It’s funny how eventually we start to realize what we’re doing – or not doing. And it’s funny how we begin to recognize that what we may have thought was “bad” really turns out to be “good,” and vice-versa.
This morning I ache. My teacher is really pushing me to learn the correct way to belly dance, because she knows how important it is to me. So I ache, but this morning, I suddenly realize that I ache in all the right places!
How cool is that? Each ache is a marker for what I’m doing right, and what I’m doing wrong.
For instance, my knee hurts. Oops, twisting the knee instead of the hip. Okay, got it!
Across my back and shoulder blades, there is an ache. From the stretch, where I am so tight. Okay, got it! Stretch is good.
And I remember to breathe into the tightness, using my tai chi training, and the ache subsides.
The physical is always a symbol to teach us. It’s not the intent or reality; it’s just a tool to bring us back to Standing in Truth.
So that is what I’m remembering today. I’ve been very productive lately, and when I get myself rolling on the hamster wheel, I tend to forget that all of this is a symbol of Truth or the lie.
I’ve been exercising a lot lately. When exercising, I may be too focused on body, and forget that matter is simply a symbol, an illusion, an illustration of my thought.
Today, I am remembering that all of this is a symbol.
“When you get the image, forget the words; when you get the intent, forget the image. Then you will be close.” Taoist Classics
Remember, Stand in Truth, and Truth is Spirit, not matter.
Example – take the quality of Order. I give up the old habit of disorder, and Choose Order. Which reflects itself through me as being orderly, neat, clear in my choice of words and communication, whatever. Perhaps it’s another person who has the habit of disorder that shows me my old habit of disorder.