Spiritual reading — from ugly to beautiful

August 15

We have been speaking to you of impending change, of new directions that will radically alter your life for several weeks now. As we have said before, these changes are unlikely to arrive like thunderbolts or like fire or flood.

Although that may occur for some of you, it is more probable that you will feel the changes rising gradually within you in such a way that although you are aware that you are not as you were, you will not be aware of the extent of the alteration for some time.

Today, in relation to this process, it is possible that you will encounter a fair amount of sadness. Do not allow it to take your progress and your momentum from you. This sadness, should you feel it, is a byproduct of the changes. As you grow, you must leave much behind. Things dear and familiar and precious.

Inevitably, you will experience sorrow as you are separated from aspects of yourself that have felt like home.

Remember that you have decided to move. Home is no longer static and cannot be contained or counted upon to be in the same place from one day to the next. The things that you must bid farewell to, no matter how special, are no longer things which you need. In fact, they are things which hinder and hamper you. You are not being asked to release or live without that which benefits you. Please keep this in mind.

So if you should find yourself mourning, or just feeling the tug of sadness, try to recall that your losses speak brilliantly of your growth. You are becoming the magnificent being you were meant to be, and you no longer need many of the supports which were once essential.

Think of this: a caterpillar needs endless food and solid support beneath its many feet. A pupa needs a strong and well-sealed cocoon securely attached to something material. A butterfly need not eat nor drink, requires only the briefest touch-downs and can travel thousands of miles on wings more delicate than paper.

As the transformation progresses, the physical needs diminish and the miraculous capacities grow. You are well on your way to emerging as the gorgeous, free-flying butterfly of the soul that you truly are.

So think sadly if you will, on the loss of the necessity to munch leaves all day and night. Mourn the security of the chrysalis that has dissolved. But remember that each of these losses is intrinsic to your emergence, to your birthright, to your realization. Allow your sadness, and let it go, for there is much of great beauty and glory which lies ahead for you.

If you find no sorrow within today, be grateful and rejoice in your transformation without pain.

All our love and blessings. — E. West