You know, there is a part of me that would like to believe that living on earth requires no armor.
But we all know that is not true.
Likewise, there is a part of me that would like to believe that the armor that worked for me last year will work for the rest of my life. It will need no upgrades, no alterations, no amendments. That my old armor is properly suited for the challenges I now face and the world as it is now.
That is also not true.
I bring this up because right now we are in a good little window for upgrading our armor. (Which is also why eight weeks ago I picked Hematite for tonight’s meditation at ROAM. If you can join us, I’ll guide you through the whole process, with powerful, grounding Hematite right by our side.)
And if this word “armor” is feeling kind of masculine and militaristic, let’s take a moment to clarity what I mean when I use the word armor.
Today, as I refer to armor I don’t mean a protective metal covering.
I mean a spiritual, imaginal, energetic protective covering.
And, it is possible that our spiritual, imaginal, energetic protective covering needs to become a little more (or less!) “metallic”.
Or maybe more like a bubble blown from pink bubble gum.
Or more like a protector animal.
Or more like an ancestral gift.
Or more or less porous.
Or more like vapor, or steam; heat or coolness.
Or more electric or more woven from tendrils of flowering (or thorny!) vines.
Or more or less “buzzy”.
Or more or less “fiery”.
Or more or less “magnetic”.
Or more filled with languor and ease.
Or more like infinite love.
Or more like a moat guarding a castle.
Or more like a disco ball with a million reflective mirrors.
Or more like a fluffy coat that makes people want to hug you.
Or more like plasmatic, like honey.
Or more like a sunrise, or more like nightfall.
Or more like light shining through iridescent, prismatic stained glass.
Or more like a seashell or more like air at high altitudes.
Or more like fur, feathers or scales.
Or more like teflon, or more like velcro.
Or more like a mountain or more like the ocean.
Or more like the desert at dawn.
Or more like fungi, lichen, algae or kelp.
Or more like music or more hewn from rock.
Or more like a glittering network of crystals or stars.
I could go on and on, but I bet you already get the idea.
Essentially, this is a good time to consciously take off the old armor and a good time to create/re-create new armor that is going to protect you and take you to your highest heights in the weeks and months to come.
Remember, old armor can inhibit expansion and connection. Protections you used to need, you may not anymore. Protections you never knew you’d need, you may need now.
I really love this practice of visualizing the removal of the old armor and dreaming up and “installing” the new. I encourage you to find some way to do this over the weekend.
I also love being playful about it - maybe right now infinite layers of flower petals would be the perfect armor. Or, actually thousands of shimmering, iridescent dragon scales. Or, instead, fields of cumulus clouds or the songs of whales mixed with birdsong.
And, just like life, this re-armoring, is not about deciding on one perfect option from all options available and staying with that forever. Instead, the PRACTICE of the PROCESS is THE THING. Then, once that process is active in our consciousness, we can upgrade our armor on the fly whenever we like and corresponds to the situations we are in, moment to moment, breath to breath.
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