Using Your Power for Good?What would Samantha from Bewitched look like if she hesitated every time
she was about to twinkle her nose?
That's sort of how I'm feeling these days ever since blogging about the
(non) distinction between
witches and deliberate creators. It led to a
fascinating conversation that has me wondering about how our creative power
is best used.
Like this afternoon while I was chatting with fabulous fellow coach,
Eve Sheldon, I saw my kitty Elsa stalking sparrows and sauntered over to
shoo birds to safety. Elsa's displeasure was clear. Five minutes
later she had one clenched in her mouth anyway. (Sorry for the swear
words, Eve!)
Giving Elsa the evil eye afterwards, I realized, who am I to say birds
shouldn't be caught? Is that interfering with the natural
order?
Or what about the "unnatural" order? Like when my coworker's grandson
was diagnosed with leukemia and everyone joined together to pray for his
healing? If it's true that, as suggested by various sources, we each
choose our timing and method of exit (on a higher spiritual plane)
then should we intend for someone's alternate outcome? Is that, as
Byron Katie might say, sticking our nose where it doesn't belong?
Or when Russ is growing irritated that we sleep in separate bedrooms, is it
appropriate that I intend he relax and get okay with sleeping alone the rest
of his life? Or would it be better to let him be irritated, break up
and move on with someone who can sleep next to his side? Or should I
intend I get over it?
Or right now - when the garbage truck is pulling up and I check a slight
worry that he won't pick up our garbage because it's got window well covers
sticking up four feet from the top (?!) - is it appropriate to manifest he
takes it even if it might not be best to?
(Maybe all those years of appreciating my garbage man paid off, because he
took it.)
And yet - we're creators! That's what we came here for, isn't
it?
Or is it?
What about you? Have you ever intended that someone
in particular fall head over heels in love with you, or wished your
competition for a new job screw up in their interview? Or secretly
hoped something bad would happen to the
crackhead neighbor living next door? (Oh, that was all me again.)
I guess it becomes a matter of finding our personal comfort level between
accepting reality and managing / creating it. Maybe as long as
we act with awareness and in alignment with our personal integrity,
we're good to go. And maybe I'm making a bigger deal about this than
is helpful. (That feels rather true, but I've spent all afternoon on
this issue so it's going!)
As far as I can tell, I've got some cleaning up to do. In the
meantime, for all the squirrels and birds and
deer at risk, I'll follow the lead several blog readers shared and
simply intend for "the highest good," release attachment to whatever that
looks like, and make peace with squished squirrels and caught birds.
I'm hardly in a position to give advice on this, but I would at least
suggest we each get conscious to the creations we're already adding
energy to. Lots of us don't realize what we're helping to
create (whether it's arguing about politics or gossiping about our
sister-in-law - oh gosh, is that me AGAIN?!) - and that certainly isn't what
using our power for good looks like, is it?
PS - I may be a big talker, since I just chased the neighbor's cat away from an unsuspecting dove in the front yard. (Sigh.)
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