Geum in bouquet
I'm re-reading a favorite book, Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski.* (A book on the recommended reading list for the Center for Authentic Leadership/Future Thinking program with Jan Smith.)
A main point of the book is centered around a way of being, where Jaworski says "predictable miracles, synchronistic in nature, can — and do — occur." (pg. 182).
It is a way of being that is highly intentional, yet very flexible, where one "listens" for want is wanting to emerge and then, "having the courage," moves one step at a time toward the future that we are creating. (ibid)
Jaworski writes on page 134 that in this way of being,
"We are more certain of the direction than the goal, and each day we ask for guidance to take the next step.…We pay attention to what is going on around us. Our awareness operates at multiple levels, and we listen carefully with all we have for what to do next. We never see the whole landscape, so we take the next tiny step and improvise on what we've learned. This thought is captured beautifully by the Spanish poet A. Machado:
'Wanderer, there is no path. You lay a path in walking.'..."
I'm having increasing experiences of Jaworski's concept of synchronicity. And it is truly a magical, wondrous way to be in the world.
And because me likey feeling good, I'm out to experience this more and more on a day-to-day basis.
Not just sometimes. Or when I'm out exploring with my honey.
But every day.
So I'm looking closely at the mindsets, feelings and actions I experience in this state.
What I'm noticing is that being in this state is less a place of thinking, and more a way of being.
There is a rootedness I experience in this state about my inherent okay-ness and the inherent okay-ness of the universe.
When I'm in synch, my people-pleasing leanings and my worry whether I'm likeable fall away. I just know I'm perfect exactly as I am.
And there's tremendous freedom for me in releasing all such constricting thought and energy.
Quite frankly, it's exhausing to live in a place of worry about your own okay-ness.
I'm also noticing that I go into a kind of hyper-keen awareness that allows me to move toward the subtle clues that are being offered me.
Speak to this person. Go here, a quiet voice from deep within calls. Explore this. Do this next.
Then, I move with trust to follow that voice.
Kind of like my role model, Ms. Spirea Bush, who surrenders to the process of her blooming.
No pushing or driving needed.
Just allowing and taking the next action.
Of course, this doesn't mean I'm tossed about by the whims of chance.
I know what flowers I'm committed to growing in my life, and I keep these at the forefront of my intention (or "direction," to use Jaworski's term).
But I'm learning that I don't have to micromanage every single step of my journey by timelining every thing out.
Which I've wasted a lot of time doing in the past.
Life doesn't flow that way.
And besides, I'm enjoying the journey so much more when I can be in the joy of creating my path by walking toward it.
So today my intention is still around flow, and part of being in flow for me is listening for what is wanting to emerge in my life.
The messages I'm getting today are around some de-cluttering in my craft space and some journaling around my new book project.
Tell me, how do you listen for what wants to emerge in your life and how do you experience the state of synchronicity?
P.S. If you are interested in more on Jaworski, check out this print interview here and video interview here.
* I highly recommend reading the book. And note, that if you read it, stick with it until the end — for me, he really tied things together in the last part of the book. In my copy, nearly every page in the last half of the book is covered with underlines, starred passages and WOW!s from me.