Time is of the essence, now more than ever.
It’s time to pay attention, to be aware, to be ready. If current world events are telling us anything it is that things can change in a heartbeat. And they will.
So how do we prepare?
First, we need to face our fears and eliminate them. As Gena Kenny (Ohana Yoga, Melbourne) told us in our recent yoga class, worrying is like praying for all the things we don’t want. It is time to stop worrying, but it is also time to face our most deep-seated and entrenched fears - the ones that lurk in our dark corners and have haunted us most of our lives.
Second, we must detach from outcome. After choosing and holding the thoughts of the life we wish to have, then we must lose all attachment to how it manifests. We have to abandon all notions of control and ride the cosmic waves as they roll to the shores of our experience.
Finally we have to let go of the past. We all have a story, but we are not our story. Once we see through the veil of our past hurts and setbacks we free ourselves to create the present and future we desire.
I have heard it said that the way they catch monkeys in the wild is by putting a box with a round hole just big enough for the monkey’s hand. Inside the box is a banana. When the monkey puts his hand in to grab the banana he is faced with a conundrum. Whilst holding the banana his fist is too large to pull back through the hole. So he has to decide, will he continue to hold onto the banana and therefore remain trapped, or will he let go of the banana and be free?
The past has a completely different energy to the future. The energy of the past is constrictive, whilst the future is expansive. The two are not compatible. We must choose where our focus will lie.
Now, more than ever, it’s time to let go of the banana.
