One Apple A Day #591 - being a channel
A sat this morning with a BeTheChange card asking me "What wants to emerge?".
It's undoubtedly a different question to ponder on because it shifts our perspective on things. It reminds me of one of my favourite passages from Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor E Frankl.
"We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly."
What wants to emerge right here and now, at this exact moment while I'm writing? I was trying to find some thoughtful reflection to share only to realise that again, I was tricking myself making everything about me.
So, I deleted what I wrote, and a memory came in from yesterday.
A conversation I had while I was on a long drive and listening to some music. It started with another question: a piece of art made by an awful person is still a piece of art?
That question quickly shifted to another one; does the author owns her or his creation?
We use to think at the author as the "creator", someone who creates something out of thin air and so "owns" what she or he creates. But what if the author is just a tool? Someone channelling what wants to emerge into the reality of our shared world?
What would change in your life if you look at yourself as a tool instead of a creator?