On the path to happiness, the moment just before breakthrough is often the most intense, and also the time we’re most likely to resist.
A hummingbird got caught in my new studio here in Matilija Canyon. I tried like hell, along with my partner and our 3 year old, to coax it toward the open doorway and window, but it wouldn’t go there. Finally I had to climb up on a chair and grab it, take it out, and release it.
One time my teacher used this image to describe that moment when we are about to break through. That moment when the bird is finally captured is it’s most terrifying moment. It thinks it’s in the clutches of a predator. Only you know that it’s okay. On the spiritual path – especially if you’re working on deep healing – it can be really simile. That force, Grace – whatever you call it, knows you’re okay in those moments when things get really hard. But to you it’s the worst. That’s the moment to trust and keep going. You might be right on the verge of a huge breakthrough.
todd ruby says
I whole-heart-edly agree!
Bob Otten says
Not sure who I’m speaking to but here goes. My inner self needs to be released very badly. I feel like I haven’t truly engaged in a long time and its though I’m rotting from the inside. I made some terrible choices in the past and I want to stop my self sabotage. I have known for fleeting moments my inner greatness and I desperately want to engage it fully. I know I have serious and deep work to do. I’m asking for some guidance on the appropriate program book or seminar for a launching point. The courage to change course looks daunting but something that interests me. What do you suggest? My mind needs to take an enormous and toxic shit! I hope that’s not to vulgar for you. Just how I feel at the moment.
Peacefulness bobby
David Wagner says
There’s a men’s course starting next week. Do that.
Bob Otten says
Not sure who I’m speaking to but here goes. My inner self needs to be released very badly. I feel like I haven’t truly engaged in a long time and its though I’m rotting from the inside. I made some terrible choices in the past and I want to stop my self sabotage. I have known for fleeting moments my inner greatness and I desperately want to engage it fully. I know I have serious and deep work to do. I’m asking for some guidance on the appropriate program book or seminar for a launching point. The courage to change course looks daunting but something that interests me. What do you suggest? My mind needs to take an enormous and toxic shit! I hope that’s not to vulgar for you. Just how I feel at the moment.
Peacefulness bobby