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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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