Reading the sad story of how we helplessly, hopelessly conduct a dreary sameness forward, two lighter thoughts came to the rescue this morning: 1\/ the strange statement in an earlier chapter that we contact the dynamic of time from inside the future; and 2\/ a long-standing dilema in my home finances is showing signs of allowing new perspectives.\u00c2\u00a0 Briefly,\u00c2\u00a0my wife’s letter-carrier job is increasingly hard on her body, mind, and spirit, but we feel dependent on her income and benefits.\u00c2\u00a0 From inside the usual, prerecorded present this situation seems to offer more obstacles than solutions, which leads to the all-too familiar responses\u00c2\u00a0of discouragement and avoidance.\u00c2\u00a0 But in the past few days, perhaps precisely because the\u00c2\u00a0visible wear-and-tear of her job has increased, another perspective has opened: she really needs to quit this job.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0This in turn shifts the focus to the future, and surprisingly the atmosphere feels lighter.\u00c2\u00a0 Now it is possible to say:\u00c2\u00a0her next job needs to be fulfilling,\u00c2\u00a0supportive of her health and well-being, and hopefully contribute a modest income.\u00c2\u00a0 From this saner future perspective, it feels like\u00c2\u00a0issues of income and expenses\u00c2\u00a0can be\u00c2\u00a0addressed in their own light–as opposed to constituting a present\u00c2\u00a0obstacle, which there is insufficient time and knowledge to overcome.\u00c2\u00a0 This feels like a familiar, if all-too-rare, phenomena.\u00c2\u00a0 At those times, when a feeling of\u00c2\u00a0not knowing what we can do next\u00c2\u00a0causes us to abandon something we\u00c2\u00a0have\u00c2\u00a0been\u00c2\u00a0fearfully clinging to, perhaps what is happening can be thought of as a shift into a future where that fear has lost its basis. Time’s dynamic was\u00c2\u00a0blocked and by stepping over the block we find ourselves in the flow again, and from there our intelligence and energy\u00c2\u00a0again become available.–Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reading the sad story of how we helplessly, hopelessly conduct a dreary sameness forward, two lighter thoughts came to the rescue this morning: 1\/ the strange statement in an earlier chapter that we contact the dynamic of time from inside … Continue reading