{"id":3379,"date":"2018-01-18T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2018-01-18T14:23:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T14:23:34","slug":"the-mystery-explored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/the-mystery-explored\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mystery Explored"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Welcome to the art\/life trail! This week we pause and ponder The Mystery as we also engage a renewed relationship with Natural Time&#8230;join us for the free 8-Day Challenge&#8230;<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/its-about-time\/\">Register Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Taking command for the highest creative connection&#8230;a most wondrous part of the path in each Natural Year.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hail_temenos_2004.jpg?resize=400%2C310\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hail_temenos_2004.jpg?resize=300%2C233&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hail_temenos_2004.jpg?resize=768%2C595&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hail_temenos_2004.jpg?resize=1024%2C794&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Hail_temenos_2004.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hail!, Drozda, Acrylic\/canvas, 24 x 36&#8243;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Creative tension! We sometimes feel ignited by and spurred on through a passionate urge to be pushing forward! During the creatively tense times we sense into expansiveness, there is a largess, we feel encouraged and even courageous! We have the ability to summon up the urge to continue-to-continue&#8230;There&#8217;s the genuine quality of: Here I go! There is the bursting forth into full bloom of function and flow. All this and so much more vital life force is one end of the &#8220;Petal Polarity&#8221; spectrum of working with Natural\/Circadian\/Feminine Time.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Conversely, adrenal stress, not belonging, not being, doing or having enough, not knowing &#8216;who I am&#8217;&#8230;usually experienced as negative\/contraction pulling back, fear and hiding, joined with projection, judgments, confusion, jealousy, and giving up provides the counter-weight.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">This is an energetic tug-o-war. It can happen between any of the points on the petals and in ways that we&#8217;ll explore in the future.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Now it is timely to focus upon the gentle return of &#8216;working from hOMe. We cozy up with the Ancestors and the elements. We nest and rest in The Mystery. 12 weeks of &#8216;not knowing&#8217;&#8230;even if only for 15 minutes a day.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">From HERE we recognize the tug-o-wars. We note that they&#8217;re interior. They push and pull in a way that others cannot see. Yet we can feel when someone is in the throes of this inner battle. From HERE, there is the learning of our capacity to take a next step in the direction of function and flow. We turn toward the inner tension.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">\u00a0We make a choice. Will I feed the creative tension or will I feed the negative stress?<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">If we make a conscious choice for the first, we open the door and sniff the air. We test the wind&#8217;s direction and we commit to moving forward\u2026&#8217;working from hOMe\u2019.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #808000;\">We have made the Creative Commitment<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">We&#8217;re ready to begin again. We play with the seeds in our pocket&#8230;each one holds a vision. We head out the door. We move fluidly. We&#8217;re on our path. We are the detective. We conduct our research. We take the appropriate action (this changes without warning). We sense into the higher creative opportunity and express what we feel. We pause and reflect. STOP. Look for the negative stress. If its following look it in the eye and demand, COMMAND!, &#8220;You may not enter HERE!<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">From this vantage point we scan the horizon, notice the glimmer of the creative flow. We move on. We document our finds (writing the poem, making journal entries, exploring eurythmic dance, sipping tea with our bestie, talking long walks in the wilds). We sit quietly, gazing into the still-point of hOMe. We connect with the Ancestors and the elements from this new vantage point. We feel the well of gratitude for this HERE and this NOW. We complete this day, this phase, this turn, this cycle, this season of discovery.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">We notice, we dream, we rest and begin to hold the vision for the new\/next challenge\/opportunity. We are HERE.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">We are the HERE-O of our journey.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">To BE Shaman, Alchemist, Shape-shifter who expands the capacity to change the scared into the sacred.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">We blossom and flow. We sense into our true function and we look the next demon in the eye (watch it shrink. watch it melt. watch it disappear itself.)<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">On we go! \u00a0Aware of the potential tug-o-war we expand the &#8216;endure dance&#8217;. We twirl and gently swirl in the Creative Tension.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993366;\">This entry tells the tail of the the 8-day challenge starting January 22 on the art\/life trail. I invite you to register now and look forward to seeing you in our private Face Book page.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><a style=\"color: #993366;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/its-about-time\/\"><strong>Register Here<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #808000;\">~ See you next time on the art\/life trail~<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lunasee_bloginsert-e1423080775768.jpg?resize=714%2C148\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lunasee_bloginsert-e1423080775768.jpg?w=714&amp;ssl=1 714w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lunasee_bloginsert-e1423080775768.jpg?resize=300%2C62&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; color: olive;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Do you have friends who would enjoy this post?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12.0pt; color: olive;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Please share&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; color: olive;\">Visit:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"color: olive;\">Wren House Studio\u00a0Painting website:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/\">Donna Iona Drozda<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"color: olive;\">Lifecycle Creative Coaching website:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/lifecycle\">Lifecycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"color: olive;\">22 Prayer Poems for Care Givers: Order:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaionadrozda.com\/care-givers-book\/\">\u00a0book\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><span style=\"color: olive;\">Wren House Studio Face Book Fan Page:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WrenHouseStudio\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WrenHouseStudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WrenHouseStudio\">LIKE<\/a><span style=\"color: olive;\">\u00a0Fan Page<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the art\/life trail! 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