Last summer, I took my 4 year old grandson on a gondola in Lake Tahoe. He was absolutely petrified. As I watched this little guy owning his terror I had a moment of being impressed. He had no qualms with stepping solidly into the actions of someone that was seriously freaked out about riding this aerial tram regardless of the people around him. And then, after the 10 minute, white-knuckled ride up the mountain - he immediately told everyone he came across how he “did it!”. All the gondola workers were high-fiving him and strangers were smiling at his exuberance.
What if what we believe “unlimited” is - is actually limiting? What if telling someone, “Don’t be scared.” is actually limiting an experience for them? My grandson would never have gotten to experience his enormous self-esteem if he hadn’t gone into a huge level of fear.
What if being “unlimited” is actually about walking confidently through this existence knowing that out of this experience and that experience - only good will come and that you are always safe? Even when you are playing with danger and uncertainty.
Can you confidently own ambiguity?
What if every aspect of who you are in this red-hot moment is evidence that you are God, Source, All-That-Is, etc.? What if the lofty definitions we have for who or what a God is (almighty, limitless, etc.) is actually limiting?
Many aspects of existence that we play with and we assume God does not (emotions, pain, doubt, unsureness) may be exactly what makes us God. Not only do you have moments of omnipotence (eg: watching the most glorious sunrise in the silence of an early morning, talking about how you love humming birds and then seeing them everywhere) but we get to go bigger than that by playing small.
And there is a naturalness to displaying and experiencing “negative” emotions. When you are not judging them - there is an automatic confidence within being boldly afraid of something.
In the exact moment of, “Oh sh*t!” (think of an unexpected car cutting you off, a dark figure in the shadows, a sudden loud boom), there is no behaving any other way. Your knee-jerk response is natural and completely “human”. Or, should we start saying, completely omnipotent.
💋KMFC
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