Night Four Of Nine
What Happens After We Learn to Stand?
Veda:Akka… yesterday was about being brave
enough to stand.
Akka:Yes.
Veda:So… do we just keep standing?
Ammomma:Standing matters when something needs to be faced.
Veda:But what if nothing is coming at you?
Ammomma:Then perhaps the question changes.
Akka:Changes to what?
Ammomma:Strength is not only for holding yourself together.
Veda:Then what else is it for?
Ammomma:Sometimes, Golu Girl, strength becomes the ground
from which something new can begin.
The first three nights have been gathering something.
Shailaputri gave us ground.
Brahmacharini showed us what it means to choose a path and remain with it.
Chandraghanta asked whether we could stand when that path became difficult.
Ground.
Direction.
Courage.
These do not disappear when the next night begins.
They become capacity.
And capacity is not only something we use to protect ourselves or endure difficulty.
It can also become the beginning of something new.
Strength Is Not Only for Survival You have been becoming capable. Now that capacity can move outward.
What can this gathered strength now make possible?