Good morning. Happy Sunday!
Coyote sings to me this clear morning and reminds me that we are being way too serious in our daily lives.
The insects here are diminishing along with other trivial annoyances.
My morning walks allow me to reconnect with myself and Spirit. It is in these quiet moments of solitude that I can clear my mind and simply be in this time and space. There is only me, Mother Earth and Father Sky. I am held forever in my eternal and infinite ancestry. I am primal. I am returning to my indigenous self. I am becoming One.
As we enter into spaces of discomfort, we begin to form bonds with our spiritual selves, and in the case of physical discomforts, we allow a connection with Nature to occur. If we are too cold, we are aware of ourselves and the space around us, and when we warm ourselves, we appreciate and become grateful for that warmth. Living simply creates the space to find ourselves. We find ourselves in the connection to Spirit and the connection to All That Is. When we choose to give up our addictions to modern comforts and conveniences our egos rebel in predictable ways:
We are irritable and grow impatient.
We want to give up our endeavor.
We see the old "mainstream life" as being more favorable. (We want to go back to what we knew before.)
We sabotage what we have already accomplished and seek to dismiss our hard work. (Thereby discounting our chosen withdrawal from society and our attempts on self-reliance.)
We procrastinate important tasks. (It then becomes easier to "give up" when things are not done and ready on time.)
We simply ignore the voice of Spirit. (Wasn't it Spirit that called us to do this thing?)
It is not an easy thing to be in a space where you have to really confront yourself. Do I have what it takes to make this work? You might ask. Can I get this done in the time required? You might wonder.
Sure, a lot of our activities of importance have these same concerns, but when your life depends on the answers, things begin to change in your mind. It almost becomes a battle of wills -- the true self vs. ego. And we are again back to the same problem that plagues us regularly. What is ego based and what is spiritual? Who is ego in the face of discomfort? Will our ego save us or drive us mad with second guessing?
I have to wonder if Henry David Thoreau encountered these same sorts of ideas when he chose to give up his modern life and live in a cabin in the woods for a year?
Certainly there is something found in the solitude, and in the quiet and in the peace. There is an unbreakable bond that forms with Spirit and/or Nature/God/Creator. When confronting oneself, one has the opportunity to grow and expand beyond the thresholds of ego and into a space that is infinite. The power lies within as we begin to overcome our fears and our own bad habits that would seek to undo our attempts to find a bliss that can only come when we let go and let it all unfold.
As ego begins to quiet we open our eyes to a new way of seeing the Universe and our place in it. The bigger picture begins to come into focus. We listen to Coyote's song and find wisdom in the foolishness of it all. We are fine. The Universe will take care of us all. There is abundance enough for everyone. We are all in this thing called human life, both separately and together. We are All One.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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