I forgot how much I love going for walks at night. Wandering through a pitch black bushy park is a full spiritual practice to reflect and mirror back your relationship to the unknown and how safe you feel in the world. Not seeing whats in front of me, hearing the cracks of twigs and the sounds of birds and animals all around - I find its a real reflection of my own bodily sense of safety and security and how deeply I trust in nature and existence to take care of me. I was taught and warned from a young age that women shouldnt go wandering alone at night and the world is full of scary things that will hurt me, the usual my parents watch sixty minutes kind of upbringing. And as I hear the snap of a twig or the call of a bird I sometimes feel my belly flip and my heart skip- feeling residual fear of danger, of whats out there of the unknown which is always present and underlying everything. But when that happens, I find its this beautiful opportunity to breathe more deeply into amdthrough that fear response and open to it. Finding my own feeling of safety that i can create for myself in any situation. Even though we can try our best to control and plan and protect everything so we dont have to feel our fear or be vulnerable- this unknown is actually way closer to the true nature of our reality and we need to be okay with it if we want to really Live. Reality is not safe. Thats what makes it so good. Walking in the dark shows me how I can find a new way to dance with and surrender to the unknown rather than contracting and closing down or going into panic. Its like this practice of transcending my conditioned, fight or flight instincts and deepening into a reality that is full safe fully in oneness with it all / with this embodied feeling that i can fully let go and Trust and keep walking. Full life metaphor, mirror and practice. Try it!
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:16:44 +0000
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