Believing Impossible Things
“There is no use trying,” said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
Believing impossible things has always been easy for me. As a child I believed wholeheartedly in fairies, wood nymphs, and plant spirits. I spent hours in the woods building pixie houses and secret bowers of moss and stones for the fairy folk. Life has always held great mystery for me. Here are some more impossible things I believe.
I pay attention to my dreams, record them, ponder their symbols and do what I can to honor them. This is not so much because I am a devotee of Carl Jung; more because I believe the Divine still speaks to us through our dreams. Sometimes dream messages are very direct, sometimes symbolic and indirect, and sometimes simply hilarious. Always my dreams are informative.
We are born into a human lifetime in order to learn the lessons being human offers. All our paths are connected and related, and we are in this place at this time for a reason. Whenever something global occurs, whether it is an earthquake in China or war in the Middle East, it affects us here in America. When tensions rise, I am affected, and you are affected no matter where we reside on this planet. These challenges present some of the lessons we're here to learn. How we respond is key. We may respond with fear and loathing, with greed and hatred; or we can respond with acceptance and compassion. However we respond has consequences for our individual soul and for the world's soul.
When we die, regardless of what our path has been, we enter into a new reality with the lessons we have learned from this lifetime. There may be more work for one's soul to do in that new reality, but no one is condemned to an eternity of damnation based on the path they've walked. We have had some momentous guides along the way—Lao Tzu, Buddha, Jesus, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, Mother Teresa. Each of them brought a message of peace, love, and tolerance. We may need a few more teachers before we can believe their message applies to us, too.
Not everyone is here to be a world changer, but everyone is here to learn the lessons their soul has set for them. Whatever your path, it is important for you to fearlessly walk it. These are just a few of the impossible things I've imagined before breakfast. How about you?
In the Spirit,
Jane
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