Falling into it

Acceptance of Falling. The Surrender. Falling back into the groove of allowing.
It seems like living with the "flow" of life involves forms of falling. Not literally, per say.
It is about letting go of control. Accepting the things that we cannot control.

We have phrases like:
Falling in Love.
Falling into Debt.
Falling back for Daylight Savings Time.
Falling from Grace.
Falling for a scheme.
Falling into the bed.

..But wait there's more!

These may seem like tasty little platitude adjacent morsels, but there is more truth to these than meets the eyes. There is something deeper going on here beneath the surface. It deals with the concept of surrendering. The act of letting go and moving with what is. We have been conditioned to routine and the idea of willpower and effort that we do not live life like the wave that it is.

Trust Fall!

It's like that one team building game where someone falls backward into volunteering coworkers or friends. You know that there are people behind you to catch you, but your anxiety kicks in. We don't get that feeling when we fall backward into our beds now do we? There is a level of letting go and "fall of faith" needed to know that you are going to be caught and going to live another day. What happens when we have that idea for how we move through life? One could say it could be exhilarating to embrace the fall of life. To embrace the happenings outside of our control. We can only do so much, but things will always happen out of the blue and out of course in the direction we see our lives moving.

Part of falling for something or into something is the acknowledgement and the commitment. It is being aware of what is happening and the potentiality of things that could happen that could enlighten us onto a new unexpected path. Your intuition kicks in and almost has a more resonant magnetic type of quality. In essence, you can feel yourself being pulled or pushed into a certain direction. Sometimes this can trigger our anxiety. The cloud of expectation starts to slowly fade and the Great Unknown starts to creep out from the edges. When we are so use to schedule and routine, the idea of something out of our control is not the most promising. But what are you going to do? Resist it or go with it?

What is pushing you? Better yet, what is pulling you? 

It seems that if you act as if everything will be fine during a certain period of impermanence, you can invite a new sense of alertness. You can observe without trying to change. It seems readily apparent that the only thing constant and somewhat permanent is change. When we act like we are on more of a ride than in the driver's seat, we can see the wonderful turns that appear in front of us. Turns outside the realm of us trying to steer the ship so to say.

There's a difference between falling for something and falling into something. Falling for something has a more negative connotation. It has an implication of ignorance and vulnerability. Seeing that you are falling for something is the first step in realizing your own ignorance. Vulnerability is important because it can show you the cracks in your armor that need to be addressed and expanded upon. All types of falling have a framework of vulnerability. One's own awareness of their insecurities is a key factor in growth and expansion of consciousness.

One can see that falling from grace can be a dreadful and unfortunate thing, but all actions lead to unexpected roads of growth. In essence, falling is what you make of it. Think about the supposed hard times you have had in the past where you could not see a way out. Things fell apart, but came back together again. Most of it is accepting the fall and moving forward. When you realize you are falling, most of the time it is too late to stop yourself. Letting go and falling into the next great opportunity. When you stop talking, you can listen.

One can equate falling with the act and concept of surrendering. Surrendering holds an almost airy spiritual aura to it. Surrendering to a so called higher power, can allow one to accept things that happen. Surrender to the present moment. What happens will happen and there will be some overarching reason for it. When you fall, you fall towards or away from something. This can be an important point of distinction. Falling away from something that has not served you, but what may be towards the direction of the falling can be scary.

Falling down can hold some negative aspects to it. Hitting the ground after a physical fall always shocks us into back into the moment. Our problems fade away and we may even have a certain portion of our lives flash before our eyes. Falling is the act of surrendering to the present. A never-ending process. Falling some time implies a bottom. What are you falling from? What are you falling towards? If you are falling from a higher place, then what is the bottom? Will it hurt when you fall? The physical act of falling is different from the conceptual idea of falling. This is readily apparent, but there are similarities. When we fall physically or conceptually, it all matters on how we pick ourselves back up after the "fall" has ended. Escaping pain is futile.

It's not how you fall. It's how you get back up or move on.
If you physically fall once, it will most likely happen again. Whether you try to prevent it or not. Think on this. So many unexpected twists and turns.

Use what you got. Get creative. Take the situations at hand and make the best of it. For the sake of efficiency and the present. What conversation are you having with your future self? Life is falling and falling with it. Falling in line and falling out of sync. Falling in and out love. Falling for the newest trend. It is recognizing the falling and not resisting that will add value and harmony into the way we live our lives. Day to day. Moment to moment.

Keep falling.

DG