Our Crazing Is Beautiful

Our Crazing Is Beautiful ©2018 Joan M. Newcomb, CPC

I came across a word the other day:

Crazing: cracks that occur in ceramics, usually with overlying glaze. A similar effect is found in glassware, called crackle glass.

photo credit Lara604

And I thought it a great metaphor for what happens to us as we interact with the external world. 

We come out as whole and pure. We are bright, shining lights of Consciousness in a chubby body that can’t yet roll over, much less walk or talk.

We are also treasure chests of information and possibilities. Each one of us is Consciousness expressing in form, and as Consciousness we already know and have everything we need to make real all that we wish to create in this life.

Yet prior to birth we are glazed with the expectations and assumptions from the body that contained us and the bodies that surrounded us. The glaze thickened after we emerged from the projections of culture and society.

Crazing occurs when you attempt to expand beyond all these limits.

You feel like something is wrong with you because the inner you doesn’t match the outer imposed identity. It starts to crack as you as Consciousness grow to fulfill your potential.

You feel crazy when you realize your Truth is different than the stories told you by family and school. 

The world looks crazy to you when you stand in integrity with your Truth. You see so many others operating out of alignment with their essential selves as Consciousness.

However, when you look at ceramics, you can see beauty in crazing. Just as uniquely beautiful as the wrinkled face of an older person.

In ceramics, crazing can precede fracture, which can destroy the piece (or transmute it into another art form). Yet crackle glass is highly prized and collectable.

This world is one of polarities and filled with dichotomies. It is a creation of Consciousness to experience the opposite of what Consciousness is, which is unity, joyousness, wisdom, timeless and formless. 

It is meant to be an experience of density and effort. And at the same time we can move through the world easily and without resistance, if we maintain our awareness as Consciousness. 

When we see our life as Consciousness, we can be amused by the insanity around us. We can fully appreciate being in form and being beyond form at the same time.

As Consciousness we love our body-personality, and we love our life. We play in our storyline with curiosity and wonder.

Shift your perspective to Consciousness, and you'll see the beauty in your crazing as well.

The Ultimate Love Interactive Game

The Ultimate Love Interactive Game ©2014 Joan M. Newcomb

I've started learning Spanish using an on-line programme by the BBC.  It's interactive, providing a variety of ways to learn, including a TV show-like 'mystery' that shifts it's dialogue depending on whether you're male or female.

It's a whole lot more fun than listening to audios spewing out volcabulary, or reading dreary language books.

It started me thinking how this world is a full-immersion interactive game.  In video games, you have a multitude of possible outcomes, depending on the choices that you make.  When you engage in on-line games with other players, your possibilities are infinitely increased, as their games intersect yours.

Now, it may seem that each player has a different goal.  One may be pursuing power.  Another may be pursuing affluence.  Yet another wants social recognition. Someone else wants to find their soul mate. They feel they won't be truly happy until they control those aspects of their environment.

When you break it down, what are they really seeking?  World domination? Wealth? Stardom?

When you peel away the layers, what do you uncover?  Relief of pain?  Freedom (from what)?  Happiness?  Love?

When you finally attain what you're seeking, what will it feel like?  (You may need to close your eyes and take a deep breath).

We are all seeking Source, whether it's the source of power, money, love or anything else.  But what is Source?

Are we players seeking the Game Designer?  Are we seeking the energy that powers the Game?

The answer won't be found within the structure of the Game.  This game is designed to be limited. It's a planet of dichotomies.  Bodies give out after a certain number of years.  There are walls and bridges.

You can't find paradise in a paradox.

True to Planet Earth's innate law (it's not gravity, hint - it's written by Murphy), when you stop trying to find it (or get it), it shows up in your experience.

Either what you seek comes to you, or reveals itself to be there all along.

Whatever you want, You already are.

So - have fun with it.  It's only a Game, after all.