I Have Been Digging...

I have been digging in the dirt 

looking for a real, nasty root 

from a thorny vine that went unnoticed 

and unaddressed for years. 

The vine tangles between the branches 

of a thick bushy plant 

and was hard to get to. 

With patience and physical labor, 

I did not lose energy over the challenge. 

It was a natural unfolding 

of removing bits and pieces in the way. 

I see how deeply and intertwined 

things can feel too much of a challenge. 

At first, I could not see clearly 

what was going on in the mess of things 

hiding my vision to see. 

I had to twist and turn my body 

into many different angles. 

This I verified is a way forward for me.

~M

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Rumpelstiltskin: Sharing our Inner World

Rumplestiltskin by Anne Anderson (1935)

Recently, a student shared a beautiful interpretation 

of the story of Rumpelstiltskin in a global meeting. 

The realization was this: 

Rumpelstiltskin possessed knowledge that he did not want to share. 

Yet, when that knowledge was finally brought to light, 

it helped the miller's daughter convert ordinary straw into gold. 

In the language of the Work, by sharing the realizations 

of our inner world, we provide the 'shock' others need to help 

them transform the coarse straw of their daily impressions 

into the gold of higher consciousness.

The story also serves as a stark warning about hoarding knowledge. 

Rumpelstiltskin represents the danger of not 'eliminating' 

or sharing our inner work. When his secret is finally named, 

his resistance causes him to violently split in two. 

This is what happens to a machine that refuses to share its light: 

we become divided. One half attempts to serve the Work, 

while the isolated, mechanical half tears the inner world apart.

~T

Start By Doing...

 

“Start by doing what is necessary, 

then what is possible, 

and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

~ St. Francis Of Assisi

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