who says chaos is a bad thing?

She’s been an intense week between posts. Last week we covered the expressions of different atua (gods, elemental being) within us; Hineahuone (Earth-formed woman) and we have and we are everything we need to do the all the things; Tāwhiri (atua of the wind) as energy moving through the elements; and Tāne (atua of the forest), realising potential in our own ways and giving life to others.

And ho-ly heck! I’ve had to lean into those three and the rest to pull me through.. it’s cool stuff, I live a blessed life 10000000%. And in the wise words of the incredibly amazing, hard working and talented Kiri Nathan, “sometimes you just have to grind harder” and ooh has the past week or so been enabling the grind. But I love it ! I absolutely do because not only does this test and challenge me,

this perspective is an extra breath, an extended pause between moments…

So when kaupapa (projects, initiatives) you’re working on demand that much more from you, all in their own ways, all at the same time, and with other variables compounding on top as well — you want (need) all the extra space and pauses you can get.

The space to step back and see things from a different perspective, or to see how the different parts work together… or how they do not… the breathing room to process what TF is happening and what your options are or how you can recalibrate..

Reason #2345678 understanding whakapapa is amazing. Because when you realise all that abundance and potential is within you already, it becomes a matter of remembering, tapping into it and harnessing that goodness to do our thing.

Have you heard of the chaos theory, or the butterfly effect?

As the great institution of Wikipedia would have it, it’s “a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state... a very small change in initial conditions had created a significantly different outcome.”

Orrr… an observation of the flapping of the butterfly’s wings here in Aotearoa causing hurricanes to form on the other side of the world — due to air disturbances and other changes in the atmosphere. “Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu,” though it is small it is mighty/great/valuable. And ooh the little things are always always always the big things. They accumulate and they add up.

That goes for positive, empowering, aspirational, exciting, feel-good experiences and also for draining, toxic, detrimental moments — and everything in between. Little by little, they add up, like the butterfly’s wings, causing an effect in the airwaves beyond our wildest imagination, causing chaos.

By definition, chaos means complete disorder and confusion, both aspects of Te Kore — the realm of the potential and formless. The first of the creation phases (after Io) where it all begins.

So what does that mean for our current situations?

How things were before, the old ‘normal’ wasn’t working, so by definition — chaos is exactly what we need to disrupt ‘as per usual’ and status quo.

Tēnā tātou,

Hana.