Stepping confidently into the Unknown

What a blessing Life is, eh?
So many opportunities to see what we don't know! I love it! well, unless I don't!
Clarity continues to reveal that the one who is liking something, or not liking something has no substance to it.
An example; yesterday, while organizing stuff to get rid off in preparation ofr this Big Relocation Mind got wound up pretty tight with all the tasks that it seemed to think needed 'doing'. The Emotional Body immediately went along for the ride. There was something watching all this take place, awareness observing. Caught in it, I was. Even in the seeing this was happening, I was 'caught' in the Spin Cycle of the Mind.
Gratefully, I have friends who know what is True. I called.
Registering the moments that lead to the Spin Cycle there was a place. a moment where Choice was made. The Choice to go with the identification of 'I'; ahhh, the Moment of Separation!!!!
And the "I' that had to 'do' was examined, tracked, and revealed as .... no-thing, nothing. and The Spin Cycle dissolved!

The assignment now is to register the moment when 'I' arises, manifests, steps foreword. Register that moment, and STOP!!
And the question comes now as I write, from where does that 'I' arise? The moment BEFORE the "I" steps to the foreground, what IS?

hmmm, back to Observation!!!

May all Beings be Happy!!
May all Beings Know Peace!!
May all Beings Know Love!!
May All Beings Know the Depth of Receptivity!!

Stillness and the Task List

This delicate dance of tending to that which needs to be done from being/Being Moment to Moment. Oh, the Mind has such an activity!! Yet, the simplicity is available, always/AllWays. The simplicity of this Moment; breathing, awareness of breathing. That is all!!! And what is needed arises and is addressed. Poor Mind can not comprehend this, yet as the Moment unfolds with Awareness Present, the Mind participates, not as leader or thinker but as Tool of Awareness.

So preparation continues; belongings sorted, boxes set out for 'give away', keep, sell, ship. Every movement, every pause an arising of Presence. And within the Presence there is full awareness of action needed.

WELCOME

The act of listening has guaranteed consequences;

• guaranteed to instigate change,
• guaranteed to surprise,
• guaranteed to uncover illusory misconceptions,
• guaranteed to reveal Life.
  

This is a Journal of a Journey of Listening.

What better time to listen than in the Time of upheaval, change, and transformation. There is a freshness available, a renewed curiosity, a sense of unexpected wonder. Yes, this is possible even in the face of the unknown, the painful, the scary, the unwanted.

This particular Listening Adventure almost immediately broadcast three statements;

• There is something wrong with living so far (1200 miles) from my kids
• I need to be living where I am going to be spending the rest of my Life
• I need to be in the Northwest.

I do not necessarily know or understand fully what each of these statements are truly asking of me. I DO know however that I best listen and follow the directions as given. Hence, I have begun the preparations for returning to the Northwest in Mid Summer 2008. That will give me time to acclimate to both the lower elevation and the higher humidity. Hopefully by the time the Winter rains begin I will be 'ready'!

I value the friendship and insights my kids bring into my life view. I benefit from their opinions, attitudes, and perspectives. Each of them (this is an eclectic gathering of people who are 'My Kids' via Heart and Soul connection; Ryan, Kelcey, Jordyn, Katy, Shane, Jesse, Saylor. I want an increase in frequency of contact and a more active interaction in the co-creating of Life.

This move will be the 89th move in this lifetime. I have known 'Home' as a transitory reference point. now there is arising in me a deep, strong hunger to grow and expand my awareness of Life from one point on the planet, one patch of Earth, one frequency and vibration that is a humming reference container for my Human Self to deepen Self Understanding.

The Northwest is Home. I didn't know that before this Listening. I know that now. So I must go Home.

This is my commitment to bring to written form that which verbally expresses fully through me. Knowing there are folks reading this supports me in writing in the manner in which I speak in Circle, in Council, in Prayer, in Satsang.

You are invited to write comments regarding these entries; if they support you in your growth and development, if they confuse you, if you wish to add commentary, if you are not interested other than knowing where and how I AM.

Blessings to us all as we each in our own ways enter into the deeper realms of Listening.