Making Space for Transformation

I think that most of my readers will agree that there is a heaviness to the world that most of us have never felt before. Pandemic, wars, political divides, climate change – it all seems overwhelming. Personally, I feel a deep grief for the state of the world as well as a tremendous dread for the future of our country and the planet. I continue to struggle with these feelings. How do I radiate love and joy when I feel these negative feelings so deeply?

This week I listened to a podcast from Lee Harris. “Lee is a globally acclaimed Energy Intuitive, Channeler and Musician who offers grounded, practical teachings focused on helping conscious, intuitive, and sensitive people heal, thrive, and live a better life!” https://www.leeharrisenergy.com/

In his podcast, Harris talked about the emotional and structural instability that we are feeling, both individually and collectively. It is a liminal time, a threshold time where some of us look back with longing for the old ways, some of us don’t know where to look, and others are looking forward. This threshold is an uncomfortable and difficult place to be in, since, as the old passes away, I don’t have any idea what the new looks like. How then do I navigate these unsettling emotions? How do I acknowledge and hold these feelings until they can be transformed into a positive blueprint for the future, not just my future, but the future of our world?

I firmly believe that the Divine Feminine calls those on the spiritual path to hold these feelings of grief, despair, and hopelessness. I must acknowledge these feelings, hold these feelings, and ultimately alchemize these feelings into something totally new. But how do I do that? How do I become an alchemical cauldron that changes these negative feelings into love and joy?

Harris posits that my power lies in silence and in creativity. Divine energy wants to help me during these difficult times, but I must quiet myself long enough to listen. I must practice stillness every day in order to ground myself in the depth of the universe. I must open myself to my intuition, to nature, and to being present in the Presence of divine energy. I must create space for the transformation to take place. In that space I can then open myself to the joy of co-creating in this world.

Creation is an act of bringing something new into the world. Creation doesn’t have to be art; it doesn’t even have to be ‘good’ to be creative. It is simply making something new, and everyone is capable and called to be creative. As I create, I expand – thoughts, ideas, words, art, music, math, childrearing, engineering, love – and that expansion opens space for growth and change in myself and the world. It makes space for transformation in myself. And when I transform, the world transforms.

As I ground myself in silence and make space for creation, the grief and despair them becomes transformed into something totally new. It opens me to a joy and hope that ripples out into the world. The cauldron that once held grief and despair has alchemized the old mess into gold.

Barbara Garland
June, 2022