The Blessing
of Letting it Be
In Corrogue I am choosing to be.
I am allowing the free flow of energy around this
heart. To often we allow our hearts to become hardened by bitterness
and resentment. We allow our hearts to become cold and we ourselves
become frosty. The flow of our energy is blocked. “The soft
animal of our body” which is mostly water becomes hard,
unmoving and unyielding. Then we enter “times of trouble.”
These words, “times of trouble” are
from the beautiful song penned by Paul McCartney entitled “Let
it Be.” This song goes as follows:-
“When I find myself in times
of trouble Mother Mary comes to me
speaking words of wisdom,
“Let it Be.”
Often when we find ourselves in “times of
trouble” the last thing we want to do is “let it be.”
We want it to be fixed. We want it not to be the way it is right
now. We are like Briar Rabbit who fights with the Tar Baby. The
more we fight the more entangled we become.
One of the greatest lessons in life is the lesson
of “letting it be.” This is a lesson from the energy
of the Divine feminine. In this song the energy of the Divine
feminine is represented by Mother Mary. It could as well be any
other wondrous representation of the Divine feminine. In China
it might be Quan Ying. In Ireland it might be St Bridget. In Tibet
it might be the Goddess Tara. In all times and all cultures she
comes to those in trouble if they are allowing.
Often in times of trouble we are the ones who create
our own trouble. We have not learned the art of non-attachment.
This is a great art. It is a lifetimes practice in the avoidance
of suffering. In the West we think non-attachment means non-feeling.
Essentially it means disinterest. It does not mean you do not
care. You can care greatly but be detached from the outcome. Do
the best you can do and then let be and let go.
Detachment allows for love inaction. This is allowing
the free flow of the energy of your body to express in the way
it needs. Detachment requires trust and deeper trust. It is the
surrender of any outcome to the grace of the Beloved. You simply
do not get entangled in the way something turns out. In the vast
scheme of things how are you to know.
If you worry you attract worry. If you are anxious
you attract anxiety. You are a conduit for the energy that you
put out. We create your own world. We are all fields of energy
vibrating in a vast network of eternal energy. This is the eternal
energy of love. We call this by the name God, Goddess, or maybe
Universal mind. It doesn’t matter what you call it as it
is only "what it is."
Often in “times of trouble” we do not
allow the answers to come to us. The heart has hardened and the
flow of wisdom of the Divine feminine is blocked. Mother Mary
is there waiting. Quan Yin and the Goddess Tara are there waiting.
They are always there waiting. It is part of our journey to “be
open.” We learn to “let go” and “let God.”
Our journey in life is to learn to know who we are.
There is a paradox here. We learn to know who we are by knowing
who and what we are not. We give up identifying with all that
is who we are not. When we let go of who we think we are the Blessing
is here. We stop losing our life’s energy. We stop trying
so hard to make what is already alright be all right. We stop
losing life by refusing to save “our life.”
Letting it be is an insult to the ego. It is affronted
by the idea that when something is wrong it should not take control.
We are simply required to do all that we can do without attachment
to results. When we trust the universe we are essentially trusting
in ourselves. The deeper the trust the deeper the connection to
all there is. The deeper the trust the less trouble you will be
in.
You begin to know and trust, "What will be
will be." You begin to trust in your ability to co-create.
You are as a hollow bamboo and love plays her song through your
allowing heart. You become a co-creator of love inaction. This
is not “your love” but the play of the Beloved through
you.
This is wisdom. It is not the wisdom of the ego.
Wisdom and ego are separate. Wisdom is. It does not belong to
“little me. “It is a free flow of knowing. It is allowing
the wisdom of the soft animal of your body to do what it loves.
This wisdom comes from the free flow of energy in
the body. It is your body of wisdom that flows freely unfrozen
by resentment, bitterness, anger, or hatred. These are the energies
that block our life force and cause us to be “not at ease.”
Wisdom is the refinement of all these “grosser” forms
of energy. The word “gross” in this sense is used
by way of description and is not to be considered a judgement.
We often need to express such energies in a safe
and caring environment. Such energies are not to be condemned.
They are to be given freedom of expression so “the soft
animal of your body” can be in balance again. We need to
find our personal Mother Mary’s or our personal Soul Friend
or Friends who will be before us in our "times of trouble"
and allow us to “let it be.”
Their gift to us is non-judgement, non-attachment
and non-doing. They sit with your soul. Sometimes they appear
fierce because they are not out to flatter your ego but to keep
your feet on the path of this journey into love. They teach you
the alchemy of transformation. They teach you that you are forever
enough. They teach you to “let it be,” “let
it go” and “let it God.”
They teach you that the Blessing is already here
and that you are it. This requires you to know who you are by
giving up your attachment to all you are not. You surrender all
you think you are and maybe one time you will be amazed. You will
be amazed at how beautiful and wondrous you are beyond the prison
of ego.
From The
Way of Blessings by Tony Cuckson
© Tony Cuckson 2004-2006
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