So Much Happens in the Dark

I’ve recently taken to trying to germinate seeds indoors. Pretty immediately a few of my plants sprouted. And in the days and now weeks since, a few others have stayed relatively quiet. I had the temptation to get frustrated with them - to wonder why they weren’t growing, to blame myself for planting them late in the season.

But the truth is, I’m not able to perceive what’s happening under ground. I can have expectations and attachments - I can have feelings about the evidence or lack thereof of growth; but there’s a chance that a Universe is being born beyond where my eyes can see. Beyond where I can immediately perceive. Maybe that Universe has less to do with output and more to do with process. Maybe it’s not about a harvest, but about a chance to practice.

So much happens before ground gets broken - before the evidence of growth materializes in a way that can be seen and felt and understood and experienced.

So much happens in the dark - in the intimacy that gets cultivated between our many selves as we learn to gather and align. A Subtle Revolution that is strictly ours to experience.

If we too have been planted - if life placed our seeds in the ground and continues to encourage our growth; then maybe we can trust in an orchestration beyond ourselves. We can trust that every season brings an opportunity to practice - and that there is no such thing as too much or too little when everything is viewed in proper context. If everything is understood as helping us remember ourselves.

Because as we remember ourselves - the realm of what’s “possible” inevitably transforms.

And maybe such a transformation is what allows Revolution to take root.

Subtle Revolution

Oh, if only you could see

A Universe of Possible

Blossoming Within Me

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