From Elaine Clayton
http://www.illuminara.com/Cherokee mentor used to tell me that if I swam in the saltwater sea, it could “change your DNA”. I never thought science would back that kind of thinking, but I’ve seen two articles in the last week about DNA and how it actually can be changed. This means certain things we thought we were stuck with, we are not stuck with at all, necessarily.
We seem to be in a fixed position, with objects around us inert, but if we look closely at them, it really is all energy in motion, molecules moving fast. Nothing is as it seems, we just experience things the way we do, probably because it sets a stage for us to learn lessons; energy can be heavy and slower (denser) to create for us the illusion of “reality” here on our planet. And this reality is our construct here on earth where we learn our lessons.
But it is no fun feeling inert, incapable of moving through a tough situation, or stuck in a position which is painful. I like to play with shifting my feeling and thinking so I can feel differently about myself when I am feeling stuck. It helps me change situations, or my position at least. Feeling stuck is a miserable thing! One way shift out of this feeling is to go somewhere, for example and “play fox”. Pretend you are invisible. Go to the grocery store and do it as if you are not visible to others. Feel what it would feel like to be invisible. To go unnoticed. That is a very different approach than if you went in like a lion, open, magnanimus, roaring loud. Both are worth trying! Children do this kind of play often, seeming to naturally grasp the idea that there is real power in pretending. It shifts us into who we want to be. A kid who feels discouraged and small all day might pretend later to be powerful and unique, recognized for the bright tiger he is. Playful shifting into something to be contended with is a balm for a broken heart. And it signifies the will to change, or to be different and in charge of one’s perceptions of self. When the world wants to peg you as one thing, prove to yourself and others that you are who YOU wish to be, period.
Play at being whatever you wish to be, the invisible fox or the watchful owl or anything else you feel good about trying. You’ll know what to choose by what mood you’re in the moment you wake up. Or you’ll know what situation at work or in life asks you to shift into another gear. The gift is that it frees you to see yourself as unstuck, as powerful and able to shift when needed.
Wishing you a wonderfully interesting week full of mobility and light and love!
Elaine
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and never really looked through much of it. Thanks for posting this 
As far as the playing part goes, I've done this, at least with trying to 'be' a centaur, but if I do that at a grocery store, I can never keep my mind on it. Because my mind is on shopping! 
I find such play easier to be mindful of when not doing something that requires me to actively think about it, like cleaning, showering, or meditating. The less work my mind has to do on whatever task, the easier it is to hold onto being something else, or being in a different state, such as invisible.
I suppose if you do it enough, then try it while shopping, then you can keep your focus and manage it even out in public. It would take a lot of discipline, but it would be worth trying
I haven't posted in this forum for awhile....I've been in introvert mode and even though I've posted elsewhere on DU, I've just been observing here because I'm going through an enormous personal transformation and haven't been able to form it into words yet. But your post has hit me square between the eyeballs and I just have to reply.
I started 'pretending' a couple of weeks ago with tasks that make me feel inert; like going to the grocery store and going to work in general, which has been tough of late.
I don't imagine I'm an animal or anything concrete like that. I pretend I'm what I'm not (or what I haven't been in the past). Let me explain....
I hate going to the grocery store. I do it every weekend and lament the time wasted, walking around the store with the other cattle because I HAVE to eat, lol. So what I've been doing is a mind shift. I tell myself that going to the grocery store is fun and try to make it an adventure. I think about where I'll start - maybe in the middle of the store - and I pretend I'm on a treasure hunt. When I place things in my cart, I arrange them like a piece of art. It sounds corny (or maybe even crazy), but it works!
And just a few minutes ago, I was driving back to work from lunch, wishing I could just stay home since it's such a beautiful day. I stopped that thought process and told myself that it could be any day I wish (I pretended it's Saturday) and even though I was going back to work, it was ok because in my mind for about 15 minutes it was Saturday and I was enjoying an nice drive.
What is this? I just started doing this on my own and then I read your post - WOW.
