“The Growing Field”
Sky Over Kripalu
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All that we don’t know,
Can,
Each and every time,
Be met with all that we are.
Somehow,
We miraculously discover
We usually have
What we need to survive.
And sometimes,
We discover
We
Don’t
Have
What we need
At all.
Then
The “growing field”
Is revealed.
~~~
I am tired
So tired
Of
My
Hypervigilance.
Figuring
It
Out
Before
It
Happens.
Working
On
Plans
A, B,
L
And
K,
Prematurely
Obsessed
Before anything
Even
Unfolds.
I’m here
To remind
You
And
Me
And
Us,
All—
“The growing field”
Is not
The 2:45 a.m.
Zone
Of
Creating
Responses
To
Things
That
Haven’t
Happened
Yet.
Figuring
It out
Is
Not
A
Spiritual
Practice.
~~~
What is
The
Growing field?
Is it
Revealed:
~~ When the
Next
Steps
Are
Undetermined?
~~ When
No
Doorway
Appears
To
Open?
~~ When
Our
Will
Alone
Is
Not
Budging,
Moving
The
Situation?
~~ Is it
A
Dropping
Down
Into
Emptiness?
~~ Is it
That
Relaxing
Into
Quiet?
~~ What is it?
What is it
For you?
~~
What do we do
When
We’re in
The
Growing field?
How do we
Do more than
Just
Abide
Our
Not
Knowing?
How do
We honor it?
How do we
Continue
To remember
That this
Not
Knowing,
This
Not
Doing—
This
Is
The
Place
Of
Divine
Intervention.
The
Place
Of
Divine
Growth.
The place
Of
Divine
Healing
And
Transformation.
~~~
How do we do it?
We practice.
We practice.
We
Practice
~~~
What’s my practice,
When I am
Immersed
In the
Growing
Field?
I stop.
I pray.
I feel.
And for me,
I reach out.
Asking
One
Person
Something…
Moves
The
Energy.
Supports
The
Next steps
To
Emerge.
~~~
Shift of gears
And mood,
Friends,
Into one
Of celebration.
Here’s a wonderful thing, well, for us older folk.
OMG. Okay, I’m old.
That might be a prerequisite for adoring this song.
Here it is, on its 50th anniversary.
Here is Playing for Change, infusing such global energy, such life, musicians from around the world, celebrating Robbie Robinson’s The Weight.
Please watch!
The musicians’ faces…
Their energy…
And—does Ringo continue to look the same?
Back then, did he look old?
Or…
Now, does he look young?
The Weight
~~~
If you are interested in more about Playing for Change and the story behind this new infusion of global energy into this song, here’s a seven-minute link:
Story behind the Song
~~~
Dear Friends,
When does your growing field emerge?
What does it feel like?
How do you interface with it?
What does it offer you?
Dear Friends,
One step,
One breath,
One
Thing
At a time.
That’s all life is
Asking.
All blessings,
Aruni
P.S.
During a Reiki session, my practitioner received that opening quote, from my heart. Me to me.
And I
Gratefully
Share it,
From my heart
To yous.
Me
To
You.