June, 2020
One of the elements of centering that I have found helpful is “location”. I have a friend that described this concept to me from the standpoint of her own personal experience and it really stuck as a practice and understanding of creating safety and certainty when it is difficult to find in our external environment.
“Location” for the individual is essentially an acknowledgment of where you are in all planes; emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical. June has been the month of heightened challenge around location. I have found myself emotionally reeling, broken down in tears and confusion while spiritually noticing how much more I am able to tap into higher planes of perception. Mentally, I often find myself attempting to categorize or compartmentalize what I notice while physically I move between strength and exhaustion pretty quickly. This may sound like I am all over the place and from a certain vantage point, I am. However, I am clear about my location. This clarity around location allows me to move through whatever is happening from my center. Even in pain and distress, I can find my center. I know my location. Because I am able to do this fairly consistently, I am safe to be around because I am not deceiving myself about where I am. This does not mean that I don’t fall into the trap of deception at times, however I am responsive to myself and feedback from people that I trust about what I am noticing and what they are noticing about me. There is a constant reconciling and integrating of what my experience is so that I know my location and I can be a vessel for the next level of information coming in. There are many limitations of the human body and mind. I am not immune from those limitations. But I am willing to push the envelope of those limitations for as long as I can.
The companion to location is change. Knowing that your location can sometimes shift from moment to moment is not only helpful but normal. We all want some sense of normalcy, certainty, and security. Being with and aware of our location can help create all of those things as it becomes easier to be with where you are in any given moment.
This is what June has brought to me in truck loads. Lots of challenges and integrations around location and owning where I am. From what I have observed in the collective, a version of this is happening for everyone. The primary learning that I have received from this month (so far) is that location is very important in providing internal safety and sovereignty. This internal safety creates a natural safety for me and others in the external world.
