Let It Grow: Let It Be

In the beginning was the word, the Logos.

In the beginning was the deep, utter stillness of the pond – peace and happiness reigned supreme.

And then … a movement, a minuscule movement, a vibration shuddering through the pond, ripples forming, flowing outward from a center.

And…matter comes into view…born of nothing, wordless, infinite BEING into 10,000 things, as Lao te Zu describes in the Tao de Ching.

10,000 things: thoughts, feelings, images, sensations, activities and relationships through which BEING knows and experiences itself. A mountain meadow of wildflowers experiencing itself just being. A mountain meadow of wildflowers experienced through these eyes, this nose, these ears, this mind.

PURE BEAUTY. The True Nature of BEING.

Time is born through thought, a past, a future, the present.

Such is the process of creation.

An acorn feels the same impulse, the same vibration, as consciousness stirs into form and grows progressively into a mighty oak.

The same stirring occurs when the egg meets the sperm in a mother’s womb as a new body is formed.

As old as time itself, life creates.

The Same Stream Of Life

As I become more aware of who/what I really am – consciousness flowing through this collection of thoughts and feelings and sensations that appear as this body/mind – as I become more aware of the deep peace and stillness at the center of my being, I also become more aware of these inner stirrings of awareness, of the vibrations/impulses of consciousness wanting to take form, the same stream of life.

Sitting in Being

On a long (seemingly long, but I guess not in the time span of eternity) journey to this awareness, I have had to learn who/what I am not in order to discover the gold of who/what I really am. An ongoing journey for sure. This is the burden we all carry of the learned beliefs, concepts and conditioning from our early years, and life’s experiences in general. We have to dig and discover how much of that learning is TRUTH and how much is ILLUSION (a great deal of it actually).

This learning often gets in the way of the stirrings of life wanting to express through us – shoulds/shouldn’ts, rights/wrongs, fears, guilt, shame, arrogance etc.

But … if I sit, just sit in BEING, with a clear, free mind that is at rest and waiting for its next directive(s), something else happens. When I leave behind the burden of all I think I know, a new dawn is free to shine through my mind. This is not necessarily a linear process. It is not necessarily a fast, impulsive process, especially in the beginning. In truth it’s not really a process – it’s more of a happening.

The old mind wants to distract, dominate, be in charge – and it takes time just sitting in being for it to subside, sometimes a lot of time, sometimes many different times.

But there is a different feeling to this experience. It is like being in the eye of the storm and moving with the eye so as to stay in the center.

And ALLOWING!

Allowing this Infinite Life Force to move and open in its own timing and space. Making time and space available so it can flow. Not expecting. Not wanting. Not directing.

Simply allowing BEING to BE ITSELF.

Would you try to tell the acorn how to grow? Or would you simply provide the best possible conditions for it to do what the Life flowing through it innately knows how to do.

How does consciousness want to express through me?

Is a really good question, especially in situations where there is tension and concern, say about a decision that needs making or a particular direction in life choice to be made.

Here’s a really simple example. I needed to make a decision about renting my house out for the summer and going off wandering in my RV or not. I had done this many summers in the past and knew what it entailed – a complete cleaning out of all my personal ‘stuff’ so I could rent it furnished, and impersonal, which was a lot of work. I had been having some joint issues and was unsure about my ability to be on my feet for as long as it would take. The fussing in my mind, the pros and cons, went back and forth for a while. Then one night, not too long after I had fallen asleep, I awakened, and in my half awake state, I found myself getting up and taking all the personal pictures and items off the walls in my house – something that had to be done if I was to rent. The thought flashed Oh well, I guess I’m renting my house out then. And just like that, the decision was made. No more drama in my mind. The impulse of this particular dream had made itself known.

Remaining anchored in that inner sense of who/what I am is key. More often than not ideas sparked from consciousness have a life of their own, just as the seed of the mountain wildflower does. Giving it the right conditions is all it requires. The impulse that caused the sprout to emerge from the seed is the same Life Impulse at the heart of any dream.

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So how does consciousness want to express itself in this moment in your life?

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