Stillness Serves You All
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Cheryl: Guides, there’s so much going on. Energies erupting, externally and internally. Feelings of confusion about where to best place my energy and focus. I feel impatient with the lack of clarity about what to do next. I hear from others with similar experiences.
From your perspective, what is to be done when one does not know what to do?
Guides: Sit and wait.
Cheryl: [Rolling my eyes] With all due respect, Guides, that feels like a most unsatisfactory answer.
Guides: We understand. Most of you believe it is by doing and thinking that clarity comes. But rest assured, with deeper observation, you will find that clarity occurs – it comes to you – in stillness, not in activity.
Cheryl: OK, so say more. It seems to me (and others) that we have been sitting and waiting, while also doing what we need to do or know to do. What is the difference?
Is waiting simply passivity, Guides? Surely that cannot be.
Guides: Much of your sitting has been an occasion for the clutter and assumptions in your minds to arise so that you may become aware of what is crowding out your true perception. It arises to be seen and released. It has been a clearing out of debris.
We say this not to chastise or criticize. This has been – and is – an essential task. How else can you free your mind to create and call forth what is next in alignment?
There is little that is passive about this process, Dear One!
It is full engagement on a deep level. The ‘stillness’ belies the level of activity. You are more accustomed to being conscious of the activity of mind and body, and less aware of the movement of the soul or spirit (as you would call it). This evolution is often beyond your awareness.
Cheryl: I find myself immensely impatient at this point.
Guides: Yes. Patience – especially with yourself – is not your strong suit. You are much kinder and more understanding with others.
All is well and is unfolding for the highest good. This does not mean it will look the way you think it should, or on the timeline you have judged to be right. All is progressing to a culmination that will bring about benefit. Your particular personal story may not look the way you imagined, but you are here to serve and serve you will.
You are each learning a new relationship with stillness.
How to hold stillness within the midst of turbulence. Being able to hold all, see all, even feel all, and not be distracted.
It is much like steering a canoe. You do not fight the current, unless your goal is to simply exhaust yourself. Rather you learn to harness the energy of the current to move in a particular direction. It only requires the correct tilt of the paddle, holding steady, then adjusting as needed. Keep your eye on the exact spot you wish to go and feel your way.
It is helpful to be clear about the type of craft you’re in. Here we are speaking of you as the craft in which you are journeying. How are you made and what skills do you bring? What are you best suited for? Are you a canoe? A raft? A tugboat? A steamship?
You will all experience challenging waters in some form. If your craft is not meant to take on the rapids, then be respectful of yourself and stay out of them. If your craft is perfectly suited for them, then steer in that direction.
Stillness serves you all.
Allow your next step to reveal itself from the depths of stillness.
Cheryl: So, ‘sit and wait’ in stillness is not to be held as a ‘thoughtless state’, or a total absence of movement, or pristine ‘meditation’ - ?
Guides: Indeed not! Simply give yourself the time and space to sit quietly without external input. Nature will take its course.
So be at peace, Dear Ones, and trust that you are exactly on course.
As always, we are ever near and available. And we hold you in great respect and appreciation for the Light you carry into the world.
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Related blog posts you might wish to explore:
Stillness is the Key to the Peace You Seek ~ April 2023
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