Possibilities

“Feel the cool air on your shoulders and face

That’s Spirit reminding you to have faith

Now, it’s time to close your eyes and listen

Trust, allow, surrender, and be lifted”

I hear your instructions, I want to heed

Even though logic is frightening me

You’re here beside me, give the thumbs-up sign

Say, “Soften, trust, you’re going to be fine”

I’ve been eagerly awaiting this ride

That is not one single word of a lie

Memories of before start gearing up

“Remember when your faith wasn’t enough?”

Images flash of my repeated fails

Just when Spirit’s breeze was filling my sails,

My controlling mind frantically yelled, “Jump!”

Then into the nothingness, I was dumped

Suddenly, the cool breeze begins to blow

You see my resistance, you nudge, “Let go”

My mind asks to hitch hike this ride as well

You smile, “It’s fine if you can behave yourself”

Then magic like I’ve never seen before

I’m lifting beyond limitation’s door

I say to Spirit, “Have I passed away?

Because, If I have, it’s really okay”

Spirit is amused by my naivete

Assuring me that ship hasn’t sailed yet

This journey is available to me

When I trust in Spirit’s abilities

I am rising above all that makes sense

From my soul’s temporary residence

I look up ahead, I see where I’ve been

I look side to side from this space I’m in

Everything physical was slowing down

Including that high-pitched vibrating sound

That sound in my ears, that I’ve always heard

That it was Spirit, I’d thought was absurd

As my vibration was harmonizing

Spirit’s world was materializing

I looked at my world that was far below

I seemed to be moving slower than slow

My mind struggled to comprehend all this

But knew to keep quiet or get dismissed

It seemed I was watching a sci-fi show

As souls were appearing I’ve always known

Spirit smiled, “Yes, it would appear that way

Since you’ve reached the level where we vibrate”

We were allowed a brief celebration

Honoring this reunification

I was then taken to a quiet place

Where stacks upon stacks of thick files were laid

I looked at Spirit quizzically

“What do all these files have to do with me?”

I envisioned a clerical project

A tedious task I’d love to forget

I heard, “These files hold handed down beliefs

They’ve grown, in your mind, like unruly weeds

“These files have taken quite a bit of space

To create some room, they should be erased

We’ll leave you alone, take time to peruse

To retain or discard, it’s yours to choose”

Every file came to the same conclusion

Providing me this altered illusion:

There’s limits to the goodness I receive

Those I trust told me, therefore, I believe

When Spirit returned, my task was complete

I said, “None of these truths empower me!

But they’ve lived with me for such a long time

I’m frightened to let go, I don’t know why!”

Spirit said, “You’ll be fine, we’ll take it slow

Little by little, we’ll let it all go

Life’s quality will gradually improve

You’ll barely see it happening to you”

The time had come to return to my life

I slowly descended from Spirit’s light

I noticed the pace in this lower sphere

Accelerated substantially here

Though tempted to slip into my old groove

Recall nudges of what I just went through

I’m so much more than I’ve come to believe

My focus shifts to possibilities

                                                            Jody Nelson

                                                            August 28, 2017