Carolyn Shares: My sense of touch is overly sensitive today. My skin hurts with every touch, my muscles ache with every movement. Even my ears hurt, and I don't want to hear anything or anyone, My brain seems to hurt as well, and yet I fight against the calling of my body to go and rest for the remainder of the day. I have my own agenda to complete and goals to move toward. A 'sick day' interferes with 'my plans'.
Clearly, I am once again learning things the hard way! This month I am searching through the wisdom teachings for messages about how we learn truth. I am no longer surprised that in my readings across cultures and spiritual teachings the same themes surface at the same time across the different lineages. This week it has been no different. I read Richard Rohr's posting on learning the Truth about how the body and soul teach us when the body is hurting and the soul fearful. And then a reading from Hafiz, and a psalm about resting in the Divine. Finally, I came across a reading from Talks With Relations, Jamie Sams name for the clan mother of the January Moon: ..."she must also learn the importance of resting when her body's rhythms are being pushed beyond their capacity to endure. It must be difficult for her, no longer in Spirit-form, and having to limit herself to the perceptions of a human body." (Blue Jay's commentary-pg. 39 in 13 Original Clan Mothers).
Self-Reflection: Learning through my sense of touch, and learning to communicate willingly with my body is my practice for this month's teaching.
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