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Maridel Bowes, M.A.
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But It Hasn't Happened Yet!
When It Hasn't Happened Yet...
Evolving Journey Astrology


 
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But It Hasn't Happened Yet! 
 
 
When does "knowing" translate into "being?" When does something you believe to be so find expression from the center of your being? When do we become models to ourselves and others for what we say we believe?
 
Belief: It's not helpful to worry about things that haven't happened yet.
 
A few years ago the Governor of California announced that he was going to cut state workers' wages to the federal minimum. Whoa, Whammy and What?!? My friend, Sandi, was one of those people at the potentially piercing end of this skewer--with not only herself, but a family to help support. Instantly, her co-workers railed against the State of Unfair Affairs, obsessed with protest and fear--but had enough wits about them to notice that Sandi didn't seem to be disturbed.
 
"Aren't you upset?" they queried.
"No. It hasn't happened yet."
"But it will! Aren't you afraid?"
"No. He said the same thing last year and it didn't happen."
"But he's serious this time!"
"I'm sure he was serious last time too, but it didn't happen."
"But how can you be so calm?"
"Why waste energy on something that hasn't happened?"
 
When does knowing translate into being? When there's plenty at stake and we summon the courage to make good on what we know to be true. In this particular case, the Governor hit a wall called "The State Controller" who refused to comply. It went to court and has for now become a non-issue.
 
"So it could still happen!"
"But it hasn't happened yet..."
 
 
When It Hasn't Happened Yet...
 
 
Why miss what is happening? When we give our energy and attention to something that isn't happening, we take it off what is. And whether we like "what is" or not, why trade it in for something that doesn't even exist and we like even less? If we're going to use energy on behalf of something that hasn't yet happened, why not make it images of what we would prefer? Which leads me to....
 
Why assume the worst? "Put it in a low gear," my friend Lynn advised as I faced the first of two insanely steep climbs out of her property. Second gear is low, right? Yet my car stalled halfway up and I had to "start and gun" to make it the rest of the way. It worked! But instead of the sweet smell of success, the ride home smelled like burning rubber.
 
Did I damage the gear shift? Did I burn out some labor-intensive part? Would I be able to afford the repair?" Hmm. "Thanks for asking, but it hasn't happened yet." A week into the smell, I made an appointment with my mechanic, Scot, who lives at the top of multi-faceted, beauty-laden steepness. If your car makes it all the way to Scot's, it can't be that bad. It wasn't. The remains of a previous oil leak had been charred when I gunned the car in such extreme conditions. "Give it another week," he said. "It should go away."
 
I didn't know what I was more grateful for: the verdict or the fact that I hadn't squandered any energy on it.
 
Why not be our own Governors? When something that feels threatening comes at us from the "outside," why not respond from our inner governor who decrees: "Something that hasn't happened yet has no power over me." How could it? It's just a bobbing possibility in a sea of many potentials.
 
When IT does happen... In a variation of a popular bumper sticker, sometimes "IT Happens." The pay cut does go through or the car repair is a full-fledged budget-blower. If we haven't exhausted ourselves with anticipatory worry and its attending mindmares, we are in a much better place to accept what is now and open our hearts and minds to the next step.
 
Maybe there's a seeming threat in your life to which you can quietly say, "But it hasn't happened yet," allowing a shift back into the present--the only place where life itself resides.  
 
 
Til We Cross Paths Again,
 
Maridel 
 
 
 
P.S. Check out the latest "Moving to Maui" blog, Letting Hawaii In
 
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                                                Astrology News!! 
 
     I am happy to announce that I have resumed doing evolutionary astrology
     readings on an intermittant basis!  This now suits my lifestyle better than
     attempting to keep both practices going all the time or choosing one over
     the other.
 
     Here's how it works:
 
     1. Visit www.evolvingjourneyastrology.com -- Browse the testimonials
         and check out the various kinds and lengths of readings available.
 
     2. Fill out the form on the "Contact" page, including your choice and length
        of reading. I will email you back with an approximate date for your
        reading and to make payment arrangements. Once on my reading
        roster, you are guaranteed a reading before I go into "astro haitus" again.
 
     3. New technology for reading delivery. Conquering my techno resistance
         at last, I said goodbye to my faithful tape recorder of fifteen years! I am now
         recording readings directly on my computer, allowing you to receive yours
         as an MP3 format you can listen to on your computer or download onto your
         iPod! Other formats are also available if you prefer.   
 
      
 

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