Into The Chrysalis
En la crisálida.--por Chris Corrigan
Las crisálidas me inspiran y me desconciertan.La idea de que una oruga pueda reptar dentro de un saco que hace con su propio cuerpo, disolver su forma y aparecer como una mariposa es una imagen cliché se la transformación, caramba. Párate un momento y piensa en ello . ¿Sabe la oruga lo que va a pasar? Si es así , eso es una muestra de una confianza tremenda. Si no lo es, entonces eso muestra una valentía asombrosa. Simplemente se cuelga ahí, aislándose del resto del mundo y cambiando de formas que no entiende.
¿Cuándo una oruga ve una mariposa piensa “Eso sere yo un día?”
Así que síi, tod@s nosotr@s vamos hacia nuestras crisálidas. Hemos subido a nuestros capullos y estamos esperando a que los discos imaginales entren en juego y se elonguen y nos transformen en nuestras nuevas formas de ser. Puede que estemos aquí una temporada larga y aprendamos algunas cosas. Estamos entrando en un interregnum que será un reto tan grande como cualquiera al que la humanidad se haya enfrentado.
Sé un poco empátic@ con la oruga que crea su capullo y se convierte en una crisálida. Puede que crea que así es como son las cosas ahora, y mientras tanto, a nivel inconsciente, los discos imaginales estén girando en su sopa corporea, con una idea diferente sobre lo que llegarán a ser.
Dentro de la crisálida, tus ideas sobre tí mism@ se disuelven y la vida en sí misma toma el control. Mira las pequeñas señales, Mira lo que ocurre en las orillas.
Amplifica los actos de amabilidad y posibilidad que veas en tu comunidad y en tu vida personal.
Documéntate y desarrolla las nuevas prácticas que descubras, ya sean de ayuda, atención, curiosidad o competencia. Reprime la necesidad de buscar éxitos de cortisol en los eventos desencadenantes y en las redes sociales que te hacen enfadar, o en los comerciantes indignados que aún desean tenerte bajo su influencia. En vez de eso, relájate y estudia tu imaginación.
Metido en la porquería, amigos.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la metáfora de la oruga y la crisálida en tu vida? ¿Puedes compartir una experiencia de alguna vez en la que fueses una crisálida en tu capullo mientras la vida te estaba haciendo evolucionar hacia algo hermoso que no podías imaginarte? ¿Qué te ayuda a disolver tus ideas sobre ti mism@ y disfrutar de la experiencia de la vida en sí misma creciendo en ti?
Excerpted from here.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the metaphor of the caterpillar and the chrysalis in your life? Can you share an experience of a time you were a pupa in your chrysalis while life was evolving you into something beautiful that you could not imagine? What helps you dissolve your ideas about yourself and enjoy the experience of life itself growing you?
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11 Past Reflections
On May 9, 2020 Elaine wrote :
Mindful observations and meditation help realize my perspective of what's real.
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On Apr 25, 2020 shyleswari rao wrote :
Right now I'm a pupa and a butterfly ,I see it as a continuous process , shedding and assimilating . I don't know whether I pas through life or it passes through me .
its a beautiful witnessing space .
Thank you for this provoking thoughts you shared
its a beautiful witnessing space .
Thank you for this provoking thoughts you shared
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On Apr 17, 2020 Rhea Dsouza wrote :
Beautiful reflections.... The 'end stage' of the life os a caterpillar in a cocoon is called the Imago..It is teh "Image" of the fully grown butterfly (or nay other adult insect)...IMAGO..incidentally also means a Mirror. ..coincidence???
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On Apr 9, 2020 Cecelia A Silva wrote :
Beautifully put, and so thought-provoking - in nature are all the answers if we quietly watch! It is magical, and it is here for us to see! The parallels of life ware such a contrast to what we yearn for in our earthly desires, when in silence and nature there is much to learn and see! Thank you for sharing!
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On Apr 8, 2020 levi predpelski wrote :
my childhood is evolving me to be a better person later in life. live life happy go with the flow because we are always learning.
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On Apr 7, 2020 Tracy Schneider wrote :
I LOVE this! So apropos for our time currently. There was a beautiful book called HOPE FOR THE FLOWERS, from the perspective of two caterpillars making their way to where they would build their cocoons. It is a lovely story that I heard as a child when I was in school. I highly recommend it for those who wish to read it to themselves and also for children!
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On Apr 7, 2020 Missy Carter wrote :
This is a beautiful reflection on a crysalis, cocoonand butterfly. My painting of a butterfly (blue) is the cover of my book Living Lines and several entries are about butterflies being a spiritual symbol. This essay really deepens my insight into the beauty and opportunities of these challenging times. Thank you. Missy Carter
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On Apr 6, 2020 Prasad Kaipa wrote :
Namaste and hope everybody is taking care of themselves and their loved ones.
When I read the passage, immediately I remembered this photo that I took three months ago of a Chrysalis in Costa Rica.
Stay safe and spread Karuna
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On Apr 4, 2020 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
We all have the potential to transform ourselves on a small scale or a big scale. We journey through our life at times knowing where we are going, encountering obstacles coming in our way and dealing with them rationally. And there are times in our life when we face opportunities and challenges that we have never encountered before. We are landing in a new world which may baffle us, confuse us, intimidate us. Our rational mind knows no way to relate to the new emerging un -kownworld. There are two ways for us to go through these new doors. Either we shut off our mind and heart or keep them open, inquisitive, wondering, trusting and welcoming the new light entering into our selves. I love the way Chris Corriganwrites about this transformation: " We all are heading into our chrysalises. We have all climbed into cocoons....Have some empathy for the caterpillar who creates its chrysalis and becomes a pupa."
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On Apr 4, 2020 David Doane wrote :
The caterpillar, like us, knows in ways that are not rational that transformation happens, sometimes in major ways and sometimes in minor ways. The caterpillar, like us, doesn't know what will be, but knows nonrationally something will be. Transformation happens if we fight it or not; allowing it takes some trust and courage; the more we allow it, the more it happens; we go through it alone even if with others. In my early beliefs about life, I was a pupa in my chrysalis while life was evolving me into someone very different than I imagined. Important factors that help me dissolve my ideas about myself and enjoy the experience of life itself growing me are: openness to learn about what appears to me to be true; openness to listen to my heart and pursue what my heart says is right; trust that life is much bigger than me and is living me more than I am living it; trusting the process of living and letting go of trying to control outcome.