Being Here Now
It is an interesting time we live in. More so than ever before. I mentioned to a friend the other day how “stressed”
I felt – thinking this was relatively self-explanatory. She looked me candidly and asked ‘What do you mean?’
I then had to try
and work out the specifics of it all stating in a rush that I felt that I wasn’t able to keep up with all that was happening in my
life (though nothing really dire had happened) but I felt I was loosing control of things and that I was being swept away in a tide
or on a roller coaster with no brakes, and I sensed the escalation in speed and it was alarming. Interestingly enough after this somewhat
muddled explanation, my friend replied that she knew exactly what I meant and felt similarly.
I have to admit, this was most comforting
to me.
In my line of work, I am privy and privileged to hear (and sense) the emotional climate in which my clients find themselves.
Over the past 3 or so months I’d noticed an escalation in the general anxiety and emotional tiredness amongst my clients – not dissimilar
to what I was experiencing at times.
On a planetary level, we are spiritually aware of the increased quantity and heightened
frequency of energy being sent and focused on our brave little planet, over a period of the last 20+ years. And more so in this
last 3 to 4 months. At some deep-seated place within us, there is an appreciation and gentle excitement of the importance and
novelty of the return of this energy to the planet. But by the same token, being a part of the planet and thus being exposed
to the higher frequencies affects us all. In some it is a mild awareness of being slightly off-kilter; in others it is so jarringly
different to their current frequencies that the reaction to this new energy manifests as agitation, aggression and violence. None
of us escapes the impact and effects of this shift in consciousness in our planet.
I realized that how I was reacting to and
coping with this growing sense of subliminal panic (even with the awareness of the energetic cause of my discomfort) was to contract. To draw in my energy, hold my breath, hold on to what I could that felt constant. Understandably, in this time where we
are being called upon to ‘let go’, my reaction merely increased my stress. It was at this time that one of life’s marvellous
synchronicities was organized through the wisdom of another dear friend, who phoned and after a general discussion of things-spiritual,
mentioned “But do remember, we chose to be here at this time. It is such an exciting time energetically to be on this planet that
we volunteered to be here now!’
I admit to being halted in my step when reminded of this point. I know I have a vivid imagination,
and I visualized a cosmic queue with smiling faces jostling in line to be a part of this spiritual evolutionary process! The
point my friend made swept away all the doubt and concern; the anxiety of ‘doing the right thing’, being in the right place, coping
etc. I rationalized, “If I chose to be here now because it is such an exciting time on the planet, then there is a ‘rightness’
to where I am now and what I’m doing at this time. There IS purpose and planning here that I may not remember but I can relax and
know that to fight all those minor irritations in my life was really to miss the point of being here, right now. I didn’t need
to have control, as life is as it needs to be.” I wasn’t required to sort out the chaos; I was being asked, as we all are, to
merely find order within the chaos. As these thoughts lifted the brain-fug that had built up over me in the last few weeks,
I felt myself take a deep breath. I sensed my spirit rise and there was that wonderful ‘knowing’ that “It was OK!” It
was safe to expand my consciousness again. To embrace all that life was showing me. That there is nothing to fear, and
never had been. All is as it needs to be and there is so much life to live!
Tamsin Powys