Looking through an old stack of stuff, I found some pages of notes I had taken when I was working through Caroline Myss’s wonderful book Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul’s Purpose
It’s a wonderfully dense book filled with all manner of wisdom and guidance. (Maybe I should go back to it!)
“Mystical service means modeling calm in chaos. kindness amid anger, forgiveness at all times … to live, in other words, mindful that every second offers a choice either to channel grace or withhold it.” (p. 29)
She asks these questions for contemplation and while I don’t have all the answers yet (why not, Lisa???), working on these gave me some clarity. Maybe for you, too?
1) What does it mean to you to live and act consciously?
2) How conscious do you want to be? (This one is tough because once you know (truly know) and understand how things fit into a bigger picture, it’s harder to pretend you don’t. What has been seen cannot be unseen.)
3) If given the choice between more consciousness and more money, which would you choose and why? (I think you know my answer. But how about both? Surely, I can have that, yes?)
Myss says “the goal is not perfection but to live consciously and in accordance with the highest degree of truth that your soul can maintain.”
I love that last bit – ” … the highest degree of truth your soul can maintain”.
What does that look like for you? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
Day 3 awaits and it will be something a bit less serious. How about TMI Tuesday? See you tomorrow!
Well interesting you should ask, because lately I have been wondering about that whole Truth-y thing. Growing up I used to shy away from confrontation and stuff things down and fume about them later and for a long time! Then suddenly I got quite zen and let everything roll off (truly,everything, Like I couldn’t be bothered). But just recently I find I cannot stop my mouth from opening up and expressing its truth, no matter how unnecessary or inappropriate it may be! It could be on behalf of myself or anyone around me, it could be making a gentle statement when someone is in pain and I see an opening, it could be when someone is unprofessional and I suddenly feel this need to actually SAY so. What is up with that?!
For me, living and acting consciously has been a process of opening up. As I have learned more about universal laws (that we create our life, and we attract the vibration that we put out, and more) I see the world through different eyes. Once I learned that we create our soul lessons for soul growth, and I learned specifically about some of mine, it changed how I handle challenges in my life. I now see them as opportunities to grow. Painful at times, but I know that the pain won’t last. Everything changes and cycles. I no longer have to jump and and try to fix someone. They deserve every opportunity to learn what they have to learn from their experiences.
And I am getting braver about telling my truth. A lot of my stresses and worries are either gone or stick around for a much shorter period of time. I know that everything is exactly as it is supposed to be at this moment in time. But that doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t get better. In fact, I fully expect it to. And there is no right or wrong decision to make. It’s all a learning experience, and being conscious is looking for the lesson.