“If nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.” ~Author Unknown
Everything is made up of energy ~ “information that vibrates”. Colors, sound, light, life, emotions, thoughts, atoms… are all energetic. Energy is constantly in motion and constantly changing. If we as humans were not changing, we would no longer be in our physical bodies.
Life is change. Fighting or resisting change is what we should fear, not change itself. Change is life. Resisting change creates blockages in the flow of energy.
This energy is known to many by numerous names: chi, prana, Spirit, Universe, the Divine, Divine Love, Universal Love, God… it’s the unexplained essence that all of life is built upon. It is this energy that forms our interconnected with all. We are all part of the same. It flows through everything, always. It is unseen but it can be measured. It is real. We can trust it, always. If it didn’t exist, neither would life.
When we feel stress or fear (or anything other than joy and love) we start to block or inhibit the flow of this energy, both in our bodies and life in general. It is like restricting the flow of water through a faucet. We physically experience this when our muscles tense up from stress or fear. Energy does not flow as freely through our body and we don’t feel as alive or spirited. Prolonged stress is very detrimental to our bodies; organs do not receive the fresh flow of energy, blood, oxygen and nutrients. A state of dis-ease develops. Taking several deep breaths when stressed causes us to relax and take in fresh oxygen and more of this energy.
Being open to the flow of life, and not resisting change, is the basis for abundance. This is the foundation for life. Take a look at nature that has been untouched by man, it is full of abundance and balance. Nature is constantly changing.
on Apr 26th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Dear tania,
this post conveys a message that is true. Change is necessary, an it takes place every moment and we should embrace change with love and joy…and it is hard work to do that…..
Love and Light
on Apr 27th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Beautiful post, Tania! The photo of the butterfly is really lovely, too.
I agree with the energy flow that you described and the benefits of our just going with that flow. I think when tough changes come our way, our goal (as much as possible) is to take a deep breath and say, “OK now what” instead of “NOOOOOOO!!!!!!” The Tao Te Ching tells us flexibility is life and rigidity is death.
Thanks Tania!
Dr. Deb
on May 10th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
This is SUCH a beautiful post. A real keep.
Just the most important insight to remember. It did me good just to hear it again. I live my life by this so it was soothing for me to hear it.
Blocking the flow of the inevitable: change, we block the flow of who we are., the flow of Life itself. But even more we block the flow of great joy, new insight, awareness and more that wants to come our way.
Sometimes the changes that come our way don’t even make sense to us, and if we can’t make sense of them we often negate them of try to avoid them. But we don’t need to make sense of them, we just have to let go and trust our hearts. Trust Life and a greater purpose. It can be very hard to see (from the eyes of our possibly limited position) the infinite potential that lies ahead for us if we can trust the change that is wanting to happen.
I don’t think that was quite clear but I haven’t better words just now. I’ve had too many late nights due to work so please forgive my lack of clarity.
It is so good to visit you. I’ve had little time for blogging. But this was a treat! Thank you dear Tania for inspiring me so beautifully and compassionately. Love, Robin
on May 11th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Loved this post! We live in a changing universe. When someone says “I can’t wait for things to go back to normal” they are forgetting about the laws of creation.
One does not go back to ‘the way things were’ because the most basic and dynamic laws of life tells us that everything creates or disintegrates and if there has not been growth in the comfort zone, by law, it has to be going in the opposite direction. Nothing remains as it is. We are either moving to improve the quality of our life or we are taking away from it. It is not a step back to where it was. It is step back…period.
on Jun 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
To learn to go with the flow is actually to remind the self how things are. It is a process to move beyond self-created delusion.