Happy Valentine's Day

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." -Rumi

Okay, since deciding a couple of days ago to post this quote today for Valentine's Day I have taken on the task (somewhat consciously and somewhat unconsciously) and I have FOUND THE BARRIERS....or rather it seems as if they have found me!

Funny how when I consciously give my unconscious an invitation to grow it RUNS WITH IT! A friend of mine today re-minded me that my unconscious thinks its job is to protect me. Hmm, I think my unconscious might be working overtime.

I noticed when I consciously decided to let go of a barrier to love in my life today, my unconscious immediately went into a full blown tantrum (to protect me - LOL)! Gratefully I could re-cognize it as a tantrum right away.

I watched it with amusement like, "Gee, isn't that cute how my subconscious thinks it is protecting me by throwing a tantrum and setting up a "barrier" between me and my love." Actually, no not so cute. I kindly thanked my "unconscious" for doing "its job." It was more of a thanks, but no thanks - "I appreciate your help, but I got this one." The tantrum continued, I noticed it, detatched, and was able to gracefully move past it. WOW! I love it when that happens!

Today's journalling question:

What are the barriers you have built against love? Do you notice your subconscious throwing any tantrums in your life? (Hint: The subconscious "throwing a tantrum" is more commonly identified as a problem or issue in your life) What is your subconscious "protecting" you from?

A Little + A Little = A lot

And....

A little minus A little = NONE!

I was inspired to start Re-minderz because I am always amazed at how something I have known forever can slip my awareness and then turn out to be exactly the wisdom I need in a particular situation. Again this is true for me...

I often don't think of the little things. I have a commitment to myself to take a 20 minute walk 3 times a week. It usually turns out to be 5 to 7 times a week, and often it is more than 20 minutes. I learned a long time ago that a small commitment usually leads me to more action, and the commitment stays there in the background as the bare minimum that I know is necessary for sanity in my life. This works for me. Even though often times I am only getting that small amount of exercise, I am almost always consistently getting exercise.

Interesting thing is I've notice that sometimes A little minus A little = Less Than I thought! This is true for exercise. When I get into a place where I am getting even less exercise than my commitment the first place I begin to notice it is not in how I feel physically, but emotionally! I guess I am a slow learner in this place because the awareness creeps back to me very slowly, and usually right in the middle of some melt down I wish I weren't having.

What I have found is the more I re-mind myself about this when I am on track the less I slip back into the less than zone!

Hmm, what other area might these simple mathematics be playing a role?

Fly!

"When you walk to the edge of all the light you have and take that first step into the darkness of the unknown, you must believe that one of two things will happen:

There will be something solid for you to stand upon, or you will be taught to fly."

- Patrick Overton

Yes, and I find I am not always awake to the fact that I have walked to the edge of all the light I know. I am all too often stumbling to the edge of darkness in an unconscious stupor. When I find that I am there at the edge and then falling so fast it wakes me out of my sleep state I am always amazed to find that in spite of myself I begin to fly and even soar.

Truly I am grateful!