A common prayer of mine is to give thanks for the magic that flows in and around us; the way it knows what parts of our soul to push on or give respite to. Magic and soul go hand in hand. The soul is thee who creates the breath. The breath within the breath. The energy that bends a flower toward the sun. Magic. Unseen, yet so powerfully directive and always miraculously on time. The soul I speak of, however, does not just belong to me. Is there ever really an “I”?
Magic
is God is working on my soul and your soul simultaneously. Or rather, God is working
through
my soul FOR your soul. In fact, it may be the greatest truth to just say
Magic is working on THE Soul
because there is no division in purpose. The Collective Soul seeks only to know that it
knows
that it KNOWS that IT IS pure and eternal Love. And the road to the Collective Soul loving its
whole self
means many
many
opportunities to practice.
When we see people who appear to be causing harm to the collective, our work is to remember that there is just one soul; one song. Perceived disturbance is actually a part of The Soul working. Shouting at us, “Love this because it is the only way I can be whole!” When we experience something or someone who pushes up against our fear or our rage for example, the only way to love it for what it is, is to see it as truth. Not an illusion. Not a tear in the fabric, but as part of the fabric. The same fabric that we live and sleep in.
THE Soul uses magic as a
viscous
resistance
by which we can feel the weight of what has yet to be seen as truth. Resisting truth is suffering. Holding the weight of difficult people or situations out away from us takes great effort, but it
must
be heavy so that we can experience the BLISS of putting it down.
Love includes all. Gives thanks for all. Learns from all.
Magic is what creates the means for love.
That guy who rear ended you? He is magic, working. That class instructor who didn’t meet your expectations? They are magic. Your sick loved one whom you are now caring for continuously? They are magic. We are each playing a role, daily, in one another’s learning to include all of life as Truth. THIS is what it means to WAKE UP. To awaken. To release blame and welcome with open arms that which we work so hard to resist. A truly free life within comes with a release of our ego, expectations and personal time line.
Magic asks us to consider why there is a resistance present in the first place!
Here's where it gets personal. One of
Charlie’s first roles on this earth was to injure me. That was his magic. He came to injure me at the precise time and way that I needed to accept the parts of the fabric that I had resisted. No, to LOVE the parts of me (The Collective) that I had ignored—space, time, weakness, pleasure, and choice.
This magic has given me time to receive, in balance of what I give. To cherish motherhood rather than productivity. To realize I have the freedom of choose how I spend my time, rather than being swept up by routine. It is surprising and challenging and life-changing. How could this be described as anything but magic?
I invite you to continue awakening. Even when you think you have arrived, and found your peace, THE Soul will keep presenting opportunities to practice.
