Resettling at Flat Creek

In answer to a prayer, calling a friend for support, I was given a message. This is after moving to this log cabin on Flat Creek where I will be for at least a few months and I was exhausted. I had hit the wall. She went into her silence and then, she texted me this:

“Your life long struggle to find God is done. You are joined. You are here to be His Presence.”

I sat a moment with her in the Quiet and contemplated this message. I do not feel “done” although for sure, something is finished. And, it is this: I am done with the struggle. To find God is as easy as breathing. The struggle is moving against the current of Grace, offered always and freely to us. The life long struggle is done. It is done. And, it has been long and it has been exhausting and it has been worth it for it brought me here, to this space. To Quietude.

I sighed and I set out for a walking contemplation, turning right toward the college for which this 2 mile town is named: Montreat. I couldn’t have imagined such a walk after this conversation with Pat. I found a path that led me to an beautiful meditation garden. Who could have known. Who indeed. This is where it took me.

What a stunning affirmation. I just stood there, a bit in Awe. Then, I walked further on, deeply humbled for this answered prayer. I sat by Flat Creek, the same stream that tumbles babbling behind this cabin and realized, “This is why I am here.” Sitting on a stone bench. Quiet. No revelation or thunderbolt. Just a creek, the breeze, and rhododendron all around, singing.

The struggle to find God is finished for It is the very Self that I am. It is Nameless and It is Formless and it sings in a creek and the wind and in all that is around us. The joining is the return, as in turning constantly back to the Heart as a spiritual practice. The words, “To be His Presence,” is my purpose and life’s work, however imperfectly it may be expressed. I have no other reason to be alive then to bring a taste of Union. And, hopefully, to support you in the same. For this leads to you. And me. Together. We are all in this together -we hear this so much and it is so. It is true. For even writing this, I am reaching out to embrace you as a reminder that you are not alone. “God is with you.”

In this moment. And, in the next. We are joined in an endless breath. The ever-changing and changeless Now. It is my heartfelt wish that my journey and struggles and the process of untying my own knots inspires you to stay the course and set out on your own path, finding your own sense of joy and grace. What we are seeking is only to remember who we are, always. Call it by any Name. See it in any Form for it is so far beyond all of that.

May you find right now in this breath a sense of peace and support and an instant of deep contentment and healing. This message is for us all.

ENTER IN PEACE

FOR YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

GOD IS HERE

WITH YOU.