For the past month or so, I've had this rather lost, empty, and almost voiceless feeling enveloping me. Not a feeling of depression as one might start to assume, but more of a lack of my spiritual energy. Something was just off within my inner being. I was finding it difficult to write much of anything which is usually a labor of love and energizing for my soul. Something felt disconnected as if the strand of life that I was on had broken away from the rest of the web
As you might imagine, this empty feeling started to take its toll on my physical energy level and I knew I needed to stop and take some time to figure out what was going on with my inner being. Before I had actually asked for some guidance to find the answers, I was brought to an article that became the catalyst for me first to figure out why I was having these feelings and then do something about it. I stumbled (or was I directed there?) upon one of GrannySage's newest articles. Web of Connection where Diane uses her wonderful writing skills to show an analogy of the Web of Life and the movie Avatar. Diane goes deep into the meanings of the movie and explains in her sagely way the connection that all things have in life. She tells us in the first paragraph about her comment to her husband as she left the movie. "This is what the mystics and shamans and holy men and women have tried to say for centuries. We are all connected." I was moved by her feeling because it was almost the same thing I said when I saw the movie, too.
As I read her insightful thoughts about the messages we can get from the movie Avatar, I began to realize what was going on with myself. Diane speaks of the Na'vi and how they understand that all things in life are connected much like a huge web and there is energy there. Diane reminded me in her clever way to once again embrace that message. As the Na'vi would do in the movie when they greeted someone, I needed to look in my own mirror and say the words, "I See You". I needed to look at the inner spirit of myself and reconnect.
I encourage you to go read Diane's (GrannySage) piece and think about how everything really is connected. Each being that we encounter is connected to the same web of life and our actions and thoughts have an impact on each of them. Each one's energy brings energy to the whole, we should endeavor to always make that a positive energy.
Thank you, Diane, for helping me to get back to my inner core of belief, to reconnect with what is most important to me, to find my inner voice. You helped me to remember that I am never alone because all things are related to me and will help me in my journey. "I See You", Diane and you are a most positive energy that gives much to this Web of Life we are in.
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Bev, I do believe you were directed. I knew that Grannysage was working on this lens but didn't know it had been published. In true Grannysage style it is a work of art, whether you have difficulty with what she is saying or not. I, personally, plan to spend a lot of time and thought on this article. Thanks for reviewing it and I am glad it was so helpful to you.
ReplyDeleteBev, you made me cry today. I was at work when I checked my e-mail on break. It is so deeply fulfilling to know that Web of Connection is having that effect. It was one of the hardest things I have written, and many times I would cry out, "I don't know how to do this." But some voice inside of me kept pushing me to finish it. When it was done, I told Gaia, "I have done my best, now I put it your hands to get the word out."
ReplyDeleteSo I believe, Bev, that you were directed there to begin the process of spreading the message that we are all connected. And to both you and Kim, "I see you too."
Do you know, Bev, I haven't seen this lens yet but GrannySage is one of the writing talents that I enjoy most (and I know I'm not the only one around here who feels that way). Your review is intriguing and I look forward to discovering a work that has clearly resonated with you deeply.
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