Now is the How!

On the day of the solar eclipse last weekend, I put on my rain gear and set out to walk in the forest. Within minutes, I was offered an incredible gift.

As I took steps on the earth, balanced on the rocks and stepped in the water something caught me eye. There, in the distance dangled a bright, red cluster of leaves. The only ones in sight. My eyes were instantly drawn to them.

Shouting out to me they called,

Be Bold. Stand Out. Be Seen. Radiate. Shine.

Allow yourself to be known!

I smiled. Yes. Yes. Yes!  This is the invitation- do not allow my brightness to be eclipsed by the tendencies of the lower mind.  This dance of Rahu (the north node), Ketu (the south node), Surya (the sun) and Chandra Ma (the moon) playing out, here and now. The two luminaries, Sun and Moon, the ecliptical patterns of Rahu and Ketu inviting me, calling to me, shouting out “rise up, magnify, shine, burn, erupt, let this inner fire burn!”

Oh, to be held in this. On the earth, with the sound of falling rain.

Incredible.

Later that night, in my evening practice, the words “let my voice be heard” emerged from the silent space of my heart.

Movement is here. Movement is upon me and I am humbly accepting that it does not happen in my time frame, when I want or how I expect it to be. It’s as if I need constant reminders to bring me back to this. It is so easy to forget. It is easy to get caught up in the pull of the day to day, seeking instant gratification, wondering when and why not now. And I am reminded that I have met the most incredible moments in my life by total surprise and awe. Not planning or crafting. Rather being open, totally open without attachment to how or when, what or why. At times without any real idea or desire for the greatness to come.

I have yogi tea messages stashed around in places where I find my gaze landing often, next to my toothbrush, on my dresser, at the base of a plant, in between my phone and its case. I place them there as guideposts, as gentle reminders of what is possible. Of what I know to be real and true based on my own experiences, through living this live fully as me. Open and willing. Open to possibilities and willing to receive.

These were the messages that caught my eye last week, leading up to the eclipse:

All in its timing. All in its timing. If you have been reading these posts, you know this is a huge thread of mine- this notion of time. My time and relative reality’s time. Sometimes they merge, most often I am invited to drop the illusion of time, my desire to control and shape its outcomes and surrender into its flow, fully.

This is where I reside. Here and now.  You know what else happened on the day of the solar eclipse?  My cousin Aly shared a few more sketches of The Auspicious Octopus that she drew that day on the beach.

As this 18.5 month cycle of Rahu and Ketu comes to a close at the end of the month, I have been opening journals from January, February, March, April and May 2022 and have had my mouth gaping wide open in utter awe with the full circle that is being presented. Words spoken then, have been showing up here and now, spoken by me to others and written in my journal.

One of the many gems that I located is this:

Now is the HOW!

Yep. Now.

How? Now!

Taking the steps now. For this is the only moment that I have upon me. Now.

Joyously.  In service.

Now.

“Lighting up the forest!” Joyously, as H.P. shares.

Now.

S.