EXPANSION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Expansion of Consciousness

When new energy comes into your life,
your consciousness expands
and old limits no longer.

New content requires new form.
New wine needs new skins.

The more you grow in consciousness,
the more you move through various forms.

It can be a little disorienting.
so be sure to take the time to adjust emotionally.
and regain your perspective.

You need time to inhabit the new form
before you try to express yourself through it.

New energy sends you out on a limb.
You see things there you have never seen before.

But then you have to climb back down
and find your roots again.

Unless you take the time to do this
you may find that you get overextended,
lose your balance and fall to the ground.


From Everyday Wisdom by Paul Ferrini
www.paulferrini.com

"MY ROOTS WILL SET OFF TO ANOTHER LAND"

“Well, now

If little by little you stop loving me

I shall stop loving you

Little by little

If suddenly you forget me

Do not look for me

For I shall already have forgotten you

If you think it long and mad the wind of banners that passes through my life

And you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots

Remember

That on that day, at that hour, I shall lift my arms

And my roots will set off to seek another land”

― Pablo Neruda, Selected Poems

FINDING INNER AUTHORITY

Finding Inner Authority

The more unstable life seems,
the more we gravitate toward the “security”
promised by authority figures.

We marry authority figures,
elect them, go to their churches
and join their cults.

When these people are unmasked and discredited
we learn to take our power back
and pick up the pieces of our lives.

Whenever we uproot ourselves
to follow the empty promises of others,
we tend to get beaten up by our experiences.

Then, we return to over lives humbled,
shovels in hand, and begin the work
of planting our own garden.
Those who abandon their roots will learn to find them.
Those who have sought authority in other people
will learn to find it in themselves.


From Everyday Wisdom by Paul Ferrini
www.paulferrini.com