The Speed of Human
The NOT 5 things and a Blessing
The tale of how 5 things was not completed this week:
Undoing the Doing
Sometimes the gathering of the current life lessons loom in a way that requires a pause. Deeper listening for what is true as well as what needs a bit of settling into.
I don’t gather lightly.
This past week has led me down some darker avenues of awareness. The shadows have been deeper, the pulse a truth, a side glance of perspective I’m not quite sure I want to fully embrace. To flex into a powerful truth and fly it outward into the world without being fully understood doesn’t honor the depth of soul I demand of my interaction with life. My 5 things needs time to steep. As the ideas of life stew here are the parts that linger.
Soul culture is the cultivation of the earth terrain of my soul moving at the speed of human. Not automobile speed or tech speed or superman speed. Just my speed- breath, bones, flesh, dream time, digestion, pulse speed. My body can move fast and my body can slowly move despite my desire to get where I want to go as fast as possible. In alignment with my body I always arrive right when I’m supposed to, when it’s best for the moment to be capitalized and utilized for more understanding. Easier said than done.
My mind can calculate far faster than any other part of me. Thank goodness, I’m certain it’s how I survived this long. That said, the calculating in situations where the heart and soul need to guide defeat my growth, filling the moment with control or worse, fear. I can learn nothing from fear I haven’t already experienced. That road has been well travelled.
To bring the mind into alignment, to slow it as my body desires- this is the next step in soul culture. To embrace and honor the passage of time with heartbeat, sunrise, moon cycles, seasons, deaths, laughter, tears, tides. It’s been a tad like whiplash these last 20 months, living in a world that has been turned upside down. I have become a better me. This me is sure of herself, of her stance to take chances without fear of tomorrow. I have learned to live. I have also become aware that I need a new speed. A speed that captures the moments between the sun rise and set like whispers of a secret I get to discover with each breath.
This week was an undoing of my body as I battled a cold. It felt like strength training to take a whole week to just rest and do what I could and then rest again.
These last two days, it’s felt like honey sweetened tea to write these words and claim I’m ready to share 5 things…because I’m not done gathering the bits. When they are ready I will know, I will feel the clarity as they shine and touch the soul.
Soul culture is life tending.
Blessing
May your speed slow softly,
May the winds of autumn greet you with wonder,
May you know your home within yourself.
Backstory
For those just joining me here in Substack, I write a weekly short note of 5 things I have gathered from life. After they have been distilled to the best of my ability and understanding I send them out each Friday. Here is the original post with a tad more story to the idea. For an introduction on the idea of Soul Culture look here. I look forward to seeing you next week. Until then, enjoy October.