Conscious Harmony

 

Day 46 ~ 11/15/10

My back felt good all day until I picked up the kids after school. It’s amazing how a minor shift of energy can set off a whole chain of events. By myself, I was able to keep peace within, no stress, letting things roll off if they came up, enjoying the shift from yesterday's roller coaster ride.

I’m not blaming the kids, they were at school, playing and being kids, but they don’t have any filters to understand that their energy doesn’t always match the atmosphere they are entering. I think this is neither good or bad, it just is. To teach them awareness of it though, that might be helpful for all of us.

It is said that in some Native American tribes (and probably many other conscious communities living in harmony with one another and Mother Earth) have a tradition of honoring the energy within the camp. When the men go off to hunt and come back, usually their adrenaline is really pumping, their energy very elevated. They are to stay outside the camp until they have cleared their minds and brought their energy back into a peaceful level that matches that of the inner camp, only then can they enter. If they don’t, then the whole community can be disrupted and disharmony tends to happen.

I believe most households don’t observe and practice this tradition in today’s world. It is apparent by men and women complaining and blaming each other, and I bet they don’t even know why. I notice this all the time when Dakar comes home, the energy of the house is at my level, and it gets completely shifted when he walks in with something on his mind…and vice versa.

I have tried to implement this way of honoring one another in our home, it is very difficult to remember to do. I am just as much to blame as any member of our family for not holding true to this practice…however, when it does happen, even if it is just reminding the kids and I to all breathe for a few moments together to get in sync with one another, the results are amazing! The kids actually take turns talking, and I have let go of my thoughts and to do lists for the moment and actually hear what they are talking about. There seems to be an elevated level of mutual respect, honoring all involved (even if it is just the kids and I, Dakar and I, or just me!)

I did get a lovely interruption to my mind worrying about my son and his love of guns and war. He brought home a project that he completed in class (allowing me to love and appreciate his teacher and what she is teaching even more). It was a paper simply titled “I AM”. Maybe my perception is different than what the intention of the project was, but that is all I AM (ha ha ha!) I will let you feel your own internal guidance about what this means for you, but I am particularly fond of his “I UNDERSTAND” ~ that made me cry!

How fitting is it then, when Dakar and I were sounding Oon Rahum,this evening, honoring our Mother that the tears flowed freely once more, weeping for my sister and other loved ones of the human race recently departed, crying until a sense of peace and love filled me, knowing that their souls are in a state of perfection, that in this moment, they understand this divine dance of light we are all dancing to right now.

Namaste