The Art of Patience
Patience is one trait that is necessary
for being on a path of Spiritual Awakening. Our own
unique purpose is meant to be birthed in Divine Timing. Divine
Timing happens when everything is aligned mentally,
emotionally, physically and spiritually. Our God-essence
knows right timing because there is a blueprint for
our unique purpose being manifested. So much of our
society is focused on the outer goal, the form our unique
gift is to take, yet the inner process for bringing it out
into the world is equally important. Laying foundation
may take a week, month, year or several years depending
on what your gift to the world is. Overnight success
only has the outer appearance of being of overnight. Success
happens as all levels of Being are in resonance with the
goal.
Where in your life are you out of resonance
with what you are doing?
Do you have trust in yourself and your
life process or are you looking for validation from
outside? If you are looking for validation from
others and are weak in the trusting arena then look to your
inner child. It is the child self that learns about
trust. The unborn and the newborn baby self has
the strongest connection with the God Source. What
we struggle against when birthing our authentic expression,
which is our soul's purpose, are the results of any unmet
needs in those early years. To create a flow in lining
up with our soul's vision we must be meeting those needs
ourselves. In doing the journey to meet those needs
you will discover the fear patterning that is connected
to those thought forms and memories from other lifetimes
as well. If we are looking outside ourselves to get
those needs met we will be unable to live from our true
self, our essence of love. Why is this? This
is because in transmuting fear to love we discover our soul
as a Multidimensional Being that operates beyond our 5 physical
senses and 7 basic chakra (energy centres in the body) system. When
we rely solely on others for information (like gurus, spiritual
leaders, religious leaders or even an intimate partner)
without weighing that information in with our own feeling
intuitive self we are taking on a blueprint of that person
or group. It's kinda like jumping into somebody
else's clothes containing their limiting beliefs. A
true leader will empower you to discover within you your
own true connection with your God-essence. This takes
time for most of this information is unconscious.
I found this quote about patience from
Mary Manin Morrissey which I pull out when I need
a reminder to be more patient with my own life process.
Patience
Ghandi said: "There is more to life
than increasing its speed. Although some of us really
would like it to hurry up, we must learn patience. Think
about Chinese bamboo. It's a fragile plant. If
you care for it really well the first year, it grows 2 inches. If
you care for it really well the 2nd year, it grows
2 inches, and the third year 2 inches, and the 4th year
2 inches and the fifth year it grows 80 feet. It has
it's own growing season, and so do we."
Slowing the pace is sometimes important
in order to really listen to our inner self to know
what is necessary to move forward. I have learned to
trust my process. When I become caught up in busyness
mode I have more of a tendency to become distracted.
I am more likely to fall because I have missed the
message from my inner prompting. As I operate from
a more balanced place taking action from the inner
prompting from my soul I am in the right place, at the right
time, meeting the right people. Life flows naturally. If
I am late going somewhere for a meeting I am usually right
on time for whatever is happening when I get there, if I
have been honouring my own process. This takes courage to
do for the external world wants us to be doing things their
way at their pace. I have a dear friend Ann who
has been a wonderful gift to me in illustrating this point. She
once said to me "You know Linda you're the only person
I know that when you're late you never put me out. You
are usually in sync with when I am ready to see you." As
we respect, honour and support our own process we are
respected, honoured, and supported by others. People
just seem to show up out of nowhere because we are naturally
magnetic to that which is for our highest path. The
degree to which we are able to give the Kiss of Divinity
to ourselves first is the degree to which we will have complete
fulfillment on all levels of our Being.
Our choices then become different. They
become more aligned with a knowing of purpose and self,
aligned with a bigger picture that serves the greater whole
rather than marking off items on a list for getting our
needs met. Going the distance means being committed
to my path of bringing love home in body. When we are
in bodied we are fully present and able to communicate and
act from our soul essence spontaneously. This requires
courage and patience for our world tends to be more outer
directed. This is an inside-out awareness. Anything
outside of ourselves that we judge is but a reflection
and resonance with what is inside. In choosing
to surrender to operating from our God-essence connection,
our Patience is well rewarded in every moment. When
the Light body of our God-essence of love is integrated
with our physical body then the shadow/unconscious self
is no longer projected. The high, sought in unconscious
romance, ceases to be necessary, for the separation from
spirit that creates addictions is healed. True freedom
and authentic passion is then revealed in unconditional
love. With the connection from this place the highest
form of relationship is revealed and brought home to earth
in true service. Each person is then truly living their own
purpose, and not just acting on the influence from a group
or another person's energy field because they've connected
with their own energies.
Some things to ponder...
Are your choices being made from your child
self who learned about trust, your teenage self who
learned about identity or your adult self who has the connection
and overview of the big picture with your heart
'n soul in focus? Which one is running your life?...
Blessings,
©Linda Sajiw, July 17, 2005
