Ramping up to the Eclipses...
You know we have the longest partial full moon lunar eclipse of the century next Friday 19th November? That’s a HUGE deal btw. Eclipses massively change things. It’s like they come in and end things, bringing to a close those things that are now misaligned in our lives, or perhaps always were misaligned.
This could be all sorts of things, not just relationships, but anything which is no longer saving us like the way we are living. I feel this theme is HUGE for many of us, and follows on from the heart/head split. Are we living from the heart or from the head? Are we living in accordance with our deepest values? Are we living in alignment with our deepest truth? Are we living our dreams? If not, why not?
Difficult questions. If you’re reading this you probably have an idea or an inkling, even if you’re not really ready yet to own it. This is the thing with eclipses though, they just come in and literally change things. We realise we cannot go on. We have no choice in the end but to let go whatever the outcome. It is literally about getting out of the head, which tries to rationalise, understand, be certain and plan, and into our heart which will flow us where we need to go even if it makes no sense.
I can definitely apply this to my life. We have changes going on. I had felt it a while ago but I know I am not alone. Many are feeling this. Our roots have been shaken and we are being asked to step up and forge a new direction, a new way of being, that we may have known in our hearts for a good few years now.
As a humanity we absolutely need to find another way because this way ain’t working. Life is way too fast and way too stressful for people to literally have the time to sit down and take a breather. Even yoga classes are sped up and shortened so that people can fit them into already busy and hectic schedules full of tick boxes and things to accomplish. Soon be Christmas btw. I can almost sense the panic of that in the shops. I mean really, do we need such a big lead in? Why do we collectively put up with it?
I was reading a Mayan take on things these next 13 days earlier and a paragraph especially talked to me. I am very aware that the systems are broke and cannot cope, but it is more than that, it is about our collective conditioning around what it means to be successful and in our power…that needs to change…
“Real power comes from true respect. Not fear, not admiration or worship, not envy or insecurity. In modern society, many public and private figures carry an aura of apparent respect that in fact stands on a weak foundation: just think how easily a politician falls when it’s discovered he’s had an affair or has misappropriated public funds, how quickly a media celebrity goes out of favor once their sales start to sag. We are learning not to respect, but to want—we are taught to desire fame, money, status, influence, power—and eternal youth. These are the values celebrated by our media and our leaders. Respect for ourselves, for one another and our planet doesn’t seem to have a seat at the table. This needs to change if we are going to live in a stable, sustainable and equitable world.”
Anyway, I just wanted to give you a bit of a lead in, because these next 10 days are going to be super charged, electric, messy, chaotic. I wonder what on earth made me think it was a good time to try and get off the island! Well my eldest turns 8 during this time too, and there are other significant things happening so it really is just one of those intense times. I honestly don’t know how anyone is managing it without a daily yoga practice, being able to lie down on a mat and feel the earth beneath the body and the breath coming in and out.
Let alone getting in the sea each day. Saints is honestly a saviour to me. I can’t go in for long without getting too cold, but a daily dip before school is all it needs to set me up for the day ahead. We are so lucky here on Guernsey, that we even have that option. I am eternally grateful for the karma that brought me here…albeit this time in humanity’s journey is an interesting one to incarnate!
I did have this sense today that we absolutely must make every effort to stay in the heart as much as we can. Anything we feel will be massively amplified. Thus if we feel fear we’ll find it staring right back at us and it’s going to be really uncomfortable. Same with anxiety. Same with negativity. Everything will be amplified so love is possibly the most compassionate way to navigate the next ten days and into the after shock beyond…
Enjoy the ride…
