The Frogs Are Speaking Again - The Way of Phi in Practice -

Dear friends,

The frogs are sharing their wisdom again!

When I was 5-7 we lived in Kenya.

One of the stories my father has told me from that time involved frogs. But it started with dogs. Or rather his fear of dogs. He was literally petrified of them.

And so when a friend invited him home for dinner one night and then informed him that there were dogs guarding the house, my father started to sweat.

It didn't exactly get easier when the friend explained that these were trained and quite dangerous guard dogs running loose in the garden, so that my dad would do better remaining in his car until the friend had made sure that the dogs were under their master's control.

Evening came and while driving to his friend, my dad's fear started to build. So he stopped the car.

And then it happened:

As he sat in the car, windows down, he heard the frogs.

Not a few but probably hundreds of them.

And they were all singing, croaking, speaking...

And somehow their communication came through.

Perhaps they reached his reptilian brain (which is where fear stems from). Perhaps he was in a very sensitive state from the fear.

In any case, he perceived that the frogs were teaching him how to not be scared of dogs. And so allowing this teaching to touch him deeply, he sat there for a quite while, taking it all in.

As he started driving again, his fear was somehow not there anymore.

Arriving at his friend's house, he stopped the car, saw the two guard dogs, and feeling no fear he exited the car and walked up to the house and knocked on the door.

His friend, who knew nothing of any of this, while surprised to see my dad at the door after giving him instructions not to leave the car, seemed to assume that my dad was used to dogs and therefore knew how to be with them without fear.

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I've heard this story several times and have been wondering about what it must have been like sitting there in the car, listening to the frogs. The prospect of meeting a major fear. And then receiving the strength to move through it.

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I have been struggling with an intense pain and inner pressure inside my head for over 25 years. It has been excruciating at times.

A few nights ago, I saw the new moon and made a wish that this pain would finally be integrated.

And so, the night after, as I was taking an evening stroll, I heard the frogs singing.

This time for me.

The day after I got a craniosacral treatment that seemed to turn up the pain to levels I have rarely felt, if ever. Yet, now I felt that I was equipped to meet it. To feel through it. Just let it be. This was yesterday. I did't get to sleep until around 5 in the morning. But so be it.

Today, the pain was distincly less intense.

And tonight the frogs were there again. Click here to listen to the frogs.

Something is shifting.

The frogs know it.

They've been singing about it for a long time.

Are you ready for their wisdom?

With gratitude, 

Christopher