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Wisdom Wheel Story by Loretta Symons, the first to host a Three Year study group, begun with a dozen people in September 2000,
For about a year and a half we met. We had what we now call ‘open wheels’…and many people came. People that came were not the only people who joined the class. It’s just the way it was…
Cynthia and I said many times that the right people always show up. It was relaxing to know that we were not controlling the Process.
I learned early that the Laws teach us their lessons. It is not our show. It is not an intellectual Process.
Maybe the Laws provide the language for us to ask the universe for the lessons.
When we choose to ’carry a law’ we say OK universe, I’m ready to learn about this…or at least something about this…and then the lessons come.
You walk through your life and the lessons offer themselves up to be seen.
I Remember Learning:
Balance - it is not a place to get to…it is a way of being.
Awareness -without it there is nothing else. Without it you are a victim.
Self, Right Relationship, Cause & Effect - These were all good laws. I have studied them before and they were familiar.
And then there was Process! The dreaded Law of Process…You never know which Laws will be easy and which ones will be hard. This was a hard one for many of us. I don’t remember why or what made it hard; I just know that it was. I think it was an introduction to the idea the Process is bigger than our agenda.
Faith & Love - They were much kinder Laws. Faith was a stretch for me, but now I see that I was resisting admitting its existence and power.
Right Action - I dreaded this one. I thought of all that I ’should’ be doing. And that was not the Law at all. It was about waiting and becoming, it was about Right Action, not just action. Remember to slow down.
Beauty - I loved Beauty! It felt like I opened my eyes for the first time. I looked, really looked with my eyes- not just my heart. And Beauty was really there, not only in my head.
Eternal Present - The Beauty allowed me to be present. Nothing brings you back to the present like focusing on the Beauty here and now.
Initiation - You can only initiate in the present. I loved Initiation too. It’s my birth law. I found out later. (Originally I thought it was Shadow, and I resisted that a lot.) (Loretta initiated this initial class…)
Then Trust - September 2001 - an interesting time to carry the Law of Trust. I could write a book on just our experience of September 11th. The one thing that I want to admit - I was woken up in the middle of the night on the 10th. I got out of bed - got on my knees and prayed. Something bad was about to happen. I didn’t know what. My brother-in-law was having surgery the next day so I though it might be that. And I prayed that would be OK. But the message I got back was that it was not going to be okay - that it was never going to be the same again. His surgery was fine. This was an undeniable experience for me. I can’t pretend there is nothing beyond us. Can’t pretend that there is no link between us…
Shadow - It was a real struggle. It helped me see the meaning as not outside us, but truly accepting all that is within us as we move out of the Shadow of denial and into the light.
Journey - Journey was hard. I was looking forward to it - but it was hard. It was a good reminder that the Laws do us. You just never know how it will be - we just go along for the ride. (carry the law & have Faith)
I really liked Forgiveness - that one I felt I knew. I was already friends with that Law.
Higher Purpose - This was a struggle. I remember Anna and I kept misplacing it…it went on for weeks.
Clarity, Choices & Renewal - This was a nice run. I remember doing a workshop and using it. It was a team revising their goals. It made me see the value of Renewal. If they only did the first two it would lead to a very difference experience for the year.
Integrity - Loved this one too. Integrate - to be the same everywhere. It is a beautiful lesson. It is positioned in the North, a wise Elder lesson.
Purification, Surrender & Enlightenment - It was so clear how well they fit together, each leading to the next. Purification and Surrender are about making the ’hollow bone’ so Enlightenment can come through.h
Creativity, Courage & Commitment - I am afraid to be creative. I though it was something you had or you didn’t. Now I see that Courage and Commitment are part of it - so now I can be creative too (while I’m afraid).
Giving & Receiving, Immortality, Ultimate Reality - We are all part of the greater whole, Greater Plan, for a longer time than this life. And you can’t have Giving without Receiving - you have to let it in.
Pure Potential, Power & Compassion - This was about action, sitting across from Right Action. Many lessons bundled up in this run.
Cycles, Sacred Oneness & Great Mystery - Wow, there are no longer words needed. Cycles helped me relax, remembering that it is not all about right now. And now is what we have to live.
The next Cycle is to do the Laws all over again. Like Rod said…you are going to do the next three years anyway…you might as well do it with the Laws. Sure makes sense to me (now).
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