Unbearable Lightness of BEing

"It is important from time to time, to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply Be." Eileen Caddy

Apologies for my very late posting this week folks! It seems I created my very own real life experiment of how not to live;'doing' versus 'being'. (Well...ya gotta fall off the wagon sometimes so ya remember how to get back on!)

Have you ever considered why we make ourselves so busy being busy all the time? For surely we are human beings - not human doings - right?

What does it mean, this 'being'? Have you experienced it in your life recently? True, aware, presence and Being? Most sports people know this feeling well - it's that powerfully addictive feeling of energy - supreme connectedness - that we feel 'in the moment'. When the mind is deliciously suspended from the past and the present, anchored in 'the now', it opens a door of great potential.

Possibility is ripe as you surrender to 'what is'. You experience that feeling of absolute rightness that is sometimes fleeting, sometimes flirting. As we line up properly with ourselves and our intention, all doubt, all fear, all negative emotion disipates. You are in your heart, and in the words of Abraham, it's that 'tuned in, tapped in, turned on' kinda feeling - you know the one! YES - that one ;-)

For my clients I often describe it as I have experienced it myself - as though the volume, colour and contrast controls on your TV have been turned up. Everything is brighter, more defined and seems to slow down a little. As kids we used to fiddle with the control panel of the TV and turn everyone orange :-) like Oompah-loompah's ;-D let's hope you don't experience that as 'BEing'!! And if you do - CALL ME!

My friend and coach Sky McInnes says in her book 'Loves Alchemy', "Mind dominant as doer involves effort, struggle, a sense of responsibility, unease, attachment to outcomes, resistance and fear. Mind surrendered (in being) is effortless, peaceful, and still. It is as though you get out of your own way."

This isn't to say that we don't get 'stuff' done - on the contrary - this is a platform for working smarter, not harder :-) It's a case of getting in 'flow' and moving away from the ritual western habit of 'driving, forcing, striving (upstream), stepping back to look from within, learning to accept what is, allowing what is and seeing the gift (however badly wrapped!). Such power exists when creating your work from a place of 'presence'.

It's immensely challenging at first - and of course it would be - it represents a paradigm shift in how we are taught to live our lives. Start by feeling your way and attain a deeper sense of balance and presence from within, that supports all that you experience in your outer world. Surrender the past, trust in the future, know that you are supported and allow the expansion. When we fear, we contract - when we surrender and trust, we expand. Allow life to flow through you - let the veil slip, and see it as it is, without the judgement, in incredulous and beautiful detail.

The film 'Peaceful Warrior' has an excellent visual of this, of tuning in to what's really happening around us, of really seeing things for the first time. You'll know what I mean if you've seen it, and if you haven't - then check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsS3cXGs2GQ


"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." Joseph Campbell

In closing, here's something I've shared with many over recent years. I hope you find it as provocative as I did when I first saw it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMx3LFCuPE

Have a wonderful week - and give yourself the greatest gift - of 'presence', and learn how to let go and to 'be' this week.

Thanks again for your time!

Jodie xx

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