It seems to be that significant challenges abound right now. Is that true for everyone?
It is notable that almost every person I spoke to last week had a dilemma or a crisis that was causing serious cerebral spin out?
Three separate people agonizing over moving house, one person over changing countries and another about giving up a limiting job with no alternative source of income as yet. And an ongoing quandary about a relationship that has been diminished to a prolific list of pros and cons.
One thing is for sure, when the monkey mind has something seemingly crucial to grab a hold of, it will take a person around and around the roundabout with little hope of respite – much less of resolution.
It might not sound very enlightened but the best advice I could come up with was to simply shut up. Well. OK. Not exactly. But essentially yes – just let it all drop away for a while and see what comes from silence.
Breathe deep and relax. Take a walk. Play with your kids. Let. It. Go.
Because when we are in that place of thinking and thinking and thinking things over, we are liable to forget entirely our true creative connection with natural process. You know… the seed, the growth, the fruit etc.
Life is a series of learning/growth cycles, so when you find yourself trying to navigate in a straight line with little success, here is a mantra that might serve you better than tearing out your hair: this too will pass.
Just spend a few months writing a journal with the phases of the moon marked clearly as you write and see for yourself how the patterns emerge. Right now is a great time to start a Moon Journal as she is closest to the earth than at any other time in the year.
The point being that when we are stuck in a loop it’s helpful to remember that it is ultimately just a phase that will shift naturally if we let it.
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