Who would’ve thought you could find one of the biggest metaphysical lessons with a rampant wildfire and destruction?
I’ve lived in Southern California 45 of my 58 years. The end-of-summer wildfires are as much apart of the living here as Hollywood and beaches.
I’ve always been fortunate enough not to be directly impacted by any of the yearly blazes and watching from a distance creates all sorts of interesting opinions and assumptions.
However, as the Line Fire of San Bernardino mountains rages on for it’s sixth day, having consumed over 34,000 acres and only at 14% containment - I’ve had the “privilege” of getting up close and personal with what felt like a war-zone.
Rewind to this last Saturday (5 days ago) and I am exhausted from what ended up being one exceptionally long day. I had been monitoring what originally was an inconvenient wildfire only to have it suddenly morph into a raging animal that was creating its own weather. After sucking in smoke and ash for 2 hours, I finally made the hard decision to leave (home and belongings) as the communities around me were being forced to evacuate.
Often in isolated mountain communities - there is only one road in and out. And when you are dealing with wild fires, especially ones that create their own weather, there is no predicting what is going to happen and where it is going to go. At some point, you get tired of second guessing and just choose the best choice for yourself.
For me, that was GO.
And I am glad I did.
As evacuating traffic crawled along the only available two lane highway with heavy ash, smoke, lightening, and thunder - my usual demeanor of optimism, joy, or happiness wasn’t anywhere to be found. And I found this fascinating.
If you read my blogs - you know I am the biggest student and practitioner of “you create your reality” and have studied and “lived” Law of Assumption, non-duality, and Law of Attraction among others.
As I sat in the middle of the anxious, exiting traffic - I contemplated Abraham Hick’s quote about our ability to be happy in a war zone. And I came to the conclusion that only someone who’s never been in a ”war zone” would say something like that.
That realization didn’t come from embitterment, but more from the realization that there is far more available for us within the variety of life than “vibrating positively”.
I wasn’t fearful - but as the traffic crawled along within the energetic state of a “hurry-up” evacuation situation - I realized that no one, not even Buddha himself, would’ve been in joy or happiness. Only because that exact state (I am…) wasn’t available within this particular playground.
Oh, there was other enticing toys to play with (anxiousness, awe, irritation, doubt, wonder, etc.) just not the cheery ones.
Which was an enormous a-ha for me because the last thing I needed at that moment was to be worried about my vibration on top of everything else.
I think the bottom line is about making peace with where you’re at - and really, what else can you do? Regardless of “how to manifest” teachings - we’ve never been able to control anything but ourselves. Ever.
And perhaps that is where the magic hides - within us and whatever state we are interacting with. Perhaps it’s not about judging emotions or feelings to be negative or positive but, instead, it’s about the exploration of states and the wondrous worlds within.
It removes the pressure of constantly taking your spiritual temperature to make sure you aren’t making any manifestation faux pas. It removes the need to behave or thinking in a way that is difficult in that moment and, ultimately, it removes the need to resist resistance or fear your fears.
In many spiritual communities - the guidance to “act as if…” is taught. Act as if you are already that person (rich, in love, vibrantly healthy). But if you are interacting with a state where that behavior, thought pattern, or emotion isn’t available (it’s not built in) then you don’t have to take such ownership of your “failure” to manifest or “act as if”.
It’s like going for a drive to the store and having your passenger blame every unfavorable passing car, landmark, or neighborhood on you. These things have nothing to do with your destination. It’s just part of the road leading there.
And at the end of that long day - my destination ended up being one that included generous friends, a beautiful “casita” to stay in, and peace.
Ultimately, we always get to the other side of a state. It’s the ending of a long (or short) drive. You always return to You. Regardless of what occurred within the state - you always return having gained yet another experience and story under your belt.
And You is always waiting there, arms wide open, ready to listen to your story of yet another exciting adventure along the road of Life.
💋KMFC
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