It’s certainly been a trying week. Bessie found out her 38 yr old brother only has 3 to 6 months to live. An old business investment crumbled unexpectedly sucking up the last of our savings. We received an unusual quantity of abusive emails irate that we had not given them anything, and to add insult to injury our printer became a fully fledged ants nest! Instead of printing ink it printed squashed ants!
Im not sure where the Buddhists would stand on mass ant genocide every time I press print, but I felt bad about it 
So what is the ‘universe’ trying to tell us? …………………..
After writing the above intro I stepped outside to think! This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions, insecurities, sadness, trepidation, worry, stress and of course excitement,
But as I sat there with the wind blowing and the sun on my back wondering why all these dramas had to happen with so little time to go, I got a sense of clarity I wanted to share?
Each of the events that had come into our life were only ‘stresses’ if we did not accept the incredibly timely lessons they had for us!
1 Bessies Brother. Death = Every moment is precious make it count
2 Our Investment. Money = Now we have no security we must fully Trust
3 Our Critics, Ego = Learn to Let go
4 The Ants issue. Expectations = Life is boss, accept it, see the balance and smile J
WOW. I felt an overwhelming sense of peace and calm like all was exactly as it should be!
I also remembered that the frenetic pace of the last two weeks had me worried that I was ‘disconnecting’ from our path more often than I wanted to. I could feel that numb blanket of thoughts descend over me, that’s so wrapped up in solutions, action and consiquences you can no longer feel the quiet still voice that is there to guide.
With such a short time to go I had worried that all the things my mind was racing to solve were slowly making staying congruent harder and harder.
Einstein said, “God doesn’t play dice’ – What he meant was the universe leaves nothing to chance. It can’t be fooled.
You may say you are on a Life Change, or go through the motions of fooling yourself or the people around you, but this lip service counts for nothing in the scheme of things.
How many times have we tried and failed to change when deep down we knew from the beginning our efforts were half assed! Just a token to placate the guilt gods!
Bessie and I both very much see this week as a wake up call. Reminding us where our hearts need to be, what’s important, why we started this and to really, really, really practise letting go – Life is for living not solving!
———————-
INTUITION CORNER
Are you only seeing what you want to see, or is there more to you than meets the eye. what corners of your charater are you hiding to protect the fears inside, what gifts are you dulling ! Use the window of reflection that is your life to see yourself from the angles you are most afraid of and let the real you shine.
July 31st, 2010
11 Comments on "Our WAKE UP CALL"
Geoff & Bessie,
What a trying week you guys have had, and yet you still manage to grab it with both hands and just keep moving forward, you’re amazing and so brave. Just follow your heart, as long as you have each other the rest will just fall into place. Good luck guys.
Gayle
Regarding your critics … there are always people in the world who have a sense of entitlement, people who have victim mentality, people who feel they are more deserving than others … the way I see it there is no way to please these people if they wanted something and didn’t get it. Do not take the criticism personally it is their nature to do this. You are doing this as an experiment but you obviously trust in it to a large enough degree that you ARE doing it …
Dear Bessie & Geoff; I feel for what you have been through in the last week. And really shows that we have no control over life. I wont mention the ants & what Buddist feel about that. Yet seriously I had a week like yours a few weeks ago, my father died, my mum had a mystectomy & is having a massive trial of kimo which almost killed her. So I know how you guys might be feeling. Its moments like this that really just want to crack open a good bottle of red, yet come the following morning, all that pain & confussion & unanswered questions remain. Or you can sit there and meditate on what is important in the moment and hopefully the pain & grief slowly fall into perspective. Hope you have a better week!
All the best Kikkja XX
Dear Bessie & Geoff;
I feel for what you have been through in the last week. And really shows that we have no control over life. I wont mention the ants & what Buddist feel about that. Yet seriously I had a week like yours a few weeks ago, my father died, my mum had a mystectomy & is having a massive trial of kimo which almost killed her. So I know how you guys might be feeling. Its moments like this that really just want to crack open a good bottle of red, yet come the following morning, all that pain & confussion & unanswered questions remain. Or you can sit there and meditate on what is important in the moment and hopefully the pain & grief slowly fall into perspective. Hope you have a better week!
All the best Kikkja XX
I hear you loud and clear. Does the saying “wot doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger” ring in your ears??? All the cliche’s that have been collected in your wise life?????? I feel it too. Changes in life are exactly life and hitting the bottom just shows us that there is only one way left to go – up. Measured only by the individual. I have listened to the celeb’s who have been ill and recovered say ‘live your life for now – wear your best clothes, wear your diamonds, use your best china cause life is short” – so I do all that now. Buddah sat under a tree and looked inwards – that is what more people may want to do. The universe will provide. Remain positive. The birds that fly above our heads has all that they need and are provided for. Why not us????
Chez xoxo
Hi Guys
Life really is filled with unexpected ups downs twists and turns isnt it? I am sad to hear Bessie about your brother. I think through sharing that though its a wake up call to all people. Death and change are inevidible so we have to embrace those things, make friends with them instead of pretending they dont exist. We can only really do that when we truly live. When it is our time we can go peacefully filled with love and ready in the truest sense to let go, because life was good…and its time to experience the next stage of evolution what ever that might be….while here we loved and gave and became all that was possible and beyond… “A New Earth” has an interesting story in it I think about this same topic..death…
I think its interesting you have decided to “let go” in the sense you have and now you are being hit with all of these other forms of letting go which you now have no control over. For as sad as it is, there is so much gold to be found within it… you are going to grow so much from all of this and it will make you live life on a level you probably are yet to realise even exists… so through this fear and pain there is really something beautiful about to be born from it all, a gift, the gift of “life”…
I have been thinking at how often people use throw away lines like “live life to the fullest” when how many people actually truly know what that means, or better still, do it? it is like we have these mini wake up calls along our path but we quickly fall back into our comatose state and live through our programming until the next thing happens to jolt us into the realms of reality for another glimp for a and moment in time.
It is like you guys have declared in a huge way that you want to let go and well, the universe has heard your prays and its bringing it on… in a big way…and you cannot hide behind anything because youve set the bar for yourself and the universe is delivering!
the exciting thing about it all though is… you are evolving… sometimes that is painful before it becomes this amazing new space of clarity you step up into within yourself. And maybe yes, part of this is showing we cannot control things as much as we think we can… we spend our time for the most part making plans and goals, creating the illusion of security and “reality” when it all isnt real anyway, the only thing that is is love…the odd thing is we spend most of our lives discovering what was there within us all along… and the truth is found in the letting go.. but usually easier said than done…. and it has so many layers its impossible to define or predict where the road might take you once you commit to the endless cycle of letting go and change…
I know I am rambling yet again…;-) but I guess I wanted to send you both, (and your brother Bessie) love…
As for the nasty emails? it is not personal, it only shows the attachments people have to their own stories and is really about how they feel about themselves.
Peoples reactions and judgements are not something we have control of, all we can do is love and accept ourselves…we are all responsible for our own feelings, quality of life and thoughts… no one elses…we all have choices… no matter how much we sometimes think we dont.. we are all capable of greatness… even if we think we are not… “our thinking makes it so”…
Your stuff went to the people who needed it. All is in perfect order…
Love and hugs
Sam xx
Bessie, Geoff and Bluebell
You set out to give away everything and to start over with nothing. Maybe the events of this week were there to put you out of your comfort zone so as you really can start afresh with nothing. Bessie, your grief is a cruel blow, that is unfair, My thoughts are with you and your brother. As for the people that are angry at not receiving anything. Maybe this is thier lesson that if they truely truely want something then they should not rely on others but rather go out and get it, even if it means that they have to work hard and prove to themselves that life is not there to be handed to them on a platter but for them to earn. It is true, I have requested things via email but I certainly dont expect to recieve anything. As a matter of fact, the best thing that I could recieve from both of you would be the privilage of putting you up in my home and giving you a hot meal and a hot shower if you were to visit. Maybe you have just realised what the enourmaty of your adventures truley is. I wish all three of you the very best on your travels and safe journey. Every smile that you recieve from a stranger in the coming months should be seen as a triumph. For some of us, that is our greatest achievement.
Chin up and smiles from me and my children.
Linda Thompson
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Hi Geoff and Bessie, Just sent you an email inviting you to come and speak at one of our M.A.D (make a difference) events here on the Sunshine Coast. I’m sure you’re inundated, so I’m also trying to reach you through facebook, twitter, carrier pidgeon. Hope to hear from you soon. Blessings, Arcadia
)
I have no words to express my feelings towards the situation that your family are going through. Recently I had to deal with a similar situation, when the doctors told us that my father had 1 to 2 years to live. He died 8 months later. I wasn´t there with him, when he died. My advice is try to be there for him, in every step of this journey.
And don’t forget that like in any aspect of life, there are positive and negative aspects, there are steps forward and steps back.
The important is to keep your main objective in mind.
My prayers are with you and your family.
Fernanda Freitas
i was asked once…if i would like to edure life or enjoy life…….true happiness is in the journey not the destination…….and to the people abusing you for not recieving something….grow up…the hope u were given is worth more then any material i know of…..unless you have other plans ..have a nice day….
Sorry guys but what have you done to be farewelled in the parliament house??? The GIVEAWAY STUNT seems well thought-through to get as much publicity, offers to sell your lifechanging experiment story to the media, and profit from the whole thing. No one knows whether you really gave anything away and if you did whether the people who received it were related to you one way or another. It’s a stunt for money – period.
Comment Now!