Trust the flow…
The Trinity of life force energy is a given. Whether we call it life death and rebirth; maiden, mother crone, or Cardinal fixed and mutable—there are innumerable ways we name and understand these same phases of life force energy. Beginning, middle and end. They all speak to movement and change. We can deny it, we can resist it, but we absolutely cannot stop the flow of energy. At least not for long; and when we do, suffering results. Wisdom guides us to surrender to life’s inevitable flow…
I’m feeling deeply into the trinity of life force energy these days as I prepare for a cross country move. A move requiring me to leave my home, the community in which I’ve spent the bulk of my life, along with a tremendous downsize! (Letting go of so much of what’s collected through one’s life).
As I write, I’m on the brink of the precipice of the biggest change of my physical life. There have been other major shifts to be sure, even life altering shifts —many internal, working on the mental, emotional and spiritual levels of my being. As well as my fair share of endings in relationships. But for 22 years, I’ve worked here at 201 Park Place in the office which has been home to Sacred Healing Journey. In recent years I’ve celebrated and grieved …the retiring of my original partners here at the office while welcoming in the new, and the sending off of my kids to college and subsequent graduations into their adult lives.
Leaving Illinois for Santa Fe NM is daunting, exciting, a lot of work, along with a lot of emotions ebbing and flowing; and I’ve been giving myself ample space to feel, hold and nurture these heart energies.
For these past few years, I’ve felt so much amazing vibrational energy around the actualizing of this dream. It’s been a beautiful miraculous journey of soul calling (me to a particular place), listening, following, synchronicity at every turn, and an ever increasing sense of alignment. Which means I have no doubt this is meant to be a part of my journey, yet I don’t know many of the details of what lies ahead. I wanted to share this part with you because it’s often hard to trust our inner knowings, and I want you to know that although I’ve trusted and listened and it’s all going swimmingly, there’s so much unknown on the other side of this move. It feels an awful lot like pregnancy to me. That feeling of complete blank slate —you’ve climbed a mountain, put in the work, enjoyed the hike, and here you are at the peak, and you realize this is not the end but the beginning! Your journey lies ahead. You’re required to step off the precipice and trust. As I write that, the image of The Fool from the tarot appears. Of course! The message is TRUST. I am.
This TRUSTing directive is coming up big these days. Living on earth in these times, isn’t going as we’d ever imagined. We’re being given the opportunity to practice intuiting and trusting in many small and big ways in our day to day lives. It seems we’re in training for what lies ahead. We’re living in a liminal space between the ages… also a space of the great unknown, as we together create our current and future reality. This IS indeed a time to live from your heart, align with your soul, and stay true to your inner guidance system.
In this time of endings, I want to say that I will miss all of you and our in person time together, or at least the possibility of easy access as needed. And in this time of endings, we touch into the energy of new beginnings. For me, a whole new life, place, people, energy. And for the community of SHJ, a transformation as well. The community of SHJ was never about its teachers, our job was to bring you together, and now you’re here, you’ve found one another. The SHJ community is about YOU! Our community is about the magic that happens when folks come together for healing, when hearts open, and trust grows… students become teachers, and we step into an embodiment of oneness… trusting our way forwards, without any outer instructions. Our community remains, changes and grows.
We step into the void of the great unknown and we TRUST.
Much Love & Many Blessings 💫
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Image: Collage of three images —beginning with a doorway, a smaller nature scene fits into the doorway, and a smaller image of a tarot card is placed within the nature scene.
The largest image is that of my beloved & magical entrance to my current work space,#sacredhealingjourney. A doorway enshrined in a vine covered ornate door frame, against a brick wall covered in flourishing green leafy vines.
Within the doorway we see a collaged image of a yellow and red stone cliff in New Mexico overlooking a red earthen high desert valley with green mountains off in the distance.
At the edge of the cliff we see The Fool card, number zero from the tarot. An image of a traveler with a knapsack, appearing to be without worries, free and happy, enjoying life, and about to step off the edge of the cliff.
