Preparing to write this email once again the subject is very present for me (Megan). I did not start prepared with what I was going to write, even less so than usual and there was some concern that nothing would come. As always what needs to, arises. The title came to me, the quote came to me, the image stood out straight away all with little thought or effort. I prepared everything then realised I didn’t know what about the topic I was going to write about. Then it started……
the computer started to have issues
something started beeping at me
I started thinking about somethings that have been frustrating me at different times lately,
and I realised….. I WAS STIRRING THE WATER!!!!!
About a month ago I was lucky enough to see Sogyal Rinpoche speak. An inspiring, joy and love filled soul and it was there that I heard what I found to be a profound teaching. It goes something like this: As water becomes cloudy when stirred, so too does the mind. So don’t stir the water. So simple yet so powerful.
The last few days especially I have been observing this concept in myself and others. Seeing where something that I could stir and get caught up in comes into my mind and at times my body and realising I have a choice to stir it up, to follow the thought and build on it or to see it and let it float away in its own time. I have noticed these times in my relation to other people and realised it is about the reflection. Like looking at reflections in water it is possible to see what is going on on the surface or to look deeper. I can start stirring the water thinking that what I am seeing is what is there when actually it is just a reflection of me I am not truly looking at. This can be challenging at times and yet I know these insights are getting me closer to knowing and growing with authenticity.
So I ask you…..
Are there particular situations that start stirring your waters?
Is there a moment you can catch yourself before you continue the stirring?
Is there something in someone else that is stirring your water that you have seen as what is real, that could possibly be a reflection, with truth for you underneath?
Are you willing to look deeper?
May you see yourself as strong, gentle and beautiful as the water. Because you are!
love, light, peace and blessings
Megan
Before I left school I was asked what I wanted to do, all I could answer was “I want to make people happy”. At that time I didn’t know how but was blessed with a teacher that helped me start down a path that has seen me meet so many beautiful people from so many walks of life. 
