July 17 2018

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On a quiet path
beside a bubbling clear stream
making headway home.
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Considering two sides of the same coin and two colloquialisms.

There is a Colloquialism, it is one of the less common ones, however it is a very good one, as it lends a clear and evocative image of slow changes’ darker side: … Death by a thousand cuts …
On the other hand, there is a colloquialism gaining popularity in America and has come to us from India: … Banat banat ban jai … comes from the Sanskrit and translates as ‘making, making, someday made.

Both colloquialisms speak to the nature of change which comes slowly. However, it is there that the similarity stops.

Death by a thousand cuts … speaks to negative change occurring as a consequence of many many small poor choices or injuries. Each choice alone is of little consequence, however when added up they have tremendous impact and bring dramatic change.

Banat banat ban jai – is also about slow change however, this is about the conscious making of choices which take you in the direction of your true heart. You may go many years and not see any impact – and then - a corner is turned and everything changes.

We are all on The Path and always there is a stream of connection to spirit available to us. We choose whether to connect with that stream and move into life or to disconnect and cut by cut separate from source. Know – no matter how far we have strayed and created cuts of separation from the whole – yet at any time we can choose to turn around and begin taking the steps to establish changes that can carry us all the way home. 

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Photo is Hare Creek and redwoods, Lime Kiln State Park, Big Sur, California USA. I do not know who took this photo - though there is a www in the lower right corner I can not quite make out …

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