Have you heard the terminology, "ALL-IN" before?
I believe it is from poker? Being All-In is what you are when there is not part of you that is "out".
Would you go to a restaurant for dinner but then just hover in the doorway because you were undecided? Of course not. That would be ridiculous. And when it comes to the physical things, you have no choice but to BE wherever you ARE. So clearly, being "ALL-IN" is a challenge of being emotionally or spiritually connected, not physically. The problem with holding part of yourself back in a spiritual or emotional way, is that perhaps people cannot see it...they can not know for sure 100% what is going on with you on the inside, but in time it will show outwardly that you are or are not IN something 100%. In life, nothing good, NOTHING at all that is good can come from holding back. You must be in...100% in.
This subject permeates my mind today. It is not troubling me but it is there. My friend and I last night were discussing how I "hold back" alot. I mean, I share and I connect, but I really resist setting down deep roots. And Carl Jung said, "What we RESIST, persists". Also, Clearly this associated with past hurts. You set roots and then you get hurt and so you start living JUST in the moment and pretty soon, you realize that you have had a prepaid cell phone for 2 YEARS! And that the limited services you get from that prepaid COST you more in the long-term than an upgrade to a better way of doing stuff would cost! Thankfully we all have friends and people and situations and jobs and communities around us that can be a thermometer for us. So we must periodically "take our temperature"...take the pulse of the situation and really be honest with ourselves. Are we living our BEST LIFE? The best life we can possibly live? Because we ALL...ALL of us..deserve that!
Finding what we are passionate about is sometimes a long journey. Along the way we stumble into things that tempt us or distract us from what we are really passionate about. These things are just distractions, but they can consume us and wear us out and frustrate us until we cannot remember what we were looking for or where we were going. The best way I can think to describe this is that these distractions dull the senses. They are like the Lotus Flower cupcake in the "Percy Jackson" movie...they kept eating the Lotus cupcake and it dulled their senses and created confusion about their purpose and before they knew it, 6 days had past in fruitless endeavors of frivolity. This is our lives...this is what we reap when we allow ourselves to vere off the path by distractions and tempatations that offer us no long-term benefit.
Some of these distractions are people, material things or just ego-driven career developments. We are so busy trying to do a really good job at something, that suddenly we find ourselves WAY off from where we were aiming. It's not enough to aim. We must passionately pursue, build and create what we desire! Our Divinity is that we too are Creators, like the Creator who made us. We are like Him/Her/It. We are the divine creator we seek. We Are. We are the mirror reflection. We reflect back to others what they show to us. Don't be afraid to be that mirror because in the long-run, you are doing people a favor. Do not attempt to cover-over their poor choices, but allow them to just see it. Do not apply a judgement to it, just recognize it and show it back to them and let them see it on their own. Draw closer to those who ARE self-aware already, for they are your source of comfort and energy.
How lonely you will feel when you first start out! I empathize. How grateful you will feel when you (at last) see you are not alone! I am happy for you. How empowered you will feel when you find a true friend! I will be there for you. How blessed your life will be. You will have achieved it through Inner-Strength.
~NAMASTE~
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