Miracle Consciousness

I recently attended a retreat on the topic of "Miracle Consciousness" in Ojai. It was only afterwards that something profound hit me. It was the middle of the night and I was feeding Valentina when I realized the last time I was on retreat in Ojai, in 2019, I got quiet enough with myself to let the small voice from within come through. In that instance I became clear that I wanted another child (something I didn't know before), that I wanted it to be a girl, and that her name would be Valentina. I danced a prayer in the peach orchard and I wrote my future daughter a letter that I read aloud to a circle of women. I left the retreat and went about my life as normal, almost forgetting about this dream. Two years later, my daughter was born.

When I think of the miracles I want to happen in my life, I can often get stuck in TRYING to make them happen, instead of connecting with the idea that what I desire is already coming toward me—IF I allow it and IF it is truly aligned for me.

I can get worked up trying to control things, trying to make them happen, trying to take action. So much trying is exhausting! But then I remember Valentina, and how the real work was in slowing down to hear the voice from within, releasing control, and allowing things to unfold. Not everything happens without effort, but what if we could create a lightness and ease around the effort? What if we could take action without making it so heavy? What if we could trust that if it is meant for us, it will happen if we allow it?

These are just some of the things I have been thinking about lately for myself. I wonder, is this helpful to you? What have you been trying so hard to do lately? Is there an easier way? Where might you make room for miracles?