Get under the tap!

At a recent meeting of my lightworkers’ group, one of us discussed the challenges of going against our soul’s path. In this case, we were talking about the importance of doing work that is in accordance with the soul’s purpose.

When lightworkers are first activated, they find many aspects of their lives coming into question. They may wonder if the partner they have is still right for them, if they are living in the right location, and if their livelihood is still in keeping with their new perspective. Often, one or all of these aspects undergoes profound change through the evolution of the lightworker.

One way of knowing when you’re walking your path is to notice if you feel motivated to gravitate toward a particular person, place or occupation. If what you’re doing now brings you no joy, and you have to drag yourself out of bed to do it, you are not as I see it UNDER THE TAP.

Being under the tap means that you are attuned to the natural flow of universal energy. You move forward with joy and ease because you are aligned with your life purpose. You have physical energy. You are naturally happy most of the time. Your life has meaning (even if you can’t always figure out what that means in the moment; you sense it). You feel like doing the things you do. You LOVE what you do.

When you’re not under the tap, you feel tired, irritable, even ill, because you are not working with universal energy. YOU ARE WORKING ONLY WITH THE ENERGY LEFT IN YOUR BODY, AND IT WILL RUN OUT. It’s the universe’s way of stopping you in your tracks before you go too far down the wrong path. It will shut you down through illness, job loss, marital breakdown or some other crisis – such as an accident.

So, if you encounter any of these circumstances, you have a choice. You can fight your experiences, or you can stop and assess your current situation. What needs to change? What new direction do you need to take? Do you need to stand perfectly still until an answer arises (not easy to do)? Illness is a great teacher. So is misfortune. You can rail against these lessons, and they will just keep coming back and getting bigger until you face them. Or, you can surrender to the universe. Ask it what it wants to teach you. And let it start shifting your life in a new direction.

Oh, there will be losses. Your ego will be very disappointed to see you lose a relationship, income, job status, your home. Your ego likes everything to stay exactly the way it always has – even if you fall apart in the process. Your ego wants to keep you safe, believing that change is dangerous. However, adapting to new circumstances is more than ever the best survival tool we have. So, thank the ego for the things it does (it means well), and turn your attention to the work at hand.

If you have chosen a spiritual path, if you ultimately chose to be activated at this time as a lightworker, you will function best by getting under the tap. Let the universe provide you with direction and the means to walk your path. Be open to it taking an unexpected turn – in fact, many turns. Be open to people and circumstances affecting your life in ways you didn’t count on. Be open to being taught what your path is by a greater wisdom than your ego-mind can summon.

Breathe into your heart, where true wisdom lies. Sit in observer consciousness, allowing feelings, images, and words to float into awareness. Sit until you know without knowing how you know. The wisdom will come when you don’t try to attain it. This is the ultimate act of surrender – to wait to act until you know what to do. Remember that the ego is all about the doing. It’s not about the being. But, you are a human being first.

Life is a mind-altering journey if you allow it to be. And all the resources and guidance you need are always available to you. In fact, they’re on tap. Just stand still, open yourself, and receive.

Can you turn it around?

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In her blog, Love, Staci, Staci Shelton asks her readers how they’ve made U-turns in their lives. She suggests U-turns are allowed, but I raise the question, “Is that possible?” Sure, we’ve all had the experience of getting more than knee-deep in the muck of life when we realize, “Damn! I did it again. I did that thing I swore I’d never do.” Old habits take time to break. When we try to recover from them, we have the sense of slogging through the grime and working our way back out of whatever fix we’ve gotten ourselves into now. But can we actually turn around and go back the way we came?

I don’t believe we can. No matter the circumstance, once you’re stuck in, it changes you. However you extricate yourself, you carry some of that stuff that got you in trouble in the first place. It’s your badge of experience. Consider it an honour. You had the guts to try something and risk getting dirty.

As we walk our paths, we have the choice – when we can catch our bad habits fast enough – to step around some of the swampy areas in our lives. Yet, we all have times when we’re so involved in our situation that we can’t see it until we’re stuck deep into it. Sure, it’s messy getting out of it. People’s feelings get hurt. Sometimes legal and financial difficulties are part of the extrication effort. But these are the times when we do the most learning. It’s the really gritty stuff that gives us the deepest lessons.

So, I say, “Forget the U-turn.” Slog right on through and get dirty. Wading up to your waist in trouble can only give you muscle. There’s honesty and integrity in living a full life with all the mess that entails.

Do you uplift or destroy with your logic? The Ace of Swords

The Aquatic Tarot. Author/Artist: ©Andreas Schröter 1995-2002

Today’s card is all about the kind of clarity we derive from rational and linear thinking and the danger of being too rational in ways that disrupt relationships and cause alienation.

Sometimes, holistic thinkers are all over the place, and it can show itself in their environment and in the way they conduct ourselves. The office worker whose desk is always a disaster can actually manage quite well for a time, knowing what is where on his desk almost by intuition. An employee who thinks holistically might make a proposal to her boss in a roundabout manner, because she sees the big picture and has trouble communicating in a linear fashion. This can drive a linear thinker crazy and make them impatient.

The office worker needs to take time occasionally to tidy his desk. Both parties in a discussion need to understand how the other communicates. Rational thinkers need to give holistic thinkers time to get to the point, and holistic thinkers need to structure their communication better so as to be heard by rational thinkers and not try their patience.

When our homes, offices or lives are in disarray, applying a linear strategy is often the most expeditious way to get the problem solved. Make a list of things to tackle. Start at one end of a room and clean to the other end. You’ll feel better and more organized afterward. The new year is a great time to start off with a clean slate, so use the holidays to tidy up and get organized for January.

On the flip side, we need to be careful not to be overly rational when facing an emotional situation. Sometimes, we can escape into our heads when our hearts feel overwhelmed. It takes courage to be truly present when a loved one is hurting or when we ourselves are upset. When we get together with friends and family over the holidays, we can avoid conflict by trying to understand our different communication styles and being patient with someone who may say their piece with more emotion or in indirect ways. We can keep our heart open as well as our ears.

Rational thinking has its place in terms of organization and helping complete tasks efficiently, but it must be married to the softer, intuitive side of our nature so that we maintain our compassion and humanity in all situations. When that balance is struck, we move forward in our lives in harmony.