Thoughts of Mike Booth
The morning of the
eclipse, over looking the sun, on the water of Chiemsee. When we think of the coral,
firstly we think of unrequited love, - love that is not returned in the way that it is
given. I think many people at this time are coming to the point of loving themselves in
another way. It may have been that, at one point, it was easier to love ourselves when it
was obvious that we were doing the right thing, saying the right thing, being creative and
considering others. So, what would unrequited love be in relation to the whole of what we
are and who we are? It would be to love the parts of ourselves that are most difficult to
love and to feel how those parts of ourselves respond. If there are aspects of ourselves
that are suffering from un-love, then how would those bits know how to respond to the more
caring aspects within us? Perhaps some of these walls or barriers could be overcome with
the coral pomander, so that those aspects that have been lying in our shadow may merge
into the light, to learn how to love and care in a new way.
Would this not also
be why we call the new Christ energy, the coral, an awakening to a new level of caring. To
care for those parts of ourselves which have suffered the consequences of our uncaring is
again to come to a new awakening, the out-breathing and in-breathing of the Christ energy.
To bring us to thoughts of the breath, immediately makes us think of another aspect of the
coral. All plants, all of the organic film on earth breathes out so that we may breathe in
the quality of life. We are actually interdependent in relation to all things. This is
very different from mere dependency, because dependency would imply a different level of
responsibility, whereas interdependence indicates our ability to respond. To be responsive
in the true sense of the word is to be in touch with the true essence of the coral energy,
to feel how it is inside ourselves, how a leaf is moved by the wind, or a branch, or
indeed, the trunk of a tree. The wind is movement, the changes come and go. The coral
pomander can help us meet these changes with a sense of responsiveness. We begin to accept
our responsibilities with a sense of joy, rather than hardship. It seems that this year
has a special place in time. It marks the ending of a millennium.
The coral pomander
may have awaited its arrival for a particular point in time, where we are now ready to
begin to clean up our time-lines.
The implications of
this bring another understanding of the coral energy which is always helping us to move
closer to synchronicity: we can understand the coral here in relation to its opposite
colour, turquoise. Creativity brings us in touch with synchronicity. When we move closer
to our time-line we begin to take up our responsibility as we move into synchronicity,
facing the fears of the past. Remember that hidden within our fears has often been the
energy that has moved us forward, to help to carry us from one state to another. When we
act from fear, energy is released that leads to the creation of that very fear. It seems
that to love our fears would be to integrate the energy that has been locked up in our
fears, helping us to make the next step forward - the release of unrequited love, the
release of fear.
This brings the
healing of the time-line, a new awakening, the coral pomander.
Love Mike
11th August 1999
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