Genuine
Soul
“When
we leave the crowded streets and watch any piece of nature doing what
it does—tree, moose, snake, or lightening—it becomes clear that
the very energy of life is the spirit released by things being what
they are.”
Mark
Nepo (The Book of Awakening)
When
I look out the window of my sewing room this morning, all I see is
the spotted gray branches of winter trees against a white sky. Fog
hangs thick in the air and the ground wears a generous blanket of
frost. Just to the left, squirrels chase around the trunk of
an oak tree like kids on the 4th of July. Squirrels being
squirrels, trees being trees, winter being winter.
When
you think about it, humans are the only creatures on this planet who
swim against the tide of their own true nature. Perhaps that's a good
thing—we all might be selfish tyrants if we didn't occasionally say
yes when we mean no. The problem comes when we get so accustomed to
saying yes when we mean no, that we forget what's true for us. You'll
never see an eagle trying to be a swan, or a ferret acting like a
lion. But people often want to please others so much, want to feel a
sense of belonging, that they will do what they know is wrong.
In
our search for inclusion in the pack, we sometimes bury our feelings
of empathy for all beings. We abandon our inner goodness out of fear
of rejection. I believe at the soul level, we are compassionate
beings. We are only truly content when we are living from that place
of compassion. Finding our true heart may take a little digging—in
fact, may take a lot of digging—but it's worth the effort.
This
is a good day to practice being true to yourself. Operate from an
open heart, but also from an honest heart. Finding genuine goodness
inside, there for its own sake, and not because it pleases or
impresses someone else, releases spiritual energy. And that energy is
what the whole world needs.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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