“PERFECTLY ON TIME” REFLECTION
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.”
Thank you Pierre Teilhard de Chardin for providing us with this quote.
What a lovely way to re-evaluate current conditions.

This has been another seven days of reflections, hindsight views, new ideas and new connections. Some years back, author Michael Singer entered this writer’s world. At the time reading The Untethered Soul felt somewhat deep and beyond my grasp. However, following-up with The Surrender Experiment immediately took me back to The Untethered Soul and here we are today with quite a change in perception and understanding.

This evolving writing experience continues to surprise AND delight for a few reasons. Unexpected encouragement and connection arriving from friends and family. At the same time this lovely sense of trust that saying “yes” to those new opportunities being put forth by “My Guide Tribe” is truly “perfectly on time”. That was the very core of Michael’s book The Surrender Experiment….to simply say yes to whatever was presented and from there to just trust that it was in some sort of divine order. Magic seems to follow!

This next loop around the sun.

[Of course this image is NOT one of our planet orbiting the sun but it felt like a bit of a fit. It’s my own photo and when it appeared [Jun 4, 2022] made me think of my Grandpa who used to tell stories about the “Sun Dog”. I like this spiritual explanation found online:

What is the spiritual meaning of sun dog?
A sun dog symbolizes unification and harmony, represented by the three ‘suns’ appearing together. It can also mean transformation and a positive shift in your life.

It startles me to look at the calendar and realize it’s just over four months since the web-site was launched, the little Facebook Group was created and the first blog was posted. The speed with which life continues to fly by also continues to astonish me. Seems there was a time when “decades” seemed to be a significant timeline reference point. Now, not so much.

And, as another spring begins to unfold it’s a further reminder that every single second someone, somewhere is either celebrating an event OR remembering a loved one who has transitioned OR just recalling a memory of importance following one more loop around the sun. As an active member of the 4^th quarter club, it often feels like a “loop” is actually just a “blink”. As evidenced today when grandchildren Jeff and Laura are celebrating their first wedding anniversary.

Additional “new connections” arrived to share life experiences as we all muddled along for the week.  There seemed to be an unspoken suggestion to define them as a “soul cluster” which felt like a “perfectly on time” fit because of some deep and open-hearted sharing that resonated with and, in some cases, paralleled this Crone’s own story.

These most engaging and generous new friends have arrived, in my corner of the earth-school, via the Spirit Writer’s Workshop and the substack.com/app. And, as my mentor Gladys has often remarked, there may have been a “hidden-hand” in the works because of a willingness to say “yes” and take the next step.

The Spirit Writers Workshop, facilitated through Kristine Carlson and Debra Evans of the Book Doulas finished on Wednesday. These most lovely, authentic, and genuine women provided us with an experience of exceptional quality plus the opportunity to engage with equally genuine and authentic participants.  So, one more time this writer has been gifted to join with other women who share the journey of grief and loss. The offer to move into the next phase of the Book Doulas Book Incubator program was difficult to decline. However, My Guide Tribe have reminded me of my lifelong pattern of getting “overly busy” and reaffirmed that it doesn’t all have to be done by last week. So….perhaps next year.

The second group has only a few connections at the moment and yet something tells me it’s just the beginning of some very special times ahead. The Substack platform was quite an accidental discovery. The introduction came about via David Michie, author of The Dalai Lama’s Cat series. He is a wise, funny and insightful individual with a very large heart who supports four charities via his Substack subscriptions.  Prue Batten and Ramona Grigg were subsequent additions who have now been identified as part of the second “soul cluster”. Prue attached to David and Ramona attached to Prue. Both women are writers of significance and yet they took time to engage and respond to this Crone who truly is just “in training” – although also standing by that mantra of being “perfectly on time”!

There’s something about Substack that’s calling me to post there and let the little Facebook Group go. Or… perhaps for a short term, let them run parallel and see what the universe may have to say? Although the platform is designed to facilitate paid subscriptions, it appears that most offer “free subscriptions” with an option to subscribe which may provide additional access to additional posts. Always more to unfold and be revealed during this next blink. Also yet one more learning curve option…good thing curiosity continues to be a driver over here.

Since October the Crone has said YES to:

• Share a daily reading with some friends and family because there was this “poke” to do so.
• Accept an invitation to participate in a folk dancing class
• Accept an invitation to participate in tap classes
• Initiate a membership with the Pickleball Association of Canada and BC
• Sign-up for and participate in an online/virtual program to look at what changes might be considered for this new year
• Sign-up for Kristine and Debra’s Spirit Writers World Summit
• Sign-up for Kristine and Debra’s Spirit Writers Workshop
• Take a closer look at David Michie’s world
• Almost accidentally sign-up for a Substack account
• Connect to two other Substack writers previously unknown to this Crone
• Accept an invitation to increase the tap from once a week to twice a week

Results

• A most delightful and engaging time with grandchildren
• Create a web site and start writing a blog
• Unexpected encouragement and new connections
• Being re-introduced to a sense of joy and happiness that had somehow disappeared
• “Performing” as part of a St. Patrick’s Day celebration
• New connection to a new “soul cluster” (x2)
• REMINDER: via Pickleball Orientation, lessons, Skills and Drills plus a game that The Crone may “think” young, but the body speaks differently

The purpose of the list? To see in words the changes that can take place by saying yes now and again. AND to be reminded that maintaining mental/physical/spiritual balance is a critical component if that sense of overwhelm is to be avoided.

Part of what has become defined as an “uncover, discover and discard” process is the recognition of a lifelong pattern of getting “overly busy”….  a type of running away from stepping into, and walking through, a variety of emotions. Not always on the shadow side – sometimes on the soul side. So, at this phase of the next blink, I’ve decided to simply continue the journey of being “perfectly on time” through the blog, possibly Substack and the newer activities that have presented so much fun and joy (folk and tap dancing).

To wind up for this time.

A cherished conversation with dear friends the other night included a discussion about whether or not there’s a difference between soul and spirit. Mr. Google provides us with a plethora of information doesn’t he (oops – is that politically incorrect). And, as with ALL media this writer has become much more selective about “accepting as truth” the various opinions and presentations made available.

Please note. If not already done so in earlier posts, what is written here comes directly from the soul-voice attached to this human-suited earth-school traveller. Good, bad or indifferent does the following then carry any weight? Probably not. Does this Crone really care? Probably not…

Seems that the “soul-voice” attached to this human-suit has come to a place of trusting that a variety of agreements were entered into before arriving for this multitude of “loops around the sun”.
AND, that big, small and everything in-between agreements were settled on with an untold number of other souls.
AND that the main purpose was to help each other walk through a lifetime and variety of experiences
AND that with a little willingness to “do whatever it might take” each little soul might come out the other side having experienced a certain level of spiritual growth.

No right or wrong in any of this. Just a potential multitude of scenarios, unfolding “perfectly on time” with the outcome always landing on “my side of the street” so to speak. (That equates to taking responsibility for my own actions and recognizing that if “me” is taken out of the word blame all that’s left is bla, bla, bla.)

My own take away this week? We truly are Spiritual Beings having a human experience as was evidenced throughout all the various connections gifted to this Crone this past week.