Generators Wanted: Seasonal Work

The Generator’s strategy for life is wait to respond. Sounds easy, to just wait. For many this statement stirs confusion and wonderment. How does that work, really, or how long do I have to wait or what am I waiting for?  In this fast-paced, microwaveable, twitter-world we live in, there doesn’t appear to be much support or encouragement to wait, for anything. My understanding of waiting comes from years of practice and ancient wisdom which can enlighten your development as well.

My appreciation for the Generator’s journey was freshened at a recent  Moon Dance, an improvisational woman’s dance.  The group is offered a theme to enact and express which coincides to the current moon.  This past full moon, The Seedling or Spouting Moon, mirrored expressions of pushing through dirt, stillness, fluttering and flickering, cracking open, stem, leaf or bud.  First the dancers wait, images emerge, then portraying: stopping and starting, pushing and resting, grunts and groans, and cracking open.

Generators hold unlimited seedlings in their Sacral. Seedlings of pure energy waiting for expression and providing life force to sustain and build. Generators are really good at the effort, the doing, and the pushing parts of expression. Their challenges are resting and finding stillness in all that energy. To keep your Sacral motor running optimal Generators must learn to discipline themselves to rest, look up and take in the views. Our western culture has conditioned us to be busy, and push on. Implementing your strategy wait to respond requires practice, patience, courage and a willingness to say “no,” more than you’ve ever imagined, allocating energy for you.

The 5 of Worlds in the Voyager Tarot Deck  is called  Setback. I use to dread picking this card. Now I recognize it as permission to be still, to wait. The essence of Setback reminds us everyone has them. Some are physical in the form of a broken arm or digestive issue, others more severe, like a job loss or staying at a job we dislike. If we view setbacks as giving up we’ve missed the lesson. Setbacks bring opportunities for learning and new growth. We can’t get setback unless we’re moving forward. Setbacks offer time for seasonal review, retreat, regrouping, realignment and sometimes redirecting in order to forward our progress. Have you experienced setbacks in your life recently?  Has life forced a respite or a derailment on you? If so, did you drop into a negative thought pattern? Or could you distinguish setbacks are part of your life’s mastery?

I’m abundantly familiar with feeling stuck and frustrated, having setbacks, pushing and not getting results. Even after 10 years of practice, a Generator is a Generator. What’s changed is I’ve accepted and surrendered to the wisdom of my Sacral and my experiences of setbacks. There are seasons for effort and idleness. This is my new normal.  Over the last few weeks as I’m preparing a new project for my business, I’ve noticed times when the energy flows like an open faucet allowing me to push forward. Then comes the times when the faucet seems frozen shut, telling me, don’t push. For me, resting doesn’t mean lying on the sofa, but it could. Rest or retreat might look like taking a break from my desk, going to the grocery store, or it could be turning off the phones for a few days. I have learned and re-learned to discipline myself to be mindful of when to rest-back in my chair and when to move with a response. I could choose to label open is ‘good’ and frozen is ‘bad’.  But hey, if the seedling has intervals of rest, it’s OK for me too.

Judging stuck or frustrated as ‘bad’ is a major pitfall for Generators. Judgments are simply head-games; they do not control your Sacral response. It takes time to clear your conditioning of busy-ness from your Sacral. During that time, Generators must give their outlook a good scrubbing so they can see alternate perspectives. Otherwise they can end up in the quitters circle.

I consulted the Tao Oracle Tarot Deck  inquiring which I Ching hexagram supports my synthesis.  Out jumped # 53, Development, which tells us steady progress, slowly but surely, adaptability, and a time-honored approach. This hexagram cautions us to keep our attention in the present moment and avoid dreaming about the future. Instead, take care of the task at hand to keep our balance. A slow and steady pace is recommended to ease our temperament in times of delays or setbacks. Opportunities for developing wisdom usually come through accepting challenges in spite of discomfort. How do you cope with the discomfort of challenges? What actions would support you being and feeling more balanced? Do you find yourself leaving the present to ‘figure out’ the future? What does slow and steady look like for you?

It is not correct for Generators to get stuck in pushing up, efforting to crack open their next stem or leaf. Sprouting has its own timing. Generators need to allow for seasonal rests, wanted and unwanted. Contrary to society norms and your thinking-self; when you’re aligned with your Design, and following your heart’s desires, you’ll find both the moving forward and seemingly backwards steps are equally significant progress to a more satisfying experience.

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