looking for space

When you’re looking for space and to find out who you are, look within!

Sometimes I find my inspiration in the weirdest ways. I was wondering what to write about for this post, when John Denver’s “Looking for Space” came up on my iTunes. And as I was listening to lyrics, I realized how very Law of Attraction they are. And voilà… blog post topic!

Looking for Space is about looking for answers

To me, Looking for Space is a song about seeking. About looking everywhere for answers, about the despair and dejection that comes from seeking answers outside of yourself, and about the joy and enlightenment that come when you realize that all the answers are inside.

On the road of experience, I’m trying to find my own way. Sometimes I wish that I could fly away. When I think that I’m moving, suddenly things stand still. I’m afraid cause I think they always will.

I used to feel this way a lot. I used to wish that I could fly away and just escape to anywhere except where I was. And I would get in these situations where I would start making some progress, and then something would happen that would either yank me to a stop, or even push me backwards again.

I had to realize that there is no escaping because everything is inside. Wherever you run to, what you’re trying to avoid will find you because you bring it with you wherever you go. It’s called baggage, and I suspect that everyone over the age of about 12 has some.

But along with our personal baggage, the power to change is also inside. We can all choose to drop the baggage; we just need to realize that all we have to do is let go of the handles.  And once you realize that you have the power to control your life and your circumstances, you can begin to move forward again, in any direction you want… and nothing can stop you.

Excitement and despair

And I’m looking for space and to find out who I am, and I’m looking to know and understand. It’s a sweet, sweet dream, sometimes I’m almost there. Sometimes I fly like an eagle and sometimes I’m deep in despair.

To me this is a great description of the journey I’m on. When I find myself shifting energy and suddenly understanding concepts that never made sense before, it’s such a rush! It is so exciting, and such an amazing feeling. Sometimes I really feel like I’m on the edge of something really big and really amazing… I can sense that it’s there, but I just can’t see it yet, and I feel like if I could just get a little bit closer, just understand a little bit more and I’d be there. But I then I just can’t wrap mind around it, and I just feel frustrated and dejected.

I’ve been told that understanding the Law of Attraction, and all that goes with it, is an emotional journey and not an intellectual one. And it’s a big sticking point for me. I tend to try to analyze and quantify everything. So accepting that some things cannot be understood on an intellectual level, that they must be felt in order to be understood… that’s been difficult for me.

But I’m getting there. I’ve made so much progress in the last year, and when I look back on that I am so proud of myself. I just have to remind myself of that when I feel the despair, and look at what has already been achieved.

When you’re looking for space, look within

All alone in the universe, sometimes that’s how it seems. I get lost in the sadness and the screams. Then I look in the center and suddenly everything’s clear. I find myself in the sunshine and my dreams.

Ah, life in the modern world… it’s so easy to get caught up in all the bad things that happen in the world and forget that there is still far more that is good in the world than bad. I think that there are a great many people out there who feel alone and lost. And I wish they could see how beautifully they shine, and how much their light brings joy to all that is. Just being is enough.

When we start looking for answers we need to look within. All the knowing and all the clarity is there, in the centre. We just need to become still so that we can find it. When we become still, we allow that voice inside of us to whisper its wisdom into our hearts. All the answers and all the peace that we seek is already there; it has always been there, waiting for us.

It’s just that way

On the road of experience, join in the living day. If there’s an answer it’s just that it’s just that way, When you’re looking for space and to find out who you are. When you’re looking to try and reach the stars.

This seems more Taoist to me than anything: “if there’s an answer, it’s just that it’s just that way”. I think that in seeking, the most important thing that we learn is that we already have what we’re after. When we accept ourselves for who we are, when we accept others for who they are, when there is no judgment, and just the journey, when we can let it be, let it go and just be here now… that is when the answers are revealed. That is when we are able to feel the centre and our unbreakable connection with Universe. That is when the knowing occurs and everything becomes clear: when we’re looking for space.

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