The Elements: Something To Fear or Something to Flow with?
I sit here typing as a great windstorm is abreast us in Colorado.
Up to 100 mph they say.
My first client this morning told me that in Chinese medicine the wind is something that is considered “bad” and is feared. That it is something to stay away from. She said: “so they will probably say to stay inside today.”
This clashed with every fiber of my being.
There is a time and place for reason and safety, and there is a time and place for staying inside…
But has our culture become way too afraid of the elements?
In my spirited opinion, the Truth is that the elements are here to guide us and to bolster us. To strengthen us and enliven us. Not to destroy us.
Under this premise, which is rooted in gnowledge, I can say that we can live with open arms, open eyes, and open ears to the wind. To the rain. The hail. The sleet. The drought. The heat. The fire.
ALL. OF. IT.
Not everyone will get this, but everyone gnows this.
And what I mean here is that we all have an innate capacity to thrive and resound through any situation and all elements. Any weather.
We make it through any storm.
One reason people may not yet understand this is because of their beliefs around and within Death.
Do you believe that when you die, you just die forever? No shred of your soul, spirit, or essence lives on?
If so, you will likely fear the wind today.
Do you believe that we are made of only physical matter that will decay and nothing will be left behind? No impact, no legacy, no cell-influencing memories and impressions? No lessons passed on and into the next generation(s)?
If so, you will likely fear the wind today.
Do you believe that life has a finish line…an end line…a single trough or single peak…a single “it’s over” and that’s it? No opportunity for continued growth and evolution, for continuing to spread your wings and fly to new destinations and viewpoints after the soul leaves the body?
If so, you will likely fear the wind today.
In today’s post, I’d like to invite you to explore the Truth that you are in an epic, wonderful, ever-going dance with the elements.
I’m talking about the wind.
The water. The wood. The fire.
And I’m also talking about all of the elements of your environment.
Coronavirus. Your relationships. Your job.
ALL. OF. IT.
Everything that you interact with is from the Source of Love, and therefore, cannot be feared. It can only be loved.
Our society has become so afraid of everything.
As Newton laid out for us, energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transferred or changed from one form to another.
So, what if you were so bold and brave and fearless as to convert all of that fearful energy into loving energy?
What if, when you heard that 100 mph winds were coming, you said “Awesome, I accept you!”
What if, when you heard that there was another virus in the world (which there have been for thousands of years and will continue to be for thousands of years to come) you said “Awesome, I accept you!”
What if, when a relationship “didn’t work out” and you and the other go your separate ways, you didn’t cling to the past and you simply looked to the open space of your sparkling, ever-opening future and said “Awesome, I accept you!”
What if, when you heard that your workplace was closing, you said “Awesome, I accept you!” and you immediately turned your heart even more open to your endless ability to pivot, expand, invent, and give to the world from your innate gift!?
What if…
You chose LOVE instead of FEAR.
What if…
You woke up today and said “fuck, I’ve been hiding for years. I gotta get out!” “There is a whole world out there I am missing out on.”
What if…
You began to believe that you are actually allowed to dance with the elements. To speak your piece. To play in the rain. To run in the wind. To flirt with the fire. To roll in the snow. To gallop, dive, and twirl in the water. To be in love…because, after all, you are made of Love; and to alchemize Fear into more Love…because, after all, you are a magician in your own way, capable of reviewing the same source and stimuli again and this time, choosing to energize it with the belief of “Yes, I can.”