Cracked Not Broken

Arriving in the Precipice of Truth

Coming into the still point beyond the chaos, one arrives here in the vast empty space.  Grasping at knowing, identifying, defining, figuring out and doing are all attempts to maintain a false sense of safety. For what is not yet known in the moment, lives in the world of empty space. It is the untapped potential that could be, yet may never be. For the clear light of absolute truth emerges from the complete surrender of all that one grasps to obtain. The inevitable empty space awaits patiently in every moment.  The one, the many go along avoiding this space. Moments are filled with reactions.  Slow it down. Way down. Create space, make space or simply pause to notice that space is already there. This is an opportunity to stop filling in the gaps.

The jump off point is whenever you choose to stop.

It’s not an action that is needed. It is the sacred PAWS. It is the space between notes where the in breath hangs in mid-air before flowing out. Once one arrives emptied out, there is yet another opportunity where the out breath nestles into the void space before filling up again. The fullness is in allowing the self to be breathed by the force that animates life. This is not control. It is full surrender and this is what this moment is asking. 

Let GO, of ALL of it!

What is being held onto is the issue. What is lost in the release was not yours to begin with. It was something that was handed off to you, or perhaps something you grasped for.  For whatever reason, whatever, the reason is not the point. The point; is that in this juncture, you are holding on where you are being asked to let go.

Risky? Yes, absolutely. You may regret what you let go of.  You may long for it once it’s gone.  This is grief and you know what, it’s ok to feel loss for what you let go of. 

Scary, YES definitely. And, with that consider: Courage builds confidence.  Where does someone get courage? By facing their fears. So stop trying to avoid your fears and run from them.  Turn and face them, not with anger or negativity.  Your fears are not your enemies, they are you allies.  They are the master teacher that shows you this way my friend. Honestly, what you fear is not likely that scary when you actually face it.  It is the avoidance that creates the illusion of fear. It doesn’t matter if it’s fear of public speaking, or fear of intimacy, or failure, or rejection or fear of being seen or fear of heights, or fear of empty space; it all represents something that looks one way while you are turning away from it and ignoring it.  How can you know what it actually is and looks like if you have your head heart and whole being turned away from it?

Sooner or later, it is before you, are you going to keep turning around?

I was reflecting earlier. As someone who does not have a lot of physical possessions, I have been on a five year decluttering process. I didn’t intend for it to last that long. At time it seemed like it was a closet, a few spaces in my home.  My space is small, it didn’t seem like I really had that much.  However, the more I dug in, the more oozed out and with each round of clearing, I was jaw dropped amazed at how much was being released. My home is not cluttered.  There is a lot of space. There are no storage places. Everything is out in the open so it’s quite surprising when I realize there is still so much more. 

Let’s go down the rabbit hole. 

If I have 500 things and you have 500 things, together we have 1000 things. There are billions of people on the planet.  If each person is toting around a collection of 500, 1000 or 10,000 things, do we have a population issue or a things issue?  If every one decluttered, stuff would pile up. Just think about it.  Each person carries a load of baggage with them. It jams up the space. Where does all of that stuff go? 

Decluttering for me is not just about dumping things out to the trash or a donation station. When taking something on, there is a responsibility to thoughtfully with intention release it.  To not do this, is littering.  The more that someone takes on, especially if it is mindlessly grasping at something for temporary gratification or fleeting pleasure, that responsible releasing it is a tall order. 

The point I am making here. As someone with few things, in five years, I still have an overwhelming amount of things I am working on consciously releasing. If you are someone that has more than a few things and you are not actively working on this, you are creating a problem that one day will be left for someone else to manage. Not only that, but you are clogging up yours and others spaces with debris. Thoughts, energy, data, ideas, experiences; it all carries weight. It all clogs up the channels and passageways. 

Can we please stop doing this and learn to face the empty space? 

It's time to empty out and littering is not the answer.  Conscious, regenerative intentional living is only taking on what you can actually take on.  This means work and daily life tasks as much as it means physical things and relationships. If you are taking it on, it is your responsibility to see it through to the end. Otherwise, you spread yourself thin, get confused, lethargic, overwhelmed and maybe start dumping off your issues for others to manage.

Relationships get awkward, things pile up, the garage gets cluttered, you have 10 hard drives of data, 4 computers, 3 cars two of which do not work, a full time job and no time to manage it all. At work you take on others duties when they are gone in the name of ambition or duty while your health and well being suffer. 

Enough already. Right? There has to be another way.

Eventually the space gets stuffed tight. There is no room for you or for others either. There is more furniture in your house than butts to sit on it.  So, you declutter.  More oozes out. Maybe it doesn’t. Yet you still feel weighted down. You take more on not learning to recognize the issue. Emotions, thoughts, memories all of it carries weight.

I get it. You don’t have time. You don’t want to. The excuses are what has brought you to this point. Yet, you took on something, consensual or not, to care for. If it’s now being neglected and stagnating, so too is your energy, and stagnation is degeneration which leads to decay.  What is not being tended to will fall apart. This applies to everything from relationships to your shoes and these chords weave through your family lines like rotten roots. What is left for the next of kin is either managed or passed on and over time it gets thick, really thick. Until, someone decides to do something about it. It’s really simple, look in your life to what is stagnating and being ignored.  If you aren’t sure, ask someone who knows you well to point it out and manage your defensive response to what they say.  It may sting a little to hear. 

A flowing river is a healthy river.  It’s time to get things flowing.

This is why I say, LET GO, of all of it! Gut it out, clean house, begin now and do it responsibly.  Leave no trace. It is going to take time.  Chances are there are things handed to you that you took on without even realizing what you were accepting. In addition, there were things you took on that seemed aligned in the moment yet on down the road in a different set and setting, it no longer has relevance. It also may be that the older you get, you start noticing all that you have collected over time.  It’s ok, it happens, most beings on this earth have done it.  This however is your moment to little by little begin the process of letting go.

Things

Let’s clarify things. This means physical objects, thoughts, feelings, emotions, experiences, relationships, data, trauma, goodness, heirlooms, tasks, ideas, hopes, intentions, projects, history, future projections, to do lists, habits, patterns, routines = all of it. Whatever you have collected, stored, piled up, taken on, held onto, grasped at, longed for, struggled with, relied on; I literally mean all of it.  This is a blank slate moment.  It is not a time to forget, however to remember the truth of who you are and come into clarity.

It’s time to empty it all out.  The cup is now over flowing.  If you have believed that you are not enough, then you are precisely the person that has over done it.  You may feel and experience lack in some areas however there are many other places that you are over doing it to prove your worth or that you are valuable, lovable, whatever that story may be.  Another lens to view this from, is to look at where you have over done it.  A core limiting belief runs a script in our life and it takes effort to manage those scripts. Otherwise, you keep repeating the pattern.   

A regenerative happy life does not require 500, 1000 or 10,000 things. It is simple, light and clear. 

How about if we come into living and stop collecting tokens to prove our worth and shut each other off from true connection. How about if we stop pretending to be afraid of rejection, being seen and failure and instead face the fear of intimacy? There are more things on this earth than there are people.

People are obsessed with things. Yet, what is the value of a thing wielded by a person who does not realize, respect or honor their own inherent worth? It’s not the thing that is valuable it is you that deposits the value onto the thing.  The energy you breathe into it is giving it life. So, why are you giving your life force away to create value in things outside of yourself?

The Precipice of Truth

Wake up and realize that you are the value. No thing you wave around or create, complete, achieve or attain proves your worth. In fact, your worth does not need to be proven. It is inherent. When you let go of the things and find yourself with more empty space, you get to meet your true self and yes, this can be a scary emotional process. To learn to live with fewer things is to learn to live with more courage which inevitably leads to confidence. It feels vulnerable and uncomfortable. It is supposed to.  

The glass is cracked not broken.

The purpose of the cracked glass is to empty out the contents of what it holds and that is precisely what is needed here. Look for the cracks, the space between and dive into those moments to see what lives there. No matter how finite or infinite the things within that space are, the idea is to practice letting go. The easiest way is to stop, drop and breathe. Let the river of emotions flow. Losen your grip. It is ok to let go. It is ok to let it drop. When you have taken on too much, ask for help and be willing to let go.

The Invitation

As we move into the Northern Hemisphere Winter season flow toward the Winter Solstice, create safe space and give yourself the time to be quiet in stillness in order to reflect and listen. 

Journal Questions:

1.      What in your life have you allowed to stagnate?  Without judgement, consider the why?

2.      Was it something you took on knowing the responsibilities it carried with it? Or was it handed off or down to you with or without your consent? Are they things you are agreeing to mange and care for?  Do you have the capacity? If not, then what are some ways you can responsibly release it in reverence?

3.      Do you tend to take things on that you do not have the capacity to carry? Is this a family pattern? What has been handed down to you?

4.      Where in your life are you overdoing it?

5.      Where in your life are you in lack? What are you flat out ignoring?

6.      What are you afraid of? What is it that you are avoiding by focusing on that fear?

7.      Where are you carrying to much? What are you being asked to release?

8.      Identify what small risk you could take in letting go.

Read the SIGNS

There are signs to look for that a clearing opportunity is upon you. If you have noticed that you are struggling to make decisions, you feel energetically tired when you go home, your thoughts are either racing, negative, or non-stop background noise that you try to cover up with scrolling or by keeping yourself busy, you take on extra work without considering your ability to do so, you are feeling uninspired, bored, stuck and can tell you are avoiding something. Also, when you feel down or low mood.  These are all good times to clear along with anytime you are going through a transition, a life phase change, seasonal shifts are all times when it is good to clear. 

Seek Support

I offer a support protocol for moving from clutter to clarity in my program called Declutter to Clear.  I have helped people simplify the process and lighten the load in their life.  Once you get started in releasing, it’s much easier to manage over time.  This is not for someone that has clinically diagnosed hoarding.  This is for people however who may or may not have a lot of things but life is carrying a weight along with confusion that you are just not sure where it is coming from or how to move forward. I will teach you the skills to support yourself and get clear on your next steps so that you can live your life in a good way and actually enjoy it. The protocol is also for those who realize that for whatever reason, they are the ones who get to do the ancestral clean up work and… you are ready to leap. You may set up a free soul discovery call where we can talk about the circumstances and get clear on your next step.

In reverence, walk in beauty, and breathe in the divine love frequency!

Sequoia Raven Moon