17/1/2014 0 Comments making My Way Through ObstaclesOriginally posted on Jupiter's Animal Healing in August 2013 For the last two days I have been sitting in front of a fire watching the flames flicker and move about as it gently caresses the wood with its fingers... As I sit here I have had much to contemplate and consider as things have changed over the last week or so... Many things have changed... I am now faced with a future that may be different from the one I imagined it to be... not significantly but different all the same. Some of this I knew was coming and some I didn't... funny how we try to block out the things that are trying to guide us. This year so far has been interesting ~ I have had danger visit my home... and I've also had joy I've had moments of sharing with people... and moments of solitude I've had fear stare me in the face... and I've had my heart opened to many possibilities I've had to be there for someone who was too far away... and I've had someone there for me I've ever so briefly felt the sweet caress of a lover's touch.... and had it slowly slip away I've had friendships end for the silliest of things... I've also had many new ones begin All this is but a small portion of my year thus far... But now I am faced with a new challenge... one that has shaken me... one that has me sitting here in front of the fire... looking for guidance... No I don't have a life threatening illness... But I do have a future with some uncertainty as many things are dependent on a successful outcome... This is not something new... we all face times in our lives where we cannot see where our lives are going... they are challenges that meet us when our abilities are called upon and tested to adapt, change or modify such changes when they occur... I often say "go with the flow" this is a Taoist philosophy and is one I truly believe in. But sometimes this flow can become like water rapids as it changes course, moves quickly and crashes into obstacles along the way... You struggle for breath as you stumble around in a maze of unknowns... chaos grips your mind as you try to comprehend what this all means.... trying to find a way out, somewhere to escape but it is no-where to be seen... So the only option left is to be still and allow the myriad of thoughts come rushing through as you look for an opening of something that will help you make sense of it all... and there it is... As your breathing relaxes, you unclench your jaw and realise to navigate this obstacle there is an opening before you... Slowly the crashing ebbs and wanes... you find yourself flowing into a lake... yes you are still going with the flow but now it is much slower... now you have time to contemplate, to review, to take stock of everything occurring around you... and within you... You now have time on your hands... time to look within... time to understand where all these changes fit into the grand scheme of things... are they minor/major... what are you willing to do... what directions you may need to take.... From here the water continues to flow as it once again finds the path that is waiting for it... the path filled with the continuing journey that lays ahead... Know that at the end of it all it has made you a better person... Until another day comes along and you find you are challenged again... this is all part of the journey of self-discovery... this is all part of growing and evolving... So for now I sit here and look at all the events, people and occasions that have entered my life... I thank them all with deep gratitude for the beautiful lessons they have brought to me... and the ones that were only with me briefly I send them off with a tender goodbye... but the ones that are here to stay for an unknown length of time I welcome with open arms and an open heart to the joy, abundance and treasures they will bring... When your life has made a dramatic change and you find yourself crashing in a sea of chaos do you cling desperately and fight against it... or are you going to allow yourself to be taken to a river of calm and serenity as you seek the guidance that you need... then slowly when all has been done flow out onto the path of your dream, your soul purpose... your destiny? We all have choices... it is up to us which ones we choose... "Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water." ~ Bruce Lee I have been sitting in front of a fire watching the flames flicker and move about as it gently caresses the wood with its fingers... This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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17/1/2014 0 Comments Come Sit With Me Come and sit by me near the fire as I tell you a story of a far away place in a time of long ago. A place where magic was everywhere and dreams came true... a place where the fruit trees blossomed with a single touch of your hand and the sky dropped pearls of rainbow jewels. A place where people treasured all life and each other. Where love was sacred and as beautiful as the heavenly skies that shone like fire when the moon was nigh Come sit by me as I weave a tale with the silken thread of a time of old Where maidens and men were once classed as equals and the elders were looked upon as grand masters where the story of life was originally brought forth by the mouth of a goddess who spilled rubies as she spoke come sit by me as we look upon the flame and the place that I speak of appears in our minds where you will feel the depth of emotion with a touch to awaken so the world you now reside in will never again be the same come sit with me by the sacred fire of passion and allow it to breathe and caress your body a fire that was never accessed until you reached deep within and seeked the belly of wildness and the untamed come sit with me as I touch your lips with but the thought of my mind as I slowly unfold the knot that you have kept so well hidden allow our bodies to meld our souls touch and mingle and take us on a cosmic journey come sit with me and tell me your fears so we can slowly tread upon the shores of the unknown allow your inner truth to be heard and trusted and together tame the beast that has you so shaken come sit with me as I kindle the fire of a passion gone wanting and left alone dying with but a single breathe it will stir and your heart will once more soar as it feels the depth of my truth and allows once more for the river of destiny to flow.. come sit with me by the fire... This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 17/1/2014 0 Comments Being in the NowThis post can also be viewed on Jupiter's Animal Healing It is over 2 ½ years since my horse ~ Jupiter ~ came into my life... and in that time I have had to learn how to adapt his feed according to his requirements and give him the correct type of exercise needed for his joint issues. He was only 2 years old when I got him and had already had a chequered past and had also experienced an uncertain future at one time when he was sent to the 'dogger sales' as a yearling. He had a lot of work to be done for him to help him to get his front legs in good condition as he had what was deemed to be a bad case of 'behind-the knees'. His behaviour in some cases indicated he had been weaned too early and also left on his own when very young. He had no idea how to be a horse... when I first met him he didn't know how to run.... But slowly over time that all changed... he learned how to run... he learned how to be a horse, his joints improved and he also became my teacher... Recently we had one such day... I have 2 horses... my big boy (he is 14.2hands but next to me he is big) and our little man... who is a 29 year old miniature... Jupiter has had food aggression issues in the past due to many reasons... but as time has gone by he is learning that he cannot go and eat LG's (the miniature) meal just because he has finished his own dinner... it has involved someone being outside to prevent this from happening and a lot of patience... On one particular evening recently it was different from other times... Instead of just walking over to try and hurry LG up with his eating Jupiter stood beside me and waited... his head was aligned with mine and he just stood there. If you have done anything with horses they can quite easily walk around you to get to where they want to go... we are a lot smaller than them and they are aware of this... but they chose to be with us... We both stood there in the drizzling rain for approximately 15 minutes... and I am quite sure that LG deliberately slowed down his eating as he really didn't have that much left over in his feed bucket. During that time Jupiter would occasionally touch my face with his nose or lightly rest his chin on my shoulder... not once did he try to walk around me... I began to feel a sense of complete calmness and serenity sweep over me as we stood there in our silence... listening to the birds, feeling the rain lightly touch my face and the gentle breeze sweep past us. We just stood and I understood in that one moment of time the completeness of being in the moment... to just 'be' one with what is around me and within me. I surrendered and let go of any thoughts of what I should be doing once I get back inside the house etc... I just zoned into the moment that I was sharing with Jupiter. In return Jupiter stood motionless and breathed steadily... we became as statues for but a brief time. He showed me the importance of just allowing things to 'be' to not be in a hurry to do the next thing... Jupiter showed me the gentle effect this has on a person... he showed me that it is ok to just chill... it is ok to be still... it is ok... After having a chaotic day at work this had a powerful effect on me... when I got home my mind was running with getting their feed done... getting dinner started... getting clothes in the washing machine etc etc... this mind chatter stopped completely once I surrendered and allowed myself to just 'be' in the moment... Then as time slowly passed by LG made the slightest movement to let me know he had finished... at which point I stepped aside and Jupiter slowly walked past me and licked LG's dinner bucket clean.. He then brought fun into the whole experience by picking up the now empty and thoroughly cleaned bucket and giving it to me... It is so easy to get caught up in everyday life that we often forget to just breathe and slow down. After having a challenging day at work I find that sometimes I am stressed and my body aches... when I spend time with the boys (my horses) everything melts away and I am able to breathe again. Today I was shown the importance of just being in the moment... this brief moment in a meditation helped so much... I felt much lighter both in mind and body and was able to continue with the next set of chores without being in a hurry to do them. What I felt in that brief moment of time was stillness... complete and utter stillness... it was a beautiful feeling to experience that with another sentient being... one who has been my guide as much as I have been his. It is not the first time I have experienced such an episode with him but tonight it seemed to be on a deeper level... we were connecting on another plane of existence and stopped to relax in the swirling mists of eternity. I realised just how connected I am to him and how much he has helped to assist me in overcoming many things and how through him I have learned to step up and be more... When a person allows themselves to be in connection with an animal their whole world changes... they change... the person becomes new as they release the shackles they have been carrying around for a long time... This happens because unlike us animals live very much in the 'now'. They are not challenged by the next task to be completed, the next meeting, the next anything... they are sentient beings living and sharing sacred space with us and showing us that there are far better ways to do and achieve things if we but allow it... Meditation has been a wide spread practice over a millennia of time and throughout many cultures. It has been proven to have many health benefits not just to the physical but also to our mental well being. Meditation allows us to breathe in the moment and relax.... consciously relax and be mindful of the chatter that fills our thinking space on a regular and daily basis. So if ever you get the chance to just 'be' in the moment with an animal.. no matter how big or small... just breathe, relax and allow your mind to meld with the wonderful experience and opportunity of growth you will gain from it... This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 17/1/2014 0 Comments Drifting floating on a sea of bliss surrounded by feelings of delight being in the flow of all that is moving silently towards a destiny of unknown heights feeling the self being enveloped wrapped soothed caressed supported and loved eternally deeply like hands gently gliding over the body filling the senses with immense joy a connection to the inner and outer worlds warmth gently mingles to bring a rush diving deep within the depths of an area unknown allowing the self to be exposed to be vulnerable to feel swirling in the energies playing dancing living becoming aware of other energies that are now entwined being drawn closer to the shore slowly swimming up from the depths onto this new plane of existence a sense of blissful urgency fills the moment as you gently arrive upon the shore then slowly glide back to the sea once more in a space where you are drifting... This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 17/1/2014 0 Comments Becoming Open a new beginning as the day shines brightly through the trees thoughts of what has occurred fill me not of dread but of ecstacy of bliss of joyfullness a breath on the cool morning air stands in stillness the morning so quiet but full of sounds as the birds slowly sing in the new dawn it is a new dawn one of many mysteries as I become open to what lies ahead quietly I listen to what is around me listening for a voice, a sound, a whisper my eyes close as I feel the small glimmer of heat touch my face still remembering the touch that filled me still feeling the sensations that swallowed me allowing myself to become one with the moment allowing my heart to open to the energy allowing my senses to be carried away on the wave that carries me when I open my eyes I realise without fear that I am now becoming open... This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 17/1/2014 0 Comments Flow Like WaterThis post was originally on Jupiter's Animal Healing... It has been some time since I last posted here... I will not go into reasons or explanations but I will say that the majority of my daily life is lived 'in the flow' and it wasn't until recently that I had realised that there were actually some areas where this was not the case... I was reminded of this recently with walks in amongst nature.... it was at these points in time of sharing sacred space with an equal that I understood that for all areas of my life to flow this ideal must be applied to every aspect of it... not just some of it... these moments of precious reflection and connection are vital and an essential part of who I am... in those moments I am exactly where I want to be... My life has many moments of sheer joy and exhilaration... it is in these moments that I know I am in the flow of life... allowing things to come and go as the tide on a sandy beach... experiencing emotions in their fullness and not feel guilty or ashamed for doing so... allowing my external self to be an expression of who I am on the inside... When I am with animals I do not put any judgement on the way things should go... how long a healing session should be... or what time I am meant to be with another client.... no, all I do is be still and be swallowed by the moment... I have learned to be in the 'now' of things and from that point whatever happens comes in as a flowing energy... Many years ago I would write from my heart on a daily basis... it was a powerful healing experience for me and also one that allowed me to connect with higher sources to bring in information.. Yesterday I went for a wonderful walk in amongst nature in a beautiful mountain region... it was raining and the mists were surrounding the mountain side... it reminded me so much of a time when I once lived in the mountains... it also reminded me of how much I miss them and how they feel like home to me... Along the walk I came to an area where I was above a thundering waterfall... it was a beautiful, magical feeling to be there and feeling the power coming down from the mountain and falling over the edge to the valley below... watching the water cascading over the rocks and varied surfaces to get to its destination... it was in that very moment the writing came alive again.... People struggle on a daily basis of how they think things should be, their own attachments to how their goals should be, even relationships have something attached to them in regards to how they are perceived. In doing this people become disconnected to who they really are, their true power and creative flow that exists within. It becomes tiresome and exhausting... When people are trying too hard to make something happen or something just doesn't feel right or good it creates a sense of struggle inside.. a struggle of going against the current... But when you allow things to flow... you know it because it feels so good... there is no struggling... it creates a “YES” within your entire body system... everything starts to feel right... the right time... the right people... the right places... everything starts to move as you are propelled forward on your path.... By allowing ourselves to go with the flow we become like water... this is a philosophy of Tao... to be like water... When watching water you can see it does not resist... it has no goals to conquer... it does not try to press its intention of anything of how it should act or be... it has no plans on what should or should not be happening... it just 'is'... It is flexible and soft... just as we can be if we chose to stop the struggle within ourselves... to treat everyone as equal... to allow people to be guided by their own path... And just like water our life can take a change in direction in an unexpected way... it can confuse us and unsettle us when this happens... in these times we battle the change of events as we don't feel they will serve us or what we want... however when water has a change of direction it calmly finds the path of least resistance... one that carries it over obstacles that have presented themselves to the flowing water... the ability of water is to not be affected by the external situations that are around it but instead to be in constant movement... it shows us that sometimes we have no control over our journey's direction but our destination will still be arrived at... Water is free... it does not hold thoughts of fear or expectations.. it just is... there are no pressures of societal conditioning... it does not have an agenda of being something it is not... instead it soothes and caresses the surfaces it goes over... it changes with the landscape and does so in a way that is like a dance of effortlessness... however with the gentleness contained in water it is also powerful... water can create great things by its constant flow... Our own intuitiveness tries to guide us so that we do not have to constantly struggle... we do not have to travel a path full of many obstacles... that there is a much smoother path waiting for us to travel that will take us to our goal.. our destination that is part of our purpose in life... our inner guide, our soul, wants us to be free so that we can experience everything that is offered us in a more fully lived way... We often block this inner knowingness by bringing into our thoughts ones of rationality... many of which are based on past experiences... past events... past learning... even our own upbringing can play a role in the way we think or perceive how things should be going... we become fixated on the outcome and the way it is meant to happen that life sometimes just slips by us as we continue to struggle up a hill that has no end... By allowing ourselves to be as water we give ourselves permission... we open ourselves to new experiences.. new directions... new information... new paradigms that we did not know we could attain or reach... we become more of what we were destined to be... we no longer stagnate and become free... Life is a sensual dance that brings us closer to our other self... it is a path that takes us on many journeys and often times one that is full of many lessons if we are willing to but learn from them so that our destination becomes closer to us... if not the lessons are repeated over until we reach the point of realisation of what it contained for us... Our lessons can be be gentle or hard it is all based on our willingness to be subtle and gentle as the water or hard and rigid like a rock... Life is sensual... it is a dance... it is passion... it is the water that flows gently over rocks ... “Live as water lives, since you are water. Become as contented as is the fluid that animates and supports you. Let your thoughts and behaviors move smoothly in accordance with the nature of all things. It is natural for you to be gentle, to allow others to be free to go where they are inclined to go and to be as they need to be, without interference from you. It is natural to trust in the eternal flow. Be true to your inner intentions.” ~ Wayne Dyer This work by Tania Collier is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
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