Yogis,
This week we moved up to the final stop on this journey…..the
crown of the head. Sahasrara
Chakra. But even here at our final stop, the movement
is still up. Not an ending……merely a
gateway to another way of living.
This particular spiritual journey that I guide uses our
seven major chakras as teachers, guideposts, barometers, and mile markers. Each one stacked in succession above the
other drawing a straight line right in front of our spine through our very
center. Although there are many spiritual
paths, this is the one that not only spoke to me, but cleared the way for me to
see and live life as I believe it is meant to be lived – as a limitless
creator. Less struggle and more
flow. Being me and creating life as I
go.
From earth, up to water, then fire, to air, ether, sound and
light, as we awaken and balance each of the chakras our energy begins to
rise. Lifting and removing obstacles in
its path. Clearing the way so that when
it reaches the crown of the head it bursts right through. Connecting us to all that is. To source.
Which brings me to my garden hose……
I have a very large garden.
Yet even with its size I quickly ran out of space within its borders and
began carving paths into the edge of the woods in which to sow seeds, used the
wall behind the air compressors to create a new line of flowers and herbs, and
placed dried gourds under the bushes so their sprouting vines would wind out
into the grass. The whole back yard has
become a garden. Thus the need for a very long garden hose!!
My old faithful hose finally needing replacing so I went to
the hardware store and decided to buy the 75 ft “Kink Free” hose (all of you
hose users will understand the draw.)
That afternoon I hooked it up and dragged my end all the way across the
yard to the right. I began spraying from
my additional purchase – a new nozzle. A
powerful soaking shower poured out and I was quickly done with that
section. I began my trek across to the
other side, pulling the hose behind me.
I sprayed again. Full force…..then
a little less…..then less…..less………..a trickle………and finally nothing. I looked back over my shoulder and I know you
may not believe this, BUT the Kink Free hose had a dreaded kink!!!!
Ugh. Of course it is
WAY BACK by the faucet. I try to twist
the hose. I try whipping it like a lasso
to see if the ripple will take out the kink.
I pull it more towards me. Nothing. I have to physically go back over there and
tend to it. There is no short cut. It will not just “work itself out”
We are like a garden hose.
And we get kinks. The ones that
cause our flow to sputter, weaken or even come to a grinding halt. That long held fear of there not being
enough is a kink in our earth energy.
The unexpressed anger causing overheated fire energy that plays havoc
with our digestive system. The stored
grief in the back of the heart that we hope if we wait long enough will dissolve
on its own. Or the busy mind that is so
in control that no flow – no matter how powerful- can pierce through that
kink. We keep going. We shake, twist and pull the hose. But eventually we must go back and work to release
the kink, the holding, the blocked energy ourselves.
That is the work we have been doing in each of the chakras. And it all comes back to a very simple
premise – Letting Go. Letting Go. Letting Go.
Living life relaxed. Releasing.
Emptying. Holding onto nothing. It sounds so easy. It’s the opposite of struggle, of “grit”, of
hard work, which are all the things our society seems to reward. But it takes trusting that there is more. Trusting
that if I let something go I create more space.
And when we do that…….when we let it all go…..and open the
crown of our head to connect to source, the flow is powerful, clean, clear and
strong.
…….and feels a whole lot better.
Opening to receive.
SARAH
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