August 22
There is tremendous relief available to you when you stop trying to hold up that which can no longer be supported. You have experienced this: when once you are willing and able to look the truth head on, it seems so incredibly obvious that you are dumbfounded that it took you so long to see. And although it may not be welcome, there is no doubt that when you free your energies from the task of withstanding the advance into your awareness of something both true and determined, there is much more available to you, both energetically and emotionally.
Look, this is no small task and we know that even as we suggest it. Lives are full and busy and there isn’t endless time to ponder current or former states of being. However, the universe does not set you foolish tasks, but makes them all relevant. It is likely that there are a few things rising to the surface for you right now. A sense of confusion, of being drawn simultaneously in several directions, a lack of clarity about how to translate belief into action. These are indicators that you have reached the point where it is important to examine—in the context of your life—what really holds water and what is nothing more than an outdated version of who you are.
So if you do encounter any situations where you are not clear on how your values direct you to live or act, take the opportunity to investigate deeply. Go into your core to know what is really true for you. And while you do it, take care to quiet your mind, for as always, its agenda will lie
in maintaining its supremacy.
How do you clear something that is no longer of use to you? Well, the easiest and most direct route is to take an action that reflects who you are today. So, again, utilize your life—if there is a question, answer it. In other words, stand firmly on the ground of your truth. Sometimes this is the hardest part, to ally yourself in an undeniable way with the you that you have become. But it solidifies that transformation and goes a long way toward freeing you from that which is no longer needed.
The other piece of this that we need to mention is just how good it will feel. Clearing out the old is tough work, but once done, the sense of lightness and freedom and clarity is extraordinary. Clean a drawer or a closet and you get this boon, clean your consciousness and it is magnified many times over. And we would add that in so doing, you contribute much to the world around you. Your clarity and lightness will shine as a beacon to others. Even, and sometimes particularly, when your truths are not what others seem to expect of you. Being authentic, all the way through, is an extremely powerful example to set. You all long for it, and yet it often seems out of reach, just too awkward or inconvenient or unseemly.
Set an example, in your own way, and you change the world for others as well as yourself.
So, self-scrutiny and deep honesty are probably the most important things you can bring to your journey today. As they are on many days. Be brave and don’t let concepts—no matter their size or wide-spread acceptance—stop you from looking for the truth.
As they so rightly say, it sets you free.
We send love and many blessings. — E. West
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