Before watching the video (of one of the greatest songs ever), and the accompanying lyrics at the end of this article, I ask you…
“Have you ever had a moment when you felt as if a great, big, huge wall was standing between you and a more desired reality or goal and then you suddenly realized you had built the wall with your own two hands (proverbially speaking, of course)?”
Last week we began a teleclass called Aligning with Your Divine Design. As with most offerings these days, it began as more of an “instruction,” as opposed to an inspiration.
I had all sorts of reasons why it was a bad idea. My personality argued primarily about the timing, concerned that the start date (which was part of the specific instruction) was neither practical, nor convenient.
Now, imagine getting into an argument with God. It shouldn’t be hard to do, especially since I’m fairly certain you, as do I, do it all the time, whether or not we acknowledge it as such, or recognize it for what it is.
So often Divine Instruction comes as a fleeting thought or nudge, one that if we are not fully present to will literally go into one ear and out the other. Other times, it comes as a deep longing that requires willingness, commitment, and action that gets thwarted by fear or patterns of self sabotage.
Other times it hits up against a wall we’ve built around the highest aspects of ourselves, our innate wisdom, and the parts of us that we’ve tucked underneath some of the most elaborate illusions and identities adopted or imagined.
What I have come to understand over the years is that when I say yes to the instruction, the inspiration follows, bursting into my mind and heart as if it was merely awaiting my invitation – or an allowing of the mystical to overcome the practical.
Well, you can imagine who won the fight this time, and finally, I gave in and began the process of letting folks such as yourself know that it was happening. I surrendered my expectations (or so I thought) and the day of the orientation I was flooded with so much information that I was vibrating with excitement and curiosity.
Before we were even halfway through the orientation call, something happened that took my breath away. If I hadn’t already been lying down, my guess is I would have fallen to the ground. Those of us on the call took in a few deep breaths and just sat in silent reverie of a shared moment of knowing that a Divine Hand had been at work all along.
The “why” had so clearly revealed itself that all I could do was cry, look up to the ceiling and whisper, “Thank you God, thank you God. I am so sorry for doubting you. I promise to remember this moment and the perfection you have shown me.”
In that moment, there was confirmation; a sacred validation of a faith I choose to follow, honor, show up for and extend, regardless of outcomes and absent of the conditions my personality so often wants to demand, often for very good reasons.
After wrapping up the session that night, I leaned into the humble knowing that I had witnessed, and fortunately participated in, such a Divinely orchestrated answer to many prayers spoken and unspoken.
Yet, as is still true today, 4 days later, I also felt a deep sadness. I knew there were many people who had ignored the nudge to join us, or never opened the email or read the articles that contained an answer to their prayers.
Timing, cynicism, lack, unworthiness, fear and all sorts of reasons had built a wall between the present and the future, conflict and peace, longing and fulfillment, misalignment and harmony, pain and comfort.
I get it. And, more than ever, I know that life is unpredictable and time can feel short. I could feel remnants of my own co-dependence getting tantalized by the idea of shouting out to who I could feel were thousands of people (not just dozens) whose prayers were answered but ignored or dismissed in ways that have become habitual; a byproduct of conditioning and the ego’s greatest victory when it wins over an opponent to its own transcendence.
Life has an interesting way of revealing what has always been known, yet often denied. Beyond the walls built by fear and the denial or resistance of who we have always been there awaits the treasures you have been seeking.
Listen to this song, The Wall, by the band Kansas, and follow along with the lyrics that follow. It totally aligns with essence of this ongoing exploration into aligning with our Divine design.
The Wall
performed by KANSAS, (Kerry Livgren / Steve Walsh)
I'm woven in a fantasy, I can't believe the things I see
The path that I have chosen now has led me to a wall
And with each passing day I feel a little
more like something dear was lost
It rises now before on me, a dark and silent barrier between,
All I am, and all that I would ever want be
It's just a travesty, towering, marking
off the boundaries my spirit would erase
To pass beyond what I seek, I fear that I may be too weak
And those are few who've seen it through to glimpse the other side,
The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride
The moment is a masterpiece, the weight of indecision's in the air
It's standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that's me
It's just a travesty, towering, blocking out the light and blinding me
I want to see
Gold and diamonds cast a spell, it's not for me I know it well
The riches that I seek are waiting on the other side
There's more that I can measure in the treasures of the love that I can find
And though it's always been with me, I must tear down the Wall and let it be
All I am, and all that I would ever want to be, in harmony
Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross
THERE IS NO LOSS
Ready to tear down your walls and Align with Your Divine Design? It's not too late to join us... visit www.powerofmyway.com/soulsjourney.html
You will immediately receive the orientation audio and get started before our next gathering!
Love and Blessings, Ani
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