the Sun around the Earth (or moreover, us around it).
Nature herself is amazing , ever changing and can
teach us so much about how we can live and evolve in harmony and balance.
As a qigong/spiritual teacher , I have grown from a yearning to be such a conscious
part of the ever changing, growing
creative energies of our beautiful planet in all her glory, and
therefore in as much of mine as I can muster , and pass that on as inspiration
to my students. Life , growth, change and dissolving away are the natural
process of all living things . But it is how we move through these periods that
can be either smooth or bumpy. It is our choice.
There is another saying that I learned studying Reiki:
“ There is nothing special about what I do each day. I only keep myself
in harmony with it. “
Now , as simple , yet profound as these words
are, there is nothing simple about the
process required to get there, yet in
the simplicity of itself.
As humans , we make our lives complicated – with
rules, agendas (some even unconsciously known to us), behavior patterns,
beliefs, fears , anxieties , etc etc .
Though the simplicity of life, in harmony with itself as a universal
principal, may seem to be an unrealistic
idea to apply to our own personal lives,
it is really an achievable one . The ability to bring harmony to
yourself and as support for you during
energy and life changes, is possible.
It first has to come from a need; a desire from
the Heart and Soul to create this pattern of harmony within you and therefore
have it flow throughout your life, in every way.
Tuning in to your natural gift and blessing of
intuition that we are ALL born with –
and which gets stuffed away somewhere or goes on unheeded for much of our time
– is the key.
As we are all aware – and growing more
conclusively by the week – a change is needed in the world, to move towards a much more soul enriching and spiritually
rewarding source of existence from within our selves. This is one which
flows with, not against the natural energy cycles of our selves, our
life plans and our world as an evolutionary process towards our highest good,
to fulfill our greatest potential.
By discovering your own personal feng shui
energies within and around you , your own personal peace can be a
constant reality.
Opening your mind as you open your arms; gently
pushing away or drawing in to provide balance – all these things can
combine in the mindful practice of
qigong. It is the cultivation of chi (qi) , our life-force energy which gives
all things life and returns to the ethers in its cyclic pattern. It is a means
of opening to your gift of intuition, your yin and yang and flowing with your
life’s cycles and changes.
Yin and Yang are the basic opposing , yet
perfectly synchronized combination of energies. Evenly divided, a little of one
always within the other and constantly changing, morphing , transforming from
one to the other and those they touch.
Growing from this comes The Five Elements Theory.
Here, fire, metal, water, wood and earth
each co-dependent on the other in the cycles of creation as well as dissolution
or destruction. This is ever constant and ever evolving and growing our natural
world. The energy is never lost – just recycled, and fluidity of life - balance
of life - can come from tuning in to the
natural cycles and working with and not against them. "
Fare Well on The Universal Journey.
Starwhite Earthguide.
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