I’m one of “those people” that walks directly to the edge of a cliff and looks over. I’m curious about what is on the other side and I love the intimate feeling I experience being in that spot where the ground below me meets so much air. Whew!
I must confess that even as I’m drawn to the edge, the messages in my head often tell me otherwise. Over the years, I’ve let messages telling me to play it safe, question whether I’m missing something that is obvious to everyone else, or not to be a show off seep into my mind. These thoughts make me doubt what I’m truly compelled to do. Fortunately, 9.9 out of 10 times, I still find my way out to that special spot on the edge. But if I pay too much attention to those thrill squashing thoughts in my head I don’t fully enjoy the thrill of being on a small piece of earth, completely surrounded by air.
The whole idea of my relationship with “the edge” resurfaced recently. I was in Sedona, AZ for an Abraham-Hicks, Art of Allowing workshop when I first heard the phrase “the leading edge”. This phrase grabbed my attention and I immediately sat up.
The leading edge, as I understand from Abraham-Hicks, is our soul’s natural response to our ever-expanding desires. As we live and notice what we like and want, our personal edge expands towards this new vision of ourselves. We are born to expand into our desires and dreams. Yeah baby! The Art of Allowing happens when we let our thoughts align with our soul’s new leading edge. You feel good when you align with this expanded vision of yourself. It’s that simple.
Who needs a cliff to experience the thrills, questions or fears of being on the edge? Heck, life itself takes me to the edge all the time! You would not believe how often I try to trick myself into playing it safe. On the way to my leading edge, I sometimes trip over out dated and familiar thoughts that question the direction I’m taking. When I listen to these messages, I end up feeling frustrated, confused and way, way too uncomfortable! Thankfully, a kiss of a breeze against my face is all it takes to remind me of my love affair with my edge and I head to back to a that sweet aligned spot of y desires.
What about you? Where’s your leading edge? What thoughts and habits carry your forward, into your best, ever evolving fine self? What thoughts and habits keep you away, and presumably safe from your own leading edge? Most importantly, which will you listen to today? I hope you’ll join me on the edge; I’ll be waiting there for you.
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January 1st, 2008 at 4:26 pm
A few years back there was a “No Fear” clothing line for adventure sports enthusiasts with various quotes, like “When faced with danger, I just laugh my head off” (that’s my river rafting T-shirt). The other No Fear T-shirt I own, and this mantra stays with me, -– If you are not living on the Edge, then you are taking up too much space.” I like remembering that with the following - holding fiercely to my vision, dream, and plans, including and especially in my personal life and relationships, is a way of living on the edge!
In a computer company where I worked, we used to say it was a trick to have the technology that was the leading edge, not the bleeding edge. For me that means recognizing all of my data, all of my intuition, all of my knowledge…not necessarily giving full play to my fears, but not advancing without access to the wise woman in me!
Thanks for your article–>it gets me thinking about my best edges!