THE INESCAPABLE PROMISE
We,
who are children of the light, have wandered far a-field in our journeys
through space and time. We've seen much, and done much, but along
the way, it seems that some of us - perhaps even most of us - have
forgotten who we are and where we have come from. Now we find ourselves
at the crux of history, where the paradigm is about to shift. Indeed,
consciousness itself is about to shift, and the message is loud and
clear. It is time to call our spirits home. It is time to come back
to our roots - our spiritual roots. The weight of our deep longing
reminds us it is time to re-connect with our soul and our source and
live from that foundation once again.
Through the ages we have sought stability in that which our senses
perceive, but the external world is never stable. It is time to tune
in to That which does not change. It is time to remember Who We Are.
Being at the cusp of change carries with it great responsibility,
for while we are human, we are also divine. Bringing that divinity
- that wholeness - to the forefront of our experience, and thus of
our world, honors the gift that such an identity endows. We have always
manifested what was within us, but our expressions came from the shallow
reaches of our being. Now it is time to move into our great, unfathomable
depths and bring forth the light so the outer can be a truer reflection
of That Which We Are.
As we explore our potential, we glimpse the hidden terrain within
us and marvel at its vastness. We may be in the world, but now we
know the world is also in us, the very by-product of all our longings,
our visions and our dreams. Our sense of identity expands until it
engulfs all of creation, and beyond. We begin to see that the little
personality with which we have identified is but a window for that
larger Self of which we are a part. Like waves on the ocean, we know
now that we have access to dimensions and powers which escape definition.
There is only One at work here, and we its humble instruments.
This eternal longing for expression calls from deep within us, and
thus our journey to the sacred center begins - again and again. As
we draw ever nearer to that core of light, our sense of identity shifts.
Our sense of I-ness fades away as the Is-ness fills our awareness.
We are Pure Being, being Itself, in us and through us. In utter amazement,
we realize that truly there is no other, and we see as never before
the sacredness of all that we survey. All is holy. Indeed, it could
not be otherwise.
The desire for this great awakening has been beckoning to us down
through the ages. Once discovered, it becomes the passion that drives
our lives to summits of which we have not yet even dreamed. As that
passion gathers momentum within us, all is changed. Our relationships,
our work, our play, everything is touched by the luminous presence
which engulfs and transforms us. We find that no matter what we are
doing, at our deepest, truest level we are communing with That everywhere
we look, everywhere we go, for It is all that we are, and all we are
becoming.
Thus does our vision and our sense of being expand. The universe becomes
our body, the stars, the wind, the flowers and trees our eternal companions.
No longer lost in the delusions of a tiny, fragile ego, we find our
Is-ness everywhere, and we rejoice in it. We laugh with it. We sing
and dance in rhythm with it as we embrace it completely. No holding
back now, no resistance of any kind. Just a pure and simple allowing
and accepting, with a surrender that stems from an unmeasured adoration
and flows like a great river through our open and welcoming heart.
True, we did not - even could not - have imagined that it would be
like this. Yet so great was our joy when the awakening did come that
we came running, hearts overflowing, spirits rejoicing as we moved
ever deeper into the great unknown. Here is the true journey, and
we have entered upon it. Where before even our days were lived in
darkness, now even our nights are born in light. The sleep of our
unknowing has been broken at last as light breaks forth within us.
Over and over we are born anew.
The inescapable promise has always been within us. Like a seed planted
in our heart, the possibility has been there, simply awaiting the
time when we would hear the call and turn toward it. The promise and
its fulfillment cannot be separated. Even while we seemed to be in
darkness, the light was already shining. Our destiny would not and
could not be denied. While we may have thought we were lost in the
great ocean of life, in truth we were always and only the ocean of
Pure Being. We may have thought we were just this little human body,
but always and only we were the enlivening spirit, creating and renewing
again and again.
We see now how the chaos of our lives was but the re-shuffling of
forces and influences so the new could emerge, fresh and full of promise.
All those dark and trembling days and nights were but the backdrop
for the uncompromising splendor of the light which has always been
within us. As we enter into this new way of being, our own paradigm
shifts into a more coherent expression of our eternal, indwelling
truth. As our capacities expand and enlarge, we let go of all need
to control and simply allow the work to be done through us. No longer
concerned as to the how or the why, we find ourselves always in the
right place, doing that which is given us to do.
Yes, we have changed, and so have our reality and our world. The familiar
has not just been re-arranged. New forces are at work here. New influences
which we could not previously have supported now have come to bear
upon us. We marvel at the transformation that is taking place before
our very eyes. And so we proceed, sustained by the knowledge that
even though we may not know the way, there is a wisdom that is guiding
our every step. Whether we could see it or not, it has always been
so, and thus it will always be.
There is a part of us which always knew this. Now we are beginning
to remember. Now the knowing is becoming our conscious experience.
More and more, we hear the light calling our silent, sacred name,
and we want to answer. We offer our whole being, for it doesn't matter
any more how the light shines, only that it does. So great is our
longing that we are willing to give away all our lesser dreams just
to be the light, just to be with the light, just to let it shine through
us. We offer it all, we surrender completely.
More clearly than ever before, we see that this really isn't our life,
it is The Life. It isn't our love either, it is Divine Love, and it
isn't our wisdom or even our understanding. It is simply Pure Being.
And the Life of that Being-ness brings Joy beyond anything we've ever
known, and a Peace beyond measure.
Just being the Light, now we are complete. There is nothing to want
anymore, just Be-ing is enough, and more than enough. Grace, beauty,
love, joy - it's all just an aspect of Be-ing. When we can just Be,
it's all there. Nothing left to desire, nothing left to ask for, nothing
left to want, just a spilling over of the fullness of What We Are.
Dear soul, you are walking in New Dimensions now. Walk in trust. Walk
in joy. Walk in peace. Walk in love. Walk in the light which you are.
Let the beauty speak for itself. Let the radiance shine of its own
accord. Let the mystery carry you beyond the bounds of the known.
Listen to those eternal deeps, they are speaking. Hear the angelic
chorus, it is singing, the eternal harmony echoing through every part
of your being - the silent song, the song of belonging, the song of
Be-ing.
So spread your wings and fly now. New horizons await. New destinies
are calling. New vistas are unfolding, all within your silent, sacred
heart.
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~Donna Miesbach~