We are in times of change here on planet Earth. We are actually behind the times, so everything that is happening now is overdue. Yet, alot of it feels pretty sucky. I understand. If you’re read some of my blog posts about my current life circumstances – have I mentioned the composting toilet yet? – you will know I understand.

What few people have yet to understand is that if the rug is pulled out from your life – it can take many forms – your soul is throwing down the gauntlet to the human “you.” (“Throwing down that gauntlet”: to challenge or confront someone). It is challenging you to grow beyond what was comfortable and known. Yes, it feels uncomfortable and maybe terrifying, but it is about your growth and you do not have to know what that growth will look like.
I’ve said it many times: comfort is nice. I’m a big fan. But it is not the goal of life. It is not a sign that you are a good person, living a good life. Ultimately, it is a state of mind and our challenge is to live beyond mind states and in the naked belly of Reality.

The soul is causal, it is creative, so it’s not a stroke of bad luck or punishment if the rug gets pulled out from your life. I understand it probably feels that way and I understand that many…many….people around you and in the media (for example, if you experienced a large scale weather disaster and there is media coverage) may frame it that way, but that’s just a frame, it is not reality and here is the key: it’s all in the frame. That’s the most important point: it’s all in the frame and your state of mind.

You grieve what you feel you’ve lost and at the same time you ask yourself: what will I do now, this moment, this next moment. You get on with it. And you find comfort and pleasure each day however you can, realizing that it is not the goal of your life. It’s not. Growth is. No matter what.

New times are coming and I suspect they will be marvelous, but they require us to get out of our comfort zones. So-called comfort zones are internal, first, then we attach those mind states (the feelings, the images) to circumstances. If your circumstances have shifted radically and quickly – congratulations, you are being called to grow intensely. You are ahead of the curve.

You have accepted the challenge. Now, you must rise to it. You’re up for it. You’ve got this.