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Courage to Follow







                   An Ayurvedic Path








        I often awaken with racing thoughts, but this          longer be a part of a corporate structure under
        morning I had an unusually clear mind. It was          the guise of healthcare. I no longer believed
        reassuring to be in touch with my knowing              medications such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen,
        self. It had been a long time since I felt that        antibiotics and steroids are safe just because they
        peace. I was thinking about two years ago,             are routinely administered. On the other hand,
        when I left my job as a hospital pharmacist.           I wholeheartedly believe in the ability of herbal

        In the backdrop of my mind I am aware of the           plants and foods, breathing exercises and yoga,
        steady self-criticism of feeling ‘less than’ others  marma points and acupressure, mantras and
        who are employed, accentuated by the current           sound energy to supersede modern medicine’s
        jobless rate brought on by the Covid pandemic. healing effects. That we are universally bound
                                                               together, and love itself is a most powerful
        But this morning it became clear that I had            medicine. This is how John O’Donohue
        absolutely made the right choice. I could no           describes trusting new ground:



        In out-of-the-way places of the heart,                 Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
        Where your thoughts never think to wander.             And out you stepped onto new ground,

        This beginning has been quietly forming,               Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
        Waiting until you were ready to emerge.                A path of plentitude opening before you.


        For a long time it has watched your desire,            Though your destination is not yet clear
        Feeling the emptiness growing inside you.              You can trust the promise of this opening;
        Noticing how you willed yourself on.                   Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
        Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.           That is at one with your life’s desire.


        It watched you play with the seduction of safety       Awaken your spirit to adventure;
        And the gray promises that sameness whispered,         Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
        Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,            Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,

        Wondered would you always live like this.              For your soul senses the world that awaits you.








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