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Post by Sowelu on Jul 9, 2004 3:48:00 GMT -5
I have a friend - named Susan, oddly enough - who says she has “Sowelu moments”. Here’s an example of one that just cracked me up. I’m washing my coffee cup at the kitchen sink, and I see that one of my roommates, Steve, has cleaned up HIS dirty dishes, but left a puddle of water on the laminate counter top. So as I’m wiping it up, as I have done umpteen times in the years I’ve lived with roommates, my thought - that cracked me up with its symbolic significance at the same time that it had me shaking me head in bewilderment that they just don’t get it - was this: “Guys just don’t understand the damage a standing puddle of water can create”. *heehee* What flooded my senses was the symbolism in everything about the situation AND my statement. Guys - masculine, the mind and actions at this 3D level Understand - experiential awareness, wisdom of knowledge applied properly Damage - corrosive event, deterioration of physical level experience Standing - not moving, not flowing, stagnant and firm about it (lol) Water - feelings/emotions, fuel for mental creation, material manifestation Puddle - isolated, in separation from the sea of life If a puddle of water is left on a countertop, it will leave a stain. A mar on its perfection. The stain is yellow-ish, with a little red tone, making it appear brown. Yellow - fear Red - energy Brown - grounding The stain becomes a part of the counter’s personality, so to speak. It will also tend to cause a warping. Warp - distortion of the integrity of the material Likewise, our “standing water” within, our emotions and feelings (fear, ignorance) gone unexamined or released, if left to stagnate, will cause a “stain” on our personality self and warp our perception and integrity in living. This fear becomes our life force for living, the energy we use to move through this world. Eventually, it seems it is what grounds us to this reality. It is, actually.  But we mistake that grounding for truth, when all it is, is a stain that needs cleaning. If the water is left long enough, incidentally, it will erode the wood under the laminate. Wood - flexible, calming, nurturing, warmth. Borne of the tree of life, our connection to source. Laminate - personality level self, human expression of Divine Essence. And eventually, the water can even have its way clear down to the foundation upon which the counter is built. Of course, a new one can always be built, or it can be reconstructed, etc. But wouldn’t it just be so much easier to address the water as soon as it is placed on the counter top by wiping it up and not leaving it there? So there you go. A “Sowelu Moment”. *heehee* By the way, all of this flashed very quickly through my consciousness. Oh and… I’m a cleaning nut, can you tell? LOL!! I'm also very self-entertaining.  |
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Post by Lunaria on Jul 9, 2004 10:36:23 GMT -5
Yes,
Very informative too.
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Post by ADMIN on Jul 9, 2004 11:06:18 GMT -5
Sowelu,
That's what is called mind boggling!
Just see how your conscious expanded upon the puddle of water, and mind you that was on the surface only.
You are getting to be like the ancient wise ones who took this to a complete different level.
They say that if we focused on everything little thing we did, I mean get into it, the results would be astounding and not to mention what great lessons spirit teaches thru them.
I went into a complete process as you did with the water when I was polishing my furniture with Pledge...I was blown away, it's as in every thing there are such deep roots, meaning, info, teaching, etc... it seems endless.
Thanks for sharing this, as I will take to start doing this again, I love the movie that nature and spirit allows to see beyond the illusion! ;D
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Post by bluerose on Jul 9, 2004 11:51:32 GMT -5
Oh, how I LOVE symbolism! It seems to make everything on a surface level all make sense!
If only I could show this to the officers at the prison and them "get it." I think the prison is a standing POOL of water in the middle of the desert. 
What an awesome moment, Sowey! It is exactly how I feel about this work situation where the idiots are preparing for a riot instead of just feeding the guys something other than turkey. 
Love ya!
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Post by seaoffeeling on Jul 9, 2004 21:15:31 GMT -5
From symbolism of dreams to symbolism of life itself. Does this attest to both waking life and dreams being equally 'real' or a merger of the two realities? Very profound, Sowelu. This has started a thought process...
Love and hugs,
-SeaofFeeling
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Post by Sowelu on Jul 10, 2004 3:35:37 GMT -5
(((Hiya SeaofFeeling!))) How about... it's all "our reality", we're just looking at it from different depths of self (remember we're multi-dimensional? Dreaming self is a dimension of ourself). In daily life we're more on the surface, and we tend to focus at such a superficial level that we lose the sense of how everything connects right back to essential information, which is also the essential core of ourselves. In dreams, we're less physical fact/data oriented in our perception and perspective, more flexible and "deeper" in our sense of connectedness to life. Our consciousness is not restricted to honing its input senses to just the external panorama or its vernacular. Our dreaming self allows energy exchange on multiple channels, which necessarily enables our consciousness to perceive the connectedness of all things. But when we attempt to remember our dreams, we typically restructure them as we recall them, putting them in the boxes our conscious mind is used to using to interpret input... and that's where we lose the meaning, and sometimes the value, the dream offered. We literally shut off all the receptors and leave open only those that fit our current limited mind's understanding of physical life at the superficial level... and so we miss a great deal of the dream's significance. And that's precisely a replica of what we do in our daily lives. Because we've shut down so many of our receptors for information coming in, we've literally limited our ability to comprehend what we see when we look at anything, or what is really happening when we experience anything. It must fit the categorical boxes we see as valid or it is "junk", "nonsense", "weird/strange", etc. If we pulled out all the stops, we'd see how daily life, dreams, microscopic and macro events... are all written in the same language, saying the same thing over and over, and reflect each other ceaselessly. Words are failing me at the moment to describe what I mean here. And there's no coincidence in that! There are extremely few who have ever existed in this realm who could precisely describe this fact of existence in a manner that is completely understandable to the level of consciousness here! But the cool thing is, we're getting there!   You know, I have my own website that I began years ago, but I don't list it anywhere or tell anyone because there's nothing on it. I titled it "Symbolic Perception" because I understood even then that this is the way to understand life. However symbolic perception is a very difficult thing to describe with words. This "Sowelu Moment" story is the first time I've really tried, except when I do dream interpretations. Sages of old, Masters, etc. have used parables, analogies, riddles, questions and Haiku to try to encourage the reader/listener/receiver to find those places in themselves where they can realize essential truth. And they used these tools precisely because "plain speak" today is also rather superficial, not hitting deep enough to spark enlightenment unless telling a story of some kind (which helps us relate our own experiences to the story told, helping us "connect" to the deeper meaning). When I attempt to explain something to someone about my reasons for this or that in my daily life, I will often hear, "Just tell me in plain English". LOL! This statement says so much about how far we've come from being in tune with the essential level of beingness. Mathematicians and scientists are often asked to do the same thing, you know? "Explain it to me in a way that makes sense to my 'regular' mind. Use laymen's terms." Well, the trouble with doing this regarding BEING or LIFE, is that we all ARE "laymen" and "experts" combined! There IS no "other" language to explain life than the one in which it's written! This is why "experience is the best teacher". Plus, it's English (or French, German, etc. - modern language) that took a tangent and is missing the point! *heehee* Not really, but the way we use spoken language is more what I mean - i.e., "Just the facts, ma'am, just the facts". We've "sterilized" our speech, stripped it of nuance and subtlety, disconnected it from the stream of life. When we did this, we increased our sense of separation from each other or anything else. We also "civilized" our behavior and lost touch with the body wisdom inherent to us, too. Our attention is also focused outward so much during our 24 hour days that we lost touch with our inner awareness. When we lost touch with that, we lost access to the inherent tools to make sense out of life in every moment, and live by "Right Relations". All of this has made dreams, symbolism, wisdom teachings from the past, etc. seem almost unknowable to the modern human conscious mind. This is partly why "book knowledge" is so unsubtantial, ineffective and often irrelevant when applied to life, too. But notice how experience can teach us something in a fraction of the time it takes to read about it! Though we may not realize it, when we experience something, we're obtaining wisdom, not just knowledge (Wisdom is knowledge properly applied). Intellectual learning helps us acquire facts and informational knowledge, but it doesn't teach us how to apply it properly. And all of this points back to "Mother", "Sophia" or "The Divine Feminine". She is what's been stripped from mankind's understanding of their existence. She who is feeling, flavor, nuance, knowing without use of the mental faculties, "sensing", intuiting... but we're bringing these back into our awareness and experiences now, and weighting them differently than we used to. Love you! (((Hugs))) Sowelu |
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Post by seaoffeeling on Jul 10, 2004 4:13:04 GMT -5
Quote: If we pulled out all the stops, we'd see how daily life, dreams, microscopic and macro events... are all written in the same language, saying the same thing over and over, and reflect each other ceaselessly. I think that your earlier post illustrates how we can begin to look at waking life and dreams in a way that helps to create more receptors to information in our waking life or open existing receptors which have shut down from lack of use. This last part (opening the existing receptors) feels particularly relevant in spiritual awakening, as I understand that we all have abilities that we are just starting to recognize. It's also a question of trusting oneself, that the intuitions, images, etc. are coming from those 'hidden' or unknown receptors, and it's a question of integrating this information by making those connections across levels of consciousness, which are the same reality. Anyway, I think I'm just processing this for myself, since this is where I'm at. Thank you always for sharing your wisdom. And thank you for sending the love energies, I received them big time! Love you too! -SeaofFeeling |
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Post by Sowelu on Jul 10, 2004 4:19:44 GMT -5
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Post by seaoffeeling on Jul 10, 2004 4:21:55 GMT -5
Sowelu,
I just read the second part of your post, and I really feel that there's another big synchronicity happening here. It's no accident that your "Sowelu moment" has resonated with many people here at this time, and given much food for thought. I feel that every new idea contributes to a shift in consciousness, and this is a wonderful forum for doing that, with all of the discussions and threads evolving. Although I'm a novice, I feel guided to tell you that your sharing yourself has triggered many of these discussions and heart and mental connections.
Lots of love,
-SeaofFeeling
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Post by Sowelu on Jul 10, 2004 4:32:15 GMT -5
(((((Thank you so much!))))) This came to me as I was leaving the computer moments ago, and I also feel an urge to share it. I think it was John O'Donahue, an Irish/Keltic Spiritual writer who said,
"The Soul is best viewed by candlelight. Shine a spotlight on it and it tends to retreat into the shadows, just beyond the beam's reach."The human mind and intellect has become like a spotlight on life, missing so much in its harsh light. If you cut back that harsh light to the illumination equal to candlelight, it becomes obvious that imagination suddenly enters in, as well as the idea that we need our "non-physical feelers" extended so we can pick up the hints and clues offered by the flickering, soft light. Another wonderful thing about viewing the Soul by candlelight is that there is far less of a distinction between darkness and light. The candle light seems to illuminate further, too, even though it's a lower light. When we use a spotlight, it's easy to get scared when we see such a bold, contrasting blackness just outside our light beam.  |
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Post by Lunaria on Jul 10, 2004 11:35:33 GMT -5
I am wondering now,
What is the difference between a dream and seeing through your soul's eyes?
Wide awake I was in the middle of the day. I was watching my soul. She was preparing for her wedding, there in that other realm. I quess our souls have their lives too.
Her hair was long and curled and her dress was white and full with lots of lace.
Her groom was my friend in this life,Boomer.
He had on a grey pin striped suit and a top hat.
As they walked the beings lining the pathway stepped aside.
When they got to the end of the pathway they stood in front of Sananda who was dressed in jewels and crown and said their vows.
Then they rolled down the hill amidst the clouds
and laughing so hard. In fact Boomer lost his top hat.
Then it ended. I sat in awe wondering what that was.
I was awake. I was not day dreaming. I was not asleep.
I believe this actually happened in the realm above this one.
I wish I could see more through my soul's eyes to follow what she is doing.
;D
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Post by bluerose on Jul 10, 2004 12:41:55 GMT -5
OOOoooohhhhhhh SOWEY!
What an AWESOME quote! Just last night, the light on the side of my bed just felt too bright for me, so I lit a candle, which is in a globe, and it softened everything. I just sat in the candle light in my room for awhile before falling asleep. It felt soooo good.
What I felt when I read that quote, was that candle light allows for some darkness, creating more of a balance than JUST the harsh light. Oh, that's so awesome! I just LOVE that quote! And I also had a feeling about the prison when I read it. Though, I'm not quite sure what the feeling was. It was so quick, just a flash, but it feels like it has to do with the idea that candle light allows for a little darnkess.
Oh...that's it...the feeling I got about the prison was, "..talk about one helluva HARSH light!"
VERY interesting! Oh, I just love this thread! ;D
This is TOO COOL!!!
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Post by seaoffeeling on Jul 10, 2004 14:14:09 GMT -5
I too feel a great excitement and surging reading this thread. There is just so much movement towards truth and understanding here. And I absolutely love the quote and your commentary, Sowelu. It gave me electricity just to read it!
Love
-SeaofFeeling
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Post by liza on Jul 19, 2004 5:33:54 GMT -5
S, I enjoyed reading your "Sowelu" moment about the symbolism of the sole water puddle and its marring effect if left unexamined. I remember a quote about life not being worth much if left unexamined, but I don't remember the author who said that. How very appriopiate! It's like what was said in another post about indifference probably being the biggest obstacle. To what? Self growth? Perhaps one of our our biggest challenges is creating the ability to walk between worlds-- learning to be fluent in somebody's language and perception. By doing so, we efficiently help raise others' frequency as well as ours. This is STO-- IMO. Reaching a level where we are able to explore all of our senses through an available avenue (English language, French, Spanish, German, American Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language, art, math, you name it) is entirely another thing, which is very precious indeed! This is STS-- in a very good way! ;D I love it! This also brings up another point-- teach or be taught. Kill or be killed. Not as quite dramatic, though! I mean in the sense of programming. To speak from one point of view, society has successfully programmed us with pop culture references such as l33t ph33r (hacker speak), ebonics, and all kinds of things that are deemed "accepted." It's also cool to speak in a certain way-- that's what slang is. Nowadays I am hearing "Mad cool. Yah, mad cool!" type of speech, probably followed by a young person (either gender) wearing a pair of really low riding hip hugging jeans with a sports cap aligned a bit out of balance-- no, it doesn't seem that wearing one's hat backwards is cool anymore. LOL-- we can choose to start our own trend or be obedient to another trend, in other words. But... what are our intentions behind our creative choices? Are we obedient to a particular trend because we fear ridicule? Abandonment? Rejection? Or we just want to be accepted? Or to be forgetten in a sea of lookalikes who all are obedient to the same trend? I promise I won't even mention the Emperor's Clothes here, when a little boy pointed out that the emperor was actually naked. Oops I did mention that just now! I am thinking this is where our receptors mentioned above in other posts come in. All of our receptors are needed to be open to maintain a kind of integrity that we want to live with or strive for, be it being wonderfully poetic in the English language, or the German language-- even dancing, writing, drawing, laughing, you name it! I believe Edgar Cayce had considered this "channeling." ;D I think I could say a lot more, but I don't think I would do this post any justice with my audience having to adapt to many different topics floating around. Plus, I'm saving that part for another post one day. Funny how we go in different directions from the original post! |
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Post by liza on Jul 19, 2004 5:36:53 GMT -5
Hey! I'm curious-- are receptors the same as senses?
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But we mistake that grounding for truth, when all it is, is a stain that needs cleaning.
