March 2019 - Compassion Group Notes

The Edge of Growth is Uncomfortable

The innate life force within us, insists on growth. And inherent in growth is death. Consider a seed. If it is to not die, really die, then it must die to being a seed, like an acorn. The outer protection must crack and break and fall away, so that the little sprout that will one day be an oak tree, start to grow. It is no doubt comfortable to remain a seed as long as possible. The work of growth entails pain, suffering and discomfort and many, many mini-deaths to old states of being in the world.

 If the acorn were to refuse the inner life force, it would literally die. So we can choose to die, or to DIE, whither, and decay back to the earth. The thing about the acorn is that it does not refuse growth – only some inherent flaw of circumstance of life would stop it for growing…. Like a squirrel eating it. It does not have choice. But we do. We can grow with grace, dignity, acceptance, and courage. Or we can go kicking and screaming, with resistance and refusal, anger and grumbling.  For more… Read here