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Today’s Midas Tree Meditation

Today in my daily Midas Tree Meditation the sun lit up one side of the tree, leaving the other side in the shade. At the beginning of the Midas Tree, Joshua lives in the garden of color and light and has never known darkness. This is analogous to being in the oneness of spiritual reality.

When he first approaches the tree in the book he notices the shade cast by its branches and is curious. In approaching the Midas Tree, Joshua is readying himself for his birth into physical reality, symbolized in the book by him entering the tree.

Reality in the Physical World is Separates into Opposites

Just as in the Midas Tree, reality in the physical world separates into opposites

If you spend a moment to contemplate this, you will realize that everything on this planet has an opposite. We are poised between extremes of physical aspects, such as hot and cold, light and dark, hard and soft; or opposite emotions such as happy and sad and mental states like relaxing versus figuring things.

One extreme cannot exist without the other. If there were no up, how could there be down? This is why once inside the tree, Joshua is faced with a multitude of choices, including whether to travel up into the branches or down into the roots.

Choices can be Overwhelming

Just like Joshua, we can start to feel overwhelmed by our choices in life. We worry which is the right path to take? We become concerned about what will happen if we choose the wrong one. We spend endless hours deliberating and discussing with our friends and colleagues “What should we do about…?” We want our lives to be perfect and we want others to tell us how.

But wait a minute!

What makes them any better at this game than you?

Balancing Opposites is Part of Learning

Joshua’s journey through the tree is a wonderful adventure and in it he learns how to navigate through the strange and magical physical world inside the Midas Tree. He learns through his own trials and tribulations about balancing opposites and through the book he’s here to teach you.

Don’t forget, your life is an adventure and there are no wrong choices, just the experiences that you create. Next time you have a decision to make, turn within and let go of outside influences. Get clear and tune into your inner guidance.

Then make your choice with gusto, live it to your full capacity and most of all have fun!