Colour Your World

There is glorious sunshine at Homestead today. It is one of those picture perfect spring days which lift everyone up. Anything is possible on a day like this.

The Moon is in its Balsamic phase too. This is time to draw all the loose ends together. Things are looking forward to new possibilities coming in on the new moon in a few days time.

The Homestead Project requires a present awareness but also a definite “future” orientation to our activity. That sounds a contradiction doesn’t it?

We are taking steps to realise a dream, to materialise an aspiration.

This ability to foresee a brighter future and plan for it is something everybody can learn. It is the key to manifesting a life that meets our ideals.

The bulk of most people’s experience up to adulthood leads them to play safe in a state which accepts the status quo. The educational environment generally values conformity. This is the mind- set that keeps us colouring inside the lines of someone else’s drawing.

It is quite a shift when we can stop and ask ourselves: is there a better way to be? What do I need to get myself to there?

In order to make this shift we need to remember our childlike curiosity and playfulness. What if we could make our own drawing? What then?

Having a picture- a personal vision – gives meaning to activity. It gives a positive basis for change and growth. We know we are working to our own original recipe. We are Doing Something even in the most mundane activities.

We begin to live our Dream, knowing it already exists in thought.

The most fundamental Universal Law applies here: energy follows thought.

So if we can stay present, holding the picture of our ideal life steady in the front of our minds, new activity and beliefs can form that make the personal vision a daily reality.

What sort of picture are you colouring right now? Would you like to create a different life?

Here is a simple worksheet activity to get you started:

Close your eyes and imagine your life is exactly as you have dreamed it could be.

Note carefully where you are living and who you are with. What are you wearing? What work do you do? Look at what is your home like and the forms have you surrounded yourself with. What does your home say of your interests and lifestyle? What is the purpose of this life you are living? Look for clues.

Now open your eyes and make some notes. You may like to record your ideals under headings. This is the time to get specific, even if what you write down seems unrealistic compared to the life you have now. 

Some useful headings are:

Relationships – what people are you associated with? What characteristics do they have and what values do they demonstrate? What is the basis of your relationship with them? How is your life enhanced by their presence? How do you enhance theirs?

                                What animals and plants are you associated with? Ask the same questions about their presence in your ideal life.

                                What landscapes and places are you in relationship with? Again, ask the same questions about your interactions with the land.

Purpose- what legacy would your ideal life leave behind you? What is the essential idea behind the picture you are drawing? This can be a difficult question to answer. Look for clues by exploring the image from every angle. You might usefully ask:

                                What is my ideal work? We express something about ourselves in our chosen field of endeavour. What expertise and skills do you demonstrate at work? What motivates you?

                                What is my field of service?

 This may be the same venue as employment or it may not. How do you give back to the world? What contribution is meaningful and satisfying to you?

                                What is fun for me?

The activities and interests we are really passionate about are often the best clues to our life purpose. So what pushes your buttons? What activity recharges you?

Spirituality-What is my belief system based on? This may take any form from community worship, personal values, faith to fatalism. Try to get at what lies behind the form. In your ideal life you are witnessing to your way.

Forms- What tangible, material things do you have in your life? Abundance and prosperity is part of a healthy life. What lifestyle and income supports you? What shape is your body in? Here you are asking yourself to describe your own image of perfect health. Try to do this without colouring from any outside agency. You are the one living this life. Give yourself permission to see yourself healthy and happy on your own material terms. What does that look like? Try to describe the sight and sense of your healthy form life as best you can.

Now you have a clear vision of life that is personal to you, let it colour your days by holding it in mind. Love that image. Breathe Life into the picture. It is who you really are.