The world is a friendly place. It supports us, talks to us, relates to us.
It really is our friend. Or it should be.
And if yours isn't, why isn't it?
Today. Right now. As you look out at the beautiful blue sky, the crisp air, the trees bare and waiting for snow to brush them-what is there to be afraid of?
As I ask that question-notice your thoughts!
Do they go to the future?
Or do they go to the past?
Did they jump time? Bring your mind back to now. To this moment. Again.
What is there to be afraid of?
Breathe in and out. Feel the air.
The elements themselves are in reciprocity with us.
The air. We can't live without it.
The water.
The earth.
The fire.
We need these energies. We are made up of them. We function because of them.
Are you afraid of the air? Of the water? Is it dirty? Is it toxic?
Or are your thoughts about the air and the water, toxic?
And your thoughts are only the rationalizing of your 'higher' mind, trying to make sense of the emotions that are churning around.
The emotions are reactions.
What are you reacting to?
Find the thought before the feeling. Own it. Pull it out, examine it from all sides. This is what has stirred the emotional body. Your own thought. Your mind.
Your mind is creating all the time.
Your mind can be changed.
And when you change your mind, you change your reactions and you change your feelings.
Change your feelings and you change your thoughts.
Change your thoughts and you change your experience.
You change your outer world by changing your inner one.
Every great thinker on this planet, across all cultures, has come to the same understanding...
pick up any metaphysical book. It's all there.
Pick up the Bible, one of the greatest esoterical writings of all time!
Jesus was a shaman. He walked the earth. He had a body. He told us a formula and we can follow him and do what he did. In fact, he encourages it. Do you think that shamanism is a religion? Bah!
Shamanism is an engagement. It is an invitation. It is a personal invitation to journey into yourself. Are you brave enough to find out what is going on inside you?
Get quiet. It's all there. You are waiting for yourself.
Wake up!