Editor’s Note: It is when times are tough that we often feel we cannot move forward. Take even one of these “Blooming” tips and let go. You don’t have to have everything figured out you just have to be willing to take action no matter how big or small. ~Nitika~
We live in a world where we want to have our cake and eat it too.We want to experience the beauty and splendor of the blossoming flowers and greenery, yet, we moan and groan when it rains.Likewise, we want to live our best life, yet we aren’t too keen on experiencing the growing pains which lend themselves to lessons learned.For many, we desirethe best relationship, but we don’t want to work for it.We yearn to be skinny, yet, we aren’t willing to give up the junk food.We want to enjoy the diversity and livliness of NYC, but don’t want to deal with the prices and over-crowdedness.Living in an adversary world, creates much turmoil in our souls.We have two options: Accept something wholly, or change it. We cannot have the fat-free muffin with all of the taste, and we cannot have the blossoms without the rain.
As we crave the temperate weather, blue skies, and beautiful budding flowers, we must accept everything that comes with spring.Everything has a yin and yang.We must welcome the “dark side” to see the light.Non-acceptance is one of the most harmful and debilitating things we can do. Acceptance, therefore the opposite of rejection, refusal (to believe) and denial can set you free.Acceptance keeps everything in balance.
We would not have these gorgeous tulips, magnolias and cherry blossoms that adorn our city right now without the rain showers.Nature heals us through letting us marvel, with all of our senses, at the color these beings (all living things have a spirit) bring into our lives.The rain is an essential ingredient to the growth of these plants. Without it, we cannot appreciate the allure and equisitness of spring, if we didn’t have the drab barron winter to compare. We often seperate ourselves from nature, but we are all one in the same.We are also nature and possess a unique beauty and misson.Our purpose in incarnating is also to bring smiles to people’s faces and to learn from adversity.
In our lives, we also have rainy days which are crucial for our growth and development.The significant other who broke our heart, the child who tests our patience daily, the loss of a job or a large sum of money, and even the death of a loved one, all serve as brilliant rainy days to help us grow.All of these rainy days provide us the opportunity to germinate, develop and flourish in a very deep way.In truly accepting and learning from these lessons, we can continue to evolve as a more seasoned and mastered soul.
Embrace the rain as nature does.Look at those painful situations, those ”rainy” day moments in your life, and truly offer them thanks.Appreciate these opportunities to flower and bloom as a human, and therefore, on a soulful level.Allow these April showers to bring about your May (and beyond) flowers.
Tips To Get You Blooming Today:
1) Bring out your inner, innocent, oblivious and wide-eyed child. Embrace, the rainy day by jumping and splashing in puddles.
2) Take a rainbow shower! On a hot day, nothing is better than riding your bike along the Hudson while it is pouring rain.Ask the water to cleanse and purify you, while minding your safety of course.
3) Meditate in the park while it is raining, and ask the rain to rinse anything that no longer serves you and “see” and feel it being washed away to be drained and transmuted into mother earth for a higher purpose.
4) Water is the element of the 2nd chakra (Sacral Chakra) which governs emotions, sensuality, sexuality and creativity.Allow the rain to hit your lower abdomen and ask that it heal any imbalances in this area.
5) Meditate daily in nature and ask the flowers, plants, and trees to assist you.Ask for guidance on a “rainy day” moment or event in your life that you need to work through, become aware of, and release.
6) Cleanse your neurolymphatic points and meridians by receiving some delicious hands on healing.
7) Shout, “God Bless my rainy-ass days” and see if any New Yorkers even flinch and then skip along merrily!
