friday, august 26, 2011

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‹› moving boulders ‹›

the Mentor was strolling through her mind's eye when she came across the Student sitting on a bleak part of his path, contemplating a large boulder with distress in his aura. she decided to don her astral cloak and go directly to him. having witnessed this before, the student was not totally taken aback when she appeared corporeally beside him where before was nothing. he did, however, start for a second, but then said, "you are quite excellent at that, Revered Teacher." "thank you gracious Student... lots and lots of practice" replied the Mentor wistfully. "what is it that distresses you so on your path, dear boy?"

"i should have known you could feel it," inclining his head in respect to her talents. "i am contemplating the amount of obstacles on the path of life and growth, for as you can see, i am presented a huge one now in the form of this massive boulder blocking my path across the river." his teacher looked up saying "yes, this i can see.... how flow your thoughts on this?"

"i am very tired of rolling boulders out of the way" he replied. "sometimes they roll back on me or they become an obstacle for someone else. neither a desired result.... i could go around it, however that would take me far from my intended path, and it is important to not get lost at this point." "could you not climb over it?" the Mentor mentioned with sly merriment. "yes, i thought of that" he replied, "but then it would  block any who wish to follow, and still be an obstacle to me should i want or need to come back this Way, you see. i could wait for the winds and the water to wear it down, i suppose...." "...but then it would be lifetimes before you could pass here" finished the Teacher, then continued:

"yes, honored Student, i see your dilemma. as this particular boulder will not go away on its own, perhaps you could make use of it. consider that even when it is gone, you must wade the river... what would be of use there?" "stepping stones" the student said laconically. "yes! stepping stones. a brilliant idea, lad! so it just might be that you could make stones from the boulder to utilize in this manner. at this point the obstacle appears large and overwhelming, does it not? however, if you hold love and strength in your heart as resources, you may begin to reconstruct it bit by bit into smaller stones with which you may cross the river. by transforming it in this way you can use that which comes against you for your own and others' good. this need not take long; with one deep breath, you could possibly deconstruct this problem within, turn it into smaller questions, which when exhaled will come out as answers. please, try it with me now."

with the Mentor's encouragement and help, the student did just that. as he breathed in with intention he began to see solutions form inside, chipping away at the obstacle piece by piece; and when his Mentor told him to breathe out the answers, a thick mist of truth came out, engulfing the boulder and blocking his view momentarily. as the mist cleared, he was amazed to see stepping stones across the river. he turned to his Teacher and said "you really are quite excellent. thank you." "i have had lots of practice , "but you did most of the work" she smiled as she started to disappear. and just when she was almost gone, she called; "the water makes a heart on one of the stones to remind us that everything is easier with love in our hearts on our Way...."

love and blessings to all

saxz ∞