Reassess the Present – Mercury Retrograde
I was considering Eckhart Tolle’s ideas on beginning to find one’s life’s purpose. He says that by fully inhabiting each moment, you access the Divine. By being in touch with the Divine in each moment, and inhabiting everything you do you’re your full self, you will begin to find your life’s purpose.
I decided to add another energetic wrinkle to this thought. One that brings this thought right back to today, August 29, 2010, right now.
In addition to fully concentrating on being present in each moment today, I’m suggesting you also work with the prevailing planetary energetic influences.
Mercury retrograde is an astrological phenomenon, that started August 20, and lasts until September 12, 2010. You can read more about this phenomenon on astrological sites like http://www.astrogrrl.com/mercury-retrograde-aug-20-to-sep-12.html.
In a nutshell what generally happens during Mercury retrograde, is an interruption to mental processes, communication, commerce, electronics and travels, since Mercury rules these things. So anything which involves several of these, say commerce mostly conducted through electronic communication (ie. my day job) can be interrupted severely.
Mercury retrogrades are often feared because of their disrupting influences. But these periods really do have gifts for you to take advantage of. Slade Roberson has written an excellent post about this at http://sladeroberson.com/astrology/what-to-do-during-mercury-retrograde.html.
So what does this mean for you, who is fully present here, and taking advantage of the planetary energies of the present moment, today?
Re, Re, Re….
This means during Mercury’s retrograde, work with the energies of the “re”. Re-consider, re-member, re-align, re-purpose, re-do, re-cycle…both your inner work, and your outer work.
I find this time is particularly good for finishing projects at work that were too large to accomplish all at one time, or too stiflingly boring to get through the first time I took a crack at them. While starting new projects during this time, feels to me like fighting through thick mental mud, it is much easier to get old, unfinished things done.
It is almost as though old projects are infused with a more interesting energy at this time. It is more likely that I am able to see issues from a different perspective, and therefore they hold my interest more. Alternative approaches to old problems also seem to arise more easily at this time, also enabling me to see new solutions to old problems.
I have been deleting old emails, cleaning out old files, and generally doing all the things I usually neglect from day to day. Because I’m working with the energies of the planets, it feels like I am getting an extra boost. It really seems like it these tasks are going much faster for me than they normally do. Not only that, it seems like I get satisfaction from doing these things, the things which I normally avoid.
Working with the energy of the planets is so much easier than working against them. It makes your life so much easier. It took me several years to realize this. Now I always try and take full advantage of the energies of Mercury retrograde periods. They are very useful.
Revisit Your Inner Work
While it is an excellent time to finish up old outer work, it is also an amazing time to fully maximize accomplishing your inner work. It is a great time to get rid of your old emotional clutter!
Now is an excellent time to go deep within yourself, and re-examine what it is you really want to be doing with your life. The planetary energies now favour your re-thinking and re-consideration.
Be present with where you are at now in your life. Appreciate what you are and what you have. Take the time you need to reassess what is it that you like about “here”, and what things you might wish to change. Realign yourself with what you believe, and where you wish your inner work to take you. Reconsider how you might get there.
When you spend this inner time with yourself, new and different solutions to old emotional and spiritual problems may arise more easily. Different perspectives on tiring old issues, can open up new paths for you to consider.
This ideal period for reassessing your life, also makes now an excellent time to get a journey reading with me. Email me at conduitofjoy@hotmail.com. We can explore what old stuff is there, and different ways to get to the new stuff!
Happy internal de-cluttering!
Kara
*Note: I find it funny and ironic that since my server was down for several days, I haven’t been able to post this blog post about Mercury Retrograde. Apparently it wasn’t supposed to be read until today. Universe’s sense of humour never fails to be amusing eventually…even if it doesn’t seem amusing at the time. Gave me an opportunity to re-evaluate my reactions to situations that are out of my hands. 
