Coming Into Alignment

by Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D.

Sometimes I list to the left and sometimes to the right, like a ship rocking in the choppy waters. Noticing when I am in alignment and when I am out is becoming easier. It requires awareness and the knowledge of what alignment feels like. Once you know what it feels like, who wouldn't want to be there? Yet, suddenly I become aware again, like waking after a nap, and I find myself off kilter.

Alignment is actually our natural state of being. As young children we are fully aligned in the present moment with our authentic, divine selves. Somewhere we lose that natural state as we get more into character and become immersed in the illusion of physicality. We discover past and future, attachments and desires, shoulds and shouldn'ts. All of these pull us out of our centers and we begin to list one way or the other. We abandon the center for what seems to fit in or please another. Sometimes we even forget where center is and wander off feeling anxious and lost in the tapestry of the physical world.

When we accidentally cross the center in our meanderings through life, we mistakenly think that the feeling we have is created by something outside of ourselves. As we pursue whatever or whoever we believe made us feel that way, we move out of center again and into the emptiness of the world of form. Gradually we begin to shift our outer focus inward to come home to ourselves again or we are shifted cataclysmically through the "earthquakes" and shattering of the world of form - things such as loss and illness. One way or the other, we begin to come back into alignment.

It always amazes me how much resistance I sometimes have to coming back into alignment. Why would I resist what feels so good? My mind gets in the way and wants to be in control. Even my heart sometimes goes astray and resists the pull into the soul. Getting all parts of myself dancing together is no small feat, and that is what alignment is.

The homing device that we all have inside lets us know when we are in alignment. When it goes off, we feel really good - light, joyous, loving, compassionate. When we are off course, it also lets us know. Then it is like the inner version of those annoying car alarms - we are discontented, angry, irritable, sad, and fearful. If we pay attention and release our resistance, we can notice when the alarm is a little less intense and follow the trail back to center.

So make it your purpose to come back into alignment with the highest version of yourself. The key is to focus inward and pay attention to feeling as you move through out your day. Let your natural homing device take you back to the moment, to your true self, to your divine nature, and to what is real.

I am alignment
A hummingbird that follows
The sweet trail of joy

If you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.

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