Growth in the Mud

Siddhananda: [I'm getting] in the time of winter, the harvest still comes, and is laying dormant there.

G: hmm hmm

Siddhananda: Know that if it is winter, there are still those seeds and life to come forward.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: They're a bit shy, maybe.

G: hmm hmm

Siddhananda: (pause) Take time to be with that. Anyway, I'm feeling and what I'm seeing is this pool. It's got the greenery around it, and it looks like there may be some mud in that pool.

G: Right.

Siddhananda: They like this stone, because it's so clear, and they would like that mud, that sludge, to rinse out into clearer waters. The pool is kind of small. It's circular, you know, and to have that flushing ... I mean, they almost feel like this .... (gesturing to indicate a sense of being stuck) ... I don't want to say stagnant, but it feels maybe ... just a  pool, and how can i get this to flush through?

G: hmm hmm, okay. Well, it's like when the lotus grows, it's got the roots in the mud (smiling).

Siddhananda: They're just ... "Wow!"

G: Yeah, it's got the roots in the mud, and sometimes, you have that for a time, and that also helps with growth.

Siddhananda: hmm hmm

G: So, don't think that everything always has to be light, light, light, and that if you see that mud, or that substance, that it doesn't have value. It does for a time.

Siddhananda: hmm ... they really like that, because they thought, you know ... they felt like that just needed to completely go away.

G: Right. It's an erroneous thing, sometimes, along the spiritual path ... but, no, there is some reason for that, and one uses it for growth.

Siddhananda: They really like that! They feel like they can relax with what is there in them, and not feel like they've got to do all this work to make something ... (motioning forcefully with her hands as if to push something through).

G: Right.

Siddhananda: ... and, now, I just got a flash ... this person is saying that was a concept, maybe, that they were held in.

G: Right!

Siddhananda: That just really struck home with this particular soul. You know, when you see mud, or clarity, or this or that, with your eyes, that what creates, or you get certain thoughts and concepts out of it. It doesn't mean that this is right and that's wrong..

G: Right.

Siddhananda: It's just feeling like they got a flash.

G: They're getting it. Yeah, they're getting it. So, just be like the lotus (smiling). Be like the lotus ... well rooted, well grounded ... but, again, don't take it to be a negative. Don't take it to be a negative.

Siddhananda: Yeah! They're just really settled, I guess, with this is what it is, and that's alright.

G: Exactly. It's okay.

Siddhananda: namaste (smiling).

G: Thank you. Namaste (gesturing with namaste hands).