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There was once a beautiful lotus, bright and healthy. It had a 100 petals to boast and had the most unique, luxurious fragrance. Everyone that laid eyes on it fell in love and admired the purity and divinity it had come to project. This fully grown lotus was now self-aware and began to comprehend what it had become, what it was becoming and what it represented. It started to interact with its environment in a new, confident way and couldn't believe the grace within it. In the process of self-inspection, it noticed that its stem reached far into the mud below. It looked at the mud and saw dark, murky waters. Its roots were dug deep into unclear still water surrounded by insects, fish, muck and rough conditions. This realization upset the lotus. How could one so beautiful still be associated with one so dirty and filthy? Oh yes, the lotus looked down upon the mud in more than one way. It started to find fault with the mud, suggesting and demanding that the mud change its ways. Clean up its act and become worthy of the association. The mud around the lotus tried, some of it cleaned itself, some of it suppressed itself far out of sight. Parts of the lotus were now in pure clean water but the lotus was not happy. The mud kept surfacing, it was in a continuous state of confusion and so was the lotus. Over time, the lotus withered away and died. It was the only one that didn't live to see another season. The other lotuses flourished and went on to feed and heal so many. Every other lotus except this one lived for thousands of years.  A lotus that doesn't appreciate mud isn't going to thrive or survive. A lotus that demands and insists the mud change itself instead of focusing on just being won't fulfil its purpose.
In our lives 'the mud' represents our past actions, where we come from, who we were, other conscious beings that coexist or situations that have come to pass or may come to pass in the future.
'The mud' has a part to play in our becoming. It is connected to us but we are not it. Mistaking ourselves to be interchangeable leads to lowering of our personal energy and obstructing not only ourselves but also 'the mud' form fulfilling its cosmic purpose. Call it contrast or karmic seeds, 'the mud' in our lives are great teachers and guides if we let them be. They can be nourishing and a form of protection if we allow them to be what they are without getting entangled with their existence. Each of us is the lotus and each of us come from 'the mud'. Our daily practice should be only in showing up to fulfil our purpose, in bettering ourselves, in healing and being of service to others. Which lotus will you be? The one that doesn't see another season or the ones that live a thousand years and flourish. Written with Love, Ruby Write in to set up coaching sessions and we can do this together!
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 Hello and Namaste, from Pune, India!
It's being the month of ideas, making decisions and happy reunions. We are settling in, Seek is doing exceptionally well and I am brimming with potential projects. Have you had that experience when inspiration strikes, possibilities are revealed and the urge to jump right-in takes over? I've been living that for the last few weeks. To a point where I couldn't wait for linear time to move at its pace so that everything I see so clearly can manifest. Which is why I need to talk about something that, in the past, I've ignored. Ignored because I was too caught up in the high of the inspiration, too busy taking action, and too excited to revel in the good things that showed up. That something is the energy of Forgiveness. I'm calling it The Forgotten Fire Starter. I've written about forgiveness before but what I now know if that this energy is most important when starting something new. Whether you are starting a new job, new school, new life, new clients, new business, moving houses, new relationships, changing your habits... The list is endless. Our manifestations come from the energies that are within us, energies that are attached to our consciousness. It is what fuels our creations. When we are riding the high of inspiration and new ideas, it is easy to miss grudges and resentment we hold for the present situation or for the people that caused a chain of reactions that pushed us to explore. For example,
Whatever the situation, the new shiny thing that's coming our way is fueled by the intention and feelings we hold within us right now. Intention and feelings for not just what we want but also towards what we perceive to have 'happened to us', for what we believe 'caused the change'. If we perceive what happened to us as bad, then we unknowingly hold the energies of grudge, fear, dislike, anger and of being powerless. The universe, the life energy doesn't distinguish between 'good' and 'bad' intention or feeling. It only responds with the matching energies and creates the situations and opportunities to serve your call. Many, including me, have missed understanding this at the time of creating something new. Ask yourself this: Are you holding a grudge towards something or someone? Do you feel like you were tricked, pushed or forced into creating something new? Do you place blame on someone or something for the situation you find yourself in? Are you placing an expectation of behaviour on someone else so that your new creation can succeed? Yes to any or all of these means there is an opportunity to introspect and weed out the lower energies. And that's where Forgiveness plays the main role. The energy of Forgiveness has the potency of divine love. It is so powerful that engaging this energy opens up your connection to the infinite, it causes the divinity to reside within you. Forgiving someone, or the situation opens up space for more goodness to walk into your life. It releases you from the energy draining link to the past and to that 'bad' other. Thus allowing you to only fuel from inspiration, creativity and love. I am spending some time working on forgiveness. Forgiving people and situations. I hope you do too! Written with Love Ruby Write in to set up coaching sessions and we can do this together! PS: Another bit of news, I've completed my training as Pranic Healer. You can contact me for initial readings and consult for free, as a way for me to show gratitude to you. You that keep reading and spending time in this space. |
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