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Alignment - Realignment
When I was a kid I went through a period were I was fascinated by the movement of heavenly bodies and how they would majestically form up into these beautiful alignments that would for a short time bring a grand order to the universe, before they would shift again out on their own. Many many years later I got the chance to travel to Zambia and witness with my own eyes the devine power of a full solar eclispse. There are not words to describe seeing something like this to someone who has not been witness to such an event. I can only say it is like looking into the eye of God.
I have been thinking recently how our lives very much follow the same pattern of celestial alignment and realignment as we move through the days, weeks, months and years of our mortal existence. For much of the time we shift through an orderly pattern of life alongside other people, which is largely indistinguishable day to day. Yet occassionally there is an alignment of our life, with other peoples lives, and certain forces of existence that mark events of great importance or significance. They are often accompanied by times of great emotionality and perhaps deep introspection as our perspective shifts in accordance with the power of such a thing.
Until recently I used to view life changes brought on by these cosmic alignments as either “good” or “bad” depending on what followed, but now I am starting to see things differently. Life is not a static thing, all things change. This is something that I have learned during the course of study in my own framework of spiritual belief, and also simply through the act of living. When things change, some things in life have to be let go, but always there is the possibility for new things to be embraced. Our difficulty during a process of realignment is due to our reluctance to let go of those things that we hold on to at that time. I’m not going to start quoting Yoda or anything, but it is really the fear of letting go that leads us to a place where we feel constant hurt.
It’s human nature to feel loss at letting go, and also to want to hold on to that which we already have. The same as it’s human nature to love order and symmetry. Yet these are the things that shift when we arrive at a point of alignment/realignment. Sometimes it can be the very day to day nature of our lives that can be torn asunder, and yet it can also be as subtle as being close to someone, and then having to walk alone again for a time.
I have come to such a period of realignment.
That day I stood on the savanna plains of Zambia, and I watched as the moon slowly moved to it’s apex in front of the sun and the alignment of full totally occured, I felt infused with the power of universe, as if my very being was lifted to the heavens and I was a star in the cosmic ballet before me. It was not a bad thing, nor was it a good thing, it was simply, a glorious event that marked a shift in my life, and all the lives that were part of it.
I see now, that my current period of alignment, while not quite so grand as the day of the Zambia eclipse, is still significant, and not to be judged as good or bad, but simply as an event where my life shifts.
Time to gracefully let go of that which was embraced, and look to a set of possibilities that wait to be embraced.
Padwanna!
Posted: September 16th, 2006 under General Rant.
Comments: 6
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Comment from pippi
Time: September 16, 2006, 8:46 am
He Padwanna,
I’m happy to hear from you again allthough you use the yodi talk. I totally agree about the letting go part but it’s so difficult sometimes, especcially people that is, either because one is immigrating or just circumstances. And yes live teached me that there is always something, or someone new and good or even better around the corner. I however am fond off sharing memories and history so i have a hard time letting people go because i choose for instance my friends carefully and most off the time that relations are long term, the harder it gets to part. I also know that getting attached to easily is not that clever but offcourse it’s a matter of the heart and that makes it more complicated. Interesting what you say about Zambia how long did you stay there? Well Padwanna hoping to hear from you soon and have a good transmission may the force bla bla bla. Groetjes Pippi
Comment from pipi
Time: September 17, 2006, 6:12 am
by the way i think i mean have a good transition i’m not very good in the yodi language
Comment from ann
Time: September 17, 2006, 10:57 pm
Beautiful, beautiful writing. And a message I need to hear right now.
Good luck with your realignment.
Comment from pippi
Time: September 22, 2006, 11:06 am
He Padwanna, Just tipping you fo a great documantary: Buddha’s lost children. Former Thai boxer, now buddhistic monk raising orphans in the mountains between Thailand and Birma. In such an inspiring, positive human way that is very beatifull. How are you by the way, lately it seems that i’m more on your blog then you are sorry for that.I do miss the communicative part a bit. How is your script coming along? Have a good weekend doei Pippi
Comment from Padwanna
Time: October 2, 2006, 10:55 am
Hello lovely Pip,
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to write here.
Yes in a lot of ways, you and I are very similar. I make attachments quite easily as well, and while that can be a good thing, it can also be a bad thing, particularly if it leads to situations that can be quite painful. But then, that is really what can make life so rich, that process of letting people get close to you and in turn you yourself getting close to them. In our modern lives we are always making connections with people all the time, but I think the problem can be when are too afraid to let go of something, or someone that is leaving our lives, and that’s where the pain starts.
Fortunately my life has reached some sort of realignment now, and a balance has been acheived. I only wonder for how long.
Thanks for the movie tip, that sounds really excellent. If I don’t catch it at the cinema then I’ll track it down on dvd.
Yes I seem to not write here as much as I want. Which is a shame because I so much enjoy my blogging, but I seem to be in this mad scramble to get 100 things done before my 38th birthday in a month, and nothing gets enough time. I am hoping on finishing the movie script before that day, as well acheive something with a new novel I have started, and get two websites started.
Well, at least life is not dull. 
Take good care of yourself Pip, and we’ll talk soon!
Padwanna!
Comment from Padwanna
Time: October 2, 2006, 10:56 am
Hi Ann,
Thanks for that really nice comment. Very happy you liked it, and very happy to see you writing again too!
Padwanna
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