I’m not to go fast because I’ll simply fail fast

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I’m not to go fast because I’ll simply fail fast

Second birth takes a lifetime. Metamorphosis can’t be rushed. It’s a magic time; yet, also a time of great vulnerability. I’m increasingly challenged to step beyond my old ‘normal.’ I feel courage but also caution. I’m aware that the divine life can retreat and be lost. If I ‘go fast; I’ll simply fail fast.’

All my life I’ve been alone in my psyche; yet, now I have company. The Self speaks to me. I’m to learn to listen. I am to dialogue. I am to work ‘with’ the Self. The Self is the pacemaker.

Beyond the pale, you pick up speed
You fly so fast
It’s what you need

Yet, deeper down in darkness sprouts
The seed of love
Where nothing doubts

The seed that grows at wisdom’s pace
& idles by
At speed of grace

So thumb a ride… it’s not too late…
The speed of love
It
Navigates

The process of new birth can’t be rushed. It takes time for the unconscious to be purified & realigned. The conscious self can learn to cooperate with the new birth process but it can’t control it. If it tries to ‘go fast’ the new birth can be aborted. When this happens, the Self sinks back into the unconscious. ‘I simply fail fast.’

Another danger is that of being caught in the swirl of busyness & drivenness. We need times of stillness & solitude. We need times of consolidation and integration. A new foundation is being laid in our lives. It can’t be rushed.

See Saying 47: ‘You have to learn a new foundation for yourself.’
Saying 255: ‘Stillness incubates life’

Meditation: Still yourself… when you are ready ask; ‘Am I walking ‘with’ my ‘seed of love’ or am I rushing ahead?’ Be still. Be open. Listen. When you are ready reflect.