Journey Towards an Overflowing Life

Suppose for a moment that you are standing next to a well. Let’s next pretend this well represents your relationship to Spirit, Universal Consciousness, Divine Collective, Source of Unconditional Love, whatever you choose to call God. Please take a moment to look inside. What do you see?

Is it bone dry? Is there nothing on the bottom but a couple of empty beer cans and someone else’s discarded, chewed gum?

Can you see a tiny bit of water down there? It’s not very clear. Maybe there’s an oily layer or filmy substance floating on its surface?

Perhaps your well is half full- you can almost make out your own reflection, but the well is a bit too dark, the water just a smidge too far down, to see yourself fully?

There is also the chance that, as you gaze into your well, the water is close enough to the top that you can see your own reflection with clarity. The water is high enough for the light to reach it. You see your own Spirit looking back at you.

If, by chance, your well is completely full, your water brimming over and all sparkly with rainbows, you are probably an Ascended Master, knew I was going to write this before I did, and are shaking your head lovingly at my human attempt at capturing Spirit’s essence. In that case, thank you for this inspiration, and please continue assisting me in my creative endeavors.

My own personal belief is that we are all Spiritual Beings. The “reflection”, to me, represents that Spirit lives in all of us, and depending on how much or how little connection we have to it, will determine our ability to see it as we engage in well-gazing.

No matter what level the water in your well; whether bone dry, like the first example, or almost full in a later one, there is always room for Spiritual Growth. Everyone is welcome, encouraged even, to fill, clear, or maintain their Spiritual “waters”.

“How full,” you may (or may not) be asking yourself, “do I feel like my personal well is?” I would say at this point in my own personal journey that my well is about half full. The water is still a bit dark, but I am pleased that I can just about make out my own reflection.

As pleased as I am that it’s as full as it is, when I first began my Spiritual journey in earnest, the state of my well was more like the first example. There may have been some muddy sludge at the bottom, but that was about the only moisture there. Back then I did manage to feel some slight inspiration from time to time. I would feel the occasional “gut” feeling that warned me of danger. Did I always listen? Of course not. (Did I mention there was sludge at the bottom of that well?) I have always had intuitive feelings and occasional nudges. In the past, I did not attribute them to my Higher Power. I also spent some time in my early adulthood numbing the chances of that connection getting any stronger. I was too distracted by worldly things to try and make contact; to try to cultivate any sort of relationship with Spirit.

I think it’s safe to say that with most changes in Life come growing pains. My decision to dive into a more Spirit-centered way of living was no different. For a long time, it felt like Spiritual warfare was being waged inside of me. The way I see it now, though, is that is not Spirit’s way. And let me just take a moment to state, “for the record”, as they say, that this is just my Soul’s journey. I can only share what has happened in my life and what I’ve learned works for me. Feel free to “take what you like and leave the rest”. I am aware that not every Reflection comes to replenish their waters in the same way.

So, yes, in the past it felt as though a war was going on inside me. What I have since come to realize is that it was my ego that was fighting. My ego was rebelling; afraid of dying, afraid it would no longer be acknowledged, heard, or, God-forbid, no longer allowed to be “right”.

Today, instead of the tumultuous upheaval of reactivity that was so rampant in my life, I have found that what my Spirit is really asking for is Surrender. Even as I write that word, I can feel the sigh of relief. I feel my shoulders relax, and move back to their natural anatomic position (which is NOT, as it happens, around my ears!).

I will share more about what I’ve done in my life to surrender in a future blog post. If any of this has resonated with you so far, and you would like to learn more, please feel free to contact me for a free consultation.