And then there's next weekend.....
And just for fun...
From caterpillar to butterfly... we live in very interesting times. I am relating to this time period as earth's evolving from the caterpillar phase, where we are distoying the world we live in by over consuming, to the butterfly, where we fly high and polinate flowers. Duh.
THE IMAGINAL CELL STORY
The caterpillar's new cells are called 'imaginal cells.'
They are so totally different from the caterpillar cells
that his immune system thinks they are enemies... and gobbles them up.
But these new imaginal cells continue to appear. More and more of them!
Pretty soon, the caterpillar's immune system
cannot destroy them fast enough.
More and more of the imaginal cells survive.
And then an amazing thing happens!
The little tiny lonely imaginal cells start to clump together
into friendly little groups.
They all resonate together at the same frequency,
passing information from one to another.
Then, after awhile, another amazing thing happens!
The clumps of imaginal cells start to cluster together!
A long string of clumping and clustering imaginal cells,
all resonating at the same frequency,
all passing information from one to another there inside the chrysalis.
Then at some point,
the entire long string of imaginal cells
suddenly realizes all together
that it is something different from the caterpillar.
Something new! Something wonderful!
...and in that realization
is the shout of the birth of the butterfly!
Since the butterfly now "knows" that it is a butterfly,
the little tiny imaginal cells
no longer have to do all those things individual cells must do.
Now they are part of a multi-celled organism—
A FAMILY who can share the work.
Each new butterfly cell can take on a different job—
There is something for everyone to do.
And everyone is important.
And each cell begins to do just that very thing it is most drawn to do.
And every other cell encourages it to do just that.
A great way to organize a butterfly!"
*Adapted Version of Nori Huddle's story from her book, Butterfly
One of the most important thing we can be doing with our time right now is connecting with our tribe, our soul family, our fellow imaginal cells. It's so easy to feel alone when there is so much pain in the world. So many disasters and challenges that people are facing. But when we come together to learn, talk, dance, play, celebrate and discover ourselves... we remember again who we are.....* and where we live. This is HEAVEN on earth... we have forgotten, that it is us that must create this heaven. together.
We are the imaginal cells
Together We Rise
