April 2026 week 2

Learn to Clear Your Path by Melody Beattie:
“I met a woman at the mineral springs in Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. She had a gentle, open way. She talked to me about rituals, about miracles, about change. "My husband and I badly wanted a child, but I couldn't get pregnant," she said. "One night, I decided to go to a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. My decision felt powerful. But every obstacle you could imagine happened when I tried to get there. I could barely get out of my house. Then when I did, I got lost and had to go back home for directions. When I finally got to the bath, it was just beginning, but I knew I needed to be there. The night was electric. The air felt as if it were charged with lightning. It was a full moon. I went through the ritual and returned home. That night, my daughter was conceived. She's now seven years old."
There are often obstacles on our path. Roadblocks, barricades, detours. Things to go over, around, or under. Sometimes, the roadblocks are telling us no, this door isn't opening. Find another way. Other times the roadblocks are telling us that the road we have chosen is very special. If we want to go down it, we will have to try. We will have to focus. We will have to muster our energy and show the world how badly we want it. We will have to overcome each and every obstacle, one by one, as they appear. What do you want badly? Are you willing to go through an obstacle course, if need be, to achieve it? Are you willing to be tested by the universe? Are you willing to focus, push forward, go the distance?
Sometimes, the road ahead is blocked, but clearing the way becomes part of our journey. Learn to tell when it's time to let go, to surrender, to search for another road, a different path, another dream. But also learn to tell when it's time to move forward, through obstacles if need be, because the dream is electric, charged by Divine energy and love.”

April 1st fell on a Wednesday last week so I was able to kick off the 1st of the month with our new intention and if you remember I drew on the 9 obstacles to inner peace from Patanjali’s 1.30 yoga sutra of last month. That night I pulled out my Melody Beattie meditation book and opened to April 1 and the title was above: Learn to Clear Your Path and if you remember, our intention this month is - I don’t chase what’s meant for me. I clear the blocks and let it flow. Of course, amazing synchronicity or God - instance, you pick.
Once again, our time together is about self study and discernment. We are the lucky ones who are awake. Not sure if you remember me quoting Yogi Bhajan years ago when he said during this time - 1/3rd of us will commit suicide (terrible), 1/3rd will go mad and 1/3rd will wake up. If you are struggling, start with the concept that you are the 1/3rd success of being awake and celebrate this.
A couple of assignments for this week:
1.Please use last weeks writing as a framework to go back to and see if any of the obstacles to peace are present in you right now.

2.From the meditation above: “Learn to tell when it's time to let go, to surrender, to search for another road, a different path, another dream. But also learn to tell when it's time to move forward, through obstacles if need be, because the dream is electric, charged by Divine energy and love.”

Let’s use this Calm Crew space as an opportunity for discernment of this part of the meditation. Are there certain blocks that are clearly telling you to let go or are they looking for you to burn through them and forge ahead?
Fun stuff!