MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
release loss by transforming it from heavy lead into creative gold. 7KH WUXWK LV HYHU\RQH IDFHV VLWXDWLRQV WKDW PDNH XV VX̆HU LQ WKH short term so we can turn towards renewal. Everyone can transmute surviving into thriving, if they are willing to trust the deep dive. The core of that trust is holding a space where grief and inspiration, dark- ness and light, are equally valued. That’s how healthy creatives, in- QRYDWRUVDQGSHRSOHRIIDLWKLQWHJUDWHGL̇FXOWH[SHULHQFHVLQWRWKHLU lifework. Alchemically, it’s about transmuting one way of being, one under- standing, into another. It’s not enough to jump to life lessons or tell the story of what we think should be learned before we’ve learned it. We have been given an opportunity to build something new on a foun- dation of what once was. It’s as natural as letting a seed break through WKHHDUWKLQWRWKHGD\ÀDVKLQJJUHHQDQGVWURQJURRWHGLQGDUNQHVV and reaching for the light. 'DLO\UHQHZDO LVDVLPLODUPLUDFOH:KHQZH IHHOZKDWZHDFWXDOO\ feel, and get the help we need to move through change honestly, the seed of grief opens into love. In that process, we begin to see patterns that make sense of new insights, shifting our understanding of who we are, what we know, and where we might transform. We blossom. The Coming of Spring Means Using Our Gifts to Create Even More Beauty She who reconciles the ill-matched threads of her life, and weaves WKHP JUDWHIXOO\ LQWR D VLQJOH FORWK ² ,W¶V VKH ZKR GULYHV WKH ORXG - PRXWKVIURPWKHKDOODQGFOHDUVLWIRUDGL̆HUHQWFHOHEUDWLRQ ²5DLQHU0DULD5LONH Trust helps us stay in the present even as we move towards bloom- LQJ%XWLW¶VWKHFRQ¿GHQFHWRXVHRXUVNLOOVDQGDELOLWLHVDVZHWUDQV - form that ensures we make something remarkable when the winter thaws and the warmth of Spring calls to us, live! 5HQHZDOLVVRPXFKPRUHWKDQUHSURGXFWLRQ1RVSULQJLVHYHUWKH same. Every cycle brings us to a new place to begin, so we need to bring every resource we can to create an authentic celebration of life. And the good news is every time we use our gifts to weave something new, we expand our capacity to welcome the unknown. %HFDXVH¿QDOO\WKDW¶VWKHSXUSRVHRIWKHWXUQLQJVHDVRQVRIRXUOLYHV — to move us into new and powerful new ways of being and knowing — in essence, moving us from the known to the unknown. Like the seed, we become something greater than we imagined we could be. And yes, it can be an uncomfortable alchemical experience! For me, the questions that are raised in the process propel me into experi- ments that ease the discomforts of this transformation. As a writer, I test and play with the unknown in wordplay. There are many other ZD\V WR H[SORUH WKRXJK $OO RI XV QHHG WR ¿QG WKH H[SUHVVLYH IRUP — visual art, community connections, cooking, dream tending — that sustains us as we renew ourselves over time. Without a creative structure leading us forward, we’ll be tempted to grip onto the past, either through nostalgia or cynicism. We can, after all, refuse the invitation to grow, although that choice never ends well. Like seeds that rot in the ground, or sprout warped and temporary, people trapped in grief stay in the dark or distrust the nurturing sun. This tragedy is doubly troubling because it serves no one, and is never inevitable. The only inevitability is Spring, is change, is the thaw that turns the earth fertile again, ready for the force of green to rise in all of us. So it is with us, called by the world to bloom, awakening again and again, no matter how cold the winter has been. Such a surprise, this calling from change’s turning light. Such a delight, to turn over a new leaf ZLWKWKHVRXOIXO¿OOLQJFUHDWLYHDOFKHP\RIOLIH¶VUHVWRUDWLYHF\FOHV
:LQWHUGUHDPVWKHVDPHGUHDPHYHU\WLPH <RXFDQQHYHUKROGEDFNVSULQJ (YHQWKRXJK\RX¶YHORVW\RXUZD\ 7KHZRUOGNHHSVGUHDPLQJRIVSULQJ — Tom Waits
&DURO%XUEDQNLVDZULWHUDQGZULWLQJFRDFKIRXQGHURI6WRU\ZHDYLQJ&RDFKLQJ DQG&RQVXOWLQJ%DVHGLQ0DU\ODQGVKHUXQVWKH6WRU\ZHDYLQJ5HWUHDW&HQWHU RSHQ LQ$SULO ZKHUHKHUH[SHULPHQWVZLWKPRRQÀRZHUVSULVPVDQGSRHWU\KHOSKHUQDY - LJDWHWKHXQSUHGLFWDEOH6KHLVDUHJXODUFROXPQLVWIRU6FLHQFHRI0LQG0DJD]LQH)RU PRUHLQIRUPDWLRQ ZZZVWRU\ZHDYLQJFRP
Want to Create Sacred Space and Improve the Energy in Your Home?
Orderly Abodes Organizing and Decluttering traditional organizing services also available, specializing in helping older adults uplift and freshen living spaces to accommodate a new way of living. Helping you get motivated to make the changes you deserve. Free 30 minute consultation to Pathway Subscribers! Offer expires 5/31/22 Shelby Austin Shelby@OrderlyAbodes.org • 410-463-7912 www.OrderlyAbodes.org
Walk in your purpose! Live in abundance!
• Do you have an unfulfilling career? • Do you have a hard time building wealth? • Do you have repeating negative patterns in relationships? • Do you have restless sleep and often wake up tired? • Do you have chronic pain and dis-ease? If you answered YES to any of these questions, please contact me for the life path reading of your Akashic Records!!! Make the decision today to get on the path to abundance by finding out who you truly are at soul level!!!
Contact me at www.enlightenedpath9.com or aurelia.enlightenedpath@gmail.com to get started!
PATHWAYS—Spring 22—59
Made with FlippingBook. PDF to flipbook with ease