Posts Tagged ‘trust’

The Unfamiliar Road

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

I’ve discovered a nice route to walk recently, and while doing so, realized something interesting.

The first time I walked down an unfamiliar road, all of its curves, corners and where it ends was completely new to me. The walk seemed a good deal longer than it actually was. I guess it’s a peripheral survey at the same time, with my brain gathering new information and noticing unique objects or signs along the way.

The next time I walked the same road, the trip seemed about half as long, and it surprised me how quickly I came to where the road ends, meeting up with another that crosses over it.

I know I didn’t walk any faster. But the sense of time passing seemed distinctly shorter. I recalled some of the houses and interesting trees I’d seen briefly once before.

So in a way, it seems metaphorical to the rest of life. New challenges or experiences naturally introduce some apprehension in unease. Most of the time, we won’t even bother with that first try, let alone do it twice. Oddly enough, once that first effort is complete, you realize that it wasn’t actually that big an ordeal.

Had I thought about it too much, I may have talked myself out of walking the distance in the first place. But I generally trust where my feet take me, and through it I discovered a whole new area of town that I’m enjoying more every time I visit.

So here’s the “deeper” nugget for the moment: Don’t think about it too much. Go ahead and start walking.

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Surrender Box

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

This is a really great idea. Abraham-Hicks refer to a similar process called “The Magical Creation Box”, which is in essence the latter half of what’s mentioned in this DailyOM. So maybe one should consider doing one of each! A box for worries, and a box for your desires, dreams, aspirations. In both cases, it’s about being clear what the problem or worry is, or what exactly you wish to experience in your life, and then giving it up to the universe to take care of it.

Have you tried this?

Another approach that is often referred to is a “vision board”, similar to the “creation box” in that you put images, phrases and such on a board so it’s in constant view, allowing at least a part of you a regular reminder of where to focus your energy. Worries, concerns and such don’t need to be seen, nor do we need constant reminders. Our minds are good enough in that regard. So use the “surrender box” and get the problems out of mind, so you have more ease with which to pursue your true interests. It’s not about ignoring them, but more about knowing that there can and will be a solution to all of it. -tb

Surrender Box
A Place For Worries and Fears

There are times when our minds become too full. Our to-do lists, worries, plans, and dreams may be so crowded together in our heads that we don’t have room to think. We may believe that we are somehow taking care of our desires and concerns by keeping them at the forefront of our minds. In maintaining our mental hold on every detail, however, we may actually delay the realization of our dreams and the resolution of our worries because we won’t let them go. At times such as these, we may want to use a surrender box.

A surrender box allows us to let go of our worries and desires so the universe can take care of them for us. We write down what we want or need to happen and then place the note into a box. By writing and placing our thoughts in the box, we are taking action and letting the universe know we need help and are willing to surrender our feelings. We give ourselves permission to not concern ourselves with that problem any longer and trust that the universe is taking care of it. You may even want to decorate your box and place it in a special place. Your surrender box is a sacred container for your worries. Not only do you free up space in your mind by letting go of our worries and desires and dropping them into your surrender box, but you are giving your burden over to a higher power. Once we drop our worries and desires into the surrender box, we free our minds so we can be fully present in each moment.

Surrendering our worries and concerns and placing them in the hands of the universe doesn’t mean that we’ve given up or have been defeated. Instead, we are releasing the realization of our desires and the resolution of our worries and no longer concerning ourselves with their outcomes. It’s always fun to go back and pull the slips of paper out of the box once your requests have been granted. And it’s amazing how quickly problems go away and dreams come true when we finally let go and allow a higher power to help us.

Source: DailyOm.com
Photo “Tao and his box” by vieux bandit

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Things We Can’t Control

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

You could say “let go, and let God”. Abraham-Hicks (from Ask and It Is Given) puts it in another way, as 3 steps: 1) Your work: you ask. 2) Not your work: the answer is given. 3) Your work: the answer, which has been given, must be received (or allowed). The faith, trust, and allowing, is your “work” but it requires nothing of you, except to let it in; to allow yourself to receive what you desire in life. -tb

Things We Can’t Control
Allow, Trust

The idea of trusting the universe is a popular one these days, but many of us don’t know what this really means and we often have a hard time doing it. This is partly because the story of humankind is most often presented as a story about struggle, control, and survival, instead of one of trust and collaboration with the universe. Yet, in truth, we need to adhere to both ideas in this life.

On the one hand, there is much to be said about exerting control over our environment. We created shelter to protect ourselves from the elements. We hunted for animals and invented agriculture to feed ourselves. We built social infrastructures to protect ourselves and create community. This is how we survive and grow as a civilization. However, it is also clear that there are plenty of things that we cannot control, no matter how hard we try, and we often receive support from an unseen force – a universe that provides us with what we cannot provide for ourselves.

It is a good idea to take responsibility for the things in life that we can control or create. We work so we can feed, clothe, and shelter our loved ones and ourselves. We manifest our dreams and visions in physical form with hard work and forethought. But at a certain point, when have done all that we can, we must let go and allow the universe to take over. This requires trust. It requires a trust that runs deeper than just expecting things to turn out the way we want them to. Sometimes they will, and sometimes they won’t. We develop equanimity and grace as we learn to trust that, with the guiding hand of the universe, life will unfold exactly the way it should. We are engaged in an ongoing relationship with a universe that responds to our thoughts and actions.

Source: DailyOM.com

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