S2:EP13 - The 2019 Chronicles: Relax, Release, Receive

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DOC: Velcum To My Life ees a prochect, un experiment in Life unt ART. A living storyboard, if you will. Its premise ees zat life ees experiential, unt zat you can, unt do, experience ze life you choose. It ees based on Ze Veel of Life unt Ze ARTs for Ze New Millennium as life building tools. Yeah, it’s true. 

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It is…Sunday, September 15, 2019.

Time...Regaining.

Theme of the Week – Blessings [Count Your Blessings; Everything’s a Blessing; All Blessings are Divine]

Lesson of the Week – That Which you Resist Persists [Usually Getting Worse]

Observation of the Week - Everyone’s Fighting the Same Battles [Just Different Levels and Grades]

I’m trying to recall the week and it’s giving me somewhat of a headache. 

WALT: Maybe that’s just the gas fumes leaking from The MattMobile. 

Ahhh...just enjoy the high and shut up. 

Walt: Who said I wasn’t?

So much happens in a week [so much can happen in just a day] that, when I sit down and try to summarize it all, it becomes challenging - overwhelming, even. I had hoped the Daily Posts would aid in that a bit. 

So, here we are, rounding out another week of this mad adventure called ‘My Life.’ It was as any other week, I suppose - some highs, some lows; some joys, some woes; some challenges and blessings, a little magick and mystery, even some adventure. 

1,001. That’s the minimum number of thoughts that pass through my head on any given day. Five days out of the week, automatically, I am thinking about my shifts at The Seasonal Store. There’s a lot to remember and things to do. 

Every day is also filled with thoughts of how I manage my life that day. Mostly it is the simple things such as when and how I am going to eat or sleep or get things done. 

I am constantly trying to find ways to make more money or save on spending what I have. 

I am looking to the future and certain projects that I would like to take on...and whether or not I really should commit myself to them. Such as returning to The Middle School. I would love to do it again, but where will life find me by that time? 

I have thoughts about my daughters. I have thoughts about my past and what it has been, both good and bad. I have thoughts about my present and how I feel about where I am. Also, both good and bad. 

I have deeper thoughts about life and Divinity and existence. 

I have thoughts about this project and how to navigate my way through it. 

So many thoughts so very often. 

This is what makes it so very challenging sometimes to do these posts. My mind must filter through all of the moments and happenings and inspirations and enlightenments, and find the most relevant pieces for the moment.

The past 8 days has impacted me greatly. I just don’t fully understand in what ways. A lot has happened. It seems like so much, in fact, that I can hardly believe it is only 8 days that has passed. 

The Seasonal Store has settled into its momentary pace. Things will change as we get deeper into the season, but for now it is what it is...and it seems to be working. I like the work and I am really into it all actually. I like what the company does and how they do it, but of course my mind is always looking for better, faster, more efficient…

[and then it was Friday, September 13, 2019; Time...defining.]

At this point, I don’t even know what I was writing about before. I thought about going back and reading it over, but I decided to let it be what it is and move on. 

I think I’d like to take a moment to look closer at this week’s Theme, Lesson, and Observation. These three things are more important to the weekly posts then for what they are, I think, sometimes recognized. 

Blessings came up frequently this week, in varying forms and ways.

WALT: I thought it was ‘curds and whey.”

Oh, knock it off.

Anyway...it first came to me twice by way of The MattMobile. I had two different people compliment the car on different occasions. In my head it seems odd. The car gives me problems. It’s not really the kind of vehicle I like, or even need. Even the body is not in great shape. Still, these two individuals took appreciation in the car. I figured if they could, well then, I should. 

It is a blessing. It runs, despite any issues. It has served it many purposes for me over the year I have had it, especially in the past several months. The fact that it could serve many purposes makes it a blessing. It gives me a home. More of a home than some people have. 

Then it would just come up randomly in conversation, mostly in the form of, “What is a blessing?”

Well, anything and everything, really. 

I’ve already mentioned The MattMobile. It is not ideal, but it is a blessing. It is several blessings actually. My job is a blessing. I mean, it is a blessing in as much as I enjoy and I think that is important. But, the income is a blessing. The opportunity to actually work is a blessing. The people I get to know and form bonds with are a blessing. The ability to help people [especially to create the perfect Halloween experience] is a blessing. 

All of my work is a blessing. The ministry, in all its aspects, is a blessing to experience and to share. The metal scrapping is a blessing to the environment and to my income. The retail merchandising [when I do it] is a blessing. It offers me the income, plus variety and adventure. 

This project is a blessing. It affords me the opportunity to be introspective and reflective. It allows me to look at the whole of ‘My Life’ through a different set of eyes. 

My friends are a blessing, no matter how often or how little I see them. 

To receive is a blessing. It doesn’t really matter what, or how much, or even the manner in which you receive. Receiving a gift. Receiving money. Receiving a pair of shoes. Receiving a cup of coffee. They are all blessings. Even receiving a smile, or a kind word. 

To give is a blessing. [It may be the best one out there.] To give is to share your blessings with another. Even in sharing just a moment with another you are giving of yourself - your time, your energy, your personality and personal charm. You are sharing with a person what the world has given to you. 

Every moment that passes is a blessing. Each is the chance to live, to be, to hear, to see, to share, to give, to receive. 

Even in the loss of a loved one there is blessing. It’s sort of a bittersweet blessing. True, a person once here and loved is forever gone. That is a pain, a void, that is never truly filled again. Still, it allows us to look back on that person, and the life lived; time shared, ever so fondly. We remember the smiles and the laughs and the moments. We remember the best. And, in that experience, we are filled with Love. But, it is not just any kind of Love. It seems to me the highest form of Love. It is deeper than the Love we may feel for that which is right before us. I do not think I could even do justice to a description of that level of Love. It is Transcendental. 

In the midst of coming to these revelations, Blessings, would appear in my life one more time - in the form of a ‘message from G-d.’ It is an email I receive every so many days - “Today, Matthew, we believe that G-d wants you to know…”

That you can’t ask for more until you learn to appreciate what you have. You can’t really ask for more blessings until you can count the ones before you. How can you be more blessed if you don’t even know just how blessed you are?

What You Resist Persists.

I’ll give an AMEN to that. It’s true. I’ve seen it time and time again. Perhaps you have noticed it yourself. The ore you seem to fight and struggle against something, the more it seems to dominate the life.

That Which You Feed Energy Into Grows.

The more you struggle, or argue, or defend, or whatever form the resistance takes, the more energy you feed into a thing. It becomes predominant in thought. It starts to overshadow your days and your experiences. It grows larger and larger until you are drowning in it. 

I believe the full saying is, “That Which You Resist Persists. That Which You Accept Disappears.”

It’s not so much that things are suddenly resolved. It’s just that things can be put into better perspective. The mind becomes clearer, the soul a little lighter. The more you accept and release, the easier it becomes to realize...

It Is What It Is and Each As It Comes.

There are blessings and struggles, pros and cons, ups and downs to every experience of life. More often than not these are subtle, unrealized balances. Still, every choice [good, bad, or neutral] has consequences. 

But, I digress as usual. That Which You Resist Persists...usually getting worse. I think this absolutely true. It’s like damning up a stream of water. Unless systems are in place, the water will eventually flow over the top, or the pressure may even build up and burst the dam. 

I can think of so many examples of this in my life - things with my family, my finances, living in the car, smoking. The list could go on and on if I put my mind to it. But, there was something this week that made it a lesson. 

This week I paid $80 in non-sufficient funds fees. If you have followed along over the past several months, you know that this is a struggle I have been fighting for sometime. I have faced the possibility time and time again. And, time and time again I managed, somehow, to avoid it. 

I had seen this coming with the last paycheck and I had a plan to diffuse the situation, at least a little. However, only after completing that plan, did I learn that it was all for naught. I fought. I struggled. I resisted. I lost. 

It was actually very easy to shrug off and accept. I have been blessed time and time again in this struggle. Sometimes it has been through hard work and diligence, sometimes through generosity, and sometimes it has just been due to a Divine Slight of Hand. 

At first, I set into survival mode. I cut back on eating quite a bit and found the cheapest ways I could to eat even what I did. Still, I would find myself in situations of spending money and/or helping friends. 

I was fighting a losing battle. It truly was just easier to accept it and let it happen. It wasn’t a perfect moment but it worked out. In the end, yes I would pay the bank fees, but my finances would balance out to the positive and all necessary things were taken care of. And, once a gain, it all happened through a certain degree of hard work and determination, some generosity, and some Divine Slight of Hand. 

Well, I could write on and on and on. But, it has already taken me days to complete this. A week in fact.  It is here that I will take pause and return to the other functionings of my life...and ‘My Life.’

So, without hesitation…

For now and for always, from here in Geistopia this is your beloved Rev…

WALT: And Walt…

JOHNNY: And Johnny…

Doc: Unt me…

And, all of those guys, wishing you Peace, Love, Light…

WALT:…and Freakishness, baby! 

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Totems:

Grasshopper- Uncanny Leaps Forward

Hawk- Visionary Power and Guardianship

Eagle- Illumination of Spirit, Healing and Creation

Cricket- Good Luck, Genuine Happiness, and Good Cheer

Blue Jay- The Proper Use of Power

Snake- Rebirth, Resurrection, Initiation, and Wisdom

Skunk- Sensuality, Respect, and Self-Esteem

Oak - Strength, Morale, Resistance, And Knowledge [protection, health, money, potency, fertility, luck]