“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are walking the path of life, one foot in front of the other.
It may be a new year but if feels like there’s still some things to finish before starting something new. Unfinished business is in the air. Things still need to be expanded upon. Some things we think about ourselves and life itself need to be released, dropped on the ground right where we stand.
My mind tends to be anxious. It’s been that way my whole life. So I continue to learn how to sit with it. This is work. To tame the mind, I go to nature. I go to her voice, the voice of the Universe. I turn within, to the divine energy inside underneath mental instability.
Anxious mind: I’m worried things won’t turn out okay.
Universe: You’re not in control, just let go.
Anxious mind: How do I do that when I have so much to do still?
Universe: Can you trust your heart to guide the way?
Anxious mind: I’m trying to get everything done. My heart goes too slow, only wants to express love and create.
Universe: What’s wrong with that?
Anxious mind: It won’t pay the bills.
Universe: Won’t it? It seems to be working so far. Wink. Dear girl, you are just beginning to see a great cosmic truth. You committed your heart to love yet you still try to avoid accepting life just the way it is.
Anxious mind: What is that truth that I am seeing?
Universe: That when you take care of your heart, life takes care of you. That when you do what you love, new solutions and resources come to you.
Anxious mind: I feel like I have to figure it all out, know the plan, fix everything now so that I can feel safe knowing my future is all worked out.
Universe: The only way to work it all out is to live in the present. Do the best you can each day, show up, love yourself and others, then you will know the next steps. You don’t work out the steps and then feel safe. A plan is not security. Plans fall through all the time. Your future may not end up the way you think it will, no matter how much planning you do. Your future self will want different things. As you trust the flow of your life, follow your heart, and align with the tempo of nature, the next steps on the path reveal themeselves.
Anxious mind: Why is this so hard? I want to trust, but I’m so scared. I act in desperation, trying to get a hold on reality so I can do the right thing.
Universe: You can only know what is right, right now. Not in the future. Let go of your ego. It has been programmed by a distortion of truths. Cleanse your body and mind with meditation and flow with what is happening in the present. Stop trying to decide for your future self, and just take care of your NOW self. Direct your energy into your breath. Do your practices, listen to nature more. It will show you the way.
Universe: There are two realities: the Tao and the Matrix of man. You can choose which one you want to operate in. You may need both. Let the Tao be your guide, engaging with the Matrix of man only as needed.
Universe: The Tao / Nature / Universe is patient. It helps you live in alignment with your soul rather than your ego’s limitations. Let this give you peace. Let this bring you back to the present. Letting go of the fear. Letting go of the need to make anyone else be any different. Letting go of the need to make yourself different. You are divine. Just as you are.
Universe: How will you alchemize your state of being?
Anxious mind: By surrendering to the Tao, slowing down. I will let this year unfold. I will show up each day and do my best. I will do the inner work of purification and let the Universe bring me what I need.
— Have a good week everyone. I hope you enjoyed this week’s talk. To hear the voiceover, please become a paid subscriber. Thanks for your support! 💜 - Rachel
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