“We’ve jumped off the elephant and now we’re walking,” Lena conveys.
“If you don’t have transportation and you want to stay on the path, you’ll just have to walk,” advises Kuan Yin. “When one feels pulled to do a particular thing, when one has passion for a certain life path, karma is always involved. In such an instance, (if the goal is worthy and makes one happy), one should continue on that same life path. Just because the elephant cannot carry you anymore doesn’t mean you should give up your goal. Continue down the path that makes you feel fulfilled. Those who continue on an unrewarding path for the sake of only monetary gain are displaying a lack of trust in life. Continuing in such a mistrustful way will only bring impoverishment. Following one’s heart, continuing on one’s divine path brings abundance
“One can, however, learn from a partner or friend’s poor choices. The priority should be to always keep communications open. Formulate and ask good questions. Create a regular time and place for conversations. Regard communications as an ongoing constructive process,” instructs Kuan Yin.
“I realize that in the past, I haven’t wanted to make time for communication,” Lena confesses. “I guess I’m afraid to ask questions because I’m afraid of heartache and rejection. I’m afraid of hearing what I don’t want to hear. Having such constant dread, I rationalize to myself that having no answer is better than having a disappointing answer.”
“Anything that helps with growth is positive. Think of positive and original ways of asking questions,” encourages Kuan Yin. “When one communicates with love and without expectation, it helps others take a step forward. Open communication discourages relationship stagnation and the creation of stories, (assumptions) that may or may not be true.”
“Now, we’re walking back to the little waterfall (where I usually meet with Kuan Yin),” describes Lena. “However, I’m seeing it and the bamboo forest from a completely different angle—a different point of view.”
Comprised of a potent combination of personal intention and beliefs, how well one directs ones creative force can actually alter an outcome. Warning us not to become too attached to any outcome, Kuan Yin stresses the importance of having patience with and even welcoming detours or delays arising along the way. Such “setbacks,” she advises, may, in fact, offer doorways to ever more joyful realities.
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