Wait a minute, I’m through an Opening. Where is the new world it promised?

Entering An Opening

Openings are invitations to go somewhere new. They may come in the form of an insight, a dramatic change, a person we meet, an expansion or contraction in our life or a new opportunity, affecting our mind, body, emotions or spirit. Change is inherent in Openings. We are going from one place to another. Something has propelled us to leave where we are and to go somewhere new.

The choice of whether to enter an Opening can be complex. It can involve changes in our lives, uncertainty, discomfort, letting parts of our lives go or accepting new things into our lives. The choice of whether to enter an Opening can also be simple. Something may push us into it – say a new job, a major change in a relationship, a desire for adventure or a move to a new location. None of this is easy.

Openings imply movement. They help us progress on our journeys by changing the circumstances of our lives. They challenge us to grow and adapt. They increase our wisdom, require courage and open new vistas. All of this is considered or experienced as we enter an Opening. Do we want to stay where we are or move into something new? Are we ready for the change that an Opening brings?

Expectation

As we enter an Opening, we bring our expectations with us. Expectation can have many forms – excitement, dread, uncertainty, anticipation. It is a rare person who can enter an Opening with a fully blank slate, without expectation. Our expectations influence our experience of an Opening. If we enter an Opening expecting our world will change in wonderful ways, what happens if it does not?

A basic expectation on entering an Opening is that our world will be, in some way, new. To a larger or smaller degree, it most likely will be. However, when our minds have created a vision in advance of what that world will be, what did we base our vision on? Have we made it “real” without it being so?  Humans often want safety, so we fill up uncertainty with our own imaginings of what we think or want something to be and then we believe them.

It is best that we enter an Opening recognizing that what it will bring us is, in part, unknown until we are there. There is an adventure to this, and we let the Opening show us what it is. Better to get comfortable with the uncertainty of an Opening, than to make up a story we are falsely comfortable with. The only time we know what an Opening brings is in the present moment, when we see it.