The edge of the morning is a
special and potent time of day. As the dawn light gently caresses the
whispering trees and kisses the earth with tender warmth, a powerful silence
emerges full of sound, energy and life. In those few moments there is a sense that,
after the slumber of the night, everything is fully alive once again; every
tree, every flower, every rock, every sound and every atom stirs and awakens.
In such moments of pure unadulterated connection to All there Is, it is as
though the Universe itself has awoken and taken a full and conscious deep
inhalation of life.
Many never notice the edge of the
morning as life is so focused on keeping on keeping on and there is no time to
connect to the infinite possibilities contained in those few moments. Yet, when
we consciously choose to open up our hearts, minds and souls to the vibration
and energy of these few moments, the energy somehow becomes more tangible to
work with and articulate. It is as though we bathe in the infinity and we
become a more conscious part of it. Of course, even if we do not notice the
edge of the morning, we are still a part of the infinity of the Universal
Whole, but when we become conscious of it everything changes, for we expand and
become One with something quite amazing.
Yielding to this powerful feeling
of connection seems so important now as we continue to coalesce and unify with
Divinity. The process of awakening to our true magnificence is a journey of
many layers and many levels, and it is on this journey that we realise that we
no longer have anything to prove in order to become Whole as we realise and
accept (wholeheartedly) that we are already Whole. Such a recognition may seem
small or insignificant, but it takes us away from feeling incomplete, broken or
damaged to a place of feeling alive, connected and complete.
Whilst we all have experiences in
life that can create cracks and chips, voids and sometimes enormous chasms
within, when we are connected, we know that every single experience matters, as
every single one makes up the Whole. In other words, everything matters and we
no longer need to push away those aspects of our Selves or our lives that have
challenged us, as we instead breathe them in and re-absorb them into our
essence. This is not the same as wallowing in the pain or the challenges though,
as this carries a different vibration: one of acceptance and gratitude.
Acceptance and gratitude may feel
hard to muster when life gives us lemons, but when we shift our perception we
begin to realise that even the lemons bring us strength, context and meaning.
So many of us try so hard to push away the pain, trying to dissolve it or
remove it, but when we make the conscious decision to re-absorb it with
tenderness and love, the vibration changes and softens, and we shift from
chasing completion to being complete.
At the same time, the more we let
Spirit into our lives, the more we feel the connection to the infinity of life
and if we allow ourselves to be in the moment and to enjoy the experience, we
let those barriers down and feel every single cell within vibrating with energy
and divinity. If we become grateful for such connections, our hearts, minds and
souls open up like new buds responding to the light.
When we step consciously into
moments of pure magic and infinity, there is a sense that time slows for a
while as everything moves in slow focus; it is as though the Universe slows for
a while to allow us to take in just a tiny taster of what it is to be fully
awake and aware of Everything. In normal time, such awareness isn’t possible
for there is simply too much to absorb, but as time slows, we inhale infinity
and this transports us to a completely new level of awareness and life.
It is so important that we choose
to give ourselves the gift of grateful presence and to take the time to pause
in these moments as they remind us that we are alive and integral parts of the
Whole. Sometimes, when we step briefly out of the ‘flow’, we become aware of
the discord in our lives and this can help us to see the bigger picture and
inspire us to make adjustments in order to re-align and re-centre.
When the dawn light caresses the
trees and awakens the earth, do the birds press the snooze button to get
another 10 minutes of slumber or do the flowers wonder whether blossoming is
really worth the effort? Do the trees stop growing because they are too worried
about what lies in their day ahead?
It is so easy for us to become
consumed by linear thoughts and by angst, over-thinking and analysis that we
forget to do what we were born to do: to breathe, to live and to be. When we
embrace the infinity of life, we realise that we are part of a cycle that keeps
on turning, whether we are conscious of it or not, but by becoming conscious we
open up to living more whole-heartedly and more vibrantly, for we are allowing
ourselves to become One with ourselves and with infinity.
Whilst such words sound great, it
can sometimes be hard to feel their appropriateness when life feels uphill and
hard work, but when we pause and open up to the magic and divinity, our
perception shifts and we realise that it is our birthright to live consciously
and it is our destiny to blossom. The meaning of this is unique to each and
every one of us, but when we feel the vibration of these words, we intuitively
bring together the concepts of Self and infinity into a beautiful, cohesive and
magnificent One...
‘And the day came when the risk
to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom’. Anais
Nin
