Trust

I had a lovely chat with a lady today in which we talked around some of the more spiritual aspects of trust.  As a baby we are born with abdominal breathing – you will see a tummy rise and fall when a baby breathes instead of the chest in an adult.  This breathing is taught in different modalities are diaphragmatic breathing or pranic breathing etc.  There are various theories which revolve around the idea that this is the correct way to breathe- it somehow helps to release stress and bring new energy in to our bodies.  So why do we unlearn this positive trait?  Stress is all too pervasive in our society and from a young age we learn to disconnect from our trust and without trust we have stress.  I know a lady who spent time learning with Native American Indians and they use the ‘cradle-board’ ideology.  Basically you look after a child until it can walk and talk and then it’s up to them how they learn.  She spoke of seeing young children playing near a precipice and how this terrified her and she wanted to tell the children to get back.  The Native American she was with told her it would be disrespectful to do that as the children instinctually knew they weren’t to venture over the precipice.  As I relayed this story I remembered a documentary which was based in North America where they used Native Americans to build skyscrapers as they had no fear of the heights (I’m not sure of the location they would have belonged to).  Perhaps this fearlessness was an example of their connection to their inner faith and trust. 

As a parent it is all too easy to want to keep our children safe by putting boundaries around them and telling them what not to do.  However perhaps this act is what patterns us in to believing that we can’t be safe.  We know psychologically that the patterns we learn as children formulate how our worldview is transmitted in adult life.  I have found myself as a parent say to my young ones things like ‘all good things come to an end’ when they complain after the ice-cream runs out.  Afterwards I then realize that I’m teaching them that good things don’t last - which don’t have to be true.  So more and more I find myself leaving things open ended to find balance.  Our early experiences and societal influence really contribute to how we disconnect from faith and trust in life from an early age.

With enough faith and trust we can turn the impossible to I’m possible.  We have all heard anecdotal experiences of people who have overcame seemingly insurmountable odds to achieve a goal they really set their mind to.   Even Jesus said that with enough faith you can move mountains (I’m not of any religion btw but just really familiar with the bible which does contain certain gems).  Certainly one of the best gifts we could give to ourselves is a reconnection to the idea that we are an infinite being who can tap in to unlimited resources.

I thought I would also mention some thoughts about the election.  The election was cast on the 6th of May.  Numerologically 6 is the number of balanced responsibility.  So the fact that there was no clear winner and that with a hung parliament there is the prospect of the main parties going to have to find common ground to govern therefore make concessions.  This is extremely fitting as power is a big responsibility and works most constructively in balance.  So rather than demanding power and imposing will, for the first time in this generation the government may well have to display tolerance and a commitment to work together for the common good.

When I was younger I knew a counselor who introduced a startling concept to me.  She told me that I am only responsible for myself (apart from pets and children).    So how does that fit in with balanced responsibility and working for the greater good? Again it all comes down to how we project ourselves.  If we have a warped or inappropriate world-view we project that on to others.  If we are tired, burnt out, depressed, stressed we are unlikely to have the reserves to help others - because we aren’t helping ourselves.  When we run ourselves down we are less likely to emanate positivity to others than if we are firing on all four cylinders so to speak.  They say if you smile it spreads around to others - the inverse could be true also.  After the 10th scowl of the day it’s enough to dampen the most positive mood.  By reconnecting to ourselves and becoming more whole we start to see how we put stuff out and how we take on board other peoples stuff.  Then we can really see negativity for what it is – a choice.  When we aren’t entire negativity can seep in like a sponge.

I recently read a channeled book that included information about how other alien cultures perceived us.  It said that this planet had the most fear and lack of trust and that it would be a hard energy for other cultures to be around as they weren’t used to this concept.  Some cultures had complete faith and hadn’t experienced the level of disconnection we have.  It was a concern that mankind should work on this before meeting other cultures as it could be considered an energetic ‘disease’ that could spread.  Fear and lack of trust opens the doors to the issues that we project the fear about.  Having the faith and trust that can surmount all obstacles opens the door to that happening too.  (Of course this is a bit of an over-simplification but I will revisit this in more detail in another post.)  So the biggest favor we can do in these changing times is to believe that balance and positive changes are tangible, possible and arriving fast!  Lets elect to create a greater connection as a humanity to this possibility (which is wanted by the majority) in order to bring it in to reality for the greater good. 

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