Guidance for January - 1
When we keep it small, we can look to the details of our happiness.
Maybe a smaller step will make us more satisfied?
The first month of the year invites us to set our direction once again. We are in the coziness of winter and yet we start the journey again in the turning wheel of the year. The silence is still present. We are in a season of deep contemplation on our mission, our purpose and our reason for being here. It is a sleepy time – don‘t let the pressure of this „big soul's purpose question“ overwhelm you, but invite your Self in.
The 1 is the beginning, it is not many, so it is small, it is essence, like a seed. In the 1 is no movement yet, but there is a will, like the slow pressure of a little seed silently holding itself. In this seed are all the treasures you need for this voyage of life. Allow yourself to reorder and recalibrate. Yet keep it simple, keep it small. Spring will awaken again and with it the life forces will burst forth. For now let the alchemy happen inwards, deep in your cells, down to your bones. Dig deep into your essence to find your direction that is the guidance of your soul's voice.
To be small is to be humble. We can not just decide to be humble, even if we wish to. There is some weight we need to drop on the way. What is your idea of humility? Are you aiming to be more humble? It sounds soothing for our ego, but also it is a state with less worries. When we allow ourselves to be small, we open up to so many more opportunities in life. Do you know the feeling of wanting to be on the top? To want to be great and seen? Many times we overestimate fame and supposed greatness. With being small, we can look at the details of our happiness. Maybe a smaller step will make you more satisfied? Turn it around: Be with the big goal to reach yourself intimately and make yourself happy.
The flip side of humility is humiliation. If we refuse to be small and inward, we might end up humiliating ourselves. We would do everything to not feel small, yet losing ourselves in comparisons, pleasing others and forgetting about our own needs and boundaries. It is by accepting our Smallness and Aloneness that we will be able to truly turn things around.
What is your direction when you choose yourself, your own little One? When you truly choose your Soul? Reframe success in such a way that you open to a year to be true, simple and honest to yourself. Let go of pressure. You are loved in your smallness. So gather yourself towards your essence and use your willpower to truly Become One.
The Earth's language is gravity. As we are born on this planet, it is the first force we are obeying to. It teaches us a simple fact. All comes from the earth and goes back to it. We can fly in our mind and spirit, yet we obey this simple fact. Earth and gravity are in us.
Let yourself fall to the ground and know: You can’t fall deeper than this. The Earth, in fact, will always carry you. The winter does sometimes feel heavy, so does the weight of our Soul. It will eventually pull us to the ground, to the 1. When we understand that the way of the Soul materializes here on Earth, we don't need to fight against its natural pull.
The first part of the Mul Mantra is Ek. It is a most simple word: The One. Here and now let’s be with our Soul that is One with the Soul of the Earth.
There is one God who dwells in every one of God´s creations and constitutes the eternal truth.
~ Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Truth is simple, otherwise it is not the truth. So for this month, keep it simple.
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Suggestion for the month:
The month of January invites us to meditate on our essence with the most simple Mantra “I am, I am“.
https://www.3ho.org/meditation/meditation-into-being-i-am-i-am/
