THE MUTINY

You say that you will diet, that you will stop drinking alcohol, begin to exercise, or abide by strict spending limitations, and you do not. What you are experiencing is a Mutiny. Your crew is not supporting its captain. Why?

The crew is on this sailing ship on this same sea. Do they have no fear that their reckless behavior endangers the ship? Does the crew believe that fulfilling their own desires is more important than seeing to the safety of the ship and its passengers? Why would the crew work against its captain?

Let us assume that the captain is flawed but well intended. For the most part, the ship’s crew follows along, confident that the captain is making competent decisions. One day, an obviously bad decision sets the crew to murmuring. Or perhaps the crew is tired of eating hard tack and weevily biscuits. Perhaps they hunger for the sight of land or the smile of a pretty woman. Perhaps the crews’ unrest grows greater than their need for safety.

The crew bands together. Condition A no longer serves us, they will say. We Mutiny. The status quo dissolves as temporary chaos ensues. After a time, order will be restored to Condition B, but what was will never be again. This is Mutiny, Class ‘A.’

The ship is ploughing its waters with little setback when the crew becomes restless. Who is this captain? He speaks a language that is little understood. He sets himself above his crew. He makes decisions that are impossible to follow, with outcomes that are difficult to appreciate. Before the captain is given a chance to prove his worth, the crew mutinies. This is Mutiny, Class ‘B.’

The captain is at the helm, troubled. The directives given him by the higher authorities do not sit well with his beliefs, though his crew seem well enough with the mission. They grumble under certain tasks, but mostly go about their business, doing as they are told. A storm arises and the captain spontaneously grabs an opportunity to thwart the higher directives by turning his vessel sloppily into the walls of water, knowing that he will be washed away. This is Mutiny, Class ‘C.’ If this captain decides to scuttle himself with the ship and all hands on it, this is Mutiny, Class ‘D.’

Spirits arrive to their incarnation with more ways to exit than enter. Easily, there are as many ways to fail as there are to achieve. In all of this, there is choice, and there should be purpose. Purpose is what people most desire, yet it is the one thing that people most often fail to apply in their lives. Why is this so?

When you achieve, you believe it is because you have done so with purpose. When you fail, do you believe that you have done so with purpose?—or do you fail because you have failed to apply purpose?

Do you Mutiny, and if so, how?

Today, take a measure of yourself as Captain. Look at your vessel and your crew. Test the relationships. Weigh and assess the commodities of your ship for its abilities to move from point A to point B in both calm seas and storm. How are you fitted and rigged? Do you care for your vessel and its seaworthiness? Do you see its aspects as beautiful?

As the Vernal Equinox approaches, dividing equally the hours of solar day and night, 

look at the similar, divisive aspects of your life:

            
How do I support/ sabotage my Self?

            How do I apply purpose in my success and in my failures?

            How does my internal drive match my external ambitions?

            How do my beliefs reflect my truths?

            How might I avoid Mutiny by cohesing all factors of my High Self in my daily life?

How might you Mutiny against the silent, 
invisible factors that work 
in the dark corners where you fear to look? 

Call them into the Light as you raise your flag.

Blessed Be This Day

This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe,

Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me

from the other side of the veil.

March 19, 2014

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