Watching
Ariel Castro’s trial and his rather rambling statement to the judge has
prompted me to think about the word “impulsive.” When he used that word, with
such emphasis, insisting that he did not plan these abductions, but reacted –
the word this time struck a chord in my sensory system, my brain cells, that
rippled into more thinking and exploring.
To react, to
be “impulsive” is to act without consciousness – this is how Spiritual
Philosophy defines it.
I see how
the tension, the duality, the push-and-pull of change is a way we begin to “rock
the cradle,” rock the boat of our beliefs, our imagined safety net, so that “impulsive” becomes an image of
being spontaneous rather than bound by rules (beliefs). Spontaneity is one energy
image we have of freedom. I appreciate this step of expanding my thinking – one
step, one moment, one day at a time. Sweet freedom hums and isn’t captured like
a butterfly in a box, behind glass, pinned (though this is one way we learn,
study, become conscious of beauty). Conscious intention and thought as we
accept personal responsibility for creating our own reality, with a beautiful
foundation of Spirit Consciousness, becomes our true maturity of expression
(being, living, growing, changing, evolving). Knowing what we want to create
and appreciating our power of creation is a way we begin to love, share love,
and know ourselves as the highest living organisms in the Universe, with a mission
to create beautifully.
