‘Only he who knows the destination knows the way,’ the
teabag told me solemnly.
Okay, don’t look at me funny. You know I have this ‘thing’
about oracles? Well, my iPod is now full
and, while it still constantly surprises me with the relevance of its random
choices, I felt the need for a new source.
All hail the teabag oracle. I’ve
developed a taste (okay an addiction) for Yogi Tea’s liquorice and mint tea. Don’t go ‘eeeugh’ if you haven’t tried it. I
know it sounds strange but it’s the perfect combination of warmth and cold,
total contrast in a mug.
Anyhow, Yogi teabags have little quotes attached to
them – but you don't know what you're getting until you break open the bag (much like most things in life). Anyhow, I rather liked the destination message
because, well, it makes sense right? If
you don’t know where you’re going, how the heck are you going to end up in the
right place? You just wander around in
aimless circles. Lost. Except, hmm, I quite like lost. But where has it got me?
See, I think I need a bit more focus. Just a bit. Maybe.
And then, later on, when I cracked open another I got:
As long as there is a doubt, you cannot find the way.
Hmm. I’ve recently
read the Conversations with God series of books by Neale Donald
Walsch. I inherited them from my mother
who loved them. But I always crinkled my
nose and sneered – cos I've always
been a bit sceptical about channelled stuff on the whole. But my quasi-guru talked about them in his
books so I figured I’d just poke my nose into the first one…cautiously. And, you know what? Gobbled it up from start to finish, nodding
pretty much all of the way through. Well
I never…Who’d a thought?
And what does it say, in a nutshell?
‘The Laws are very
simple.
1.
Thought is creative.
2.
Fear attracts like energy.
3.
Love is all there is.
Love is the ultimate
reality. It is the only. The all. The
feeling of love is your experience of God.’
And yes. I do believe all three of those.
And then it started talking about oracles. Okay, it didn’t
use the exact word but still…
‘Watch. Listen. The words to the next song you hear. The
information in the next article you read. The story line of the next movie you
watch. The chance utterance of the next person you meet. Or the whisper of the
next river, the next ocean, the next breeze that caresses your ear…’
Or the conversation of the next cup of tea you drink. God is a teabag? Well, of course. *smile*
And recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the next chapter
of my life, pondering directions, musing on destinations, looking for The
Way. And things are starting to become a
little clearer. Maybe.
It’s a dance, it really is. The mind alone won’t do it. You need to be totally congruent at the
deepest level in order to manifest change.
Like God the teabag says, ‘As long as there is a doubt, you cannot find the
way.’ And those doubts might be subconscious.
Tricksy huh?
To be continued…
