it is said that in chess the greatest move one can make is to sacrifice that which one holds most dear.
at that moment of being willing to sacrifice, and mind you it is the willingness that matters, a whole universe of potential blooms suddenly forth.
the life lead up until these moments of recognition of what we deem most sacred, those moments when true awareness flowers forth, is like a plant, and it has sprouted and grown with ultimate faith in abundance, and in our sun, from a tiny seed.
just as you have, just as your life has, just as the elephant has. you are like a lovely tree, ever growing, ever blooming with potential, ever unawake and unaware of the grace of sacrifice to be had.
when you see with your whole understanding the potency and true nature of the shift in game, when what was invisible to you becomes visible in a flash of inspiration emerging from your soul, and when, if, in that very moment you accept the call to offering, you will have entered illumination.
there may be moves yet to make in preparation: hold the knowledge you have gained in your secret mind uncorrupted.
stay steady to the truth you’ve received with no thought of doubt. you must clear the path to action with single purpose: there will be distractions attempting to dance through you mind!
if you have listened well to the voice of inspiration you will not have many breathes to take before your thing of wonder, your most important piece, your irreplaceable player is staged for their most ultimate of gifts, for we are never given true knowledge too far in advance!
and in those moments of absolute devotion to the one guiding awareness of what must fall, the other half of the mystery is revealed: we discover what potentials will arise, yes will bloom forth, from the sacrifice. only in those few and focused seconds, and not before.
that is the nature of sacrifice! it is the willingness to perform it that unveils, in a blinding moment of perfection, knowledge that could never otherwise be beheld.
and in those moments of absolute devotion to the one guiding awareness of what must fall, the other half of the mystery is revealed: we discover what potentials will arise, yes will bloom forth, from the sacrifice. only in those few and focused seconds, and not before.
that is the nature of sacrifice! it is the willingness to perform it that unveils, in a blinding moment of perfection, knowledge that could never otherwise be beheld.
it is a creature of steady hand and magnificent mind, a truly enlightened soul not overwhelmed by the blooming now and endless expanse of futures, who continues through, in the microseconds that follow, with the sacrifice.
there is no thought of last minute reprieve. the offering is whole, and holy, and constant. the offering is total and irredeemable.
the offering is your very self, that ultimate thing to which you cling most dear.
there is no thought of last minute reprieve. the offering is whole, and holy, and constant. the offering is total and irredeemable.
the offering is your very self, that ultimate thing to which you cling most dear.
this the elephant knows, and so the elephants go.
© Maria Alva Roff May19 2012
