Our Birthright

Our birthright is a rite of passage.  Embodiment is the opportunity to remember HOME.  Many of us spend years, a lifetime, longing for home, feeling as if we don’t belong in the family we were born into, the circumstances of our environment, the body house and even the planet.  We see ourselves as foreigners struggling to understand the culture and language of life surrounding us, lost, out of place, expending our energy “trying” to fit in, “trying” to get it right, go by the “rules” and adapt to a picture painted for us by others or the projections of our own minds.  Perhaps the simpliest solution to such a dilemma is to use it all to keep reminding us where home really is…our own hearts and the “house” we reside in is our own body.   We can perhaps recognize that our life’s journey is to truly understand the concept of home; that the only home we need feel a part of is within us.  For those that must experience the loss of their “outer” house and material possessions due to the economy there is the challenge to understand the gift in it all.  When we begin to step back and observe from a metaphoric perspective the implications become clearer.  We can open to the possibility that the growth offered is one that will allow us to move in a world where home is always with us; OUR SECURITY LIES WITHIN.  There we can trust we are protected; flexibility and fluidity soar to new heights as we adapt to life in the moment.  We can gain a deeper understanding of the concepts of detachment and acceptance  as well as compassion,  finding joy in the perverbial “WHAT IS”.  Yes, it can be excruciating, stressful, heart wrenching for sure AND often that is where the most profound shifts happen.  When it seems as if the rug has been pulled out from under us, letting go of the old and familiar opens the door to new creations we never would have imagined… or imagined but would never have been catalyzed to implement.  Loss of the outer house is the gain of a deeper security;  home is no longer a structure, a roof over our heads but rather within us no matter how dire the circumstances.  The foundation, framework, strength, and protection is everpresent as we walk through the chaos and storms of the world around us.  In each moment we then can peel away the old constructs and belief systems that limit the recognition that we are truly spiritual beings having a human experience.  From that vantage point we can then lighten up, get the joke and begin to enjoy all that is presented to us along the way to remember we are always home and that this embodiment is simply a house we moved into at birth to have a grand adventure! Breathe in such a possibility.  Breathe out the fear and resistance.