On some level, I must have seen this coming. Back in November 2011, I wrote a post called 'The Winds of Change are Blowing'. Um, ya think?! And I didn't even know the half of it back then! Blow they did and they just keep on blowing! Actually, somedays I feel as though I am living in a hurricane! I take great comfort in knowing that at the centre of the hurricane lies a space of calm and peace - the 'eye' of the storm if you will. I have experienced both elements of this 'storm' over the past 6 months, both the fury and power of living in the vortex and the stillness that lies within its core.
Can you relate?
Back in March of 2010, before any of these changes became so apparent, I wrote a post about 2012 - and the 'End of the World as we Know it'. I really have to laugh when I look back on my relationship with this concept. 10 years ago, I was gripped with fear about the state of our world and where I felt we were headed. 2 years ago when I wrote this post, I can see that the lightbulb was coming on and my awareness had started shifting away from fear and now today, I am living in that time period that I once feared so deeply. From the eye of the storm, I am watching the shift that is taking place in all three realms of my consciousness: body, mind and soul. And let me tell you, is it ever cool! What a gift to be alive in this time of great change on our planet!
So here we are, about halfway through the year 2012, the year of the Dragon (a Water Dragon to be more specific). Ironically (not really though), in Chinese mythology the Dragon is a symbol of transformation. There is that word again. Transformation. Have you ever sat with that word and fully considered what it means?
To be transformed literally means to change forms. It is to be FOREVER CHANGED. In other words, there is no turning back.
This past weekend I was blessed with the tremendous privilege of participating in the Wise Woman Solstice retreat in Nordegg, AB, as part of the Essential Life Series. Led by (and including) the amazing healer Sarah Salter Kelly, eight women came together to hold sacred space for one another in order to facilitate personal transformation. True to form, we were blessed by both of the Water Dragon's elements: water and fire to assist us in this process. And yes, I am forever changed.
This experience helped me to release some things that were no longer serving me, creating space for something new to arise. It gave me a glimpse of what is next on my journey. But more than anything, it re-affirmed the importance of simply being me.
Being me in the face of fear. Being me despite the risk of it being uncomfortable for me or someone else. Being me because it is simply too much work to try to be anything else.
This is what the FIERCE Integrity Project is all about. It is about getting at the truth of who you really are, and then deciding moment to moment to live from that place of your truth. This space of truth is the eye of the storm. This is the place of peace that exists within all of us. And in this time of great transformation, the time is now. The getting is GOOD! You get to decide if you would like to get caught up in the fury of the storm, or find the centre and hold on.
How are you going to ride out the storm?
Much love to you on this amazing journey,
MareBare
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