Sharing along the Way..

[Sea Breeze]

This is the first time I have visited this forum. Having read many of the posts here it is good to see that the idea is put into action.

I took the plunge and totally opted out of mainstream life almost three years ago now. Along the way I have met many like minded souls and formed many new friendships. I didn't go looking for these. The way I see it is that this is what the Universe feels I am ready for.

I was interested to read about co-dependancy here. Man, what a killer of potentially good relationships that one is. That is what the mainstream so conditions us for. I am now in a place where those around me have great respect for one another and share time, knowledge and skills freely and where friendships are supportive rather than judgemental, companions non co-dependent and where individual spiritual journeys are celebrated.

Not so long ago I discovered the Forums too.

Sometimes I wish I had opted out a while ago, but I guess I wasn't ready...

[oldwolf]

You are blessed to have found such a loving, supportive of self-empowerment group.
Thank you for sharing - hope youwould wish to share more of the interactions typical of you and your companions - we could all learn and use the encouragement of what others have learned to help each of us along our Ways.

[Sea Breeze]

I had a really difficult time at work where there was a lot of politics and powerplay going on. I work with disadvantaged people and disempowered people to help them get their lives back together, so have no time for this sort of thing. We need to focus on the task at hand rather than on ourselves as individuals. All the team I work with are like wise. Then along came a new team member who went out of her way to be destructive, put new rules through her own belief system into play and force everyone to adhere to it. The whole team pulled together and supported each other both inside and outside the workplace. The problem was resloved and the individual concerned went to work elsewhere. This is how blessed I am as far as work goes.

The great lesson here is that if you love and respect the people you work with - and I work with some very special people - work is no longer like work and you never get Monday morning blues. I have worked in jobs that gave me that feeling on a regular basis. It wasn't until I had the courage to retrain in a totally different field and trust the Universe to give me a better quality of life that I was able to achieve this.

I would wish everyone the courage to change their lives. It is a very liberating experience.

[oldwolf]

(this was written for a dear brother confronted with the need to Change)

Breaking free of dis-ease....into Singing and Dancing

It's so hard trying to make ends meet,
And with the situation of the world ...
Everything is getting darker and uglier;
And to top it off now a cancer grows within.

And to heal, we know we must Change.
Change within as to how we perceive,
Change our outlook and inlook.
It is not enough to stop the old program,
We must insert a new to supercede the old.

Aspirations to help us find our Way ...
Even these too change as we Grow;
What once we wrote and and was oft repeated,
Yet now Changes as clarity Grows.

Within a Joy and Reverence Grows,
As no longer do we ask it done to us;
But Open our Being to All that Is.
Honoring our Connections with All
We find our Being is empowered from within.

Not that all changes at once,
But even when the old comes back
And we find the frustration and anger resurface,
Yet bubbles up from within an impetuous laughter
As we enjoy the little trials that before overcame.

And in the Doing , little at a time,
For what was cannot usually be at once undone;
We find not only a Great Joy rising from within,
But ripples moving out from this joy that must shine
And a Song comes to our lips as we Dance Along
...Opening the more ... Becoming.

And the fire so Grows
The earth trembles in anticipation
The winds move the tree to dance with us
As the tides rise yet higher.

And we find within that which is O so strong
That from this life to the next,
It comes with us.

And Awareness Grows and expands
And we Become more
Moving into Beyond.

And in the Doing
Others See and Hear
And yearn for that
To come to us from within
So that we might empower ourselfs
And Be
All
We can Be
In this Now

T'is up to us to make it Be
Let us join together to create anew
And the Joy overflow
And help all Grow.

This is how we make it Be
Honoring that which Is you and me
Blessings, Light, and Joy shine forth.

Our spirits Bow to each,
Recognizing the God Within
.... (Namaste)....