Divine bowling

Dark energy incoming!

The spiritual journey makes me feel like a bowling pin. Hear me out. We start life as a piece of wood; inanimate, yet full of potential. The world around us shapes us, gives us a figure, tells us what we are, and we accept it. Then, at some point, we hit the big stage, a huge shift in our reality, and we discover that we can stand tall. For a moment that is, until a dark energy descends upon us. We take a blow to our whole system that’s so powerful that it knocks us down completely.

It may take some time, but soon enough we find ourselves standing tall again. We made it back, we didn’t let that dark energy keep us down. But then it comes again, this time at a different speed, from a different angle, and this one sends us flying into the air, crashing, smashing violently into other pins. And again we find ourselves on the ground. It’s a little easier to stand back up this go around, but not by much.

Standing tall again, we look around and notice that sometimes we’re alone. Sometimes we’re surrounded by other pins, but whichever way we stand, we can be sure that another dark ball of energy is coming our way. It’s just a matter of time.

This analogy is not meant to discourage. I think it gives hope. It’s inspiring. Coming down into this Cube illusion was your choice. You wanted to be here. You wanted to be knocked up, down, and all around because you wanted to FEEL something. You didn’t want to feel it through something. You didn’t’ want to watch it happen to someone else. You wanted to experience getting knocked down over and over and over again because you wanted to see if you have what it takes to get back up.

Only the bravest souls come here. Only the strongest of the strong. This is not a reality for the squeamish. This is a place for the most intense learning our Universe has to offer. It’s so intense that some call this school a prison. That perspective isn’t “wrong” necessarily, but it only focuses on the black ball. It doesn’t take into account how that pin finds the inner strength to stand up again and again and again, no matter how many times it gets knocked down.

The life of a bowling pin is shorter than it thinks. It may seem like the endless loop will go on infinitely, but one day it’s just over. No more balls. No other pins to commiserate with. All that’s left is an inward reflection. We’re all going to miss being a pin, standing there under the lights, the whole world watching to see how we react to the darkness coming our way. We get a chance to show our strength, to test our resolve, to stand in our power over and over no matter what the outside world rolls at us. And it’s fun.

Sure it can be misery if you only focus on the negative, but the positive balances it all out. It always does here in this matrix. We can choose to put our focus on the ball, we can put our focus on the other pins, we can focus on ourselves and how we learn and grow with each knockdown. The choice is ours and ours alone.

I choose to look at all of it, take in the biggest picture I can, and love the game for what it is, the smashes, the crashes, the mends, and the revives. I’ll tell you one thing though. Next time around I’m bringing my own shoes.