Finding the Calm of Life and the Things We Do

Some may have seen my video posts on social media of me sharing the insights I receive after my meditations in my infrared sauna, one of my favorite places to get quiet. Well, today I got the calling to create it into a blog…..

We as a human race are always striving and seeking certainty, calmness in our lives & a steady flow to stillness. Yet we busy ourselves with “have to’s, need to’s, & gotta’s” to supposedly reach this stillness we seek. Like we have to do all this hard work to achieve anything. Trust me, I am no different. I always have a list going.

Why is it that we do not simply BE STILL?

The world according to Charli, we want betterment, we want expansion, perhaps we want recognition. It is in our innate biological programming to learn, expand and to evolve.

I find when we simply show up and allow, these things happen naturally. The meaning I mean by, “show up” is the famous words of my late father, a wise man in many ways, yet very much a human man. From my understanding, he meant wake up, care for yourself, and others and do your best in whatever you do. Another words, love like God loves. I hear my father’s voice say these words everyday, “Charlotte, stop worrying so much about what others think. You just gotta show up. None of it is a mistake.”

For the most part, we are born, we learn to walk, talk, eat, dress our selves…. (I understand some circumstances are not as such.) So, I find my self simply being and when I do this, these so called expansions and experiences present themselves to me in various situations. I then tap in and ask my higher self, “Is this something I would like to move forward with?” And I receive a simple yes or no. And well, if you are like me and many others, the logical mind then may step in. This is the programmed mind. I hear folks today call it the reptilian mind…. Hmmm, I need to ponder that phrase a bit more. As that feels like a whole can of worms for another blog.

Anywho, the linear or logical mind is that, that has been taught to us from our parents, authorities, siblings, institutions, peers and so forth. Not to say they have been right or wrong and that we ought to rebel. But, again, the world according to Charli, I like to simply take inventory of all the thoughts, feelings and emotions that present themselves in these moments. It may take seconds, minutes, days, months, or even years. And then re-evaluate from my higher self. As again, the world according to Charli, I personally would rather navigate from my higher self than from my ego. My ego has had its spotlight enough.

And sometimes, actually very often, a circumstance may present itself in my life. A circumstance I must rectify in order to move forward. It may be big. It may be small. It may be life changing. It may completely take me off my current path and “pull the rug right out from under me”. Through my 54 years on this planet, I am proud to say as many wise folks may say, life happens for me. I have been in some pretty shitty situations and experiences throughout my life. Not all were handled gracefully or in love. I must say today, I now see all of the situations and experiences I have lived, have been the exact language per se that my soul needed to speak to me for my expansion and growth. (Ho’oponopono!) It is now, not to say I do not have emotions and get upset at times. But I now see past the lense of linear and can see situations as experiences for my higher good. Of course, I may not understand all of the time. And I know again, shitty circumstances happen and I do not condone them. Then I hear my father’s other famous words that use to drive me crazy as I was so adamant about justice. He would say, “It’s just one of those things.” Ugh! I would come back and say, “What?! It’s not just one of those things, (whatever that means) you need to do something about it.” Ah, my sweet ego, Standing with Fists mentality back in those days. God bless her! Well, I hear you, Dad! It IS just one of those things. No need to create a hurricane of emotions that spin out of control. There is power and strength in stillness & calmness. It makes me think of two things, the lyrics in The Grateful Dead’s song Lady with a Fan, “Strategy was his strength and not disaster” and the wisdom of the martial artists of Kung Fu or Tai Chi masters. Ah Grasshopper!

So in short, the more I simply “show up” the less “just one of those things” seem to throw me off balance. And to breathe! We must breathe, oxygenate our cells and lower the cortisol. The knee jerk response to life has been so overused that we have forgotten how to process, Breathe, my friends, breathe first! It is our very life force.

Well, thank you for reading my sharing of my meditation this morning from the sauna and my sweet insights and messages from the Mysteries. I hope some of it resonates for you and empowers you in your self discovery.

Until next time…. Live in your Light! You are loved!