Clever talk disrupts virtue; a little lack of forbearance disrupts great plans.
~~The Essential Confucius, Thomas Cleary
Virtue is the foundation of all achievements; no house whose foundation is not solid can be enduring. The mind is the root; no tree whose roots are rotten can be flourishing.
~~A Chinese Garden of Serenity, Reflections of a Zen Buddhist
Four years ago I posted this. It is incredible what hind-site shows us of our growth. Keep going, friends.
TEMPTATION
It seems temptation still has its hold on me. When will I ever learn to subconsciously let go of past habitual patterns? It’s easy enough while awake, yet the ‘tests’ continue in the astral, and I find myself failing … failing myself.
There are times when I’d like to kick down a door and save those I hear being abused, yet for some reason, I don’t.
It seems those in the astral want me to know just how powerless I am. It seems I ought to meditate on personal power before nodding off at night.
Perhaps I’m not a warrior after all.
Perhaps I am merely a survivor.
Or, perhaps the time for my true test simply has not arrived yet.
Whichever way, the night is the night and the day is the day.
May this day be filled with that which brings smiles to faces and even laughter to hearts.
Be well friends.
May the best arrive for you in the coming moments.
Many don’t have the drive or determination to go through the pain in order to gain.
It hurts, this expansion, this adding value to one’s soul.
This is the difference between you and they.
You have the courage and inner fortitude and faith to endure with patience until TMH aligns you with your purpose, your increase.
They will do everything in their limited expressions to put that pain onto others, and then syphon out the gain.
You are not the same.
They want to appear as you … strong and mighty,
You simply Are.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~ Rumi
When they tried to destroy my mind, I decided to take control and be the destroyer.
Then I slowly began building back, better, and they didn’t know it because they believed it was they who thrust me into darkness, into chaos.
I suppose this is why they got confused.
Plus, being connected to Source, sharing the entire experience, this unconventional method of approaching mind rape, helped a lot.
I do hope there have been new discoveries made by this seemingly insane and perhaps psychotic approach to dealing with parasitic attachments.
It certainly felt to be at least a little reckless.
Sometimes change requires us to get a little crazy.
I ranted a bit this morning for reasons I’d rather not say.
Then I remembered ceremony on Saturday, a Buffalo Ceremony, and the spiritual gifting of name for a 2 month old baby girl … Shining White Sun Woman.
The memory filled me with a gentleness, and gratitude for being able to serve her beautiful mother and her siblings water during the long ceremony.
Then the lyrics from song rolled thru mind … Love will keep us alive … and suddenly I’m not feeling alone.
And I remember … Friggen awesome baby!! An exclamation of success.
I am so grateful that the agitation in me this morning was countered and balanced by this sweet memory and thoughts of togetherness and love.
I hope you get to experience it family!
“When you are transparent, you become unmistakable—no shadows, masks, or veils to blur the truth of who you are. In your transparency, others can look through you and into the core of your being, where your heart and essence glow with an unfiltered light. You stand as you are, clear and direct, with a kindness that needs no explanation.
There is no mystery to untangle, no enigma to decipher. You leave no one puzzled or lost in the aftermath of your words or actions. You are not a riddle but a presence fully understood. In your honesty, you refuse to hide. You carry the courage to show up fully, stripped of pretense or armor. You are bravery embodied, raw truth in human form.
In this nakedness, you don’t waver or seek approval. Your transparency is not a weakness but the purest strength. It is a declaration: “This is who I am”. You let yourself be seen, and in that openness, you stand out in a world that often shrouds itself in layers of pretense. Your authenticity shines like a beacon, guiding others toward their own.”
~Katie Kamara
You’re unbothered by it!
They don’t know what to do about it, ya’all.
No one got time for that!
“As soon as they thought their plan was going to work,
God created another plan for them.
If it’s a war they want,
It’s a war they’re gonna get.”
~ Intuitivegoddess333
