Getting Personal

Auckland Domain, image thanks to Rose

Things have been racing along this past week. There have been wonderful people in and out of the house, bringing their activity, thoughts and aspirations with them. It has been such a pleasure but the fresh solitude today is welcome.

This Mercurial moon activity highlights that pendulum swing between polar opposites. It really is a good day for me to be on my own because it has brought to light a real limitation which I would do well to work through without delay.

The Lunar activity, disseminating now, presents a hefty challenge this time: to be aware of what is authentic expression of the Higher Self and what is best left to drop away. I am not the only one confronting this issue I am sure

So here is the challenge: Be particularly aware of how our assumptions lead us to modify our behaviour to fit what we believe others' comfort zone to be. In other words: Be aware of cultural and family models which operate unquestioned in the background of our lives and stymie our efforts to be authentic.

Essentially this is a tussle between the Form, expressing inherited characteristics via the personality, and the Soul driving through a desired shift to allow firmer control. Much of the resistance is under the threshold of awareness - subconscious in other words - and we walk straight into it in the dark.

Add to this mix an intuitive awareness of other's feeling response and you have the potential to "spike" or act out a drama to express the inner conflict. Unless we are very careful indeed the fear-filled Personality will deflect attention from the real issue by hooking into relationship anxieties.

Sound familiar? We can all relate to this experience because it is at the heart of being human.

There is a useful three step way to manage the process:

Observe
If we can detach from the emotional pull, even for a moment or two, and watch the activity dispassionately, we can avoid acting out on a wave of group pain.
In esoteric terms this is staying out of astral response by activating the detachment of higher mind.
As the watcher we are free to disengage from identifying our Self with our fear. From the watching position we can ride out the wave, give mutual space and respect to others, and begin to acknowledge where changes could be made to best effect.


Ask for Help
All of us are part of an unseen community as well as active in the physical world. No one is ever alone, no matter how isolated they may perceive themselves to be. Try it out and feel the immediate response to your request to "lift me out of this please team". Your own guides are walking every step with you, eager to help you move through old patterns which keep you circling round instead of spiralling on and upward. Only they may not act without your request or interfere with your free will in any way. Do ask because only then will you receive the help to manage better.

Actively Choose
If we can stand to one side and observe, can take a breath and ask for help, we are on the verge of breaking through to Soul control. Only one further step is necessary. That step is to use our will to choose the Harmless way in any situation. A peaceful approach undertaken from the detached position of the Observer completely defuses personality reaction.
The harmless way includes such things as guarding our speech and remembering that, despite the emotional response, there is nothing personal in the activity around us. Harmlessness includes refraining from judging others - or ourselves.
Above all we are choosing to do our best in the situation, which means we intend the best possible outcome for all concerned. Such a caring intention also serves to lift us out of form reaction into the finer awareness of our Higher Self.

Making Jam

Vermilion bramble born

blood berry

bind this hex this day

Let every hide-bound blemish

dissolve in your sweet heat

convert to vaporous mist

and fly away.