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We get what we need

Submitted by Tango on Sat, 2006-07-15 07:44.
I am amazed at the mystery in life. I believe that when I open myself up, which requires letting go of fear as much as I can, I find that I get what I need. I flipped open a page of Sweat Your Prayers this morning, after waking up but before wanting to get out of bed. I normally don't just open whatever book is by my bedside, but this morning for some reason, I felt the urge to. The book opened to page 120:
"Form without substance is a hollow shell; substance without form is an artist's hell....To feel without expressing is to be imprisoned; to express without feeling is performance....To seek the truth you must be innocent; the moment you stop seeking, you lose your innocence."

And a quote from Joseph Chilton Pearce:

"To love a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."

This page is exactly what I needed to read at this very moment. And when I read it, I felt like this dance community that I've grown to love and deeply honor was with me, right at that moment. It was a gift.

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Visudha Says:
Sun, 2006-07-16 07:25
I have to kind of laugh because yes, I completely agree that we get what we need when we are open and receptive. And, what is equally true is that I get what I need when I'm closed and resistent. It's a bit ridiculous. Ok, actually quite a bit. Because it's not as difficult as I can make it. I will keep getting roadblocks pushing me towards change and towards receptivity. And maybe someday I will more consistently not react from a place of habit but from a place of concious choice.

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John Says:
Sat, 2006-07-15 23:37

And your post, Tango, was exactly what I needed tonight. It really does work that way! I spent the day working with and getting to know new friends from Waves. We were helping Amara and Sara get their property ready for The Gathering next weekend. We worked, sweat, laughed, ate, and talked together. I felt wonderfully accepted and loved, yet when I went home I found myself lost in my aloneness, asking, "Why does it have to be this way?" But when I read your message I realized that in the few minutes it took me to drive from that wonderfull experience of community to my home I had become closed to the good that was there for me, confused by limited, fear-based thinking. The solution to my unhappy mood was, as you said, to open myself and release the fear. When I do that I find the good I need because I am ready to receive. What I need is always there for me. Thank you for sharing this truth; it was perfect.

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