Elemental Anchors: The Forces That Hold Us Steady - VI

Practices for the Sixth Cycle of Astronomical Grief

Ways we stay steady as we explore.

To learn more about The Four Forces, read the intro post to this series. To learn more about anchors, read the prelude to this series.

Being A Future

We ourselves are someone's future...Our existence might be the end of someone's grief.

Sharifa Stevens aka The G.O.A.T.

This idea that our existence completes the cycle of someone else's grief is a future casting by looking back; it's existing in a timeline without time. It is a spiritual technology that guides us through the dimension of belonging.

Our existence being the transformation of someone's grief into flourishing is an anchor.

There is no pressure. Sharifa did not specify any degrees you had or your relationship status, or what things you've checked off your lists. She states that it's our existence all by itself that puts a period at the end of someone's grief.

We don't always know who that someone is. That's ok. I'm willing to risk believing that my existence doesn't matter in general, but in specific to someone who looked into a future and saw me.

May we practice this as well. Looking into the future and sending re-Sourcing energy to the strangers we see there, trusting that somehow they will receive it.

The Love Force

Existing in Love & Belonging to the Future

A mathematical practice.

Who Loves you well?

Make note of them.

When did they start Loving you?

Do the math to find out how far into the future their Love has travelled with you to this moment.

If you want, write the number the represents the amount of time-travelling their Love has done so far on something you will see often.

The All-Light Force

Existing in All-Light & Belonging to the Future

A perception practice.

If you can, go outside in the dark. Especially if you can go outside on Winter Solstice in the dark, do that!

Let your eyes adjust to the darkness.

What can you perceive?

Remind yourself that visible light is only .0035% of the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Now consider what you can't see. Bask in the wonder of that.

Let this reality comfort you as you look into a future were you cannot perceive all that will be.

The Alchemical (or Magic) Force

Existing in Alchemy & Belonging to the Future

A right-now practice.

You are magic, right now, as is.

When you consider yourself, what feels magical about you?

When you consider a future beyond you, how has your magic influenced it?

The Grief Force

Existing in Grief & Belonging to the Future

A location practice.

Take a breath. Let yourself settle. Take another breath - a longer one if you can.

Can you locate your grief? What's shaping it? Who or what could be the end to your grief in the future?

Be with them for a while.

In all this, give thanks. Thanks for the mathematical, thanks for the perception, thanks for the right-now, thanks for the location.

Comment below what's emerging for you?

Restack your favorite anchor practice.

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