Shaping the being
January 11, 2010
Yep, that’s me, just getting the base ready for my snowman. I had to wait until the snow had enough consistency so that I could roll it and shape it. Just like building a sandcastle – you need the right mix of water for the structure to hold and take shape.
Soleira couldn’t be tempted out of the house. Too cold, she said. Wrap up well, said I. I’m fine here, she replied, snapping photos through my office window.
I did have a wild thought that we might have a snow-fight, but then, I’m the adventurous lets-build-a-snowman one and she is the I’ll stay-by-the-fire one.
Still, I had a lot of fun out there. It was just too tempting. I hadn’t messed around in snow since my army days in Norway over 30 years ago. But that’s another story.
My snowman building had a purpose to it. I was drawn outside for a good reason – and that was to physically shape something with my hands.
I’ve been working on my physicality for a long time. I’ve focused on reshaping my physical experience of life. I’ve allowed my once muscular build to be replaced by a more graceful athleticism and suppleness. Yes, I’ve watched the transformation with interest, not concern, simply allowing desired changes to occur, and now I’m working upon heightening my feelings for life.
I know it’s possible for me to be in a state of joy and for my friends to feel the resonance of that, even on the other side of the world. I’m at work on creating the physical delight of life as an energy-conscious experience, rather than another day of slugging it out.
It’s not about interpretation – it’s about physically aligning our beingness to the quality of living that we wish to embody.
Can you literally create life with the essence of joy in every cell fully active?
I leave the question for others to ponder, for I have my answer.
But back to that snowman. When he was finished, I found that my hands automatically started to smooth off the excess snow. I wanted him to have a crafted finish. Nothing more than that.
I’m fascinated by how much I’ve changed my awareness of how I work. At one time, I would have breathed life into my creations, thinking that they were created as inanimate. But now I see that life exists in every moment, in every action. And that the quality of that life is being shaped by every wisp of consciousness.
So here’s to the building of more snowmen and to the conscious shaping of our lives!!!
