We called him KIP, the rooster who was left behind on the place I live, here in Holland. This is a big place, a camping, not a place for a rooster.

KIP was a good name and a beautiful rooster. We call (in The Netherlands) a HEN "Kip" ...

Every morning with daylight he came to wake up 'his hens', us....
I felt sorry for KIP and bought chickenfood and complained about how people are treating animals and leave them behind.

Ramah already asked me how I got the audacety to feel sorry or pitty for anyone, including animals, for we al have a chosen task here on earth and our own responsibility. Therefor RESPECT, LOVE and HONOUR is more in-place and in-line with UNCONDITIONAL LOVE then feeling sorry.

Okay, that was a hard lesson to begin with but there was more to come.

KIP learned to trust us and I could pet him a little. When the sun was in the garden, I would sit with him a while and we were growing closer. I wanted him to trust me enough, to pick him up, eventually.

When I was away for a couple of days, he was scared away by people on the campingplace, who didn't like to wake up so early in the morning.
Damage was done and the closeness went away. He was afraid.
I complained some more.
I felt sorry some more and got more into action.
I already had asked around if someone knew where the rooster came from and I decided to expand my search around the village. I put up notes and also notes asking about a henhouse, for free, to nurture some more. For I 'thought' that was the care what was needed.

No henhouse created and no owner asked for his rooster, so I decided to feed KIP and that was that: we had a home-KIP.

This went on for months and winter came in. We made a space in the shed, which he ofcourse didn't use much. I fed him and sitting with him was not possible for it was too cold outside. He was afraid of humans now so getting closer was not an option anymore.

January 2008

After the winter holidays we came back and so did KIP, now and then. He walked into the garden, not recognising us anymore but sure liked the food we gave him. He thanked us for it too! Sometimes I woke up in the middle of the night, not knowing why and when I got out of bed I could hear him, when it was still dark, calling out. I send him LOVE and invited him over to stay in the barn.

He did it!

One day we were talking about when the visitors of the camping will return in spring; some people will not like a rooster and could scare him off. We needed a solution for KIP. Nothing was created for KIP, no henhouse, nothing so when I bought a new pack of chickenfood, I discussed it with the petshop-owner.

He suggested to call the animal rescue to get him away from the camping. Something happend inside me: I felt LOVE and knew in an instant that was good to do. Also I felt sorrow, for KIP was going away. But the LOVE and nurturing WON over the sorrow and we made a decision: We would call the animal rescue and that was it.

So I 'thought' ...

The weekend after the decision I was not at home. Food was on the terras for KIP and he enjoyed the barn fully so I went away for the weekend in a relaxed state of mind. To come back on sunday evening .. and monday morning .. no KIP. No sound. The food was eaten by the birds. And wheN I replaced it, birds came but still no KIP.

For 2 weeks we were not woken. There was no Rooster waking us HENS up ... KIP was gone. I searched the camping for clues, feathers and no signs. When I said to my daughter that I missed him and wondered what happend to him, she said he was a lot happier in chicken-heaven. I could not believe what I heared her say (I know better)...

Ramah answered, when I asked him:

Finally you chose to give the care which was needed for KIP. Not what YOU THOUGHT was needed.

The lesson is over and KIP has transitioned.

I could not believe what I heared Ramah say (I know better)... KIP, lesson, lesson learned? I shouted: But that is not fair, should KIP die, or become FOOD for Buteo's to learn ME a lesson?

Yes, said Ramah, remember, you have said this to so many others, that DEATH is not ugly and people, animals, materials are here to show US the way, without asking-in-return: THAT IS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE!

I remembered an other personal event where a cat catched a bird to show others a lesson, a way ... and I remembered what I said to the person who said it was unfair that the bird had to die just for him. Now it was my own experience!

Conclusion:

We THINK (that is what we must let-go) that we KNOW what CARE is needed for a person or situation. But is it that? Is it our THINKING, EGO ... filling-up holes inside us, filling in the BLANKS of our own created (des-)illusions, which makes decisions to HELP others?

If so, how can we go, or come to NOTHING ... and provide the OTHER with that what he or she REALLY 'needs'?

In other words ... how can we become more in that state of 'mind' ...(read heart) as Ramah was saying ... the unconditional love?

To not bring in our own fears, knowing-it-better, judging, complaining etc.?

Ramahs answer is always quick when asked:

There is only ONE QUESTION to be asked in EVERY SITUATION and that is:

WHAT WOULD LOVE DO NOW?

And the lessons aren't over, there is more to come and I love all of it for I asked Ramah to show me, to teach me, to learn me, like we are doing for some years now ...

Marina.

Posted: 3:20:13 PM  

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28. Receptivity

Listening is one of the basic secrets of entering into the temple of God. Listening means passivity.
Listening means forgetting yourself completely - only then can you listen.

When you listen attentively to somebody, you forget yourself.
If you cannot forget yourself, you never listen.
If you are too self-conscious about yourself, you simply pretend that you are listening - you don't listen.
You may nod your head; you may sometimes say yes and no, but you are not listening.

When you listen, you become just a passage, a passivity, a receptivity, a womb: you become feminine.
And to arrive one has to become feminine.
You cannot reach God as aggressive invaders, conquerors.

You can reach God only...or it will be better to say God can reach you only when you are receptive, a feminine receptivity.
When you become yin, a receptivity, the door is open - and you wait.
Listening is the art for becoming passive.

Commentary:

Receptivity represents the feminine, receptive quality of water and of the emotions. Her arms are extended upwards to receive, and she is completely immersed in the water. She has no head, no busy and aggressive mind to hinder her pure receptivity. And as she is filled she is continuously emptying herself, overflowing, and receiving more. The lotus pattern or matrix that emerges from her represents the perfect harmony of the universe that becomes apparent when we are in tune with it.

The Queen of Water brings a time of unboundedness and gratitude for whatever life brings, without any expectations or demands. Neither duty or thought of merit or reward are important. Sensitivity, intuition and compassion are the qualities that shine forth now, dissolving all the obstacles that keep us separate from each other and from the whole.

Posted: 2:53:50 PM  

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