It's probably not very good Feng Shui energy to have front door decor such as this....not very welcoming.When I first spotted this snake, after the fearful thoughts, I thought, "What would Eckhart Tolle do?" That's when I decided to detach from my first reaction....the myriad of huge fears....and instead, take photos and observe its behavior. Acceptance of the moment.
It was a struggle at first to detach from my mind telling me that there are all kinds of holes under my home and the snake will find its way into my house. Particularly when I'm asleep that night. But, this is Tolle's message....allow the fearful thoughts to be there, accept their "isness" while detaching from the emotion...and just observe.
It soon became fun to observe the snake's behavior. It was entertaining watching it wanting to come into my front door so badly. I watched it slither back and forth and even watched it watching me observing it. In coaching we always peel the layers back to "what the intent of ones behavior" is. That's where the wisdom resides. One rarely knows another's intent and sometimes we don't even realize our own.
In time, the snake draped itself over the doorknob and then I heard a thud and I guess it fell to the ground and went back to where it came from.
In Shamanism, the snake means healer. It's also about shedding the old skin to make room for the new. The two areas symbolized by the snake are the heart and the hands.
I will not analyze here, as Tolle would likely detach from that part of the snake moment as well. We often assign events/situations a meaning and that becomes our story that we believe in. But, what if we stopped doing that?
So, maybe a snake greeting people at the front door was not a very calming energy, but the Tolle lesson it left me was most welcome. How many more experiences in life would change if we chose to let go of the emotion attached to it and just observed it, letting it be as it is?
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I am so greatful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for turning me onto Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her beautiful book ""My Stroke of Insight"". Her story is amazing and her gift to all of us is a book purchase away I'm happy to say.
Dr Taylor was a Harvard brain scientist when she had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.
What I took away from Dr. Taylor's book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don't have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. ""I want what she's having"", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can! Thank you Dr. Taylor, and thank you Eckhart and Oprah.
Thanks for posting, Tyrone. I've heard Dr Taylor on XM radio and she is a brilliant woman who decided to accept the "isness" of her stroke and came out the other side to tell us all what it's like! During her stroke she could only see her business card as pixels. She talked to a friend and though she heard her words inside, she only heard unidentifiable sounds coming out of her mouth. Those video clips of her on Ted.com. are fascinating. I will check out her book.
It's amazing that one can have a stroke that changes their whole career, creating an even better one. What kind of synchronicity is that to have a brain scientist observe her own stroke in detail and survive to teach us how phenominal our brain is and how to best utilize and appreciate its magnificence?
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