Why the butterfly? Because it doesn't freak out when it knows it's time
to change! It just sees change as the next step. In its caterpillar
stage, it creates its little cocoon, goes inside, and when times up, and
after quite a work out, it emerges, transformed into a butterfly...

It stretches its newfound wings and flies away to discover its new
vistas!

Why can't we do that? First we would complain that we have to sit
still. "I'm stagnating! I must be off my path!" and then we'd cry "Oh no
it's dark, it (I) must be bad!" Then, when time to come out, "let someone
else do the work. I'll be the supportive one." "You want me to fly? I'm
still processing!" "I'm not allowed to fly; I fell down in a past life
and it's my Karma to stay forever on the ground!" "I can't just take
off without knowing where I am going!"..

I remember hearing that when we are stopped, it's because God is busy
working out the details. It's just like the down time the caterpillar
has to go through in order to be the butterfly. Can you imagine if the
caterpillar said, "I can't stop now and just hang out in a cocoon! I
still have to climb to the next branch!" If he only knew how much easier it
will be when he can fly! We often forget how much easier it is to
fly...

It does get dark in the cocoon of Transformation! A major part of our
transformation is when we allow ourselves to go in and see our dark
side. Jung said that too much light makes very big shadows! Any creation
contains duality, Masculine and Feminine, Dark and Light. I won't say
Good and Bad, as they are judgements about Dark and Light. The Dark is a
necessary figure, without it, we have no balance. There is a wonderful
story about the time before Kali took her role of dispersing disease,
rot and death. Living was a misery, nobody died. There was no room! There
was no food! There was no appreciation for life! Thank Goodness she
heard our cries and gave us the gift of time, rot, disease and death. Now
a baby grows up, has babies and dies making room for his or her baby's
babies. We now appreciate the time that we are given on this plane...

I see the times when we are willing to look at the darker, more
destructive side of ourself as that stage when you are cleaning out the
closet. Everything is out on the floor and looking a mess! You think it will
never look good again! It Looks like you get the same results in
transformation! You pull out all parts of yourself (all the parts, not just
the light, pretty, spiritual ones!) You throw out or recycle what is no
longer useful and reorganize the rest...

Then you know what's in there, and you can reach in and get what ever
you need! (and you don't waste energy worrying about what is going to
jump or fall out every time the closet of your psyche opens!) Don't throw
away all the Dark Parts, sometimes you need the Destroyer within to
help get rid of a situation that has outgrown itself, or the Angry One
who, once recognized as an important part of the crew, has learned the
appropriate times and ways to express anger!

Once you have been in the Dark of the Cocoon long enough, it is time to
get out! "Uh oh! You want me to leave the safety of this nice warm
beautiful cocoon?" "If it's time to leave, I WANT A REALLY BIG SIGN!"
Sometimes it's scary to leave that time of inner reflection and get back
into the outer world. Sometimes we get lost in helping others and never
get around to finishing our own transformation. Everyone knows that if
your help the butterfly out of his cocoon, his wings will be too weak
and he dies. The butterfly needs to go through the struggle to be strong
enough to fly away and so do we! (Are all of us well meaning, helpful
co-dependents listening????)..

Once we have emerged into the outer world, we find our new found
strength and beauty that we had hidden away also emerged. We aren't so prone
to excuses. We are now ready to take the next step and put what we have
learned into action. We take that Leap of Faith, and begin to fly the
highs and the lows of the next stage in our soul's evolution...

I am sure most of us can relate to at least one of the stages of the
little caterpillar journey of transformation! Its spring and next time
you see a butterfly go by, take a moment to remember the message it
brings you. Ask yourself where are you on the journey of your
transformation...

Then send that butterfly lots of love,
YOU
went through a lot to get here!
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From Desk of Anyeot GraceWatcher
Dr. Paul E Jones B.A.M.Div.D.D.
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