Episode 18 is a short and sweet riff on this excerpt below from one of Rumi’s poems that I read this week and had to share!
Friends, we are traveling together.
Throw off your tiredness. Let me show you
one tiny spot of the beauty that cannot be spoken.
I am like an ant that has gotten into the granary,
ludicrously happy, and trying to lug out
a grain that is way too big.
Rumi
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You can approach your moments and your days with one of two postures.
The first posture is one of multiplication. Here you seek to enlarge your worldview, raise up those around you, experience and pursue growth, and increase your overall awareness. Another aspect of beauty also unfolds simultaneously here as you grow your capacities which further insures your ability to hold MORE of your approaching experiences. If you were to graph this posture, the trajectory would be up and to the right via hand-holding unity. If you were to pie chart this posture, the entire pie would be growing, not just your piece/good/worldview.
The other choice is a posture of division. Here, everything becomes an opportunity for some form of divisive warfare with opinionated guns shooting scare tactic bullets. The major problem here is that not only are you dividing everything and everybody, but you also are divided…which means we don’t get ALL of you.
Question: Why would you choose to ‘divvy’ out nametags showcasing another’s difference over handing out permission slips encouraging one’s divine uniqueness?
Alas, may we be the kind of people that multiply, enlarge, and grow those we come into contact with.
Will you choose to contribute or will you just consume?
Will you just be bitter or will you choose to become better?
Will choose to work your way or will you just make a wish?
Peace, joy, satisfaction, and fulfillment is a choice…not a coin flip.
Delayed gratification and The Law of the Harvest pair very well.
Mundane is magic.
Mystery is to be embraced.
Gratitude is a great ‘noise’ reducer.
If it’s true it will set you free.
Do ask.
Ask often.
Don’t ask for reassurance.
Do love.
Love every chance you get.
Don’t expect any reward other than the good of the one loved.
Do something new to find yourself.
Do it daily.
Don’t expect to find yourself without losing yourself.
Ashton.Gustafson 