{"id":5,"date":"2009-09-01T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/descansos.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/a-thousand-hands-come-together-as-one\/"},"modified":"2010-04-17T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T07:21:08","slug":"a-thousand-hands-come-together-as-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/descansos.psolis.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/a-thousand-hands-come-together-as-one\/","title":{"rendered":"A thousand Hands Come Together as One…"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I have been feeling stressed & overworked.<\/p>\n

My excuse is: I don’t have time to do this work; plus run my business; plus preparing & creating a Forgiveness Seminar; plus being a coach; a Leader Training Leaders; plus creating an architectural presentation in Peru for a client – that doesn’t exist – but who I am inventing to enter my life; plus being father & husband to my family.<\/p>\n

And then on top of that, keep updating this blog.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know that it sounds like I’m complaining, And yes I am – but only as a way of getting it out of my system. OK 5 minutes of complaing are now complete! But that is not what I’m committed to doing. So I have to admit that this feeling of overwhelm comes only from my everpresent feeling of being alone & that I have to do all this alone. And in distinguishing this for myself (with the assistance of my trusty coach), I see that if I was being honest with myself, I am really not alone.<\/p>\n

The thing that showed up for me in the last month or so, is that 3 more people in my life have passed away. This is the excuse I use to feel alone – see I have evidence now that people are leaving me. “See they left – I am alone now!” But what I am not choosing to see is that they have gone to God & are now one with the creator. Isn’t that what all faith-believing beings want? Even more on a personal level, they are not leaving ME!!!<\/p>\n

So how do I accept and allow people into my life, so that the feeling of ‘alone-ness’ does not take me over?<\/p>\n

Thousand-Hand Guan Yin<\/a><\/p>\n

And that’s when this image showed up in my life. It is on YouTube & its called the Thousand-Hand Guan. I was fascinated with the quote in the description which I am recreating here:<\/p>\n

As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid. As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart, You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Guan Yin is the bodhisattva of compassion, revered by Buddhists as the Goddess of Mercy. Her name is short for Guan Shi Yin.<\/p>\n

Guan – means to observe, watch, or monitor;
\nShi – means the world;
\nYin – means sounds, specifically sounds of those who suffer.<\/p>\n

Thus, Guan Yin is a compassionate being who watches for, and responds to, the people in the world who cry out for help.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This really caught my attention! Guan Shi Yin is the “goddess with a thousand hands. She watches for those in need and has a thousand hands to help.” <\/em><\/p>\n

Metaphorically I understand this to mean that I don’t have to do this work alone. I can rely on, and create others to be the thousand hands around me, who can assist in getting this done.<\/p>\n

As the performer in the video could not do the dance alone. She had others, to create with her, the beautiful dance & imagery that inspired the audience & inspired me.<\/p>\n

Another common Metaphor that comes to mind is President Bush (Senior). He used to say “A Thousand Points of Light”<\/p>\n

I am but one point of light & together the thousand points of light can transform the world.<\/p>\n

So now I am not alone… <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have chosen to create myself to be one with others and will continue with my commitment to have the people of the world experience – oneness with God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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