Being Alive

Being Alive is an inner journey that reveals itself as we give our gifts to the world. It’s not thinking as much as feeling. What triggers your passion and curiosity?

First, I sat outside on the deck, just observing the nature all around me. I was surrounded by fast soaring hummingbirds. Then incredible butterflies appeared. Everyone moved so fast, full of energy and flow. I could hardly follow them as they zoomed all around me. So, this was my Now reality in the moment.

Secondly, morning ritual helps put things in order without thinking. I write my experiences, feelings, sensory input in my journal. It’s all just flow of consciousness as flowers draw in all the free flying creatures with color, sweetness, and light. Bees were there, too, but I forgot to add them to the painting.

All this connected me to my true surroundings. This is my truth. It’s beauty that I love. Also, my feelings soften when seeing babies, animals, far away places, photos of trips, people I love, and reveling in the Magic of Nature that just appears. Two bucks also came grazing through as a hawk flew overhead, before they all silently disappeared into the mystical forest.

Being Alive then calls for action.

With patient awareness, we open to the unknown potentials in the world. Then we become the Magicians and intuitively make, do, and explore in curiosity whatever comes our way.

Being Alive recently came to me in a quote. “…what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman circa 1974

Let me also say that I do know well that inner Voice of doubt and fear. But I see that as a part of me that has kept me alive, warned me of dangerous places and controlling people. It, too is a feeling, that raises the hair on my arms and fills me with anxiety. I do get out to a safe place to evaluate the situation. Trust your inner self always.

This is when I touch my heart, thank it for its input, and assure it that all is well. I switch anxiety to excitement as I take a risk, or try something new. All energies are neutral until we label them as good or bad. And they are all part of being Human. Love that part of yourself, since it serves a purpose in the whole scheme of life. It is Not the Bogeyman!

Inspired, I took a past painting that seemed tentative and misty. I felt gold and turquoise were needed, so I painted that overall. I drew a circle and crescent moon for our New Moon this week.

Then hummingbirds were free style painted, intuitively in and around. One on a branch, along with one major butterfly on our flowers, outside the circle in our world. The others hover between the worlds of Spirit & Reality.

It tells me the veils are thinning as consciousness is rising. Heaven and Earth are mingling as one form. This is the second painting where the circle of golden symbols has appeared. It’s a magical boundary as we shine our light with courage and confidence.