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December 2011
Cheryl Kaufmann / Bright Star
Just Stand Back
You know those moments in a movie where the pivotal Awareness
settles in? Where you as an observer “feel” for the main character?
The moment you “get it” the instant they are “getting it”, whatever
the “it” is. The music sends ribbons carrying emotions like
streamers on the wind, free flowing, something you can see, but
cannot touch. Yeah, that moment. Ever had a moment like that
when it was your own self you were watching, not a character in a
movie?
My guess, you have and may not have realized it. The funny part
of it all is that those moments often feel just like the movies, we can
see them, but we cannot touch them. Often times, we would rather
the more tangible method of touch, to be sure it was real. That
might be physical results to an expectation, words to fulfill the
mental curiosity, an acknowledgement on the other persons face to
connect to the emotions or perhaps the lights and music of ooh-ahh
angels to prove the Spiritual connections are real. While the
individual physical, mental, emotional and spiritual spaces are very
real in any given moment, they are but a mere piece of a much
bigger puzzle.
This year has been one of many changes and there is somewhat of a
guarantee to many more in the year to come. While I am both
apprehensive and excited about what that really means, I wish to
remind you of a little something about this pivotal moment of
awareness. Yes, we are in the moment where the music begins;
watch for ribbons, streamers of consciousness, let them drift.
Every time you find a nugget of information that opens your heart,
inspires your creative being, gives you a chance to take a deep
breath, gives you strength to use that incredible voice of yours, or
perhaps laugh or cry, imagine a facet of your brilliance being wiped
clean and clear like a diamond. Even when you “blow it” and it
really was not as graceful as you would have liked (God knows, I
have had plenty of those), the events that take place are incredible
opportunities for you to “get it”, watching yourself in a pivotal
moment of awareness.
When I was about eight or nine I watched my dad leave the house
out the back door. Rather I watched me watch my dad leave. It
was a teaching moment for me; a moment of pivotal awareness. I
learned what it feels like to watch a moment take place. I have
shared in my Reiki classes the moment I had an out-of-body
experience when I was twelve, feeling myself leave my body and
float behind our truck witnessing my dad, my sister and myself drive
home along the foothills of Arizona. I could control my height of
flight and consciousness connection to the environment (like seeing
people’s swimming pools in the neighborhoods we drove past). It
was not scary. It was just a moment. When we allow ourselves to
have a “disconnected connection” we can gather information,
discern what is beneficial for us, regardless of the outcome and
make a decision. When we stay locked in a moment, whether it is
physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually, we stunt the
expansion to all parts of ourselves (the whole) by limiting to one
level of experience. In other words, your emotions can keep you in
a moment of experience rather than the lesson of the experience.
There is a quote that says there is a fine line between genius and
lunacy. I venture to say there is a fine line between connected and
not caring, and not caring and disconnected. Not caring does not
mean there is a lack of emotion like a hard cold piece of steel that
cuts, but rather a place of allowing a genuine leader to make the
decisions, not the leader of emotional fear or worry or anger or
doormat.
It is like watching the character in the movie. Something you can
see, but cannot touch. Sometimes in the movie we are
overwhelmed with emotion in the moment. Other times, we are
observers who finally, deeply “get it”; it is like we understand down
in our bones. Many of my teachers have said that in order to be in
a space of true connectedness to our own selves there has to be a
space of not being invested in the outcome. Others call that
Allowing, or Awareness, or Enlightenment.
As we gather this Holiday Season, there will be many opportunities
to watch and observe, to allow, and to be aware. Imagine the
characters in your life, be it family or friends, co-workers or
acquaintances, each are playing their parts very well, and in your
space of “getting it”, whatever that is in any given moment, your
heart will open and expand beyond any emotional space your left
brain would like to label. There is a bigger more substantial place
accessible, if you allow your experience to move beyond the
expectation of an outcome. The presents are fun, the food is good,
and the decorations are setting the mood, but just stand back and
see. Really see, not with your eyes, but with your heart space.
Notice the ribbons of music this season. Notice the emotions.
Notice what just is. Just BE. You increase your ability to love by
letting go of some of the drama and opening up to a moment of
pivotal awareness.
May your heart be filled with energy that will surprise and thrill you.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2011 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and
Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent
but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's
name and/or business. Further articles can be viewed on the blog.
happenings, subscribe to Bright Star's monthly Newsletter. Your address is only used to
send updates and is not shared with any other sources. Click on the subscribe button
on the side to get your newsletter in motion!
December 2011
Cheryl Kaufmann / Bright Star
Just Stand Back
You know those moments in a movie where the pivotal Awareness
settles in? Where you as an observer “feel” for the main character?
The moment you “get it” the instant they are “getting it”, whatever
the “it” is. The music sends ribbons carrying emotions like
streamers on the wind, free flowing, something you can see, but
cannot touch. Yeah, that moment. Ever had a moment like that
when it was your own self you were watching, not a character in a
movie?
My guess, you have and may not have realized it. The funny part
of it all is that those moments often feel just like the movies, we can
see them, but we cannot touch them. Often times, we would rather
the more tangible method of touch, to be sure it was real. That
might be physical results to an expectation, words to fulfill the
mental curiosity, an acknowledgement on the other persons face to
connect to the emotions or perhaps the lights and music of ooh-ahh
angels to prove the Spiritual connections are real. While the
individual physical, mental, emotional and spiritual spaces are very
real in any given moment, they are but a mere piece of a much
bigger puzzle.
This year has been one of many changes and there is somewhat of a
guarantee to many more in the year to come. While I am both
apprehensive and excited about what that really means, I wish to
remind you of a little something about this pivotal moment of
awareness. Yes, we are in the moment where the music begins;
watch for ribbons, streamers of consciousness, let them drift.
Every time you find a nugget of information that opens your heart,
inspires your creative being, gives you a chance to take a deep
breath, gives you strength to use that incredible voice of yours, or
perhaps laugh or cry, imagine a facet of your brilliance being wiped
clean and clear like a diamond. Even when you “blow it” and it
really was not as graceful as you would have liked (God knows, I
have had plenty of those), the events that take place are incredible
opportunities for you to “get it”, watching yourself in a pivotal
moment of awareness.
When I was about eight or nine I watched my dad leave the house
out the back door. Rather I watched me watch my dad leave. It
was a teaching moment for me; a moment of pivotal awareness. I
learned what it feels like to watch a moment take place. I have
shared in my Reiki classes the moment I had an out-of-body
experience when I was twelve, feeling myself leave my body and
float behind our truck witnessing my dad, my sister and myself drive
home along the foothills of Arizona. I could control my height of
flight and consciousness connection to the environment (like seeing
people’s swimming pools in the neighborhoods we drove past). It
was not scary. It was just a moment. When we allow ourselves to
have a “disconnected connection” we can gather information,
discern what is beneficial for us, regardless of the outcome and
make a decision. When we stay locked in a moment, whether it is
physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually, we stunt the
expansion to all parts of ourselves (the whole) by limiting to one
level of experience. In other words, your emotions can keep you in
a moment of experience rather than the lesson of the experience.
There is a quote that says there is a fine line between genius and
lunacy. I venture to say there is a fine line between connected and
not caring, and not caring and disconnected. Not caring does not
mean there is a lack of emotion like a hard cold piece of steel that
cuts, but rather a place of allowing a genuine leader to make the
decisions, not the leader of emotional fear or worry or anger or
doormat.
It is like watching the character in the movie. Something you can
see, but cannot touch. Sometimes in the movie we are
overwhelmed with emotion in the moment. Other times, we are
observers who finally, deeply “get it”; it is like we understand down
in our bones. Many of my teachers have said that in order to be in
a space of true connectedness to our own selves there has to be a
space of not being invested in the outcome. Others call that
Allowing, or Awareness, or Enlightenment.
As we gather this Holiday Season, there will be many opportunities
to watch and observe, to allow, and to be aware. Imagine the
characters in your life, be it family or friends, co-workers or
acquaintances, each are playing their parts very well, and in your
space of “getting it”, whatever that is in any given moment, your
heart will open and expand beyond any emotional space your left
brain would like to label. There is a bigger more substantial place
accessible, if you allow your experience to move beyond the
expectation of an outcome. The presents are fun, the food is good,
and the decorations are setting the mood, but just stand back and
see. Really see, not with your eyes, but with your heart space.
Notice the ribbons of music this season. Notice the emotions.
Notice what just is. Just BE. You increase your ability to love by
letting go of some of the drama and opening up to a moment of
pivotal awareness.
May your heart be filled with energy that will surprise and thrill you.
~Bright Star
Copyright 2007-2011 all articles are the personal property of Cheryl Kaufmann and
Bright Star Inspirations. Sharing information is permitted without written consent
but must be accompanied by acknowledgment of the source via this website, author's
name and/or business. Further articles can be viewed on the blog.
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