How Does One Become A Butterfly?

Posted on June 28, 2008 
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As written & posted March 17, 2007 on my old wordpress blog.
I almost didn’t repost this over here, it just doesn’t feel complete - I think I got most of my ideas expressed, but then left out the most important part about the false self which we believe is dying never existed anyhow - it isn’t who we are. Anyhow -that’s another post for another day. Enjoy.
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“How does one become a butterfly” she asked pensively
“You must want to fly so much you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.”
“You mean die?”
“Yes and no,” he answered. “What looks like you will die, but what’s really you will still live”
—–From Hope For The Flowers

Change is a difficult thing. Sometimes, when we decide to change ourselves, our beliefs, and our lives, it feels as though a part of us is dying. So it must be, as we leave the past behind us and set out on a new course and embrace the “Now”.

It is inevitable when we choose to let go, that we feel as though we are losing ourselves, losing site of who we “ARE”, yet we are not. We are simply letting go of who we used to be, and doing so, we free ourselves to embrace the endless possibilities of “NOW”.

The only way to free ourselves is to die to ourselves. It is part of the metamorphosis, part of the beautiful awakening.

Discovering this empowering secret, this secret that YOU create your reality, this truth that the entirety of your life experience is of your own choosing, is like being given a beautiful set of wings and the gift of flight. We are no longer held back by our old beliefs in victimization and powerlessness - we are free to fly.

Take up your wings and fly with me.

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2 Responses to “How Does One Become A Butterfly?”

  1. Richard Zupkus on May 11th, 2011 5:51 am

    Hello Vicki,
    My name is Richard Zupkus. I have had the honor to regularly meet with dozens of people over the last few years in what has been called a ‘study group’. This study group has been evolving the entire time. We started off by discussing various books. Currently we no longer read/discuss any books and we now use the internet during every meeting.
    The intention of this study group is as we currently declare at the beginning of each meeting: ‘The purpose of your study group is for you to discover and fulfill on that which you choose to have for yourself and your life’.
    We have recently been going to YouCreateReality.com/blog to view some of your material in our study group. I am very grateful for this availability because each one of the current members has received various benefits from using your material.
    We intend to share this study group format with everyone who is open to receive it. The idea is to enroll other people to create their own study group, by word of mouth, by distributing copies of the new study group booklet (that we are in the midst of creating), and through the study group website (that has been patiently waiting for the booklet to be created).
    Since we intend to share this study group with the world, we are requesting your permission to continue to share your material, via your site, through this study group.
    I can email you the rough draft of the current study group booklet; which includes our sharing of your existence and material. We have not and will not charge any money for membership, these booklets, or anything to do with the study group. We will not have paid advertisements on the study group website.
    Ideally you will not only grant us permission, to continue to share your material in this fashion, but you will also provide us with guidance, suggestions, and support. Please ask any questions, or make any requests, for it is critical that every one of us is aligned with what is created. (When considering this request, please keep in mind that we have been regularly evolving this study group and will undoubtedly make alterations in the future. You may have counter-requests that reflect this possibility.)
    Thank you for investing your time and energy in this request. I believe many people will benefit from your doing so. May powerful and inspiring information continue to flow through us, and throughout the world, reminding every human being that we have the choice to experience true freedom and absolute abundance!
    ~Love, coming through and to you, from Richard Zupkus

  2. torilink on July 12th, 2011 2:51 am

    Hi Richard, sorry it took so long to get back to you — shoot me an email if you’d still like to share your materials with me. (vicki@kidzpack.com)

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