An Unfolding Transformation
May 1, 2009
April heralded physical transformational change for me. At the end of March, I was doing headstands and handstands (and forward rolls!) in the garden with Lucy, a 12 year friend, when I overbalanced and fell on my back. It was a shock to my system but nothing worse, or so it seemed, as I was able to get up without pain or discomfort.
Some five days later and there were pains through my right arm, particularly at the wrist. It made computer work rather difficult as I couldn’t work the mouse for more than a few minutes at a time.
I quickly perceived that my fall had affected my muscles and nerves along my right shoulder down through my right arm. Strangely, I wasn’t concerned about my well-being because I knew that the fall had been purposeful. Moreover, I recognised that here was an opportunity to deal with my physicality in a powerful revolutionary way. Sure, I used a compression bandage and sling to rest the arm, but I dealt with the deep ache inside my arm beyond any normal response.
There was a fire of activity through my forearm. As I felt it, I put my focus upon a restructuring of the cells, on renewal and transformation, and upon the sense of immortality … that shifts our understanding of ourselves as mortal beings and allows us to recognise the pure quality of what we are really made of. “Immortality,” I said to my cells. “We are immortal beings bringing the consciousness of immortality into physical form”.
There were other significant transformations taking place with my friends, two of whom said that they fell over for no particular reason and that they couldn’t help themselves. As we compared stories, we saw that the most important feature was not what happened but rather in how we dealt with our physical recovery.
It’s like a metaphor for the current financial restructuring and economic recovery of the world. What we put our trust in and hold to be true is what changes everything.
We are changing everything … no matter what it might look like on the surface. A fall is not a fall – it is a reassessment of physics and physicality. It causes us to ask questions. What do we wish to do with our bodies: how can we treat our physical beingness with greater comprehension, delight and respect? How can we change the pictures of reality that form in our cells in every moment – and what are those pictures that are unfolding within us?
During April, I focused on immortality as something that could be lived. For when we know ourselves as immortal beings then we unfold transformation in ourselves, and in everything that is around us, and all that we are a part of.