I was feeding the wild king parrots and thinking about the coming week’s retreat when I clearly heard “the call”…..
Stop fighting!
What?!?!?
Stop fighting! I can hear you planning your coming week as if it were a battle!….
Well, sometimes it seems to be! I just like to be prepared…..
What? Prepared for battle?
Prepared to help in any way I can…..
Then be gentle. Be like water…..
Water?
Water is soft yet can cut through the hardest stone……
Water is gentle yet it can overwhelm anything in its path…..
Water is adaptable yet it can fill any empty space……
I hadn’t thought about that…..
Sometimes I wonder if you think about anything at all…..
Just like water you can best achieve your desired outcomes by being soft, gentle and adaptable….
Maybe your desire is something simple like getting a job.
Or finding a partner.
Or achieving a promotion.
Or healing an injury.
Or repairing a relationship……..
By being soft, gentle and adaptable?
Precisely. Whilst we are on this topic of ‘water’ let me remind you that water can be either ice, liquid or steam……..
Obviously I knew that….
But did you realise the lesson it illustrates for you?
What lesson? Not to burn myself?
No…..the Life lesson……
Ice is the form of water that contains the least energy.
It’s hard and rigid.
Just like your body……
Ah-ha….
Liquid is the form of water that contains more energy.
It’s adaptable and fits any size container.
Just like your thoughts……
Ah-ha…..
Steam is the form of water that contains much more energy.
It’s expansive and uncontained.
Just like your Life-Force, your Spirit……
Click! Got it!!
You and water are very similar.
You can be in one state, then another, then another…. flowing endlessly from one state to the other……
So…..be like water!
Be soft, gentle and adaptable……
To be continued……
Namaste!
Les