There is a fine line between holding back and letting go, a mere second’s decision that is the difference between upholding a commitment to self and letting that commitment go to the wind. In holding the line and staying committed to growth and evolution, momentum builds to remain upon the path of change. To change takes courage as well as commitment, for to really change is to face the fears that have held one back but to also dare the self to forge ahead through and into the unknown. Fear is known, and thus doable, while the unknown is empty territory, full of who knows what. Don’t let it stop you. Keep a positive outlook as you forge ahead and make the unknown known.
It’s never too late for a life changing action. It’s never too late to take control of your own life. It’s never too late to take leave of that which doesn’t work and to say hello to what does. Fear is the only real deterrent to change. Fear gets in the way of life’s unfolding. Fear leads to failure to fulfill one’s dreams. Overcome fear and see life unfold in new directions, with new experiences as of yet unimagined. You have no idea what’s in store for you. Can you face your fears and dare to see what awaits?
Rather than compromise seek the highest, most valuable state; that of high heart, high spirit and high truth. Life will not go well if you compromise these values and settle for the mundane. Your spirit will continually remind you that you have failed to live up to your fullest potential. Ask for guidance and protection as you navigate the pathways of your life. Ask for help as you make choices that are meaningful and full of purpose, as you make the big decisions that will bring you to peace, happiness and fulfillment.
Relax your thinking mind and let your intuition guide you more often. Sometimes the intuition of the heart is more succinct and pertinent than all the rationality in the world. Sometimes the heart knows best.
Emotion is like the wind unleashed in the unruly passion of a hurricane. Experience its power and intensity, but don’t attach. Don’t mistake passion for the heart’s intent. The wind is a passing sensation. How can the wind offer stability? Such an illusion breeds only delusion.
A child’s innocence is not childish. To the contrary, innocence is the only requirement to advance in infinity. Innocence greets oncoming time with total attention, unencumbered by thoughts, needs, desires and entitlements that filter the discovery of what truly is. Innocence is the key to hearing the heart’s true message.
The ego is the master of our time. The ego both generates its own thoughts and attaches to the pervasive flow of thoughts in the universe. The ego also harbors the childish child that seeks to remain the eternal child, driven by the pleasure principle.
Even the most mature thinker might belie the hidden child insisting to live in the sandbox of its thoughts. Be mindful to distinguish the golden child—the child that grows through innocence—from the eternal child, the one who refuses to ever leave the nursery.
For the ego to mature to innocence it must learn to command its attention. Much of the time the ego is asleep at the wheel of consciousness, as the drone of the subconscious flits from association to association and takes it down different roads of thought. Of course, thoughts automatically generate emotions befitting this unfolding drama of thought.
As in meditation, the task for the ego is to become aware that it has slipped into unconsciousness and to bring its attention back to presence in the current moment. Placing attention on the breath is a universal alternative to the focus on thought.
As the mind is cleared of its preoccupation with thought, the ego can place its attention upon the heart. Breathing into the heart focuses attention to the place of truth. Sometimes the heart speaks with a subtle or strong sensation that punctuates a word or thought that spontaneously presents itself as you ask the heart a question. This is an affirmation, either a yes or a no, or a suggestion to explore further.
Sometimes the heart affirms with an outside synchronicity, like a bird loudly breaking into song at the moment a thought appears. Sometimes the heart speaks directly in words of calm whisper. Often there is a definite feeling of rightness, a knowing of what is right to do. Feeling is a weighing function, like a scale, distinctly different from the windstorm of powerful emotion.
The heart is the place for ego and High Self to meet. Ego, however, must be cleansed of its egoism and narcissism to enter the chamber of the heart. Short of this, the ego, like every narcissist, can only hear itself. The ego must surrender to its true purpose, to serve the intent of its High Self, like the knight who serves the ruler.
Freed of attachment to emotion, with the receptivity of pure innocence, and the commitment to serve the intent of the High Self is the path to receive the truth of the heart.
