Chaos Bringer of Magical Flow and Order

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Chaos a definition:

1. a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
2. the infinity of space or formless matter supposed to have preceded the existence of the ordered universe.
3. a pattern or state of order existing within apparent disorder, as in the irregularities of a coastline or a snowflake

Chaos Quotes:

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. -Adams, Henry Brooks

She was one of those born to make chaos cosmic. -Beerbohm, Sir (Henry) Max(imilian)

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. -Bellow, Saul

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. - Buddha

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. - Deepak Chopra

Chaos is a friend of mine. - Bob Dylan

Now that we know what Chaos is ( or do we?) let's talk about chaos in our lives. If you are like most of us, when your life is in a state of chaos you feel out of control and insecure and you strive to set your life in order again. Sometimes this can (and usually does) result in you feeling even more stressed than before as it can be very tiring keeping all those things under control.

We humans have many ways of creating order in our lives, we: label things, describe things, explain things, create systems, join societies, religions and groups, and generally resist any chaos in general. Why?

If Chaos is the original state of the universe and we were born out of chaos why do we resist it?

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star." - Neitsche

“Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.” - Tom Barrett

What if all this stiving after order was unnatural? Could you give up your addiction to control and let go enough to embrace chaos rather than resist it? Remember what we resist persists!

"In trying to order chaos through explanation. This resists chaos and keeps us stick in chaos: "..possibly chaos is actually the natural order and in that chaos there might be islands of order. But chaos is the order. David Peat (exerpt from The Tao of Chaos by Stephen Wolinsky)

What if the very thing we are resisting has an untapped beauty and order that when explored can be rediscovered as an energy flow that brings us a deeper connection to ourselves as the universe?

Perhaps by allowing the state of chaos in our lives to expand our view of the universe we too will become expansive and able to create more, allow more and percieve more of everything in our lives. In doing so a new order will be revealed, one more suited to the potential of the lives we were meant to live and to who we really are.

When living from chaos we become aware of this expanded awareness the ability to percieve more options make different decisions instead of creating from habit that which we are comfortable with, we are able to create from a new expansive and enriched perspective. You know Einstein said that the true definition of insanity was doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result.

Have you ever thought about it? When you make decisions from the same perspective from which you created your life until now, you are on a treadmill and will continue to create the same things over and over again. True, you may not like what you get, you may even actively dislike it, but you re-create it over and over because you are comfortable with that discomfort. It feels like home and feels safe.

Just like a rat trained to run the maze the same way over and over in order to find it's food, you are running on the same scripts and making the same decisions about life from your narrow, controlled perception. Expand! Allow chaos to show you the magic of seeing and experiencing more of life - "life is a grand adventure or it is nothing at all." - Helen Keller

Within you is a 'dancing star' waiting to be born and it can only do so in the same way that all stars are born - out of chaos. Expand and allow chaos to show you the magic of you, all you can be and all your life can be.. Through the magic of chaos (the only true magic) you will find all your answers - yes all of them. How to heal, how to create more of what you really want and how to live your life fulfilled!

Easy Exercise in Expanded Awareness:

1. Sit comfortably with your eyes open and find one thing/one spot to look at
2. allow your eyes to focus on that one thing
3. now let your focus soften while still gazing at that one spot
4. allow your perception to shift while keeping your eyes in the one spot
5. What more can you see? What more can you hear? What more can you feel?
6. allow your awareness to continue to expand - keep asking yourself the questions in step 5 over and over each time you become aware of something new (see, hear or feel) ask the questions again.
7. Practice keeping this expanded awareness on a daily basis and practice this everyday until it becomes automatic

You will be amazing at the difference living from an expanded awareness brings to your life!

imgaine the infinite possibilities, Annie