That moment

This entry was originally written on 8/14/16, but it seemed like an appropriate piece to launch this new endeavor, full of questions and a heap of trust. We know this feeling that you may share of "What now? Who am I? and What am I supposed to be doing?” We are afraid of failure, when we actually may just be afraid of flying.

The albatross is a sea bird with wingspans varying from 6 to 10 feet, and the capability of spending years between earth landings. They are beautiful creatures....creatures designed to soar. However, living into an albatross's fullness comes with great risk. Sometimes it doesn't happen at all. After only weeks of life, the parents leave their young along the shore of an oceanic island. For days the young birds practice opening their wings into the wind, building confidence and muscle. But practice may or may not prepare them for what looms in their future.

Conveniently, every year as the albatross youth learn to fly for the first time, tiger sharks visit in swarms. Getting off land and into the air alive may involve a few close encounters, or could end in a single moment.

It's a stunning event to watch, on behalf of the albatross as they narrowly escape death in an attempt to step into their fullness. The irony is that because their wings are so magnificent, they have difficulty learning to soar.

It is because your radiant potential is so MASSIVE that you stumble over your own feet, fall on your knees, and cup your hands over your face in defeat. Learning to soar is the bloody, itchy, awkward, dangerous part of BECOMING. Some will never make it. Some will be too intimidated by their own grace and magnificence and will be consumed by the effort.

But some, my warriors, some will dodge, one...two...three...or even more soul-rattling trials before surrendering to the LIGHTNESS.

So, what IS the lightness? What are we not GETTING??

Lightness is KNOWING that there is only One and You are it. That there is no separation. That there is nothing in this universe that is not that which created it. (did you follow that?!) Instead of trying to muscle your way in to prove yourself, fully accept that you have an enormous wingspan and that you were BORN TO FLY. You were born to know thy Self. It is doubt that wounds us, makes us heavy. It's wondering what to do next, becoming stuck to one belief system, carrying around a grudge, fearing death, or feeling out of control among many, that speak of our conscious, human brains, producing struggle and the weight of life. Lightness supersedes our minds. Lightness is a surrendering. It is an uncorking of Breath Wisdom and all it touches. You cannot fall if there is no gravity, and it is this acceptance that we must learn to dance with. Just as the albatross does, we dance. In and out of trust. Until one day, we soar.