Here I am, a 50+ year-old woman living alone (with my pet cat - a Zen Master) in an apartment building full of college age adults. I call them "kids." They're half my age and young enough to be my children. New energies...body piercings, tattoos, Mohawks, Dreadlocks, Gothic clothes, baggy pants, metal studded leather collars, metal disks stretching ear lobes, entirely new language. "Rad," "bitchin'," and "dank" all mean the same thing. Depending on your generation or phase of vernacular, they mean that something is really "cool" or "hot." Or they could mean that something is "groovy," or really "smooth." I LOVE the new energies! The young adults are all so full of vibrant life and are fearlessly heading off into directions and horizons I've never dreamed of, and I've learned tremendous, valuable lessons from all of them.
I often sit out in front of the building and smoke and catch tenants walking in and out. Many often stop to share a smoke and brief conversation with me. For me, the four-floor elevator ride and clamor of Main Street traffic are well worth the sojourns. This morning was no different. At 9:30 on Saturday mornings the city is already wide awake and on the move. Aromas of hot waffles, bacon and coffee along with the hum of conversations drift to me from the patio diners in front of the cafe 10 feet to my right. The font door of the apartment building swings open-and-shut as tenants come and go.
A young man steps out. No tattoos or body piercings, but definitely new energies surround him. We don't know each other's names but we're on weather update speaking terms. The sky is overcast with heavy but broken clouds. Glare and sudden bursts of streaming sunlight await all who emerge from the dim recesses of the building.
"I didn't know it was so bright out here," the young man said to me in passing.
"It's the glare," I confirmed.
"Actually, people get more sun on a cloudy day like this than on a sunny day. They don't realize how much they get. It's because sunlight comes in at odd angles between the clouds, it hits and bounces off all kinds of things. You can be sitting under the shade of an umbrella..." he nodded towards the diners in front of the cafe, "and you can still get burned from the reflected rays."
For some reason, that caught my attention. I asked him if he'd read about it somewhere and he said, "I'm a lifeguard at the pool. I know all about the sun."
This brings me to my point. New Energies.
We've read about them, talked about them, and experienced them. Yet, how many of us really know what's going on when we're so often confused or troubled by them; when we're bounced from highs to lows, from feeling joyful to feeling miserable? The energies seem to be hitting us from all directions with no sense or definition...Just like the reflected glare of the sun.
From my perspective, I see all humans as spiritual beings. Each soul is brilliant, like a magnificent sun. But for many, there are layers of separation between their conscious thoughts and spiritual awareness. You can call these layers "veils of separation," or "the dark night of the soul," or "ego." You can call the layers anything you want. I think of them as clouds, obscuring the sun. They're all the same thing. And, to coin an old (very old) term, we're going through another "Age of Enlightenment." (The other "Age" that I'm referring to occurred in the American Colonies during the Industrial Revolution, mid to late 1700's). Spiritual light is breaking all around us. Layers and clouds are starting to shift and separate. In ever-changing patterns, they're breaking up, reuniting, and moving on. The light around and in us is growing and reflecting, resonating with, and responding to the refracted rays. Light is coming at us from all directions. Each of us, as a spiritual being, is radiating more from whatever position we happen to be in at the moment. Energies are colliding and coalescing in all kinds of wavelengths and from multiple directions, at all speeds, faster and faster.
Can we slow it down? Sure, but I wouldn't advise it. Can we alter the courses? Doubtful. Do we want to? I don't. Even though I also rise and fall with the wavelengths and get confused or discouraged from time to time and get banged around a bit, I'm learning to recognize when I'm bombarded with multiple energies from multiple directions. I'm learning to trust myself to deal with what I can and let the others drift or zoom or bounce by. I'll catch them on the rebound. Throughout all these changes, I play different roles.
Sometimes, I'm like a lifeguard. I understand what's happening and I make allowances and sidestep pitfalls. Sometimes, I'm like a sun-bather, not fully understanding all the actions of UV rays, but understanding enough to manipulate them to get a desired tan. Sometimes, I'm like an "unseasoned" seaside visitor, not knowing anything about what all the sun can do, but loving how it feels, and getting burned to a crisp in the process.
What do I do when this happens? First, and foremost, I love myself - with my heart/soul, not with my mind or through the veneer of emotion. I recognize that I am the Blessing of God that I have created myself to be. I am a human being. With this love, I find self-forgiveness. Through self-forgiveness, I experience my innocence and purity. From this purity, I come to experience my Birthright of Nobility - that of being human - or that of human being. With this, comes spiritual growth and enlightenment, in whatever way or form that I choose and that I can handle. Through Love, all things are possible.
Love yourself.
Enjoy.
BE!
(c) Ronnie Carroll
August 2008
http://ronniesperspective.bogspot.com
www.soulsolutionshealing.com
I often sit out in front of the building and smoke and catch tenants walking in and out. Many often stop to share a smoke and brief conversation with me. For me, the four-floor elevator ride and clamor of Main Street traffic are well worth the sojourns. This morning was no different. At 9:30 on Saturday mornings the city is already wide awake and on the move. Aromas of hot waffles, bacon and coffee along with the hum of conversations drift to me from the patio diners in front of the cafe 10 feet to my right. The font door of the apartment building swings open-and-shut as tenants come and go.
A young man steps out. No tattoos or body piercings, but definitely new energies surround him. We don't know each other's names but we're on weather update speaking terms. The sky is overcast with heavy but broken clouds. Glare and sudden bursts of streaming sunlight await all who emerge from the dim recesses of the building.
"I didn't know it was so bright out here," the young man said to me in passing.
"It's the glare," I confirmed.
"Actually, people get more sun on a cloudy day like this than on a sunny day. They don't realize how much they get. It's because sunlight comes in at odd angles between the clouds, it hits and bounces off all kinds of things. You can be sitting under the shade of an umbrella..." he nodded towards the diners in front of the cafe, "and you can still get burned from the reflected rays."
For some reason, that caught my attention. I asked him if he'd read about it somewhere and he said, "I'm a lifeguard at the pool. I know all about the sun."
This brings me to my point. New Energies.
We've read about them, talked about them, and experienced them. Yet, how many of us really know what's going on when we're so often confused or troubled by them; when we're bounced from highs to lows, from feeling joyful to feeling miserable? The energies seem to be hitting us from all directions with no sense or definition...Just like the reflected glare of the sun.
From my perspective, I see all humans as spiritual beings. Each soul is brilliant, like a magnificent sun. But for many, there are layers of separation between their conscious thoughts and spiritual awareness. You can call these layers "veils of separation," or "the dark night of the soul," or "ego." You can call the layers anything you want. I think of them as clouds, obscuring the sun. They're all the same thing. And, to coin an old (very old) term, we're going through another "Age of Enlightenment." (The other "Age" that I'm referring to occurred in the American Colonies during the Industrial Revolution, mid to late 1700's). Spiritual light is breaking all around us. Layers and clouds are starting to shift and separate. In ever-changing patterns, they're breaking up, reuniting, and moving on. The light around and in us is growing and reflecting, resonating with, and responding to the refracted rays. Light is coming at us from all directions. Each of us, as a spiritual being, is radiating more from whatever position we happen to be in at the moment. Energies are colliding and coalescing in all kinds of wavelengths and from multiple directions, at all speeds, faster and faster.
Can we slow it down? Sure, but I wouldn't advise it. Can we alter the courses? Doubtful. Do we want to? I don't. Even though I also rise and fall with the wavelengths and get confused or discouraged from time to time and get banged around a bit, I'm learning to recognize when I'm bombarded with multiple energies from multiple directions. I'm learning to trust myself to deal with what I can and let the others drift or zoom or bounce by. I'll catch them on the rebound. Throughout all these changes, I play different roles.
Sometimes, I'm like a lifeguard. I understand what's happening and I make allowances and sidestep pitfalls. Sometimes, I'm like a sun-bather, not fully understanding all the actions of UV rays, but understanding enough to manipulate them to get a desired tan. Sometimes, I'm like an "unseasoned" seaside visitor, not knowing anything about what all the sun can do, but loving how it feels, and getting burned to a crisp in the process.
What do I do when this happens? First, and foremost, I love myself - with my heart/soul, not with my mind or through the veneer of emotion. I recognize that I am the Blessing of God that I have created myself to be. I am a human being. With this love, I find self-forgiveness. Through self-forgiveness, I experience my innocence and purity. From this purity, I come to experience my Birthright of Nobility - that of being human - or that of human being. With this, comes spiritual growth and enlightenment, in whatever way or form that I choose and that I can handle. Through Love, all things are possible.
Love yourself.
Enjoy.
BE!
(c) Ronnie Carroll
August 2008
http://ronniesperspective.bogspot.com
www.soulsolutionshealing.com
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