Recently I have been working with Elephant and her energy, and have shared posts with you about how we joined forces and what she has been teaching me. I’d like to give you an example of how an animal can work with you energetically.
Earlier this week I spent a large part of the day doing detailed stuff, crunching numbers and dealing with automated phone systems, which, quite frankly, I consider to be a part of Dante’s 9th Circle of Hell. (By the way, it is named Treachery. I think Mr. Dante must have experienced automated phone systems himself.) I was so infuriated I actually slammed the phone receiver down at one point during one of the pre-recorded inane statements. I had no patience left to deal with what I considered imbecilic voice systems, structured to keep me from talking to someone about matters that needed to be addressed.
Elephant showed up. Here’s how the conversation went:
JR: I have had it, I CANNOT take any more of this stupid detail stuff. It’s a total waste of my time and it’s driving me crazy.
E: But look at how much you have done this morning.
JR: Yah, right. Look at how much I have left to do (literally pointing to the stack of paperwork I had finished, just needed filing.)
E: But that’s nothing compared to what you started with this morning.
Elephant then showed me a picture of a big path being cut through the jungle, representing all the work I really had accomplished. There was much more of a clean path than there was of the path that needed to be finished cleaning.
JR: That’s what you say. You know, if you’re here to help me, why don’t you just push your way through this crap and then it would be all done. And then I could do something different. (Not one of my more spiritually-enlightened moments, I admit.)
E: If it was cleared faster than what you are doing, you would not be able to handle it. You are doing it at the exact pace that you need to do it.
JR: Try me.
At which point, Elephant politely caught me up in her trunk, lifted me in the air and proceeded to trumpet and forge ahead through the uncleared path.
All I can say is, when you decide to work with animals, be careful what you ask for. Even though I was physically sitting at my desk, my body experienced being tossed in the air and carried away. I literally became nauseous and had to sit back in my chair to recover.
JR: OK, you can put me down now. You have made your point.
E: I’m glad you understand. Now you need to go back to where you were and finish cleaning the path.
Elephant helped bring perspective to what I was doing, understanding that the pace I was doing the work was just the perfect pace for me, and she also brought my patience – or lack thereof – into focus. I am grateful for her lessons and appreciative of her help.
If you have experienced anything like this, please share!
Harmony,
Janet Roper
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