Spontaneity

Spontaneity

"When he sees the subject - a person or thing - before him, the poet makes a verse at once upon his finger ends, or in his mind without studying: composting and repeating simultaneously."
   ____ "Cormac's Glossary,"  ed. Kuno Meyer

    The ability to be spontaneous is granted when we touch something deeply important: a moment of clarity in which we see an eternal truth. We give our truest reactions and utterances when we stand at the moment in question, all previously prepared words and actions suddenly voided in the face of the moment. A spontaneous response results, if only we can trust it. Spontaneity requires us to let go of fear and of continual self-observation, to let pass the deeper truths that we have perceived or that have touched a chord in our soul.

   Spontaneity is a great gift, and it grows stronger in us the more we attend to the present moment rather than living forever in the past or in the future: both memory and expectation can get in its way and expunge the upflowing revelation. Spontaneity occurs when all our senses are attuned to the present moment, when we see through the veil that usually separates us from the otherworld and see its bridging connections coming through to our side of reality.

  Spontaneity lifts the ordinary dull rote of existence into life of another order; it is a sparkling touch of revelation that responds to whatever is true, beautiful, and harmonious, giving energy to the living moment.

"Mediate upon the dull and unyielding areas of your life. Now temporarily remove the rules, limits, and proscriptions that surround these areas. Allow truthful realizations about the connection between your controlling or limiting behavior and the flow of your life to spontaneously arise, even though their realizations might initially seem frivolous or irrelevant."
{From: "The Celtic Spirit" by Caitlin Matthews}