Some of you may have discovered that when you became comfortable with your spiritual (or other) belief system, you may have experienced having the proverbial rug pulled out from underneath you. This probably made you pause and consider how that upset your “norm” and figure out if this new info fit with or in you now.
I have a dear friend who tells me that I pulled the rug out from underneath her more than once. And she’s not alone. Even I have it pulled out from underneath me occasionally as well.
This can create anywhere from a head-scratching, “Huh,” to a total downward spiral of confusion, chaos and not knowing what (or who) to believe anymore.
The purpose of having the rug pulled out is to shake you up a bit; make you see a bigger picture; take a look with a difference perspective; or maybe all of the above.
In relation to this article, the rug pulling is not done to be mean, nor is an act of control (as seen with narcissist behavior); it’s done because you’re ready. Ready for more; ready to see the bigger picture; ready to grow again. And no, I’m not the one to decide this if you are working with me – your team and Higher Self dictate that.
I’ve recently had the rug pulled out from underneath me. As I was mulling over this new info, I started receiving tidbits on – unbeknownst to me at the time and then again later – supporting information from around me. For example, a friend recommended a movie; an article showed up on my FB feed (from people I follow, not a FB ad); a couple of seemingly unrelated conversations with different people and different times.
None of the ways of receiving supporting information I just mentioned are new to me, so that wasn’t different. There was one incident, after watching the recommended movie, that was new to me. I walked from the living room to the bedroom and stopped. Though I believe what transpired was mere seconds, it felt like an eternity.
I stood frozen as images were presented to my brain (mind’s eye) and were rapid-fired – bombarding my mental screen. I had trouble making sense at first because they came so fast, and no sooner than I had that thought that the images slowed. Then they zoomed out and showed me how these images – or snapshots – were connected and leading me to this precise moment – from birth to now.
Holy cow.
Other examples of me having the rug pulled out have been discussed in previous articles, such as when I was younger and my team presented me with “Time is not linear.” It took a few years of my brain working on it to finally find a way for my conscious mind to grasp it; and yea, it was another holy cow moment because it change everything for me.
As we progress during these unusual times, many may find a rug – or two – may be pulled out from underneath. If you find this happening to you, I recommend that you don’t freak out. Don’t let the new info put your brain to spinning on a merry-go-round where you can’t seem to get a resolution. For me, I spend a day or two mulling the new information over and then, I push it aside to give it some time.
If it really bumfuzzles me, I visualize the information going into a stew pot and then I place the stew pot on a stove in the back of my brain and let it simmer. I tell the stew pot to let me know when it’s done, and when it can be presented to my conscious mind to where I can understand it, perhaps providing some context or examples I’ll “get”.
This process of yanking the rug out helps to give us each an opportunity for spiritual and energetic expansion, growth and – if you’re game – breaking down a little bit more of the illusions of Earth.
By Jan Toomer
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