I once visited a place called Boyden's cave. You take this tour and go deep within the cave and then when you are well within the cave the tour guide says this:: "The man who discovered this cave had to crawl out of here and in pitch darkness as his lamps failed. To help you experience what it was like, we will now shut all our lights". They did and we did.... and for the next few moments, terror, confusion and fear filled the group
YOU COULD SMELL FEAR
Well we all had the same reaction in common however Mr. Boyden had it first and he lived to tell about it or we wouldn't be here touring his cave. What happens typically when someone is thrown into a stressful environment or circumstances is the body goes into shock and during this survival dynamic, a person must get hold of themselves, seek calmness and find their center less you give-in and THE EVENT has its way with you
THE ANSWER IS MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD YOU
From there, the ability to overcome, maneuver, and seek out the solutions will start to present themselves providing you are able to receive them. Staying in a state of panic or redundancy is not the path to cure your problem but to prolong it. The worse thing you can do is to take refuge in your own thoughts. It is actually the opposite of thinking. Stay out of your mind and resist the pull and the push of your own emotions to do so
SECONDS BECOME PRECIOUS
Mr. Boyden and me became one in that moment of darkness. I had enough time to consider what would have been my first move. One, to seek calmness etc as described above. Two...To get down on my hands and knees. Three, start feeling around to get a bearing and a starting point to form a sense of starting a solution. Four, to listen, smell and feel as sight is temporarily DISABLED at this time. Five, resepct time
NEW TIMING IS PRESENTED
Next to realize that the condition I am in makes me realize time differently. There will be no COMFORTABLE quick ways to get out so you don't allow yourself to return to your normal mode of wanting a result from having a thought. That is not going to happen. The timing of the circumstance has to introduce itself and prevail. You join it. You become accesible and reachable thus inviting the new way toward you. It will come
ACCEPT REALITY BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS
Then, a new way wrought of adventure, mystery and challenge is now upon you and that is your homework short and sweet. Moment by moment, step by step, a new way of thinking and being is replacing the old tried and true ways. Hope has been triggered and you will sense a surge of aliveness as your body and your mind as well as your soul all come together...to help and support this phenomenon. Not to-fail, but to prevail
I CAME BACK TO THE MOMENT
I came back to the moment because the tour guide switched on the lights again. All of us reacted and breathed a sigh of relief. I thought of Mr. Boyden and how he didn't breath that sigh for many many hours until he sighted that LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL we often cliche about. However, I joined him in a few seconds of connected experience
THIS MODEL FITS ANY PROBLEM
So it will be with any problems you encounter including the expected and the UNEXPECTED. When one commands their being and doesn't let their circumstances take the reigns, then anything is possible. Believe that and life takes on a different meaning. It definitely will change outcomes too
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