My favorite television show at the time was Happy Days(Yes, I'm THAT old!! lol) and as a result I was absolutely fascinated with the saxophone played by the show's main protagonist Richie Cunningham! Looking back, perhaps my choice de joire had something to do with the fact that on the show it appeared all the ladies 'appreciated' its melodious miracles!! LOL
Well, in the 'real' world, as I was soon to discover, there are pragmatic aspects to consider that all involve the all mighty dollar!! And while my heart strings panged for the golden buttons of the saxophone, my parents budget was more in line for the much less glamorous curved lines of the clarinet! ;0)
As is usually the case in this magical realm called Earth, I soon found out that the clarinet is the ONLY instrument that has THREE different versions! Better than any decoder ring from the bottom of my favorite breakfast cereal, I was quickly able to ascend the pecking order of forced chosen instrument to eventually become the proud owner of a BASS CLARINET!! This behemoth of a noise maker provided the deep resonating timing that was at the core being of every song our band belted out! And at its epicenter was yours truly!! Richie Cunningham eat your heart out!!
During the following three years as a proud member of my middle school's band, I discovered something that resonates with me to this day. And I believe it is a lesson that we can ALL heed. While it is nothing overly revelatory, it none the less caries with it a vibration of a soulful truth that would do us all a justice in Re-membering!
You see, as much as my Ego desired to belt out sounds that would stand out amongst the crowd of the other 50 odd other members of our band, it was the steely and steady pangs of such instruments of the bass clarinet that provided the foundation that allowed the more 'luxurious' instruments to intertwine with, and in doing so, created the melodious magic that leaned into the KNOWINGNESS of the reliable beats provided by myself and the other Keepers of the Light!
It would take me over two decades later to truly be able to digest the analogy that being a member of a small Middle School band would have on the deep understanding of my overall life's experience. For it was during this part of my life that I began to try become a student of the importance of human EMOTIONS! And the critical part they play in how we navigate through this experience called Life!
As I slowly began my own Consciousness AWAKENING process, it did not take long for me to appreciate the fact that life itself can be looked upon through the lens of a well orchestrated band. For it is here that we can first truly come to understand that EMOTIONS are the guideposts to the Soul. Like perfectly presented notes on a page played out by polished instruments, they help softly guide us back to our Heartstrings. For it is here that we each have been given a Heavenly sent gift to allow our Soul's to glowingly send out a unique message that is truly ours and ours alone! And I Believe that this is where our Earthly power resides. For if we have the Courage, and Strength to follow our own chosen path with the internal KNOWINGNESS that it will be lit by our own Heartstring's glow, that "all the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true!"
Unfortunately, for way too many of us, our feelings and emotions are not treasured and appreciated in the manner that they were meant to when we came into this existence. And as a cruel result, our experiences become much less fruitful than what we came here to find.
It's one of the most tragic tenets of the world I see on a day to day basis as both a spiritual teacher and a member of this planet.
In fact, I have seen things get to the point where many precious spirit's are exposed to what I call Emotional Shaming! Similar in vein to body shaming, this involves members of our Spirit community being shunned, verbally or even physically slammed for having the Emotions that are emanating so peacefully from their soul! Gifts such as vulnerability, sensitivity, true tolerance, a lack of prejudice, and non-judgement are too often treated as some form of modern leprosy. And as a result, our society is slowly becoming even more and more unconscious by the day. The dark clouds left in this wake are dimming the magical emotions of Hope, Courage, Strength, and Joy that we came here to spread! To wield as our own form of Super Powers.........
I am quite often presented with the question from my coaching client's that they wish that Life came with a guidebook. And my answer back to them is now always the same. "But we are all given a gorgeous guidebook!" It's called our feelings and emotions. But we must TRULY listen if they are to assist us in the manner that was always intended. For they contain the vibrations that manifest into the tangible plans and places that we are to go, and the people we are to see! And most importantly, we must commit to our own feelings regardless of what others think! Nobody holds the roadmap to your happiness and success. Much less your TRUE PURPOSE for manifesting here on Earth.
So in the moments in which you may be confronted either externally from others or internally from the nasty GREMLINS of our Egoic Mind, please Re-member this quote from the Heaven sent teacher Marianne Williamson:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Nerdmaste,
Jeffery Louis Martinez
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