Week 4 - Is the new creative thing I'm pursuing a portal or a booby trap?
7 of Wands, Temperance, The Chariot
What came first - the word or the spell?
How we ask a question often reflects our preconceived notions about what we are asking about. We think in extremes because we believe every step is a finality. This is how we make life hard for ourselves. This is how we deceive ourselves. Words are like spells. And we don’t have to speak spells in existence. Just thinking about them is enough to do the magic.
But we have to take a step back and look at where our words are coming from. Often they come from our bodies. Yes, our bodies are like history books. They remember what our mind doesn’t. If you are tired, overworked, or bothered by something, you will feel overwhelm. The desire for one thing to end will bleed into another. And you will ask for finality. This or that. Black or White. Portal or Booby Trap.
Why give yourself an option to fail? Why not seek within yourself all the stories that are stopping you from creating a portal. Would you like it? Make it. And eliminate everything that makes you believe otherwise. You don’t believe in yourself? You don’t yet know how to make it a portal? You don’t trust this opportunity? That’s fine. Take a pause. BREATHE.
Do nothing about it. Except breathe. And when your mind begins to bother you about a decision, tell it just this, “we will soon know.” Play with yourself. Tease your brain. Don’t give it the satisfaction of a certain outcome. It won’t believe you, either way. Get on with your life. Do the things you need to do. Including the creative thing. Look at it with wonder. And amusement. Let it hold your hand and take you where it needs to. Just remember to breathe. You need nothing else. The rest will flow through you. Moment after moment. Breath after breath.
The path into the unknown is not straight. But if we suspend our need for certainty, and tap into a wisdom beyond our minds, we will find new words emerging. And with them, new worlds appear in front of us. And isn’t that what portals do? They take us somewhere we haven’t been before.
Every breath in brings you what you need to move forward. Breathe in, move forward. One step. Wherever that may be. You aren’t doing the creative thing. The creative thing is pulling you through. What you create is a manifestation of its force. Let it work through you. Leave your old dictionary behind. You won’t need it on the other side.
This is the line I am taking away from this one: Our bodies are like History books!! Perhaps nothing is more important to remember!❤️❤️