With My Eyes Closed
I've had a lot of changes and some losses over the last year...some of them wonderful and beautiful, some painful and confusing, some expected and planned, some unexpected and disruptive.
On the cusp of change, I often think, I want “to do this with my eyes wide open.” But over the last several months, I realized that maybe that's not all there is to it. For one thing, we can do things with our eyes wide open but that doesn't always mean things work out the way we planned. Maybe we feel safer...maybe seeing what's "coming at us" helps somehow?
But in reality, in truth, I've realized that the better approach (or response), is to enter into new things with with my eyes closed. Because it's with my eyes closed in meditation and prayer, that I can stay centered and connected to Source, the “pure light within”.
It doesn't guarantee that everything with turn out the way I had hoped (or that I can figure out how to "fix it"), but it does guarantee that I can always find my way home and remember who I am. There I can re-connect to Source and find what I need...wisdom, light, rest, healing, grounding...to begin again.
With my eyes closed.
On the cusp of change, I often think, I want “to do this with my eyes wide open.” But over the last several months, I realized that maybe that's not all there is to it. For one thing, we can do things with our eyes wide open but that doesn't always mean things work out the way we planned. Maybe we feel safer...maybe seeing what's "coming at us" helps somehow?
But in reality, in truth, I've realized that the better approach (or response), is to enter into new things with with my eyes closed. Because it's with my eyes closed in meditation and prayer, that I can stay centered and connected to Source, the “pure light within”.
It doesn't guarantee that everything with turn out the way I had hoped (or that I can figure out how to "fix it"), but it does guarantee that I can always find my way home and remember who I am. There I can re-connect to Source and find what I need...wisdom, light, rest, healing, grounding...to begin again.
With my eyes closed.
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