The autumn has landed suddenly in Ibiza, the closing parties are happening and there’s a poignant sense of the fairground shutting down till next year – part relief as the intensity drops out of one of the most powerfully riveting and deeply entertaining summers of my life so far, part sadness because it was an implausibly beautiful passage, and part excitement and anticipation of what comes next, which in the immediate sense, is me flying to London for a week in the morning to hold my Push the Limit wu wei manifesting masterclass and my workshop for Alternatives on how to survive and thrive on this transitional phase, to do a bit of technology shopping, catch up with a multitude of family and friends and generally re-bond with the beloved city of my birth.
Playing the wu wei game
I do sense this is a major transition time for all of us and with transition comes decision making as the new set of options reveal themselves. Yet more and more, for my part, I’m playing the wu wei manifesting game, wherein I use my option-choosing process to clarify and declare my intention to manifest a particular state or experience, in this instance, a mega-jump in levels of peace, health, wealth, clarity, harmony, freedom, joy, creative fulfillment, congruence with the world and suchlike: a broad based intention rather than an attempt to define the details, or in any way figure out how I’ll make any of it happen. Then I let it all go to the Tao and ask the Tao to decide the way for me. I then empty myself, or rather override the thoughts in my head, as I’ve learned by now they’re mostly irrelevant to what actually unfolds in real time, and allow the Tao to make it all happen instead.
What occurs then, is a magnificent, spontaneous flowering of events, at first often unsettling and then giving way to wonder and applause at the sheer unexpected elegance with which things unfold.
Birthing contractions
But it requires courage – courage to surrender and to allow things to get into a dreadful mess if they need to, in order to find their new improved configuration and somehow not be afraid all the while.
And it requires a willingness to discern the path the Tao is laying out, rather than forge one of my own contrivance. This can’t be done if too much mental pressure is applied to events. I have to use the proverbial 4 ounces at all times, so when I’m following the path, I’m not pushing on it too much and when apparent obstructions spring up in the way, I yield to them so they only impact on me lightly, yet continue on my way gently, respectfully, undaunted, as the path opens up step by step before me.
And it takes a willingness to open myself more to be able to accommodate more coming in. This is actually the hardest part of the process. The relatively more constricted passage I’m about to leave has become familiar, hence comfortable and my connective tissue especially around my chest and solar plexus has set into a particular level of hold to match. To open myself more to accommodate an expansion of all aspects of my life now requires a focused letting go, softening of the fascia around my breastbone and surrendering to a more relaxed and accepting state.
It hurts a bit but it has to happen. Like giving birth, but obviously not as extreme, though I must confess I suspect this particular hurtle into the mystery will leave stretch marks on my psyche for some time.
I examine my own process so I can gain wisdom by it and share that with you, so I hope and trust this has added useful perspective to help you on your own path.
With love, Supercharged
Open yourself more to be able to accommodate more now.
