There is a story from my childhood called Gulliver’s Travels that is about a man who travels to a distant land and finds that he is a giant among the ‘little’ people of this land. The people of this land are so fearful of this giant that they use thousands of tiny ropes to lash him down and control his movements. Eventually he frees himself and is able to show the townspeople that his size was nothing to fear.
Of course the story is more detailed than this but it is possible that there is an energetic message here that we can explore.
Let’s start with the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.
If this were the case, then we would each have the ability to either express from this essence or not. We would each have the chance to live from a level of love (divinity) that would tower over any other way of living.
This would mean that inside everyone there is a giant, waiting to be expressed. So we could all well be Gulliver, not in terms of physical stature but in our potential to express that very divine aspect of ourselves.
If you look around the world, it could be suggested that many of us don’t live from this essence. If we ignore the people who go out of their way to harm others, what you see around the streets, shops, workplaces are a sea of people who are kind, diligent, well intentioned for the most part but who also look tired and just trying to get through life. Essentially, you see people who look and feel ‘small’.
So how does someone living small respond to seeing someone in full expression (a giant)?
Some view it as scary, because it is so unfamiliar, some even see it as a threat, possibly because it shows how small our lives have become. So it makes sense, if we feel threatened, to protect ourselves from this giant – to find ways to tie it down and contain its movement.
Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.
Now this all might make some sense when we talk about people reacting to how other people are, but this is only the first layer…
If we all have an essence that we all live to varying degrees, is it possible that we also become threatened by the giant within because it shows us the ways that we have lived that are small . . . so we reach for ropes to try to tie it down.
We do a deal with the world that we will play ball with certain ideals about how life should be and subscribe to certain beliefs about what is true or not. At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground. Over the years, and some would suggest lifetimes, we end up successfully harnessing the giant within. From time to time we might break a rope but, because there are so many, there is always another to take up the slack.
So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.
Eventually you might free an arm but become shocked to find that when you haven’t moved a limb for a long time, those first movements aren’t always pleasurable… so in those first movements we might wonder if there is any real benefit to moving. But if we want to release the giant within we must persist…
Over time, as the one arm becomes free it can help remove other ropes, then others, then others. But this is not a fairy tale; there is no magical resolution once you understand what you have to do. Getting what you have to do and doing it are different. We can get frustrated, tired, bored, feeling like it is a tedious thing to do but, after those reactions, you look down and the ropes are still there.
We all have ropes to deal with. Some people are secured from head to toe, some have a hand free, some people are sitting up, some people are standing… everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.
By Joel Levin
The Truth about Universal Medicine 
Its awful to watch (either other people or myself) try to cut a giant down to size, to limit their grandeur through our own lack of self worth and insecurity. Far better to be inspired and awaken the giant within.
A great picture of how we live and what is required to free ourselves to be and express the love we are in the world – a dedication, a persistence, and an understanding that there is work to be done.
Some of the stories we have taken as children’s stories can share insights about our own behaviour. Ideals and beliefs hold us back, they tie us down and yes, it does feel like they restrict the fullness of what we have to bring. Thank you for the great way to remember that we are actually giant in comparison to the thin ropes as well.
It feels important to acknowledge what you have here Joel, that there is no magic wand and you’re all free to be the giant light and love – the disentangling from the what is not, is not a simple nor straight forward path, as what is not is firmly entrenched in our bodies, but to be free will be a wonderful place to be.
One thing that comes to me is how gentle we need to be with ourselves to release the giant within.
Thank you Joel, you have very beautifully expressed here responsibility in the way we ourselves have tied down our soul, the giant of love within we truly are, and how others too can react to the soulful living of another and attempt to suppress the reflection.
Joel your writing and your understanding of life is captivating, we’re all giants disguising ourselves as dwarfs, and it’s a gentle process of renouncing the movements and choices the keep us small and instead beginning to move with the grandness and true stature we were designed to walk with.
There is not necessarily a match between physical size and how big/small we feel inside. It is the latter one that determines our pattern of movements.
Yeh beautifully said, it’s what we feel inside that determines our true size.
How we feel inside is everything. The reason is its the foundation for all that we express and share with the world.. and so such a vital place to bring our attention to.
Very playfully written, making the message that is delivered so easy to grasp. There is nothing to fear when we are making our way back to love, the love that we always were.
Another thing to consider in this great symbolic gesture that Joel has shared here is that it is also Ok to ask someone to hand you a pair of scissors to cut some of the ropes, as we can not completely do it alone, but need the reflection of others who have awoken their inner giant to show us the way.
Yes sometimes it takes a while for us to recognise that we are all those giants within and that there is something greater for us to connect with and let out.
This is such a brilliant way to describe the energetic straitjacket we have masterfully and determinedly tied ourselves into. The beauty lies in the fact that we can free ourselves and no-one else can. Although this may take dedication to do so, every step along the path is bringing more of our true, magnificent selves out.
I find for me the power lies in admitting full responsibility for myself, which then leads to honesty about the grandness underneath. The ropes are essentially a way to obscure my own view of all that I am in a game of playing less.
Regardless of however small we think we are or indulge in believing we are, the grandness of our love within supersedes all and equally represents all that we are. As such our true freedom is known and lived when we express all that we are.
I often feel the restricted movements of a limb that hasn’t been moved for a while after breaking free of more ropes. Sometimes taking a long while for it to feel right again or once again it being tied up for lack of commitment to that new way of being. As you say Joel, there is no magic wand and often the more ropes we break free from the more we see are there to then be dealt with.
It’s a good point you make here kevmchardy. Keeping the ropes off requires ongoing commitment otherwise we can easily find ourselves tying ourselves back up into knots.
Yes, the lack of commitment means the muscles have often wasted away and we need to rebuild the internal structure needed for dedicated service.
Inside us all lives a colossal love that requires our hands to untie the chains we have used to hold back this expression to the world.
A beautiful reflection Liane, that our true salvation, that is our return to our innate way of being, can only come by way of our own hands.
I am feeling how much being tied down by our self created ropes and keeping ourselves believing we are small is actually where our discontentment comes from in the first place.
Love this Joel, when we begin to release the gentle loving giant within us, it is interesting to see how that reflection plays out to others. When we release a rope or two, adjusting without it or them, is the equivalent of not drinking coffee or alcohol anymore (as an example). The body adjusts, recovers from the side effects, especially if addicted to the substance and life becomes more clear and then you discover the other subtle ropes. There is ‘everything to gain by releasing the giant within’ & the real you begins to emerge.
I think often we live from such a small part of ourselves, and the more we claim every step and every inch of who we are, the more we become our true size and shape.
” everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within. ” How lovely Joel thank you.
Just the supportive blog I needed to read this morning. I know for me when I’ve felt the giant within the enormity makes me nervous. With such enormity comes great responsibility, it’s now looking at the beauty in such responsibility. It is a true gift to humanity.
“our potential to express that very divine aspect of ourselves.” It is beautiful to understand that our purpose in life on Earth is to release the giant within and express and move with the Divine aspect of ourselves.
I really like how we can understand so much about why we can react quite strongly against others or ourselves when we start to make loving changes to the way we live. The ropes and giant within is a brilliant way to explain it.
There is more to this analogy than meets the eye because not only is it our ideals and beliefs tying us down, it is also our contracts subtle as they are with everyone, that we are to remain tied down to ensure that no one else that is also tied down by their own beliefs and ideals is exposed as such.
Deep down we know there is a giant within each of us. When another brings this out and actually lives this we can find it confronting because it reminds us of the giant within that for whatever reason we feel we cannot live or don’t want to live. Though it is our truth to live the giant within, a fact we ought to never forget no matter how difficult it may seem to live the giant within.
‘Release the giant within’ be not afraid of your own power it is something to be deeply appreciated. The key is to not worry or be concerned with how others react to your releasing of the power.
‘if we want to release the giant within we must persist…’ and that’s the beauty of what is shared here, we persist to free up and express who we truly are, rope by rope, and there’s not a magic pill, but a dedication to continue knowing we are a part of a greater whole and that all of us matter; all of us have a part.
Absolutely Monica it is crucial that we persist, I often sway from persisting to giving up ! But when I make those steps to honour myself again it is always worth it, much more than the feelings of giving up which invariably feels awful.
The exposure that it is our ideals and beliefs that keep us from expressing all that we are is salutary and the irony is that it is only ourselves who binds us with them.
A glorious piece of writing revealing simply and clearly the essence of the state of humanity and our own individual part in it. Thank you Joel.
Releasing the giant love within us, our essence, in our daily life and expression is something we can build consistency with, learning everyday from being truly honest about the choices we make so we can evolve from them and grow without judgement.
A great analogy Joel, I can relate to the tying myself down and keeping small… yet, I am releasing those ropes one at a time and oh my, it is well worth it! I can definitely feel the giant inside, but it’s a question of letting it out in full!
I have met people who are physically small but they don’t feel small to me because they are not afraid to release the giant from within. When I see this, I am inspired to do the same.
I like the analogy here – that we are all giants inside. Our responsibility is then to express from our giant and not rope or down. By freeing ourselves we are far less likely to be affected or diminished by those who feel challenged by our magnificence.
I love this blog, every time I read it, I can feel the threads popping away and an expansion in my body. I used to hide and I still do, but those threads are popping and the giant is being to emerge.
Important for me to remember that it is me who has tied the giant in me down. It has not been someones else’s job.
I love this blog Joel as it reminds us of the grandness we are all truly from and to walk in this truth and power everyday without feeling restricted or held back in anyway.
Accepting our grandness can seem like a challenge. But in essence we are very grand and that is how it is. Denying our grandness leads to a huge amount of tension in the body but one that we have come to live with and that is now our normal. I can’t say I have fully felt where I am from or who I truly am, but I’v had inklings of it and it feels grand beyond imagination.
It is interesting how in both the mythology and in the popular imagination, giants are to be feared. Being a ‘giants’ though, is something that is well beyond physical. And if anything, he/she always reminds us of the countless ropes we are tied with, and let us see the beauty of moving without them. By being who they are in full, giants graciously offer us the space to unleash our own ropes.
Sadly, it is the case that in society today ‘being small’ and ‘fitting in’ is commonly known as being normal, as we focus or lives on our physicality alone and seeking to perfect this. But does this way of being really feel free? Do we feel we know and live who we are? Are we really honest with what we truly feel and do we honor the sense we feel within that there is more to us? There is a far grander and truer version of ourselves to explore and bring to life which innately resides within, seemingly a giant in contrast to how we are generally living today, but in essence this is truly who we are and what we are here to live.
The massive difference between the story and the reality is that in the story it is the villagers who try to bring Gulliver down. In reality whilst others may resist us being our natural bigness it is actually ourselves who tie ourselves down the most with our thoughts, movements, actions and ways of being.
We find comfort in keeping our toes in line with each other while capping our own level of love externalised – which is very uncomfortable as there is unsettlement in our body that there is something, actually so much, that has yet to be let out. Not living our potential is killing us.
We are releasing the gentle Giant within by releasing the ropes of ideals, beliefs sadness and hurts, one by one, painful at times but the rewards of a deepening love for self and others, and a greater awareness of the potential and power within us. Thank you Joel I loved what you have shared.
“Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.”
I know that when I first met Serge Benhayon, even though he was the only one that had been able to restore my best friend to a normal capacity, from being in a drug induced psychosis for weeks. Even though my mother had been seeing him and looked the brightest most solid and was missing the constant nervous tension that I was accustom to when interacting with my mother. Even though I had seen and heard nothing but good things, my session was booked in order to expose what I thought was a cult leader, even though only a handful of people attended his workshops and I had nothing to base my attacks on. I still went in, I went in ready to attack, I left realising that I was in the presence of a man that deeply cared for humanity. That was my ropes, that was my fight, that was me attempting to discredit a reflection in order to not face my choices. I was humble enough to realise how wrong I was and embrace the true friendship that was on offer.
Beautiful analogy Joel. In the case of us not living the love we are, no one forced the ropes upon us – it was our own choosing.
It is true that it can be uncomfortable at first, to let go of what we have used to bind us to a certain way of being and as you let go of that to learn who you truly are and how to live that and allow it to be expressed in the world.
Through the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, there are now many, many giants releasing themselves from their ropes, and the scissors with which they are cutting the ties is The Way of The Livingness.
This is a super cool blog to read and just highlights how we make ourselves small and our world small. I did this for a very long time….. But I have been working on feeling safe to express and the more I express the more my world opens up, and the more my life begins to flow.
I am finding that wanting to free the giant, actually having a feeling of ‘yes’ in my body has been what is missing until recently. I am seeing is that we are experts at knowing how to restrain the giant and not giving ourselves permission to let it all out. The little people will always be there, potentially with ropes and pitch forks at the ready. But we cannot wait for them to give us permission to be who we are. That can only come from us.
‘What you see around the streets, shops, workplaces are a sea of people who are kind, diligent, well intentioned for the most part but who also look tired and just trying to get through life. Essentially, you see people who look and feel ‘small’.
These words so show the potential for change and the joy and freedom available for everyone when we choose to turn the quality of our lives around by accepting and working on releasing those ‘ropes’ we have previously allowed to hold us back. How awesome to know living life from the ‘giant of Love within’ is waiting to be set free for us all.
“Essentially, you see people who look and feel ‘small’.” I have been really noticing this lately, especially how much people apologise for themselves.
I was in the supermarket and another person and I were both heading to the trolley area, and they were there just before me and apologised to me a few times for ‘being in the way/getting their first’. Here there was no need for apologies in this interaction, as they have equal right to be there, and to be getting their trolley as well, and we just work out how to do that together.
Or if you are sharing the kitchen, and you need to get something and someone is in the way of that drawer, and you ask them to move, they say sorry for being in the way. Again, no apology needed, but I notice this in many many occasions.
In the end, the enormity of who we are can not be bound by ropes, for expansion is inevitable, as is the return to our full glory.
Hear hear Joel. Our love is colossal and its size does not diminish simply because we seek to bind ourselves in a lesser way to be.
Great way to share how we are caught in ideals and beliefs, stopping us being the truth we are. “At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.” When we allow ourselves to free us from the rope we began to live the truth we are.
What is interesting is how much we have been fed images of giants being dangerous because we are insignificant. This package is utterly false. We are no way insignificant (how could a Son of God be insignificant? And Giants (are only there to reflect back to us what we all are).
When a truth challenges our old patterns of beliefs that we are comfortable with sparks can literally fly…. but the blessing of this is that those very sparks can serve to light up the fact that indeed there may well be a different way.
We’ve all held back for way too long, inside us all is a grandness that the whole world has rejected in favour of the human struggle. It may be uncomfortable to be that giant at first and stand up and be seen for the grandness you are – but the world needs you and your grandness.
When we isolate ourselves by making life about our issues and the functionality of life it’s easy to play small. When we connect to the expanse that we are from – the divine (as you say Joel), we can realise and feel that we are in fact connected to everyone and everything and that by virtue of being energetic human BEINGS there are no boundaries or limitations. To me, that’s what the big-ness is.
Two things to consider here: we are all energetic giants independently of our physical outplay and there are many occasions when someone appears to others as a giant (energetically speaking) and this generates a range of reactions out of contraction and out of having accepted and embodied it. Yet, the fact is that the giant always calls for them to move away from such a state of being and to change their movements so to embrace their own grandness.
Love it Joel. I can say that I feel the ropes you are talking about. But in a sense they are also not real. They are manufactured deals we have made with ourself to keep us from being who we truly are. If I say to myself that I will express in full and truly mean in magically I will find myself in situations where I can. It’s divinity answering my call.
It’s good to be reminded to keep going. I like the analogy of being able to move one arm, but then wondering what’s the use and giving up. In a world where we want instant results I know I can give up easily but changing habits of a lifetime requires commitment and consistency even when the benefits are not immediately obvious.
True Debra, and sometimes it can feel too much and I start attacking my own giant to find out that’s not working either so with feeling the support that is always there I commit and keep going.
The more we recognise the light and truth of our own Divinity the more we see the same in others.. and then there is no urge to limit another, but rather celebrate that which they bring, the reflection we are blessed with and the truth we share equally – just as we bring our own light so do they bring theirs and together we shall know fully the truth of God.
Very true Annie – the world is crying out for celebration, but at the moment jealousy, competition, comparison and judgment rule the roost. That’s why it’s important that we celebrate ourselves as much as possible to strengthen that reflection for others to feel. Otherwise, there is no point of difference.
What holds us tied down are our own fears, constructed from our head, they are not even real yet they play a huge part in restricting us and stopping us from releasing the giant within. It stops us from living in our essence which leads us to being small and denying how grand and powerful we are. To release the ropes that hold us back can only be untied by our own hands because we put them there in the first place and we know which knots needs to be undone first to free ourselves from this self-created imprisonment.
It was ever so timely to return to this wonderful blog today as recently I have been identifying a few old and very unwanted ropes that I still use to ‘tie me down’, and in doing so holding me back from claiming all of me. I can feel that I use a great deal of energy to continually keep these ropes tied down but I can also feel so clearly how freeing it will be once I have made the choice to finally release them. I can almost feel my body sigh with the relief.
The ropes that bind may also have a ‘purpose’ for us…are we prepared to be that giant and respond to all that is being called for. Unfettered we return to true purpose.
We each in the ‘timing’ that is of our calling can begin to unravel the enormity of what lies within. “there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.”
An interesting story Gulliver’s travels and I remember it growing up and more recently another movie on it came out. It’s a great story and one I enjoyed whenever I saw or read it. To be honest I never read any deeper into what was going on and just watched or read the story. The way it’s used in this article makes sense though and I can see how it relates to the world more and how it’s possible we are all Gulliver inside but allow ourselves to be tied down at different points and if we have been tied down for a while then it would feel ‘normal’ to stay there. In other words, you get to know yourself from a different way and almost forget that you are in fact a giant. It’s interesting on a number of levels when you say this because all through history we have seen people challenge the thinking or the norm of the day. I mean the world was ‘flat’at one point and from there it makes me consider what else have we accepted and how much of us are still flat on our back with ropes holding us down.
It certainly seems to be the case that we do not welcome with open arms those who bring truth to our world. Jesus is a prime example of course. Yet, whether we welcome it or not, the truth does not change or sway but stands firm until we choose to stand with it. We have tied ourselves in knots and returning to the truth of who we are is a process of untying those knots rather than creating more.
I can really feel how I have been attacking/hiding/ignoring/interpreting the truth in an attempt to keep deceiving myself that the untruth I have been living was true, or at least not that bad. The thing is, even though sometimes it may feel like this is a gray scale, it is either true or not true, there’s no halfway house.
Great analogy Joel, not only do we have to deal with the ropes that society puts upon us, but also the ropes we put on ourselves, and they are often the ones we find hardest to release. However every rope we break free from reflects to society that there is another way and we do not have to hold back who we truly are.
The ropes we put on ourselves feel like they are the harder ones to release but they are not really, it is only harder when we choose to hold on to them.
I so love this Joel, what a great way to support one to release the giant within.
Love your analogy, it is we who tie down our own grandness of love. It is great to expose this and see where it comes from, making an effort to release our ropes and move with the grandness of our love.
I like the analogy of this article. Every rope removed is felt so joyfully in the body, even if it is stiff and unfamiliar with the freedom it now has.
I suspect that we all know on some level that we have a “giant within” and would absolutely love to release it out into the world, but the process of doing so seems rather daunting and maybe not even possible. But as you have shared so beautifully Joel, if we make the releasing of our inner giant “a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time”, instead of going into overdrive to get it done as fast as possible, then maybe the releasing of the giant will not only be successful, but also very long lasting.
Such a brilliant blog to come back to – thank you Joel. It is so true that within us all that is greatness waiting to be embraced and lived, a greatness that is equal within us all. It is interesting how we have become so used to living less than our innate greatness, that we falsely believe that our physicality is who we are, questioning and condemning when a deeper sense greatness is live by another deeming as ‘unusual’ or ‘strange’ even. This simply reflects how we have become strangers to a natural innate quality that dwells within us all, our essence, our Soul, that when connected to reveals the greatness and wonder of who we actually and eternally are, and are here to live.
When we play small we confirm to others that it’s ok to play small, time to celebrate and appreciate the grandness of who we are and to not hold back anymore and to feel how this reflection empowers and inspires others.
This blog is a pearler Joel – I love every word of it. Today these wise and encouraging words stood out for me “Over time, as the one arm becomes free it can help remove other ropes, then others, then others.”
We have nothing to fear in the grandness of who we are except to see the smallness of how we have been living, in this we have a choice to untie the ropes that hold back our divine expression gradually living this grandness of our essence.
Love this energetic reading of Gulliver’s Travels. “This would mean that inside everyone there is a giant, waiting to be expressed. So we could all well be Gulliver, not in terms of physical stature but in our potential to express that very divine aspect of ourselves.” Yet we seem to prefer to stay small than to stand tall and upright – often fearful of the reactions of others. But when we all stand tall together, then the world will see change.
I know how I have often tried to undo a knot and given up in exasperation because it felt too hard. It takes a loving presence and a dedication and also the willingness to ask for support and the knot eventually becomes free, so too with the knots to the ropes that ties us down.
Funny that we’re more scared of our own giant within than anything else, and yet as we free each rope, we find new ways to move and be, and it’s to keep going freeing ourselves to stand tall and be all we are.
Lets let go of the ropes and live the huge love that we all are, i am tired of playing small it does not serve anyone.
‘We all have ropes to deal with’… This is a great mantra for accepting where people are at and not getting caught in needing others to be a certain way.
Another great piece from you Joel about letting out all that we are and not holding back. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you Joel for another great blog, it is interesting that we fear the giant within, fear what may happen and how people will react to releasing our Giant, but it is a loving gentle Giant, that gradually, as the ropes of our ideals and beliefs are being undone can be lived in our lives.
Great analogy Joel because releasing our giant is an ongoing process as we deal with the many ropes that have kept us tied down. Commitment to this process ensures that not only are we moving forward but also reflecting to others the possibility of releasing their own giant.
‘Nothing to fear and everything to gain’ . . . indeed Joel. Fear is the strangest thing when you think about it. Fear has a great hold over us if we allow it to and yet it is only an idea in our head. One may fear a car accident for example, and you may say rightly so, but when I was in a near fatal accident it was nothing like the idea of it. I was very conscious as it was happening as everything went into slow motion and I knew exactly how to relax my body so the impact lessened somewhat and even when the car was on top of me and I could not breath there was no fear and no panic it was all simply a matter of fact, I am only sharing this as I find the hold that fear has over us fascinating as in the moment from my experience nothing is as I may have feared it to be.
What you have share is great stuff to ponder on, we all have giants to release and we need to take each step at a time, allow the truth to be shared as we release the ropes that have been tying us back. Some ropes are harder than others to release, but they are not impossible, persistence will help and soon they will loosen.
I realise that what we choose to eat is not always what our body is feeling to eat and when we make a choice to eat something that is not aligned to what we are feeling in our body, then we are choosing to not untie a rope which is holding us down. How many times are we making these choices everyday? Food is just one example of our expression that may be stopping us from being released from the ropes we are living with.
I really enjoy coming back to this blog Joel; it is such a beautiful gentle reminder to lovingly cut the ropes that bind and harm us, without judgement or harshness.
So how does someone living small respond to seeing someone in full expression (a giant)? Great question to ask, which brings much awareness and understanding to not react to others when they try to rope you to feel more comfortable with themselves…..and this can be subtle..The Way of The Livingness is a great support to keep my life simple and to stay present, supporting me not to react, but to stay steady in holding myself.
We all have ropes to deal with – we sure do Joel, and the more people who deal with, and break free from these ropes offer a powerful reflection to all those people still living in fear of breaking free. The reflection of: There is another way to live and be in this world……
A lovely blog to read again Joel. We have not only tied ourselves down to earth, and with that keep ourselves from the divinity we are, we also try keep each other tied down as we do not like to be exposed in our tied down way of living by people that bring great truth to the world.
Joel so very true. We all have such huge immense depths and wells of love within us, yet so often we choose not to delve into the well and bring out the glory we are. I get a picture of us looking down into the well thinking wow that water is glistening but then coming up with lots of thoughts and ideas about how hard it is to get the water without realising it is just there waiting for us and has always been there.
“ history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.” A beautiful understanding of the way of the world. So many of us tie ourselves in knots to resist expressing the Divine love that we naturally are.
Let’s start, finish and live by this Joel;
“Let’s start with the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity”.
Joel this is great blog to re-read many times. I see giants standing up and being counted all around me, and one by one I am releasing the ropes that tie down the giant within me.
It is a great scam, this life in which we are tied and tie ourselves down. As shared, there is always a rope spare to take the place of any one severed. So it remains a choice of types of rope rather than freeing ourselves. In bringing to heart this ‘story’ there is a deep urge there within to taste this freedom, to live it and more importantly a knowing that there is a place of absolute freedom within us that can never be shackled. To struggle against our limitations is to make them real, when they do not truly exist and only such wisdom can come to mind and be accepted when we connect with that part of us that is free.
Another extraordinary piece of writing Joel… you are the exposer of ropes sir so that others can look to free themselves. Love it.
Such a powerful analogy you have used Joel; on rereading your blog I was struck by your following words;
“At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground”.
It is incumbent on us all to take responsibility to deal with the ideals and beliefs that prevent us from living the love that we so naturally are.
So true about the way you describe the rope removal process – the initial discomfort and unfamiliarity, even doubt, then to gradual and exponential increase of ease and joy in each and every step of freedom being regained. I love this.
Thank you Joel, I too loved reading your blog again, after cutting some of my ropes and finding still more to cut, to release more of my Giant. This line stood out for me today. “some people are sitting up, some people are standing… everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.” Fear has been coming up for me lately, time to cut that rope and let more of my beautiful self out.
‘…..everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.’ I loved reading your blog again Joel. I highlighted this part to remind me to let go of my fears and trust what I feel and allow the giant within me out. There is nothing to gain by holding onto my fears but everything to gain to trust and allow my true self to be seen and expressed. Your blog is deeply inspiring and powerful, thank you Joel and I will definitely be reading this blog again for sure.
“So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.” – Yes for sure, it is an unfolding process as we uncover more and more of our innermost and live that in the world…
I love the energetic messages of truth in your stories Joel. Life is so joyful when we bring lightness to the depth of our explorations. Thank you.
Thank you Joel for reminding us ….”that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.” and this equal love is there regardless of how we may have tied ourselves in knots, and which we can unravel with a loving dedicated consistency.
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In a world where most seem to be endlessly impatient to make changes in their lives, these words of wisdom: “But if we want to release the giant within we must persist” are words to be shared far and wide, as to release this giant is the most amazing feeling possible; and once we have, or are at least on the way to doing so, we will wonder why on earth we played small for so long as it wasn’t serving anyone, especially ourselves.
Joel, you make many great points, one of which for me was that there is no quick solution to getting rid of the ropes. It’s a process that requires dedication and commitment. What I have found is that the more I break free of the ropes, the more I am able to more easily recognise the other ones that are there holding me back and so I can set to work to cut those cords also. Loosening and eventually cutting the ropes is a very freeing experience and one that supports greater awareness of myself and humanity every step along the way.
There are so many ropes that I choose to hold onto which keep me small. i love this analogy, Joel as I realise that it is my choice about whether I free myself or not. And then I ask myself why I would not want to free the gorgeous “giant ‘ inside of me as the world needs this – so no more ropes!
Thank you Joel for a great story, I am in the process of releasing my giant, little by little the ropes are being loosened sometimes fear comes up and the rope goes back on, but by persistence the ropes are gradually being tossed aside and the loving giant is starting to appear.
The insight I received from this Joel is it’s not what others are doing to us but what we are doing to ourselves to keep remain small.
How many of us delay releasing our giant within, waiting for others to do it so we don’t stand out or to avoid responsibility, preferring to cling to the safety of our comforts. Breaking free of these chains and connecting to our essence and living from this empowers everyone around us to also choose this – the choice to play big supports and inspires us all beautifully.
Very true Anna. So often we choose to stay in what keeps us small because we’re placing a judgment on what it feels like to step up and start to express what we can feel, to start to be our true, whole selves, without holding back. But when we do start to express and step up, support often comes in the most unexpected of ways – and it’s our choice to accept this and allow it to confirm who we are. And then – do we step into this new, freer space, even though it might feel uncomfortable at first, or allow the sticky residue of the past to keep us chained to playing small?
It feels so freeing to shed a behaviour that has kept us tied down and smaller in the world. I have experienced this recently and found I really resisted making a change in my behaviour but once I made that commitment, the freedom I felt was amazing.
Great point Anne, sometimes we associate a loss with letting go of old behaviours but as you have experienced once we commit to the process you felt amazing from the freedom and power you felt with this loving choice.
It’s good to recognise that the struggles we are facing are just the ropes tying us down and holding us back. I used to think that if I could just do XYZ then I would be ‘there’ and the work would be done and I would then be able to coast along. I have well and truly realised by now that this isn’t the case and that the ropes come in various shapes and sizes and that there are multiple layers, even around the same issue. Such realisations have helped me to take the pressure off myself and accept that it’s a steady building back to myself – and that hidden away is definitely a person worth knowing.
So true Lee, postpone the inevitable but the only way we can is to increase what we are faced with when we finally cut the rope.
I agree Samantha. It’s spectacular to have a story teller like Joel building these super accessible bridges for us all.
Love it Otto, dedication without martyrdom, drama or self agrandisment. Just releasing one rope at a time.
And self-appreciation of the release of each rope, to build the foundation for the next one to be cut…
Nice. Dedication without martyrdom and learning with the humility and appreciation what has been learnt. Strong foundations indeed.
Great point. So often dedication is seen as a sacrifice. Yet that commitment and consistency opens the door to so much joy. A million miles from the ascetic preconceptions of ‘dedication’.
…you can never find a good self flagellation whip when you need it anymore 🙂
Oh, I don’t know Joel…I still have a couple buried away that occasionally creep out, if I let that self-appreciation slip!
Yep no-one can pass you the scissors, if they do you will find yourself retying that rope around yourself later. The only way they can support is to walk with no ropes themselves and that inspires you to work on untying yourself.
Very true that we don’t like it when our own ropes are challenged by another bringing not a version of truth but an absoluteness of it. Because we know truth when we feel it and we then are faced with making different choices. It’s not like you can un-hear what you just heard or un-read what you just read. Something shifts within. But at the same time it’s as though the pegs and ropes themselves can pull us tighter in, making our eventual break-out more painful than it need be.
I love reading this Joel as it reminds me of the ways I am still tying myself down with some of the choices I am making.
Thank you Joel, for another great blog, sometimes releasing the Giant does feel too powerful and scary. “So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.” I love your words showing that ” each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.”
I absolutely love how you’ve expressed the process of choosing to connect to who we truly are as ‘awakening the giant within.’
It does feel like that at times. And this analogy is something I and probably most people can relate to.
Thank you, Joel. Lots to consider here.
If I consider to have called the ropes to life in the first place there is no question about not being strong enough to untie them. This makes obvious the game of being small, that I play.
Exactly. And since it was us who tied the tight and complicated knots, we are the best equipped to untie them. Our responsibility. This is such a powerful analogy for me at the moment as I am in a period of my life of going back and doing some ‘spring cleaning/repair work’ to old relationships. It’s been really, really powerful so far – with ropes snapping off left, right and centre. Much work to do and interestingly the process of breaking some ropes has revealed others that I didn’t even know were there. It’s like when you pull a cabinet away from the wall and see the dust behind. But, I’m on it and am going to keep going.
So to realize the ropes I created and to make the choice to see them as what they are (made to hold me back), is the first step away from ‘playing small’ but towards ‘taking responsibility’ and empower myself again.
Such a powerful analogy ,Joel. It is so sad really that we choose to stay tied down by the ropes rather than freeing ourselves. There have been so many inspiring and truly soulful people who have walked this earth to show us how we can live life differently when we are freed from the ropes. Hopefully this time we will hear the messages and free ourselves although I feel the longer we have been tied the more attached we are to being small.
Loved reading this again Joel. This time this is what stood out for me – ‘everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all.’ – so true. We already are all magnificently grand, with no one grander than another. It is only us that diminishes our grandness by how we resist embracing the love we are within. When we make the choice to commit to surrendering to our love, it is our love that then supports us to continue to embrace more of the love we truly are.
“The giant within”. What a great analogy Joel.
It really helps to imagine the ropes being cut one by one only to, maybe, find another one where you least expect it to be!
As you said releasing the giant within is a work in progress. Becoming aware of a rope and choosing to cut it free then rejoicing in the “giant” as it freely expresses. Gorgeous Joel, thank you.
Symbolism is fun, is playful, powerful and allows the joy to flow. The image of the giant being held down by these little tiny ropes (beliefs & ideals) makes it clear that it is a choice to allow the ropes to restrict the love (the Giant) from expressing and being the way. It proves that in an instant, if this is what we choose, we can release the Giant (Love) and be this Love. Thanks Joel
This is such a great analogy, all that we have done is just tying ourselves down with whatever we can come up with, all kinds of issues we created and thought we couldn’t deal with. And discovering that it can be untied and that that is not always easy, but eventually when we start to feel the true grandness of it all, it is a joy to live with this every day.
I love what you have shared Benkt as when we do start to embrace the love we are, it is our love that then blesses us back through the way we choose to live in connection with this ever-deepening grandness.
Brilliant metaphor, Joel, reinforcing the important fact that because we all have different quantities of rope secured over different areas, it’s a waste of effort comparing yourself with anyone else’s process of untangling. It’s something personal to us, based on how much rope we’ve used and how quickly we are prepared to remove it.
Well said Cathy – it is such a waste of time comparing ourselves with another and a convenient distraction from being honest with ourselves about how we have resisted removing our own tethering.
I love what you have expressed here Cathy as it shows how unhelpful it is to compare to another. We are each responsible for the ropes that are tying us down and can remove these when we choose to. It is our choice to be less or small in how we live or we can let the giant out!
Great point Cathy. Comparing ropes with others just adds more ropes! Instead we need to choose to be inspired by those people, who are no more or less giant than us, but have chosen to take the responsibility required to see, untie and discard many of their ropes. As one can, so can we all.
Great point Cathy! It is so life changing when we focus on ‘the giant’ instead of ‘the ropes’ – by us and others. Our ropes are different and so separate each other, but our giant-ness is equal and so uniting us.
So beautiful to read this today when I am finding my self releasing ropes that have tied me down and feeling free and then finding another rope and so on. This is a great metaphor for life and an inspiring read. Thank you Joel.
Joel, this is such a powerful and timely blog. We can rant and rave all we like, throw our tantrums, yet as you note the ropes don’t move – they are only moved through consistent loving dedication and the great thing is we put them there so we can move them and it’s that commitment and dedication that sets us free. We are our own masters in this – what an amazing reminder this is, thank you.
Sometimes I get to see when someone starts to unleash the giant within them. I get a sneak preview into this incredible quality. It is a quality that is huge, but not overpowering, strong, but not in your face. In that moment I am reminded that we all have this giant light within us waiting to be expressed. What then becomes very clear is that holding that back is damn hard work!
so true Vicky, I am becoming more and more aware of how much effort can go into try to re-tie the ropes you just untied…crazy, backwards way of living.
“Damn hard work”. It has to be, holding back any giant is damn hard work…that is what is so beautiful about this story. I love the science that you are presenting here Vicky Geary and it really serves me to look at it in this very scientific way, because it explains so much so clearly. No wonder I’m exhausted after a day when I haven’t been firing on all cylinders. It’s not because I haven’t been firing on all cylinders, it’s because of the effort that I have had to put in to stop me from firing on all cylinders. The difference is huge. But also massively helpful to really accept and understand because it removes the mountains of expectation, judgement and trying, from my path.
I love how you explain that if you haven’t done this in a while your arm might be numb and you might wonder what’s the point but that its important to persist and keep going.
When we look back over history this has been a common response or reaction to those who were here to deliver truth. They have never been welcomed, there is always fear and speculation as the reflection they offer challenges all we have invested in. Our arrogance can get in the way as we want to defend this instead of listen to, learn from and evolve with the reflection that offers a different way.
I just adore your writing Joel without fail makes me feel inspired and there is always a story within a story thats within a story the ending is always up to the reader
Thanks esteraltmiks, I agree there is a real process of learning to let go of the struggle and drama and get on with releasing the ropes that bind us (or even the ones we hold in place!)
Having been held down by the ropes we’ve chosen to keep us bound for so long, at times this restraint can weigh such that it feels helpless to attempt to break ourself free. In that stuck-ness it becomes clear there is no place to go than to commit to the job at hand, to make the first cut, and so begins the way to moving freely in the enormity we are.
Another superb article exposing the journey we undertake, releasing what holds us back from expressing in full the enormous loving beings we are. Your writing is truly a gift Joel for as you share and release what binds you, your words support us to do the same.
Reading this blog, is a joy, playful and expansive. So often there is a pressure to play small or conform to the ‘norm’ of society deems acceptable, but there is so much more to life to enjoy and celebrate. To learn to live big, to live in full is a courageous, freeing and deeply joyful endeavour.
Your writing is an absolute Gem Joel – and how awesome is the title ‘Releasing the Giant Within’! Love every word of it – very powerful and inspiring. This paragraph really stood out for me “We do a deal with the world that we will play ball with certain ideals about how life should be and subscribe to certain beliefs about what is true or not. At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground. Over the years, and some would suggest lifetimes, we end up successfully harnessing the giant within. From time to time we might break a rope but, because there are so many, there is always another to take up the slack.” Love it!
Such a fun way of expressing the way of returning, to release ourselves from the shackles that bind us one at a time … releasing we are and on our unfolding path back to the limitless source we come from is a process of removing the binding patterns and connecting to the ‘gigantic’ source of Love, Joy Harmony and Stillness we are and that’s not a ‘fairy tale.’
Beautiful Joel. There is indeed a gigantic love within us all, which is who we are in essence. And I am realising more and more how we simply have to get used to how this feels and how others respond as we begin to release this gigantic love and begin to embrace and live who we truly are. I am discovering that with love and appreciation for ourselves and also expressing this appreciation and love with others when we feel the ropes release, re-builds a trust between us all. With this a confidence develops that is needed and supports us to continue to work on releasing the other ropes that are holding us back from living the divinity that we all are and here to live together.
I love this Joel, if ever there was the right time to read something like this, today was it, as I struggle with a looser rope, to find so many more to work on. Your blog made me realise that although there may be many more ropes to go, I’ve made a start to letting go of all those ideals and beliefs, and now is not the time to linger and wait, or hold back.
Beautiful Lee.
The metaphor of ropes is indeed awesome, because we can attach ropes to any part of us. These ropes representing our thoughts, how are in the world, how we interact with others. By our choices, we can have ropes that are taut, therefore simple and streamlined, making it easy to be with others and ourselves. Or we can have them all tied in knots, making how we interact with others and ourselves very complicated. All these depend on our choices. These in turn, can determine if we feel less than, or as Joel so beautifully has shared, we can feel like we release the giant within, these are all our choices.
What I can also feel with this is that when you get frustrated (judge yourself) as you can see you’re tied up and you want to get rid of it, when you do it in this way you fumble around and struggle to get the rope off, it often gets twisted etc.
When I attend a UM course I feel like there are actually no ropes on me or that the ropes I had are like strings of spaghetti, that is, if you walked they would easily snap, there is nothing actually holding you. However, I don’t always stay with this – as the days go by you see things creep back in, pictures of where you think you are at or issues you think you have and it can feel like the ropes are real again. This is when I step away from the truth I know and play ball with how the world currently operates.
Life becomes so comfortable, safe and convenient with all the ropes we have tied ourselves down with. Until such point that the comfortable life becomes excruciatingly painful, then we choose to loosen or remove some ropes, and enjoy the new freedom of movement, but then cruise in the comfort of that feeling and don’t face the task of removing the many other ropes, until such point they become too painful.
With love, dedication and consistency we can choose to dedicate our lives to removing those ropes.
Great to re-read this blog after looking at many of the ‘ropes’ I have used to keep the abundant love in others at bay. Many relate to conditional love – I will love you back as long as you love me first; I will love you if you let me have my tantrums, eat and drink what I want no matter how it effects my body and mood states; have my own space when I need; get affection when I want it and have the right to give or not give affection when I choose, and so on. There are many aspects of our lives where we play out behaviours and expectations from the underlying belief that we have a right to be an individual this makes up our personality. Yet in truth, they are some of the many ropes we throw over others which are used to tie them down to a conditional relationship.
Joel this makes so much sense. Instead of all the ropes I’ve felt were keeping me small, in fact they were just holding back the giant me within. Love it!
Exactly how I felt Elizabeth – such a beautiful reminder to free ‘the giant within’.
As you say Joel, it is so important to expose each layer of us, which we are not and take true responsibility for our choices. Each choice matters.
This is key – “So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time”. It is the dedicated process that I love. A dedication to returning back to the love and truth that we are – now that is BIG.
It’s GIANORMOUS!
Just like we are Tamara : )
One arm .. then the next, then a leg maybe, or an old though pattern. A way of eating that does not really take care of me, or a picture of myself that I thought I needed to live up too?
They are all ropes I can keep taking off, layer after layer of giant inhibiting binds.
Otto I so get this – the process has been interwoven over lifetimes perhaps and so the arms and legs in this life move in a way still moved by those old ways. As we become much clearer about the false ways the way we move that pattern and shift it starts to reconfigure the body to express more of that giant within.
“The giant within”. Yes, I love that. And great to have that image (fact) with me because it helps me see the ropes. What I mean is, if I don’t accept the fact that I am a giant, I won’t accept the need for the ropes and thus I don’t see them.
I used to want someone to wave the magic wand to release me from the ties that I in fact, put around myself, but I realised that it was me that got me where I am, so it was me that is now choosing to undo the ties and heal myself back to who I truly am, and it has taken commitment, consistency, and yes, dedication to expediate my feet upon the path back to love – a place that is my true home, and the true home for all of us, without any ties or shackles or ideals and beliefs to hold us back.
I agree Otto, it an investment in our hurts, our mistakes and our idea of who we are, that become a barrier to change. So much so, we end up feeling pain when something gets released, rather than feeling the joy and space the release brings.
Its crazy isn’t it Otto, some of the beliefs we take on, like work can’t be fun. I can still feel this play out at times, this idea that I need to be busy or hectic otherwise I am not working.
Absolutely Kirsty. And I have definitely fed this daft ideal. In the past I used to come home from work sometimes having had a really fab and fun day at work and then downplay it to my partner – some kind of crazy guilt playing out that I had had fun whilst she had been stuck at home.
Or, if I’ve been away from home for a few days and had a connected and purposeful time with work, when the kids are talking to me about it, I can feel that the expected comment is “It was really hard work and I really missed you.” But actually what I now say is more like – I had a great time, work was cool fun. Because it’s the truth and because it’s important for them not to align to the common misconception that work has to be hard.
I like this Joel. there certainly must be a different way of living. What we call human life has become so small indeed. When I read I get a sense of the great lives that have walked our earth and graced us with great truth and an understanding beyond their time, pythagoras, Galileo, Leonardo Da Vinci etc. It makes me consider that there is a grandness to life that we can live and that there is more than what we know is human life. Releasing the giant feels on point. Because I certainly feel like a giant when I connect to my essence and bring light to the world.
Yes Harry when you mention people in history like Leonardo da Vinci, Pythagoras and then consider the pyramids we are indeed ‘Giants’ playing small in a Universe that’s mostly unknown and untapped to humanity in this era. We have the evidence of our enormity and in breaking the ‘ropes that bind’ we are seeing and hearing we have a vast resource within to be lived as taught by Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon.
Thanks Merilee. That certainly is true
If everything that goes around, comes around, then the wisdom of the ages is still with us, and letting the ‘Giant within’ out, should be a piece of cake. Look what happened when these ‘past’ Giants lived up to their innate nature, the energy of the pyramids, glorious art, ageless wisdom teachings, true religion, the world would have been a very different place if they had kept themselves small and not allowed their light (energy) to shine. But now we have this reflection we can live up to our glory again, no excuses, and this time round, we can build more evidence that the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom DO work and it is entirely possible to live as a Giant in this era, and many eras to come.
Being in our fullness and being the giant that we are brings up a lot of stuff for others as it reflects to them the level of irresponsibility and disregard they continue to choose in their lives, so living in the knowingness of this and deep appreciation for the giant that we are will allow us to keep going strong.
On the days that I am feeling particular free of the shackles that I have been bound by for so long, I feel the jealousy coming from others. Once upon a time I would have shrank back into myself, but recently, as I begin to appreciate and know that I am more than that, I have stood my ground and claimed my space and reflected back to them that it is ok to shine and be yourself, it is up to them how they take it, but as long as I am true to me, then they will feel the truth also. I agree Francisco, keeping strong is keeping the love going and accepting that it is ok to let go the ties that bind us and release the giant within.
This is a helpful observation Franciso, and a timely one as I have been experiencing ab bit more frequently the very situation you’ve described here, and noticed how once I began taking more responsibility for both how I care for my body and my expression to others, more people at work have reacted to that in a way that makes me feel kind of attacked at times. In addition, now that I can feel more and sense what’s going on for people, I have at times reacted to that in a judgemental way, and this only makes matters worse. The way forward is to just observe these situations without judgement, knowing that we are all equal ‘Giants’ as Joel has pointed out, and are merely at different stages of letting go of the ropes holding us down.
I like this Fran, living in the knowingness of who we are and deeply appreciating this allows us to remain strong.
A great blog Joel. The line “That there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within” sums up the huge love we all have.
Wow brilliant blog Joel, I have never considered the extent of what is behind all our ideals and beliefs, “a piece of rope tying us to the ground” when I consider them in this light it is obvious how unhuman and simply grotesque they are. Because of this I was able to see just how much of my life is setup to play small and how much work there is to be done in developing expression
As you said Joel, we are often “trying to get through life” and with that we are playing small, because we are Gods suns. Our life has a purpose. To “get through life”, to play small is in fact a humiliation we do to our selves. No wonder that this world is so much missing Respect and Appreciation. We do not life it with us – how should we bring it to others. Time to stand up. Time to honor what we are. Time to live the Giant.
Reading through these comments I am aware that we all appear to be very nicely getting on with releasing these bonds that tie us down and stop us from shining our Light on the world, well no more, so look out world because, HERE WE COME !!
Besides, I am rapidly running out of excuses because feeling joy is much more fun.
Joel this is so profoundly beautiful and a massive support. I enjoy your writing style so much. Thank you.
Comfort. And not wanting to take responsibility and feel the hurt at what we have left ‘behind’. In reality we have left nothing behind, it is there inside us waiting to be set free.
“everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.” – How cool is that? We just have to let go of the hurts and our full potential is released.
Letting go of the hurts and letting the world see the real me can be daunting sometimes, having spent years hiding my light, but once I have began to really feel my true self then holding back seems pointless, as there is so much joy in being the true me, and sharing that joy feels WONDER-FULL !
Joel I love this and you so much each time I read it. I have so much appreciation for your understanding and awareness of life, and how you so naturally share it with us all. This piece is wisdom in its clearest form. Thank you.
I can feel the truth of your words Joel, that there is everything to gain by cutting the ropes and releasing the giant within. My reactions to the world can be like an addiction, which stop me from allowing me to enjoy and share the deep love within me and to appreciate the same love in others. I have come to realise I don’t have to constantly struggle with these ropes but rather it is a constant choice to work through and release these things that hold me back from being all of me.
As you say Annie, First thing that we have to realise that we are tied down and that it is not normal to feel that restricted in our bodies. Then we have to consider that these ties are not who we are and that we are that much more, grander and more living. We have to stop to accept to live this restricted life once we have felt that this is not true and that we are giants, compared to the life we currently live, for each and all of us.
I love what you say here Annie, that we do not have to struggle with these ropes but that we have to choose to work through every rope consistently so.
A great way to start the day with a reminder of how great we truly are and how much we can bring to the world.
Great at any time of day Elaine, to be reminded of our amazingness.
Agree Elaine, but why just at the start of the day? A great way to live each day is to live every moment in the knowing “of how great we truly are and how much we can bring to the world”.
To express our divinity will let us “tower over every other way of living” – and in this stage of human expression it needs a willingness to stand tall and to stand out. In fairy stories the giants are mostly ugly, not beautiful, light or delicate beings – but here is the the end of the analogy, because we are totally so when we are in our truth (giantess). And THIS will be seen, noticed and maybe not so much liked from those who get reflections of their depressing ropes. This means: getting reflections of their own responsibility for their depression.
So to stand out is one thing, and to learn to handle the jealousy and fury the next. A deep understanding of those and their choices who are still depressed (by their own created ropes), is here key I guess. We once did all lie down, gagged and degraded. We know how it is and how it became so. You do not have a good view from lying on the ground…For those who did raise apply: observe what is going on, understand and …shine even more brightly.
Thank you Sandra for your words. It is so true about jealousy coming my way, I never realised that it was jealously I was feeling from another until recently, now I have more awareness I don’t take it personally any more. I can stand tall and shine because I have more of an understanding of what is going on, and with this clarity and awareness I can allow myself to just be me, whatever anyone thinks.
Beautifully expressed Sandra, let us shine even more brightly!
Yes Francisco – and it is not “shining against the jealousy”, it is shining for our brothers and sisters who are still fettered, to show that there is a way out of this, and to show that it is possible to not give up.
This is very beautiful to read Joel, I have become aware recently that I really keep myself small by convincing myself that I am not good enough, that I am less and not equal to others, I can feel how this benefits no-one and that the world is not getting the fullness of me by me holding myself as less, so it is great to read your article and feel how we are all equal and how we are all giants, as you say, ‘we could all well be Gulliver, not in terms of physical stature but in our potential to express that very divine aspect of ourselves.’
Wow a great story about the inner giant amazingness we all have within. I am working daily on releasing it, and there is so much more to come.
Joel, please write a book for fairy tales for the new era. Gulliver’s tale has been unravelled so precisely by you, and in a way that is applicable by every person in their own life.
Some of us have been bound horizontal for so long that we do not understand just how tall we truly stand in life…although we have the sense of it. There is, strangely, a certain comforting quality in being bound, although it restricts our ability to breathe, move and live a full life. But one day, that uncomfortable comfort gets to be too oppressive and we start to let go of those binds. We feel what it is like to breathe our breath, and to move again, as we unpick ourselves strand by strand.
In recent weeks I have discovered just how many of those strands I have made for myself. My horizontal imprisonment was not all due to those other little people – I was actively helping them out.
What a moment it was to know that this Gulliver had helped bind herself to keep all of the little people (equal giants of course, pretending not to be) appeased. And so the process continues, rope by rope, knowing that there is no rope that cannot be undone.
Joel – you should have your own radio station! A fabulous re-presentation of the story; joyfully reminding me of giant and also of many of the strings. The visualisation of the strings is so apt to how it is and I am loving sitting here right now feeling some of them on my body and realising that, on their own, there is no way in a zillion years, they can hold me back – it is only through giving power to the collection of them that we keep ourselves small.
Otto, I love this, that no one rope can tie us down, it’s just all of them and it provides support to hear this, as then we address one rope at a time, removing is and continuing with the process as Joel describes. Joel, I love your blogs, and I’ve love to hear them on audio too, thank you. Your playfulness reminds me of the job to be done while keeping it light.
Often the case being I have experienced is that when met with a person who lives and knows that they are a giant, it gives us a chance to feel how equally big we are and how tightly bound be have put ourselves down and played small. And even though it is not pleasant to feel by any stretch of the imagination by saying no to that grandness, it only supports the playing small that isn’t actually us at all. Throughout my time knowing of Universal Medicine I have found the process of removing the ropes to be as you say Joel – a step by step process. It all starts with the possibilities and the ‘what ifs?’ those what if’s open up the curiosity and eventually the courage to start removing the ropes.
What if I am Love? What if I am a big player in the world? What if I can stand tall amongst everyone knowing that they too are giants? What does that feel like?
Joel you have done it again. The depth and meaning you express through very simple stories is so profound. What a great collection of short stories this and your many other blogs would make.
I agree Vicky, Joel has described this perfectly. There is a gentle loving giant in all of us and for me the belief system has played havoc within me and masked who I truly am.
What if we are all giants and one of the things making us small is that we are identified with not being a giant? What if as part of that identification we are identified with there being lots of ropes holding us back and that we have to remove them all? What if we woke up one day and realised there are no ropes and nothing stopping us?
I have definitely experienced the discomfort and foreign feeling of when I have realised I have been holding onto thought or a belief which is no longer useful. If we all lived with the understanding that we all have “ropes to deal with” how might it change the way we are with each other? More honesty and understanding.
I can so well relate to this Shirley-Ann as I just kind of discovered the same ropes of being nice, helping everyone (but me) and judging myself if I do not meet my high expectations, The knot in these ropes seems to be quite tight, but it is loosening within the last few days, so these ropes will probably be history soon.
Thanks for reminding me how tall I really am Joel!
I love this analogy you so playfully share with such wisdom Joel. I love the emphasis here on the responsibility we have in freeing ourselves and the commitment that is required.
‘…this is not a fairy tale; there is no magical resolution once you understand what you have to do. Getting what you have to do and doing it are different.’
If we just rest in our ‘knowing’ of the truth and don’t put in the work moment to moment, day to day, to free each rope, then the Giant sleeps on and what then are we saying to the rest of humanity?
So inspiring Joel, Thank you.
It’s beautiful to re-read your article Joel, this really stood out for me this time, ‘We do a deal with the world that we will play ball with certain ideals about how life should be and subscribe to certain beliefs about what is true or not’, I can really feel how I have done this, I am learning to see these as ideals and beliefs and not truths.
Anthony Robbins move over, this is really releasing the giant within. A delight-full allegory that I feel is the best of your wonderful stories Joel. We all have unique and wonderful qualities to bring to the world, and the world is less if any one of us holds back or feels less.
“We all have unique and wonderful qualities to bring to the world, and the world is less if any one of us holds back or feels less” is such a simple truth, yet we are educated through life to do the exact opposite. We are ‘so-called educated’ to believe that we are less, that we have to be more, achieve more and hence our real qualities get buried under the accumulated stuff we take on and are rarely expressed. How different would our lives and society be were we educated to fully express from our ‘unique and wonderful qualities’ that we naturally have?
Anne the possibilities are limitless if All lived fully expressing “from our unique and wonderful qualities that we naturally have’. Mental and Physical well-being would shift on it’s axis as a starting point of our limitless potential
Joel, I found reading this so interesting and liberating. I loved the idea that when we haven’t used a limb for a long time, it may be painful at first to move it. This makes so much sense and so when I was feeling there was failure because working on something I know to be true, doesn’t come easily, I will consider that it is like a muscle I haven’t used for a long time and stop judging myself, and gently work that muscle until it is back to its full giant strength.
Just superb reading this again Joel, nothing to fear, just everything to gain.
Yes, it is well worth the committment Joan.
I can remember so many occasions when I did not express from my giant within, bursting to speak, I feared the conflict that might ensue.
Persistence and accepting myself has been the key to allowing my giant to speak more and more, from the love and essence of the true me, I continue to let go of those invisible ropes that I allowed to hold me back.
I love this article, it should be every child’s bedtime story so they are aware they can live the Giant within and not toe themselves down with all the ropes of ideals and beliefs
Yes absolutely Ariel, it should be every child’s bedtime story. Every child should be taught this from a very young age this would then support them to claim and live the amazingness that they truly are.
I love that Joel, a gentle giant within. So often in the fairy tales and folk stories the giant is to be feared, maybe because he/she is misunderstood? If we are not met in our childhood for the giant love we are, then we grow to fear it ourselves, as expression of it to and for others can be unacceptable to them, and so eventually to ourselves as we try to fit in and avoid conflict. Removing these strands of influence that have tied us down is a painful business, but one well worth the commitment.
Realising we tie down our own ‘giant within’ has been a pivotal learning for me. Learning the ways I indeed self sabotage has been a very enlightening process, and one I am consistently working on. Now, instead of this sabotage, I work on lifting off a rope at a time and enjoying the freedom that follows – as opposed to being scared of it. Now that’s a much better way to live!
‘Lifting the rope and freedom will follow‘ – wonderful Amelia. And spot on! I just realized how we are tricked as a society – to do the opposite of enjoying our “giant mobility“ – yes we are tricked to “enjoy“ our ropes. As an example we can see the popularity of a book and film which are glamorizing bondage “games“ – these fetters are nothing else than our ropes put into a erotic, ‘worth full’ meaning. Yes, maybe we are scared about lifting our ropes after all this time holding our amazingness down – but that feeling is just the next rope to lift!
‘But if we want to release the giant within we must persist…’
Yes, we have to keep making the choice to allow our own giant out and appreciate the inspiration others offer by living the giant they are.
Thank you Joel for your beautiful blog. I loved your metaphors. Releasing the giant which resides in the inner heart of every human being is what we are here for, bit by bit as you expressed. And, although the reflection from the giant might not be liked at first, it still reflects a truth we all know deeply. This calls me to a deeper responsibility to live the grandness that we are so that others can connect to their own and discover who they truly are.
Thanks Joel,
I used to dream about being held back as I began to leave my joy-full, all-knowing younger self, and started trying to fit into the world and please everyone around me.
It wasn’t until I met Serge Benhayon and he reminded me that I still am that amazing being, that I started working on releasing myself, an on going process, but I can certainly feel the giant is ready to play once again.
So beautiful to read Joel. I was like a kid reading this story, looking forward to see what was the ending, and persisting is the key.
Before I came to Universal Medicine I was completely unaware that there was a giant within, or that there were ropes tying me down. Thanks to Serge Benhayon, for one by one helping me identify the ropes holding me back so that I may free myself.
By re-re-reading this amazing blog I got the feeling of how unfair it is to reject others, who are living more of their giant (divinity) than me. It is unfair to put them on a platform so I can hide in their shadow and it is unfair to get jealous because I am the same. They are just reflecting to me that it is possible to live it, and my responsibility about my power and choices. Rejection is a rope! And to act like as described above is not just unfair – it is creating ropes.
Another great insight Sandra… Jealousy and the force we project towards others who might have removed more ropes (or all of them)…jealousy justifies our own choices.
Well said Joel, “jealousy justifies our own choices” – and so drawing the ropes tighter and tighter.
Yes Sandra, I have to watch out that in my effort to free myself from the ropes from one area I don’t create knots somewhere else.
Joel, I could read a book full of your reflections of life over and over again all containing such universal wisdom.
The giant within is such an apt symbol of how it feels when we reconnect to our soul and then have the tussle with freeing it from the ropes and shackles of our ideals and beliefs that contain such a loving gigantic expression. I will forever remember this analogy as I go about my days and nights freeing my GIANT.
The other great point is that when you have an arm free or a limb free let alone 2 arms free you can not only loosen the other ropes holding you back but lend a hand to other sleeping GIANTS. This you so effortlessly do Joel.
Love the point that you make here Rebecca – it is never about us alone and by all working together we can help others to untie their ropes. True Community in action.
Joel, I love this latest offer from you. Pure Gold. I can relate to this sentence, – “If we all have an essence that we all live to varying degrees, is it possible that we also become threatened by the giant within because it shows us the ways that we have lived that are small . . . so we reach for ropes to try to tie it down”. I can see how I have so often sabotaged myself by trying to keep that giant within ‘tamed’ and quiet, doing all I can to distract me from seeing what it is trying to show me. I can so relate to the analogy of me reaching for those ropes to tie it down so I don’t have to feel what it is showing me, but actually restricting myself. It has been quite a journey, gradually freeing some of those ropes that I actually put on me. Very much a work in progress.
‘But if we want to release the giant within we must persist…,’, thank you for this loving reminder Joel. It is indeed a taking one rope off at the time and sometimes we will be surprised how releasing one rope actually opens doors that lets us easily undo a few other ropes. And maybe it is not such a mundane undertaking after all, since behind every door we see more of where we come from and who we truly are.
I agree Esther, change begets change. Its like a domino effect, the more ropes that are untied, then allows for more ropes to be presented for untying.
yes Esther beautifully said, sometimes we make the knots way bigger than they actually are and when we go there and untie them as you say it opens the door so easily for others to be seen and let go of also.
Love this sharing Eshter it is especially inspiring when we sometimes get stuck and don’t want to let go of the binds, to know that there is more behind the door gives us the willingness to break free of what feels comfortable and safe but we know truly is killing us and keeping from being free and all the love we are.
This analogy serves to highlight exactly how we are within the world, our amazingness tethered so as not to show others that they can also be free from the binds that have held us back from naturally expressing the love that we are from.
Indeed Lee. It is so unbelievingly beautiful to see what an inspiration each and everyone of us can be with every rope we loosen ourselves from. It is not about some highly complicated process of developing skills and resembling ideals, but just about being ourselves and letting everyone see the love that we all are without any restrictions or calibrating at all.
It is true michaelkremer2212, let us show the world that it is OK just to BE and there is no need to keep DOing.
Absolutely Lee, and so well told Joel, thank you
It is true, that at no point did I realise that each ideal and each belief is equivalent to a piece of rope tying me to the ground. This is a great story to feel how it was restricting me and holding me back. I have been lengthening and releasing these ropes recently as I’m dealing with some stuff, and am feeling a massive difference.
What’s great about this analogy, is that it can be used to describe the process of healing oneself in a matter of a sentence: to untie or break ropes continually and steadily, is the only way to free the giant; it cannot break free of all of them in one fell swoop.
What I love about this analogy Oliver, is that if I am feeling small, not worthy and so on – it is just ropes which are holding me down. My Giant is still there, he can not shrink or disappear – “just” roped down. Nobody can take my giant-ness from me – not even I can. So there is always the possibility (or better: joyful responsibility!) for a renaissance. And from the presentations of Universal Medicine I’ve got the tools to do so.
I love how you’ve brought this out from the story Sandra, the fact that when we feel small it is the ropes talking… the gaint is always there, we only ever loose our connection to it.
“Nobody can take my giant-ness from me – not even I can.” . . love this Sandra. This is a great way to look at the whole picture knowing only “joyful responsibility” is required and never the need to succumb to the weight of the ropes.
Oh what a timely reminder – thank you Sandra – beautifully said.
Sandra you took the words right out my mouth! I love how Joel has used the analogy from Gulliver’s Travels – I saw this years ago and while I really enjoyed it, I had not realised the deeper meanings.
Yes exactly Oliver it takes persistence and a commitment to continue to break through the ropes that holds us back from the gorgeous giant within us all.
I love re-reading this, and realising that I have unleashed so many more of my personal ropes since the last read. Super supportive way of picturing the craziness of holding ourselves down. Inspired recently by understanding more of just how strong a force Jealousy is, and a fabulous presentation on this, my son and I bought t’shirts with the slogan ‘You’re just Jealous’ – and as we drop the ropes we have the t-shirts as a playful reminder that folks are going to be confronted seeing giants walking around the streets, shopping, picking up the kids from school…I’m not reaching for new ropes to shrink back from walking tall.
I’ve done this too Kate Burns, walked tall, but I then realised my own power and shrunk back a bit. Nevertheless, every time I let go of a hurt I am released more and more from my self-imposed bondage and breath a (gentle) sigh of relief, one more rope gone forever.
Joel what you write here is truly liberating. It is I who has been scared of the giant within me. It’s me who has refused to see the ways I’ve played small, the ways I’ve stubbornly denied I am a giant. But, and beautifully so, it is me who can untie the giant within and walk tall again.
Thank you Joel – beautifully written as always and another opportunity for us to be honest and look at letting go of our ropes that are just hurts we are holding onto. We are the ones tying ourselves down.
I love this analogy Joel and I had the sense that if we start to pull gently at the ropes that are already a little loose even by a smidgin, it is the beginning of making space to let the giant within come out in full. The trick is not to get let a few ropes free and be satisfied with that but keep checking from time to time to see when another is ready to be released.
Good point Julie. I know when it is time for another rope to be released as I start to feel uncomfortable and something comes my way to challenge me, or take me out of my comfort. Then it becomes my choice which way to go; do I gently begin to unravel that rope, or do I tie it back up again. The key here for me, is to accept my greatness, and gently but firmly, loosen the hold I have put on myself.
Have just noticed how similar the letters are that are used in realising and releasing!
Yes, kathiefreedom, and if we choose we can let go of the shackles and do both.
“That there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.” This line says it all for me, it is an absolute joy and conformation to read, as I know without all doubt that this is the truth, there is a huge giant light and divinity within us all. One that is to be cherished, expressed in full and adored. It’s very simple, not a hard or arduous task, though it might feel like that at times, but the joy and freedom that comes with untying each rope or shackle far out weighs, with an incredible lightness and knowing, the pain, hurt and heaviness that keeps them there.
What I am feeling as I re-read Joel’s blog, is how important it is for us to take responsibility and deal with our issues and hurts. For these are the stuff that the ropes are made of, that keeps our greatness tethered.
That is spot on Elizabeth, those issues and hurts that we tuck away and pretend are not there have many knots and keep holding us back. Releasing and letting go of these hurts is such an empowering and freeing thing to do.
Brilliant Elizabeth – the hurts we choose to hold on to and to carry with us are the ropes that keeps our greatness tethered.
Yes mccanelizabeth, and these ropes are mere threads in relation to the enormity of the greatness we are.
Very profoundly put ruthketnor. Mere threads, like bands of silk floating in the breeze, how simple it really is to undo them and set ourselves free.
So true Elizabeth. There is no alternative to accepting and acting on our responsibility – which is ultimately empowering – and recognising that we are the only ones who can deal with our hurts and heal them. One of the beautiful things about doing this is that it also liberates us from blame, if we so choose.
A great point here richardmills363, and so we loose the judging of ourselves and others while bringing in understanding.
I agree Richard there is a ‘mile’ of responsibility to be taken when it comes to cutting loose from all the ropes and expressing as a giant as it only exposes the ways in which we have previously been playing small, I have found personally this is why I resist going for it and expressing in full, because I don’t want to see the massive responsibility of my expression that I am holding in
Yes Richard, It definitely liberates us from playing the victim and looking for others to feel sorry for us which only keep us digging our own hole.
Yes I agree Elizabeth, I have kept my greatness tethered by fear so often.
I know now that like Gulliver , I have a giant within and I have nothing to fear by releasing it. The ties that bind us are nothing in comparison to the amazing gigantic soulfull expression within.
mccannelizabeth, it is so true how important for us to deal with our hurts and issues, as these can really tie us down.
Absolutely Elizabeth, it’s so much easier to untie the ropes when we realise we are the ones that put them there. It’s like a door that is locked and we realise that we are the ones that hold the key.
We DID put those ropes there, tied all those knots. Working through them is a job for life, and sometimes the pesky things retie if we lose awareness, so vigilance is needed too, but it’s a job that gives us the freedom to be giant.
I too am revisiting this inspiring blog. To know that I just need to recognise that there are still ropes that I have to release to keep moving and freeing myself bit by bit and not get complacent or despondent when I see just how many there are left. Instead I will endeavour to be more gentle and loving and supportive of my efforts remembering your words Joel, that we are all at different stages of release from these bonds, and that is OK. Thank you again for the reminder.
This is brilliant mccannelizabeth. Undoing tight knots can be troublesome and down right difficult to undo at times but with patience, persistence and a still hand you can lovingly remove those pesky knots and release such magic to the world. Let that giant free.
Thank you Joel, I have chosen to reread your blog again because I have just experienced fully accepting the giant within me. It feels amazing what you have shared because you have described how I have chosen to fear the enormity of my size because of what others may think or do to tie me down. Now that I have acknowledged the giant within, I am no longer afraid of it myself or what may come by me expressing my essence (love) in my enormity.
Beautiful Joel,
Knowing exactly how the giant feels, I got tears in my eyes, for receiving such a well illustrated ‘understanding’ of this often frustrating and discouraging process of getting free, which I am well in the middle of. Thanks to Serge Benhayon and all those being inspired by the teachings of Universal Meidicine in re-connecting to their ‘giant within’ I have been feeling more how big and lovely I really am and how BIG we all are and I know it is worth my every effort to recall what beautiful beings we are, in truth — love the analogy.
Joel you have brilliantly taken us deeper and asked us to look out our own part that we play in not handling our greatness. Once we can accept that we have tied and knotted our own ropes that we can begin to see the many knots that we have tied. As you say this realisation is not a magical solution it is the beginning of a journey that unravels a history of many ideals and beliefs. It can be frustrating arduous tiring and sometimes feel like the giant will never be released, but it is well worth the journey for without it we are stuck and restricted like Gulliver, not being able to be the giant we know ourselves to be.
Alisonmoir, you have nailed it here, Joel’s blog asks us ‘to look out our own part that we play in not handling our greatness’ and why we restrict ourselves from being ‘the giant we know ourselves to be’. Is this holding back on our part contributing to the general malaise in society that allows cyber bullies to peddle their lies pursue their personal agendas against organisations and individuals?
So true Otto, it is that full acceptance and honesty of the way I’ve orchestrate this that allows me the let go and undo what’s been holding me back for so long.
A great re-telling of a great story. And I love the way you tell it. The first stage – is it possible that others can’t handle our greatness. This part I read easily. But then you take it deeper. The 2nd part – is it possible that we can’t handle our own greatness – that is the gold in what you have interpreted. It is so timely for me to be reminded that every rope which holds me back was in fact strapped and knotted by myself and my own choices. This is a truth that I need to accept. Because with a full acceptance of that, comes the absolute ease with which those same ropes can super simply be shredded into dust.
Awesome comment Ottobathurst. The realisation that I had every part in seeking the ropes and securing every knot to tie the giant within with my choices was what hurth the most. The realisation that I chose to play small to hide from the world. It feels so damaging to me and others as I wasn’t willing to share my strength with humanity. I denied and feared it. But now I have a choice to release every line and knot with every loving choice I choose.
Indeed, giants we all are. It is so amazing to discover what love, wisdom and clarity are within each and everyone of us – we only have to love ourselves, be prepared to take responsibility and trust in what we are feeling in our bodies in every single moment to free the giants of love that we all are in our innermost.
Those ropes at times can seem very restrictive and heavy – but as they start to shrink and get a little loose wow! the freedom to breathe and expand into our true fullness. Can’t wait. Thank you Joel.
Oh the ropes – what a great analogy. How wonderful to know it is our ideals and beliefs that hold us down and keep us small and that we can untie them. Thank you Universal Medicine and thank you Joel.
Joel I love how you have retold this story – it no longer sits in the realms of fairytale happy endings but brings a real and honest picture of the deals we have struck in order to keep ourselves less. How we want salvation to be an easy, comfortable ride! Connection to our essence and seeing it in others is key to the will to persist and release the giant.
Supported by Universal Medicine I now willingly consider the possibility of my giant-ness – this is amazing.
I love this blog. It is light-hearted and deeply profound. Through the support of Universal Medicine I have been learning to live true to myself, in other words the giant within me has been reawakened.
So true Elizabeth, I would have not even consider myself a giant, let alone know how to start the process of removing the ropes without the inspiration of Universal Medicine and the giant that is Serge Benhayon.
I agree with you whole-heartedly Elizabeth. With the support of Universal Medicine I am learning to see where I have been playing small and to untie the knots and reawaken the giant within.
I Agree Elizabeth, Universal Medicine has been my greatest gift as it has allowed me to be more self responsible and caring for myself, breaking the ropes that have held me down for a long time and freeing the amazing giant within me.
Joel Levin this is so gorgeous. I can see this as a children’s story and a classic one at that. How would that be – a children’s story that actually frees you from ideals rather than create them?! I love the last line ‘everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within’. Thank you Joel.
Wow, what a profound and beautiful analogy Joel, thank you.
This is a great analogy and so true in respect to how we live in the world tied down by evermore ropes of ideals and beliefs taken on. The Joy of meeting Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, and with this the help love and support to release these ropes and become free to see and claim the truth and love for myself and be the giant within is wonderful. Thank you Joel for sharing this great reflection.
A real joy to read.
Thanks Joel for reminding us of the choices we make to walk as giants to “challenge what is currently being lived.” Yes this may cause discomfort for many but brings honesty to the giant and the way to live that doesn’t naturally come with ropes.
It feels like we allow these ropes to tie us into knots whereby we are seemingly forever trapped until we realise that these ropes are of our own self making. As we realise the illusion we can gradually release ourselves and see ‘the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity’.
Love the concept of the ropes, it makes those slippery habits and beliefs tangible, and whoosh yes they can be released and loosened, one by one with consistency and dedication.
Amazing Joel,
I love the detailed way you have unpacked the energetic message of Gulliver’s Travels – it is a beautiful quality to see such depth in the simplest of things. And what you have presented hit home on so many levels – it is like you have laid out a roadmap for everyone with little reminders along the way: remember this is who we actually are – divine, yes we have found ourselves in a bit of a pickle (tied down if you will!), but there is a way out of this, a way back, a way that may not feel easy at first, but with commitment, dedication (and the love and wise words of others), you will find your way back as you release one rope at a time. Thank you Joel, I will treasure this blog and keep it to refer back to whenever the ropes feel a little heavy.
What I feel is also that our Giants are never ever gone – they maybe ignored till it feels like they are in a coma, but with every little lovely choice of me the renaissance of the giant-ness is initiated.
Very true. What I feel for me Sandra is that my Giant has been asleep for a long long time but it was there all along. We are all Giants equally and what a beautiful feeling it is to realise it.
It is the understanding for each other and getting each other to know which unfolds the process. Starting within one self to understand and allow the giant to become alive again. Then you are able to stand the attacks from outside. From people who are scared of the grandness as they have not lived it for themselves for a long time. And once you live as a giant, you realise there is another place where you meet even bigger giants and you start again. A never ending process – so we should lovingly get used to it.
Phe phi pho thumb here comes my gentle giant that I will persist with. Love it Joel.
Had to giggle at your reply Natalie and yes commitment to the gentle giant within is the key and knowing we put the ropes there in the first place. Thanks Joel.
Our love is in fact enormous, as big and as wide as the whole universe. It is amazing to feel this giant within!!
Thank you Joel. I was laughing at times whilst reading your blog.
One of my all time favourite movies as a kid was Gulliver’s travels! Such a magical story and now I see why. It is the perfect analogy for our compressed ‘giganticness’.
The ropes can be the beliefs that society places on us that we know are not true or even feel right, but we stay with them to fit in. Isn’t it time we started to live in a way that feels right for us and true, and stop holding back for fear of being seen as different or not fitting in. Life would feel much more free and we would also see others in this freedom.
Often we judge the ropes on others as that being the way life is, how blinded we have been.
Seeing truth, beyond the ropes, for ourselves and others – great plan, Gail.
I love the use of your analogy of the story ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ and the ropes that tie us down and ‘at no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground’. A bit of fun, but the reality is this is what we do until we choose to untie a rope or two! Thanks, Joel.
Joel that’s such a great analogy. I can relate clearly to the idea that we have ropes that tie us down. I also know that I have been removing them one by one. The difficult thing for me has been to actually know of their existence in the first place. Some of my ropes have been so well hidden that I was not able to feel their existence for a very long time. The process seems to expose them over time. Maybe it is that they become visible when we have what’s needed to get them off ?
Definitely Alexis – ‘Maybe it is that they become visible when we have what’s needed to get them off ?’. I’m sure each of us have some ropes tying us down, but it would simply be overwhelming if we had to take all of them off at once. It is much simpler to work through them one by one, with precision and love, at a time when we have what’s ‘needed to get them off’.
You make an interesting point, Alexis. I too find that as I allow myself to go deeper with my honesty, awareness and commitment to wanting to evolve, more is revealed and cleared (ropes cut). I feel the commitment to choosing to evolve is key.
Well said Joel, yes also love the analogy of the ropes holding down the giant, and we are all giants and it’s time to untie the ropes that hold us back.
I have also felt the ropes you describe Joel. Sometimes they have also felt like hard metal bars, as if I am imprisoned, and only I have the key to let me out because it was me who locked me up in the first place. It’s a strange thing when we play small in the world because we are too scared to just let go and be ourselves, for fear of judgement, or ‘I won’t look like everyone else’ and ‘I just want to fit in’. However we are like everyone else in that they too are holding themselves small and one by one we need to, as you say, lift each rope off until we can start to feel the freedom of being who we truely are, hugely loving, wise, all embracing, all knowing, divine beings. Universal Medicine has supported me to start to feel the true me again.
There is so much to ‘like’ about this blog Joel. The most painful part about it, is that somehow I decided it was okay to let someone tie that rope around my pinky in the first instance. Once that pain was noted, I can see that it has become easier to un-tie all the others, even if the know is really strong! I can also feel that no new ropes are going on.
This is a cool analogy – it reminds me of the story of the baby elephant in chains, who grows big enough to break the chains but still thinks they’re stronger than him. It’s definitely worth considering the chains we have and especially the ones we may not know we have.
I love this blog so much more having read it today. It is such an accurate description of how we go through life – and can continue to go through tied down if we so choose. What has been awesome is the opportunity to see the ropes and start to ‘free’ myself from them. Because it is us that frees our own ropes, and noone else, through the choices we make to be more loving and live from that divine inner place we all have equally.
Like you Amelia, I love this blog and keep coming back to it. It is simple yet
powerful analogy that many can relate to and hence inspires the reader to see very clearly how we are ‘tied down’ as we go through life, yet how simple is the decision to free ourselves from the ropes.. As you say, ‘it is us that frees our own ropes’. All it takes to start the process is a commitment to self-responsibility.
Spot on Anne; ‘it is us that frees our own ropes’. All it takes to start the process is a commitment to self-responsibility. And for myself that process began when I started to get honest with myself in what I was choosing or how I was living.
Absolutely Amelia, it is our own choice to free our own ropes and it all starts with being loving with ourselves.
I too love this blog so much Amelia. Great point you brought up here “What has been awesome is the opportunity to see the ropes and start to ‘free’ myself from them” – to see the ropes is really the first step isn’t it? If I do not choose to observe myself but be totally in the emotion I created me at first time, I am caught, my view is limited. But if I start to observe what is going on – I am able to see my ropes, that I am the one who created them and I am the one who can let them go again.
That is exactly the point. Seeing the ropes and letting them go again – lovingly. If you pull at them with too much stress and hectically, they will get tangled and you will be bruised, whilst when you gently loosen them one by one, you will be free without the bruises, and even quicker than you might have ever guessed.
Great allegory for the way we are taught to and choose to live in the prescribed and normal smallness that comes as “that’s life”. It needn’t be if we but start cutting the ropes.
Good point: If I am unfamiliar with my gigantic-ness it is quite sure that I feel insecure with someone else expressing it. But also with the ones who are also playing small I feel mistrustful, because if I can not trust in me (because I do not live what I am) – how can I trust in someone else? And if I can not trust in others I have a perfect excuse to hold back and protect myself (becoming more small)…what a sad merry-go-round. Looks to me like it is quite worth it to become familiar with my grandness, and that in living my giant (the love that I am) lies a precious healing for all of us.
Realising that we are all giants and have a huge role to play is a big one for humanity in a world somehow rigged to keep people playing it small . Through self love ,and appreciation of ourselves and others and choosing to be more, we can all learn to come back and release the giant within. Thanks Joel for an inspiring blog and the students of the livingness for your commitment to releasing the giant within through expression and livingness.
Thank you Joel, I love your analogy with a fairytale. Once we release the ropes that are holding us back, we are free to fully participate in the magic of life.
Yes great analogy Joel. I like removing the ropes that are holding me back and to commit to life and claim the Divinity I am. Also I appreciate each rope as it is cut.
I love that analogy too.
I can relate to the story very well, I tend to see things, energies in pictures. I feel like my giant is sitting up, in the process of un-roping the left leg.
We tie ourselves down and forget how powerful we in fact are. Feeling that power again is a wonderful process. It is like learning to walk again after a severe illness. You will not jump out of bed, you will not run instantly, but it is so amazing to walk on your own again, and learn and move forward with every step you choose to make.
Yes Michael when you are rebuilding from being ill every step is an occassion to appreciate. I feel that is the key to letting go of old ways to accept there is another way you can live, and appreciate the steps you make towards that.
Beautifully expressed Michael. I have to think of the times I have been having the flu and not being able to come out of bed for a couple of days. Then when I started to feel more vital again the joy of being able to do the simplest things like even breathing through an unblocked nose. When I release my ‘giant within’ everything I do becomes more fun and amazing.
Great analogy Michael, it is like learning to move again after being inert and mute for so long, re-connecting to a power in us we had almost forgotten about.
Wonderful analogy Michael. As we let go of the old ways that have had us tied down, it is like recovering from an illness. There is no bolts and lightning or fireworks, just a slow steady recovery and building, and yes after a long time of not walking in our truth and in the fullness of who we are, there is a joy in every small step as we re-introduce that way of living to our life.
Beautifully expressed Michael – that’s exactly it. A while back I was through the process you describe, literally – I can only say that learning to walk all over again is a tremendous gift and an opportunity for deeper understanding and connection with yourself.
I love what you have written Michael – it is so amazing to walk on you own again, for some of us it has been lifetimes of waiting to return to that which we know is true.
I love the analogies you bring forth in the way your write Joel. Your stories about understanding how we are in life make this so accessible and are always a joy to read. What a brilliant way of looking at how we make ourselves small in keeping our grandness or giant within tied down. Brilliant.
I agree Candida, Joel’s expression and the accessibility of his writing is a joy to read 🙂
Such a great blog Joel. I know I often feel frustrated at the amount of ropes but I look back to when I was completely tied down and I know the difference the persistence has made to how I live shows me why I keep at it.
So true Laura, persistence and vigilance, how crazy would it be, continuing the analogy, to use a hand I have freed to add extra ties to the rest of my body. Celebrate where I am, leave the past choices behind, and move onto freeing the next rope.
Great article Joel, I can see it in a lot of people and in myself when I hold back or play small in life, when in fact we are so much more!
I love the historical reference to the fact that we often resist truth and love when it is presented. A study on the whys of this would be fascinating in terms of human behaviour.
I love how you have spoken about the different levels that we are all at with feeling and releasing the giant within us Joel. It is very true, we are all on the way, in our own way. Thank you.
I agree Lisa, we are all on our way, in our own way, at our our own pace.
I have to agree Fiona, the anxiousness felt is indeed holding back the power that we all know we have. We all have immense potential when we live with our essence on the outside rather than keeping it buried deep on the inside.
…’this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.’ a beautiful reminder to continue to connect and deepen this essence within.
So true, Joel “At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.” I have found this within myself, that there has been no moment when I am willing to consider that what is holding me back is my ideals and beliefs.
So true though Oliver, our ideals and beliefs really do have us all tied up, sign sealed and delivered as their slaves. From Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine I have learned so much about free thinking as a means of paving a true way forwarded and must say that in practice I found it to be so. Although I have not mastered my mind and cut away all the tiny ropes that hold me back I have made a start and I am eternally grateful for Universal Medicine having shown me the way.
Same here Jeanette, without Universal medicine I would still be tied in to all those old ideals and beliefs, Like you I am cutting them away – though sometimes I find the odd one has retied itself when I wasn’t looking!.
Joel, I love this – I see this, I get this, it’s such a great way to describe how we all live. And what I feel is the dedication that is needed to unpick those ropes and then learn how to move those limbs – it’s necessary, but often feels laborious and yet it’s step by step as we find each rope and remove it. As you say having a tantrum about them doesn’t change anything, but unpicking the ropes does – I’m learning this step by step right now.
HI Joel, what a beautiful expression, and I can so relate to it, and it was just what I wanted to express and share with somebody – now I can just send your blog – it says exactly what’s needed. Thank you Joel for releasing the giant within.
Great analogy Joel! – I catch myself keeping the ropes on in so many different ways – holding back so to speak. Your blog showed me again what we do to ourselves – that feeling small and restrained is a choice that we are making consciously or unconsciously. Releasing the giant within is a beautiful way of understanding we are so much more and the perspective this offers has certainly inspired me to keep untying each rope slowly but surely. Thanks Joel.
I had to come back and read this again. It sums up so much of what we struggle with in life. I recently attended a presentation by Serge Benhayon who was sharing that we often feel anxious, not because we are lacking in any way, but quite the contrary, because we have a giant inside and we are concerned about what will happen if we release all that power. This is a 180 degree turn in thinking for me and has shed a whole new light on anxiousness (which is so common in people these days) and what it is really about.
It is great to end this blog with the point that we have nothing to fear and everything to gain. This speaks to a person who may have already realised that being comfortable with those ropes and being tied down, is a long way away from our potential. This in itself is a huge step, because coming to accept that there is another way to live and patiently removing the ties one by one, does not require great talent or skill – only honesty and a consistent yearning for truth. This is why Universal Medicine’s presentations are so important, because they keep bringing us back to what feels true. It doesn’t take great intelligence to understand that if we can all taste and acknowledge truth when presented with it, then we have the capacity to claim it and live it.
Brilliant, Ariana. We blame the world for our ‘ropes’ whilst all the time we are able, if we choose, to shake them off and live freely.
Exploring responsibility right now and this blog presents a keystone – if I am willing to take responsibility for the part I play in the big picture then the dedication and commitment required to remove the ropes is there, naturally so. Thank you, Joel.
A beautiful addition Matilda, if we’re willing, so true, the support is there.
I love this line, ‘So we could all well be Gulliver, not in terms of physical stature but in our potential to express that very divine aspect of ourselves.’
It reminds me that, no matter how I’ve lived or anyone’s lived, I can/ we can express this divinity any time we choose. That’s pure grace.
That line stood out for me too Karin. It’s absolutely true; there is no ‘one’ person who is blessed to be ‘better’ than the rest – we are all the ones, if we so choose to be.
Being afraid of that giant that we are does hold us back from loving, from expressing and showing others that they too can be the amazing expression in the world. It is scary at times to cut the ropes that hold us. But when its done its amazing with new ways of expressing and opportunities open up because there is nothing there holding us back, Thank you Joel for not holding back and allowing the giant amazing you to express.
We do make our own prison don’t we when we subscribe to play ball with certain ideals about how life should be or certain beliefs about what is true or not. It takes time to unpick the knots in those ropes but you can feel how much more free life begins to feel when you do!
I loved reading ” everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within”. It feels so supportive and loving in that we are all coming to it, and we will all eventually release our ropes, in our own time in our own way.
I like the analogy of the ropes that bind us. It is true we have to release them one by one in order to free and able to express who we are in full. It isn’t always easy, but the freedom once cut loose is truly beyond words.
A brilliant analogy, Joel. It perfectly describes how we keep ourselves “tied down” to living small.
Joel the analogy feels even deeper the second time reading it. The fact that as you first come to free a limb it is not exactly feeling pleasurable but it is there a choice to persist is true and ironic. For it feels like as you start to become freer and have less ropes you become more aware of all the other ropes. Yet we must not forget that even though being tied up with ropes is familiar and “comfortable” we all know it’s not a true. What I also love is the realisation the giant is inside equal and waiting to be set free by each of us.
This would make a great children’s book Joel – one that adults would learn from as well.
I love the analogy of being tied down by ropes and releasing them gradually, Joel. I am literally just now experiencing the freeing of my hips and legs that have been tied down for a long time along with all the ideals and belief systems I have about life, and they really hurt enough to stop me in my tracks, and I have to feel what I have been choosing for myself. The significant thing is that the sudden letting go came from my heart, so it was finding that love within me, and so my soul gave me the gift of another opportunity to commit to myself and change the patterns.
One of the things I love about this blog is how Joel gives us so much wisdom, so much to ponder, but nothing more; this writing doesnt tell you how it is, or how we must be, but boy it makes me think……
….’Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived’….so true Joel. A brilliant article, I love your use of analogy here, thank you.
This is an awesome blog Joel. Thank you for another great sharing. Releasing the giant within is, (what I have realised from conversing with people) scary for many. But the fact that many have shared, that letting go of the things that tie them down and keep up the facade or even keep them in the hurt and anger of past experiences, just proves that everyone actually knows there is something very powerful within each one of us. Perhaps it is also about us trusting our essence and our giant within, even if we haven’t been living with it everyday.
This is a really simple, great way to describe it Joel so Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Joel for your great analogy. It exposes how ridiculous it is we want to tie ourselves down and choose to be ‘captured’ and held back as opposed to being free to move around, expressing from our divinity. We always imagined being tied down with ropes as someone else tying the ropes – that is blaming others for our capture and tough life – but actually it is ourselves who have secured the harness. It is coming to this understanding which can often be the hard part to accept – once we do, the ropes can just fall easily away.
You’re right Gina – we are the one’s who have secured the harness and we are the ones holding ourselves back – it’s our choice whether or not we ‘take off the ropes’ and be free.
Totally magical blog Joel. I love your analogy and how clearly you paint it. I have felt that I have freed many ropes only to find that I hadn’t quite let go of all of them – there was still an attachment to some of them or an inability to get to the final ping, as the rope ends were nailed in quite deeply. However as Richard states above, every time I free one up I do get a sense of the giant in me and this is what keeps me going. There is a joy in feeling my essence squarely and clearly and it is inspirational.
I agree Michelle, when you say that every time we free one rope up we get a sense of the giant within and the joy of feeling our true essence is great to feel.
I agree Suzanne, there are many layers to this blog. We have spent many years tying up the giant within and if we want to release the giant, it will take dedication and commitment on our part. As Joel says, there is nothing to fear and every rope we untie, we get a step closer to ‘releasing the giant within’.
‘There is nothing to fear’ – absolutely Joel and Tim. Fear is just another rope we tie over many others. Once we realise this we have access to the next layer.
Very cool analogy Joel … There is a lot in what you write here and a worthy piece to come back to and re-read.
I can relate to this story. I have been scared of being big and being seen all my life. I have and still do hold myself small in many ways. The wonderful thing I observe about the people around me who do stand tall in their full power is that there is no pride or arrogance but a beautiful humility. The term ‘gentle giant’ is one that I can aspire to.
My story is similar, not putting my head above the parapet but playing myself down and conforming. It is a wonderful feeling to break that pattern as it then shows that there is nothing to be scared of. One of the biggest ways I find of doing this is being nice, pleasing others or not saying something when I know I feel something untrue. That requires a dedication to shift that behaviour but feels very worth it.
I love what you say here Stephen. Just yesterday I realised I’ve put myself in a tiny box and not let myself just be – just being means being way bigger than this little box. It means not having an edge to confine myself within. I’ve worked hard at staying small! It’s tiring and costly! Time to go beyond the confines of my little box!
I can so relate to hiding behind the “parapet” Stephen; it felt safer there as I didn’t have to show who I really was. I have loved releasing this “rope”, but every now and again I can still feel a slight tug back in the direction of the parapet; that’s when my dedication to me kicks in, as I know that’s not the place I choose to be anymore.
This is a wonderful truth I have observed fully too. From an early age those I have seen who are in positions of authority, or who have ‘made it’ tend to carry with them an air of arrogance. This is something so very different from someone standing tall in all their essence and hence their glory, for in this there is an equality between us all and simultaneously an inspirational quality for us all to feel too.
I guess we all are seeing our Giant in the mirror of UM and maybe it is confronting to see my grandness as well as getting aware of my self-made ropes I did choose to hold myself down – but I found it important to learn to not blame the mirror for what I get mirrored. Just taking responsibility of my giantness/love will bring what I am in truth and my lived life in unison. That will bring harmony into our lifes and into the world. I for myself am very thankful to Universal Medicine for getting my gigantic reflection and feel inspirited to find out how to live it.
Great writing very creative.
Joel these ropes that you have described so descriptively and thoroughly are indeed there in everyone and I have started un-tieing mine and can feel there are many that I am willing to let go of and some that I am hanging onto for dear life, even though I can feel the Giant within has soooooo much potential and Love. The persistence is there and I feel confident that these ropes will soon disappear.
The analogy of each belief and ideal being a rope that ties us down cannot be disputed in my experience. It’s so helpful as an analogy as it supports me in letting go of them and not wanting to stay attached to them. Thank you Joel.
I love the analogy of freeing the giant one rope at a time, to do this it takes dedication and commitment to gradually unravel the web which holds us back from being who we truly are.
One of the beliefs I experience about the giant within is that it isn’t me and so I resist it. Yet, when I do release a shackle or two the reality is that far from it not feeling like me, I actually feel more me than ever before. Imagine how it would be to break free of them all!
Thank you for another wonderful piece of writing Joel – there must be a book in you somewhere!
Great creative blog and so true
I love that we can choose to learn from history rather than repeat old ill patterns of human behaviour. Thank you for the clarity and accessibility of your writing, Joel.
Absolutely Matilda; choosing to learn from history is something we could all do with doing, rather than just repeating the same old patterns over and over again.
‘Let’s start with the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.’
These are truly wonderful words Joel. They are a beautiful invitation to really feel what is being said here and ponder on this possibility.
I agree Irene – I felt those words in quotation marks resonated also. Much to reflect on.
Great story Joel, I could really relate to what you wrote, including rushing to tie myself down when I’m startled by my inner presence and its potential release.
I loved reading ” everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within” showing that it is up to each of us to break out of our ropes, free our self form the traps of our ideals and beliefs, and to live the Giant that we truly are.
Just had a picture of many of us tied down all over the place, ropes tying each other down as well as ourselves, holding each other back with the ropes, what a tangle, what a mess!
Examining which are ours, which are others and starting the unravelling feels great especially if more and more of us do so, how much easier then for the ropes to disentangle. Seeing and being with each other without all those ropes. Phew, wonderful, I bet we would all be the same height.
A brilliant piece of writing Joel. “If we all have an essence that we all live to varying degrees, is it possible that we also become threatened by the giant within because it shows us the ways that we have lived that are small . . . so we reach for ropes to try to tie it down.” – how very true. Sometimes those ropes are so ‘twisted’, aka complicated, it takes time to figure out how they’re holding us down. It can be nerve wracking – wondering just how life will be when you loosen some ropes… but, as I remind myself each time I try to make myself small – I’ve not been disappointed yet in letting a rope go.
that is a great point Brooke “I’ve not been disappointed, yet in letting a rope go”. I am struggling with a rope at the moment and feel like I am addicted to something in the way I was to cigarettes and I have never regretted letting those go, time to let this go and really heal what is beneath the energy of why I smoked and now why I am eating something that looks very innocent but holds the same behaviours and internal struggle.
So simply put that “history has shown when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.” History also remembers and celebrates those who have brought this truth despite the ridicule and persecution they faced when they brought this truth.
Hi Joel,
Releasing the giant within also doesn’t have to be a big powerful gigantic gesture. I am feeling how much I am connecting into my essence and from their emanating a preciousness and I feel how powerful this is to all those around me. It melts down the walls of hardness and protection that people have build up over years of self-protection. The ugliness of the world has seen many walls go up for people and by releasing the giant, connecting to the magnitude of our essence, it feels like these lovely Divine qualities can melt any wall .. And that is what true power is.
That is beautiful Natasha. It is easy to think of the inner Giant as a big forceful thing, yet such qualities as preciousness and tenderness are actually far more in line with this expression of our true divine essence.
Wow Joel you’ve really got me with this analogy with the giant inside and the ropes we have used and are using to tie it down. It is great to know and feel that despite the ropes the giant is not affected. It doesn’t loose its power, it is just waiting for us to free our giant.
And we all have one..no we are one
Thank you Joel, I truly like your analogy. It is beautiful, yet so true, and it is so important for us to break free of these ropes. If you are presenting that in our essence we are love (where there is movement and no ropes)…then we have individually put these ropes on ourselves, we have tied ourselves down over time…. meaning that we are the only ones that can release the ropes that we initially have placed there. No one can do it for you. We save ourselves, and release the giant within, once again. “At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.”
“Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.” What a great line of truth. Golden blog Joel. You are the master of the metaphor.
Yes. Universal Medicine and Serge Benhayon are reflecting us all our self-made smallness, our responsibility about our own ropes. This is challenging and uncomfortable but also an amazing choice to put the blinders down, to cut the ropes and let the ‘giantness’ of what we are in truth free.
Totally agree Sandra, let us stand tall.
Wow this makes so much sense Joel and I love how you related it to tying ourselves down, like the giant from the book. I got so much from the importance of keep moving, and with this, any ropes can start to unravel and reveal our giants within! And making this the new normal.
Yes we are all giants really. We are a bit tied up in knots, but on the inside we are completely intact, waiting to come out.
This is my second read in as many days; there’s just so much to take from this awesome blog: “..a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time” was referred to at one point. I feel that the dedication aspect of becoming a giant is key, for consistency in anything is earned over a period of time and not experienced in an instant. May this comment be one small part of my dedication to Gianthood today 🙂
Releasing the ropes and allowing the Giant within to emerge is like fighting our way out of a paper bag. It should be quite easy, so why do we make it so hard for ourselves? I agree, it takes dedication and consistency, and when we begin to get a taste of our Giant within it can be awesome, and the trick is not to retreat back inside the bag, or tie the ropes back up again. Are we afraid of our own “Gianthood”, afraid we may stand on anothers’ toes or crush them, or that we would be seen for who we truly are, no longer able to hide? Is it time to take an axe to the ropes and free ourselves from the shackles that bind us and know that it is safe to walk as the gentle giants that we truly are.
The first step for me was recognising that there WAS this amazing giant within, and Floris is right, divinity is nurtured by love and I am dedicated to nurturing my giant within as I know this to be the only true way to be.
Consistency is so important in removing each rope to release the giant. It feels as if when we are not consistent at removing these ropes more ropes are added – a 2 steps forward 1 step back situation. I feel that consistency is one of the keys to gianthood.
Well said, Oliver, there is no instant gratification about gianthood. One step at a time, I’m on my way.
Love it …we can form a Gianthood society 🙂
I’ve found that the giant within can be limited by an ideal I have of how big the giant can be. As incredible as this giant may feel, the giant within can be still limited. Loving myself with care and self love as simple as this may seem, is what nurtures the giant. The giant within is divinity as you said Floris and divinity is nurtured by love.
“So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.” How beautiful a set of words placed together with love and care can be…I love the image of one rope releasing at a time, consistency…just gorgeous.
It’s very true Joel that what you see around the streets, shops and workplaces is a sea of people who are by and large kind, diligent and well intentioned, but who also look tired and doing their best to get through life – we can certainly all relate to this by our own experiences. But what I’ve been exploring in my Gulliver’s Travels is how ‘big’ we all are …yet how comfortable it is made to be to stay small and not challenge those things that bind us. Until we chose to focus on one, like undoing a knot and releasing the rope.
Thank Joel, fun to read and poignant, from many points of view. Yes those personal struggles with those ropes are best kept in context with how they are tying us down as well as keeping us small. Also in context with how it may affect others to begin to feel how comfortable we have become being tied down.
There is so much love in this Joel, I can feel at times where I feel all the ropes in another and want to give up on them. And I realise this is actually a big rope of my own that I am learning to untie. And as you say it is a deeply loving and delicate process one at a time as a little green inch worm told me yesterday.
Irrespective of our physical stature how often do we really feel the enormity of who we truly are as beings? This is an invaluable account worth considerable pondering, I love it Joel thank you!
I love this line “At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.” Such a great analogy.
I like the simplicity as well as the depths you take the analogy to Joel. There is so much support and insight offered here and as always it is a joy to read and feel your expression; gorgeous ‘Joelness’.
I like your serious playfulness, Joel. How simple and how interconnected everything is in your story. Also the way of unfolding the Giant. Love is clear and tangible. “Getting what you have to do and doing it are different.” The whole process of untangling is the Way of Livingness.Thank you
Thank You Joel this article is very supportive as I can easily relate to these pictures and in my rhythm to celebrate every rope released and being persistent of all other ropes and release them one by one, to stand up again and release the giant with in. Thank you.
There’s not many analogies that muster-up such a clear picture for me. Such a wonderful piece of writing with such a clear view of what’s happening in the world. May there be many giants freeing even more giants and so-on and so-forth.
I like how you explain this Joel … Our essence is our point of connection to Divinity, the more loving we are with ourselves the more this connections grows, discarding what is not love is part of this and worth every step taken.
A great piece of writing, thanks Joel. Step by step, steadily and surely the ropes can be cut away.
I love the bit about when we have some limbs free, it feels really uncomfortable and akward to start stretching them at first. Of course it does, we haven’t done it for a while, so it’s good to know it takes a little practise to let the giant back out… better to move and make some mistakes than to stay stuck as if the ropes are still binding.
Yes our giant needs some training like a body needs some physiotherapy after an immobilization. How to train expressing giganticness (love) after holding back for such a long time? Maybe start with some comments to gigantic blogs…. : )
Absolutely Laura, far worse to not move at all than move and make some mistakes. We would never have learned to walk as babies if we didn’t let ourselves fall in the process.
Agree Laura, once we start to free ourselves from the ropes of the astral impost it can feel ‘uncomfortable and awkward’ at first. However as you say, it is ‘better to move and make some mistakes than to stay stuck as if the ropes are still binding’. So long as we ‘ start with the possibility that we are love’ we cannot go far wrong and if we hold that connection to love we will continue to free ourselves from ropes we were not even aware that we had.
Definitely Laura – after not making use of these ‘limbs’ for a long time, it can take a little while to get used to them again.
“Let’s start with the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.”. Which makes us all equal. All brothers. All on our own re-turn. Together. If this is accepted and it will be one day, that makes it so so much easier and more fun! Ready to explore…
Definitely Floris, I agree, ‘this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.” Which makes us all equal. All brothers. All on our own re-turn. Together. If this is accepted and it will be one day, that makes it so so much easier and more fun!’
Joel thank you this is such a wonderful blog. Fun and playful and powerful. Releasing the giant within – and thank you for the reminder that it takes work and time and not to give up ever again.
Yes I agree Simone, its a super supportive reminder to not give up. And important to know that it is not freedom from the bonds we seek, but unity as Giants of Love, allowing our immense love to get to work.
Working through the process of freeing the ties that bind is a lengthy and dedicated path, but oh so worth it.
Yes Victoria, freeing the ties can be a lengthy and dedicated path but as more and more of us tread that path, the more we can support each other along the way and help each other to loosen their knots!
Thank you Joel for sharing your great story, however if we choose to be who we are there is nothing that can hold us back as we are naturally that ,the only thing that holds us back is us choosing not to be and living in an illusion that life is a struggle.
I like what you’re offering here Paul, the possibility that we can get fixated on releasing the ropes, rather than the fact that we are experiencing life as a giant.
“Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.”
What a great point you make here Joel Levin and how true this is.
Serge Benhayon has come to bring great truth to the world and I too was feeling challenged by him 9 years ago. What he challenged without directing it at me personally was how we as a world are living. Of course I was stuck in my ‘uncomfortable’ comfort lifestyle and did not want to change but at the same time I had a deep feeling that what this guy was presenting actually made a lot of sense.
What I have learnt directly from Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine teachings is that we are ‘short changing’ ourselves by not living a natural way of life that is easy and simple.
My life has improved in every area and I am no longer exhausted, overweight, frustrated or moody. This stuff has left my radar and it feels pretty amazing to live like this consistently every single day and inspire others through the work I do.
Thanks Joel, a timely reminder that unleashing the giant within is actually normal!
I can see from your writing Joel that we both place these ropes on others and equally on ourselves. Stunning observation of life Joel, thank you.
Indeed Sarah, we tie ourselves and others down to feel small and safe, as what is tied down will not move, develop and maybe challenge us.
How beautifully expressed that it is actually we who tie on the ropes to keep ourselves small, rather than the townsfolk with pitchforks we imagine is our reason for staying small. I am sure that secretly we all know there is a giant waiting within. It is the ever-feeling gauge in my body that actually helps me lift the ropes and know the difference between what is real and what has come from an ideal or belief.
It is time to unleash the giants ….. of Love : )
This is so true .. ‘At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.’ So how do we cut the ropes to embrace all who we truly are? How do we even know what the ropes are or where they are? Serge Benhayon, Universal Medicine, Universal Medicine Practitioners and students have been a massive support in helping me to feel and see these ropes that are not me so I can let go and free myself from them. As you say it is not magical and does not happen in an instant, but with support, love, self-love, self-care and consistency with this … it is very much worth it.
I love your way of story telling Joel and can definitely relate to being bound with ropes. However it is worth untying the knots and I agree is an ongoing process. Thank you.
Sometimes I get a hand free, sometimes a whole arm then a couple of legs, then stumble, fall and get tied up again, I know at times it is a struggle, but I am constantly inspired by those consistently removing their own ropes to persist in removing my own. This is such a beautiful way of looking at it Joel, and has really helped me a lot; big love and thanks.
Kev, I can totally relate to what you say especially when I: “stumble, fall and get tied up again”. The stumbling is getting less and less and therefore so are the ropes, and like you “I am constantly inspired by those consistently removing their own ropes”, to continue with the commitment to removing mine.
The process of untying the ropes is a slow one, it does not happen with a click of the fingers or over night so it is easy to allow ourselves to get frustrated and give up but I too am inspired by those who consistently commit to freeing themselves from the giant within.
People are so fearful of the giant they try to hold him down with ropes. This happens today when ‘giants’ of this world, in that they are innovators, whistle blowers or promoters of truth may be tried ( in this day and age by social media) and found guilty of nothing more than showing a new way of living. Rocking our comfort feels uncomfortable, so we shoot the messenger.
..”.everyone is realising, in their own time, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.”
I am learning to set my giant free, experiencing how beautiful it is to live in a way where i give myself the permission to lovingly flow, following my true impulses and expression letting go of the many ropes (ideals and believes) which I have allowed to hold me back for a long time.
Beautiful Janina – I look forward to seeing you continue ‘letting your giant free’ 🙂
Me too Susie 🙂
Great blog Joel. I’ve noticed that claiming the giant within does unsettle people. I’ve found the next step is to not react to the reactions of others. When you feel reactions there can be a feeling re-attaching the rope that holds yourself down or can you stay true to the power that comes with letting youself go.
A good point Matthew, people can be unsettled as we claim the giant within. I agree, we need to not react to this, just understand how our changing can disturb people who are not ready for our change, and give them time to adjust.
It is great considering that as we remove some ropes and free up a limb or two, we can use the untangled limb to assist us free up more ropes. The more we free up the Giant within, the more our inner Giant can help us untangle our self from all the ideals, beliefs and patterns with which we have been keeping ourselves small.
Pure truth here Joel, I love it and I got goosebumps reading what you are sharing. For too long we have played small to the BIGNESS that we come from and still are. This giant love is ready for the world and always has been and it is we who have kept ourselves bound and tethered and ‘not ready’ for the grandness that we already are. We are enormous.
I agree Liane, we are the ones who have kept ourselves bound and tethered. We have to take responsibility
This is so true.
It is the BIGNESS that is normal. We play small.
A great analogy Joel, one by one recognizing the ropes that tie us down and keep us small. I love the imagery of playing ball with the ideals of the world being like adding another rope to tie ourselves down. Trying to fit in with the little people is just ridiculous. We have to show the world our gentle giant is nothing to be fearful of.
Joel your message is so simple yet so profound and inspirational. It seems to me that we are all enmeshed in a tangle of ropes that keep us from expressing the love that we are in full. It’s an epidemic! I am certainly the tied up giant, I have ever so slowly and tentatively been removing the ropes and the freer I get the easier it becomes. I can’t stop unravelling myself now and I look forward to every new obstacle to letting my love out and letting the love of others in. I love your blogs Joel, you are a great writer.
There is much to ponder on here Joel; being fearful of the giant inside and the giant outside at the same time and so tying ourselves in knots to make ourselves as small as possible to avoid what we are fearful may happen. That reveals so well that it is a question of choice; we choose to make ourselves small and we choose to tie ourselves down. Therefore we can choose to untie the ropes and let the giant grow from within. I love the image and find it so useful to support what I know about myself.
Great comment Joan. The crazy thing is that in keeping small the very things we fear will happen are more likely to happen – all in the illusion to confirm those beliefs and to stop us breaking out and being Big. Very often we then choose to give up as our fears are confirmed, whereas we have a choice to try something new in every moment as a way to break out of the mould.
I’m with you Joan. I have become aware relatively recently of the fact that I am afraid of the giant within me. I can relate to the important points about us being shown the ways we have lived small and not wanting to confront them so choosing to find more ropes to tie our giant down.
‘everyone is realising’ – it is so great to see that in writing – the fact that we are all waking up – we are all in this together.
It great you have highlighted this Matilda, we are all in this together.
Joel, I just love this gem from you. It really exposes how we shackle ourselves, tie ourselves up so tightly. I am in the process of very gradually releasing that giant within myself, every so often I emerge a little further out of the morass I have created. It is very much a work in progress, but so worth while as I come to feel the difference with each rope removed. More and more of that giant is gradually emerging, and wow, it certainly feels amazing.
So true Alex, as my expression deepens and develops and I get to experience how loving I am, I also get to see the ‘throw away’ lines I use and the huge gaps in my expression that I had not chosen to see before…. it is painful but extremely liberating to see and feel how much effort it takes to hold back something so natural – LOVE.
This is beautiful Mary-Louise and spot on! ‘it is painful but extremely liberating to see and feel how much effort it takes to hold back something so natural – LOVE.’ And actually allowing ourselves to feel the pain is a step forward in unbinding more of those constricting ropes.
I can completely relate to everything that you say here Joel. I am learning to free up that giant inside.
I am imagine the ‘first contact’ with my giant… “Hi Giant, I am Sandra. Nice to meet you.” Or more honest: “I am scary about your power.” – Ah thats feels much better! Looks like honesty is a solid partner in building a relationship with my giant….
I still freak out about the ‘giant’ possibilities,yes another rope to remove for me….”We would each have the chance to live from a level of love (divinity) that would tower over any other way of living.” I had a moment, an opportunity yesterday when some one attempted to project their image of what they want in a woman on to me, it didn’t feel good and often in the past I would cringe, shrink and cower from the yuckiness and so reject the other person. This time, I felt the yuck but stayed me, stayed big. I realised it is the only way to do it, being small does not stop the yuck, it allows it. And if I know how to be big and I hide it from another, they don’t get to see the reflection of a different way, they don’t get to feel understood. By cowering all I do is endorse their opinion. By staying big and connecting with their essence, I offer a different outcome to the meeting, different possibilities….another way that honours us both in that situation.
Joel Levin I love how you have used this story and the giant within. It is so true in many ways. I see how those ropes can be bound by ourselves to keep us small and not stand out and I see how others use them to stop us from standing in our love. It is crazy to deny and hold ourselves less when in fact we are all gentle giants.
Beautifully expressed as always Joel. A great analogy of the ideals and beliefs that contain us and stop us being the ‘giants’ we are.
Interesting formulation: “some People are secured from head to toe” – our self-made ropes are holding us small but also ‘secured’. And I wonder what are we ready to give up, what are we ready to sell – to feel secure? And why do we not feel secure with expressing our giant-ness? Why seams it so dangerous or at least challenging to show and live our giant (love)? Maybe it is because it turns everything in this world upside down. When we are all love and divine – then what are we doing here over the ages?
What a great way of expressing the truth about all the ropes that bind us so tightly. I am releasing mine one by one and sometimes, a whole lot come away, leaving me feeling so light and with more love to feel the real me.
Yes it feels unfamiliar at first especially in the area of speaking my truth as that is one place where I have limited myself. But it gets easier the more I practise and use this muscle.
Tangled in ropes is such a perfect analogy. At times one rope takes ages to untangle, at times you undo one and there is immediately another underneath it, and as you say at times a whole lot come away with the loosening of one. Letting go of our ideals, beliefs and patterns that keep us stuck are definitely worth persevering with, as you say ” leaving me feeling so light and with more love to feel the real me.”
As you say, Joel, releasing the giant can be slow, tedious and at times feeling endless but it is definitely worth the perseverance and commitment.
Indeed Jonathan, it is a process of releasing those ropes but I find it actually takes more effort and is more draining to live small than just allowing the real me to come out.
Yes, Jonathan, awareness, commitment and consistency is the key, and it well worth it as the rewards are beyond our wildest imagining, even though as Soul we know it, and indeed are it. It’s time for humanity to let go of the self-imposed shackles that bind us and set ourselves free.
So well expressed Joel, the inner essence our divine love is so much more and yet it is only the beginning. How truly powerful is it to step into that divine purpose and find that deep inner truth and wisdom, for all to see how big we are!
Another gem from you, Joel. I am often stunned when I just have freed myself from another rope and am free to start moving a bit more, how much I get to see and understand about the extensive limitation I was held by, but could not fully realize while I was still entangled. That allows me to get a glimpse of how enormous the effort is to keep the glorious giant unaware of who he truly is.
Yes indeed Alex, it exposes how much effort is put into convincing the glorious giant that it is small.
Thanks Joel, this is great! and yes there’s nothing to fear in letting our love out for all to feel.
‘So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time’
Slowly slowly I am releasing the giant within… one rope at a time and sometimes it feels uncomfortable and often it feels awesome. Thank you Joel. You have done it again.
“…because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived….”. So true and whilst we can know that, we still react to it. But I’ve found such GOLD in looking at why I am reacting to something/someone and realised that there is much ‘information’ in those reactions that can show me where a rope is being tied. It has been such a learning to stay open and see what is truly being said, explore why it is challenging me and then to discern if it is true to me or not. I am grateful for Serge Benhayon and all Universal Medicine practitioners for presenting ‘challenging’ information because it is so needed and allows such awareness to see so much more.
Very true Sarah I agree, so much of what Serge Benhayon and the Universal Medicine practitioners present challenges the norm, challenges all our little comforts and ‘treats’ and self limitations that keep us trapped in lives of ill health and suffering. It is strange that at times, we react to the truth that we have been longing to hear. But for those of us who can keep our ears open, making the decision to own, take responsibility for and begin to cut our own ropes leads to lives full of vigor, joy and love – now who can resist that?
I reflected on this blog a lot after reading it yesterday morning. I realised that when I was fully tied down with ropes, even though I knew there was more to me it felt so unattainable. Once a few ropes had been freed, I could really start to feel the potential of me and that there were ropes. Before, I didn’t know there were ropes tying me down. Now, knowing there are ropes I can consciously work at undoing them. And as you say Joel, once a few limbs have been freed, they can help undo more ropes. The hardest part is untying the very first. Such a beautiful blog and analogy.
I really relate to the horror and absolute gift of looking down and realising for the first time there were ropes I had been using to keep me down. Awareness is only the first step, but its a very necessary and much needed one.
True Joel, awareness is the first step and I am eternally grateful to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine to have shown me the way.
What a powerful statement “Let’s start with the possibility that we are love”. Of course we are but how we forget this in our daily lives. When we hold onto this and ” everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all”, how can we not feel our greatness and release the ropes.
I loved reading your blog Joel. I am realizing how those ideals and beliefs are truly tying me down and how freeing it is as we begin to release those ropes.
I loved your bedtime story but with a true and powerful message. I feel what you have described is exactly how it is… all of us giants fighting our true nature with ropes and restraints but underneath wanting to bust free.
It is great that you have used the word “releasing” – to show us that it is always there, not something to be found, not something to be awakened, but something for us to admit to, attend to, and lovingly release.
Great story Joel. The world is Gulliver’s tale with a twist: Everybody in Liliput is a giant, but they all have magical power and have shrunk themselves into tiny-ness. Once you claim your true size you can see that everyone has that same size. Amazing.
Fantastic analogy Joel I feel this sentence sums it up perfectly “Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.”
Great reminder to stand in our full glory.
So true Samantha, we have lived so far away from the fullness of our glory that those who speak the truth are indeed often vilified. The first steps towards truth are of course a challenge, but the reality of life and how expansive and full it becomes is beyond compare.
So, if I play ‘small’ and in meeting someone in his full expression (a giant) – how do I feel? Feels like my own sleeping, or better: sedated giant gets awakened and questions me, why did I hold back for sooo long? I then start to feel the strong and heavy ropes I am suffering under. To get my giant (and honestly feelings) to sleep again took a lot of effort and sedation – no wonder that I am getting angry about the awakener.
…and what a fool I am to I act like that – instead of thanking god (and the one who is living and expressing in full) for the giantic-mirror to get my own giant a revitalization. All the hurt I feel is self-made and not the truth. But my giant is, my grandness, my beauty, my love is truth. Time to awake and to find out how to celebrate.
Reading your delightful blog took me way back to my childhood, where I too read and loved Gulliver’s Travels. As I read the immense wisdom that you share, I realised that from a very early age I began to tie myself down to hide the natural essence and innocence of the gorgeous young child I was. With no one to show me that there was another way to live, those ropes became thicker and heavier over time, and slowly I shrank into a much smaller version of who I truly was. Since attending Universal Medicine presentations I have been shown another way to live; a way that I know I had always been looking for, and slowly, but very surely, the ropes that have bound me are being released, and as a result I feel so much lighter, but at the same time, more solid than I have ever felt. I know now that the only ropes that tie me down are the ones I have placed upon myself, and as with everything else in my life they are my responsibility, and therefore the choice to remove them is always mine.
I agree that it can be sometimes quite painful or sad to let go of certain ideals and beliefs because these can often be like a cushion of comfort for us against a deeper pain that we might have experienced, but have buried and forgotten. But, in my experience I have found that, by releasing ourselves from this comfort we are able to finally feel and let go of these past hurts which can also lead to a more responsible way of living with each other.
Comparing the ideals and beliefs that we have about life and ourselves to the ropes that Gulliver was tied down with, is not only a great metaphor, it also shows that in the end, this enterprise is doomed to fail as everyone eventually releases the giant within, no matter how long it takes.
Which inspires me to apply the consistency, releasing the ropes, which in turn allows me to live that which I already am. My responsibility, alongside all my fellow awakening giants.
I love the analogy of every ideal and belief being a rope that ties us down.
This is a very enjoyable blog to read thank you Joel. You have great way of expressing that makes, what could be challenging topics, very accessible.
Since I first read this blog, Joel, I had a great experience of releasing my inner giant, and hey presto, immediately a large number of ropes were thrown over me! Some stuck for a few hours but what I could not cut or flick off, I burned off with the sheer fire of my giant!
Awesome blog Joel, so much wisdom and truth you have shared – thank you.
Amazing Joel. Pure confirmation of the divinity within you – and of course within all of us. Thank you for being you – and the amazing expression that you bring!
A brilliant and inspirational piece using the story of the giant being tied down as how we live in a way that is contracted compared to who we truly are.
Thank you Joel.
What an awesome analogy Joel of our greatness that we try to hold back by our own shackles, living from ideals and beliefs. It’s definitely time to unleash them and “release the giant within”, and stand in our true glory. Brilliant blog!
And no matter who tries to hold the ropes down.
Joel, may I add my voice to others who love this blog. In fact all your blogs would form an amazing children’s book where you rewrite the so-called ‘fairy tales’. I loved the one about choosing a present for Santa but this is now my favourite. The analogy is so simple and works so well – our ideals, beliefs and issues are our ropes and it is easy to free ourselves once we become aware that we are indeed tied by them. Please keep the blogs coming.
I agree Anne – Joel would write an incredible children’s book.. Interpreting and rewriting and the classic ‘fairy tales’ with ones like this.
What a great analogy Joel. I like the part when you speak of the movements of the newly freed limb not being so pleasurable. This is important to remember as things can be a bit bumbly when we start claiming back our power. But the awkwardness and unpleasantness isn’t a reason to give up and re-tie the ropes.
This is such a great point. Often it is very challenging learning to live in a way true to ourselves when we have not done so for years, however the joy felt, more than compensates for this rocky road of a journey.
So true Jenny, the joy felt is a confirmation.
Thank you Joel for this simple analogy. The difference I feel inside between feeling the love that I am and when I disconnect with this is enormous. I can recognise the giant, committing to life and bringing love, freedom and possibilities to the world around me… or if I disconnect I become small, in protection and confirming to the world that we are living in an unloving and mistrusting place.
I agree Gretel, ‘The difference I feel inside between feeling the love that I am and when I disconnect with this is enormous’, when I feel connected to the love that I am, I feel very light, strong and confident in myself, when I feel disconnected I feel small, unsure and lack confidence in myself and what I’m doing – a huge difference.
How incredible to acknowledge that we are our own giant, and all that that encompasses. We are all different but all fighting our own personal demons, the ideals and beliefs we have tied ourselves down with. To even visualise this is deeply expansive, for we hold the key to the chain.
…we are both the keeper and the kept
Amazing!! Thank you Joel, I love your writing style and stories. I for one am trying to release the ropes I have used to hold back the giant within.
As a kid I used to love Gulliver’s Travels and I love the giant analogy you’ve used here for expressing ourselves, from our divinity letting go all the ropes of ideals/beliefs that we’ve tied ourselves with. Very playful with a deep message Joel.
That’s awesome Joel, you are a true story teller.
Soo true Sherryllgee, Joel shares his deep wisdom, within the framework of his stories.
Thank you Joel – you have a lovely gift in expressing through writing. I have enjoyed all your blogs including this one. The analogy about the giant within is awesome and about letting it out as we deal with the ropes that are attached hindering its free movement!
‘So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.’ A powerful analogy Joel and perfectly reflects my personal journey towards healing. Thank you.
I love this Joel – the idea that we all have small ropes holding us down, that we simply have to take off in order to ‘release the giant within’, is magical. You have brought light to what many people see as ‘ugly’, i.e. our issues. Thank you.
That is so true Susie. When we stop seeing our issues as ‘ugly’ it becomes easy and playful when dealing with them.
Thank you Joel for the beautiful revelation of the awesome love that we have within and how we constrain its expression from our choices to selectively let love out.
That’s a great word Andrew, ‘to constrain’ is exactly how it feels sometimes!
I enjoyed your analogy Joel and agree that it is a “dedicated process of lifting off each rope, “.
I just love this Joel – so clearly describes for me of how, we can choose to be bound to our choices or the freedom to choose to work with ourselves and commit in a way which frees us from being held back.
I love your sharing Joel. So playful and yet super profound in the message they offer. Releasing the giant within is a great analogy of tapping into the huge essence of love we most definitely are and expressing this in the world. Thank you Joel.
It is amazing how much we hold ourselves back, sometimes not even realising the ‘ropes’ that are there, thinking that small is who we are. It is only when another ‘giant’ comes along and reflects back to us our true nature that we can begin to feel and accept the giant within.
Brilliant article Joel. A lovely invitation to keep releasing ropes, that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain. Thank you.
Beautifully written as always Joel – I’ve always loved the story of Gulliver, and now have a fresh perspective of how those ‘little people of Lilliput’ react to the Giants. The parable, and how it relates to life are spot on… and in particular I can (rather shame faced) relate to being one of the little people at times. The essence of it is not to fear the grandness when it is recognised in others, but to be inspired by it – knowing that the potential is in us all if we are but prepared to cast off our shackles.
Joel, fantastic blog! I so connect to the metaphor you propose. Sometimes it feels that it would be easier to lie down and just give up, but this is surely an illusion, as what we are giving up on is far greater than any rope that binds us.
Yes Kate, giving up is such a powerful and widespread illusion. Seeing ourselves as victims of life keeps us busy and can be used as an excuse for about anything.
Seeing and taking the responsibility for ourselves and what we have chosen is what will bring the changes and help us to lovingly loosen the ropes.
Absolutely Kate, sometimes it does feel ‘that it would be easier to lie down and just give up’, but this is, as you say ‘an illusion’. If one pursues this path not only is; ‘what we are giving up on is far greater than any rope that binds us’, but such a path would tighten the ropes even more and lead us to be unaware that we were tied down and imprisoned in the illusion.
Great analogy Joel Levin, tying ourselves down with ropes….so it’s as simple as untying the ropes, to set ourselves free, expand and play it big! Thank you for the reminder that when a limb is first set free, it may be uncomfortable for a while. This does take commitment and the willingness to keep on going when the discomfort is felt.
We tend to forget that as we set ourselves free, let out the giant inside there may be times of discomfort and many more ropes thrown at us or we may even put them back on ourselves as we stand out as having less ropes than another. With will and commitment we soon start to question why we were so attached to the ropes in the first place.
Yes MaryLou, once our arms are free we can begin to unbind the rest of us fro our self imposed paralysis. Love the analogy and so powerful if truly embraced
Such a very cool blog and I love the symbolism in your writing. It’s so simple to understand but can be a challenge to action it. A slowly evolving process for everyone. I wonder how many ropes I have.
Joel another great analogy and story so beautifully told and so visually represented to understand the might that is within us and the ‘ropes’ that work against this greatness – both from ourselves and also from others too. What I got from this, is that it’s all about our sight or honesty to first see, then commitment to untie, followed by dedication to remove every rope that stifles divinity from pouring forth as intended.
Dear Joel, your gift of writing has again captured my imagination and I particularly enjoyed this analogy. It is so true, when we fully release ourselves to become our inner giant there is no end to our magnificence. Thank you for contributing in such a playful and memorable way.
Loved the analogy Joel. Sometimes I feel like I have stepped up from the ropes only to find things overwhelming and want to lay back down again with my safety ropes, but then realise this helps nobody, not even me, and then stand up free from the shackles of ideals and beliefs. If we don’t stand up and be unshackled then nobody else will know how to. Thanks Joel.
I like the way this blog is so simple yet conveys such an important message – “If we all have an essence that we all live to varying degrees, is it possible that we also become threatened by the giant within because it shows us the ways that we have lived that are small . . . so we reach for ropes to try to tie it down.” A great question from your blog to ponder – what are the ropes that I have used to tie myself down?
Yes it is Jess, I agree. Joel offers us a such a depth of questioning in this article. Great to focus on living from our essence and looking for all those bonds we use to stop ourselves expressing our huge amount of love.
I so love the way you tell this Joel, I can totally relate. Yesterday I let my giant out and I had a few ropes thrown at me but I just stayed me and stayed open. What was amazing was the rope thrower realised they were throwing ropes and began to surrender to their gorgeous heart, where all true giants live from.
What a gorgeous story Amber. It proves how when any of us lets go of our own ropes and shows the Giant within us, others see it, feel it, may like it or not, but it does inspire them when they are ready to let go of a few ropes of their own.
I so love the way you tell this Joel.. I can totally relate. Yesterday I let my giant out and I had a few big ropes thrown at me but I didn’t let them grab hold of me, I just stayed me and stayed open 🙂 what was awesome was the rope thrower realised they were throwing ropes and surrendered to their gorgeous heart ♡ where all true giants live from 🙂
“Getting what you have to do and doing it are different.” – indeed it can be challenging to consistently put into practice what we know is true for us, crazy though it sounds! But it is well worth the commitment.
Yes so true Fiona, I love that comment too. We are all very good at talking about it, but putting our wisdoms into practice is a different thing altogether and yes, when we really choose to focus on doing that, it is well worth the commitment.
Yes Fiona and Rowena, the putting into practice is what makes the difference. Else it’s just talking till the cows come home. I’m finding I am able to live truth at times, and in those times it’s a whole different world to the one I thought.
Joel I love the way you share some amazing understandings to ponder.
My giant is steadily coming out and despite the discomfort at times, I am loving it!
I so agree with you Sharon, Joel has really explained what is needed so very well. The giant needs to be moving with love, gentleness and a great inner understanding of who we really are, so that we have the strength to cast off the ropes that have been binding us for too long.
Great work here Joel. It feels like you’ve released a few more of those ropes. Awesome!
Joel, absolutely beautiful writing. You express in a way that is so relatable to people and this is a true gift. I love this analogy of the giant being our true power and divinity, and the ideals and beliefs we carry being like tiny ropes holding us down. I can certainly relate to much of what you have shared here about how society is living, and how we can easily get uncomfortable when someone else (or ourselves) is releasing the giant. But these days for me, I am as you say dedicated to delicately removing one rope at a time. Allowing myself to express from the very tender loving women (the giant) and to make mistakes along the way with all the ropes that are still hanging off of me, or still holding me down. A beautiful piece of writing here. I feel a book of short tales by Joel Levin is on order.
I can so relate to tying down the Giant within. It does seem scary to stand tall and be all of who we are in this world, but each liberating step feels amazing inside. The developing connection to love and divinity is what was missing all along, and so worth stepping out of comfort for.
A pleasure to read Joel but you get me wanting more… When will the next one be out?
Dear Joel, thank you, I love how each of us is doing what we are doing, but how we all have different takes on how we are doing it. The giant within is certainly a wonderful metaphor to have brought forward for me. The absolute love that I feel with in has most certainly been tied, and held back for such a long time. I am feeling the construction of the ropes daily now. Slowly but surely the ropes are fraying and becoming weaker, some have even snapped down right.
Exquisitely presented as always Joel and a playful but powerful way to bring awareness to the ‘ropes’ that hold us back.
What I love about this blog is that no matter where the ropes are held, untied or securely fastened on each individual it does not actually matter; that with a true understanding that each of us are equally students of life and learning of our own ideals and beliefs there is always more opportunity to cut more of them..
I also have a sense that each and every ‘giant within’ is deeply connected to all others and with this comes a deep knowing that we are not actually individual at all and with this, are never ever alone on our journey to releasing those ropes.
When one person is learning to cut a rope another may have already cut that particular one for themselves and so the support we have in each other is immeasurable.
So much to feel in this Joel, especially love how you express that each person will come to feeling the giant within in their own time. We all indeed have much to gain from expressing the amazingness we are if only we take the leap to live from all of who we are.
Celebrations all round! Cutting the ropes that have been tying down the wisdom inherent in so many stories….I love this, Joel. Your own Love and Wisdom is mighty indeed. “Everyone is realising……” a marvellous return to the giant love we are within, as rope by rope and fear by fear is released. With GIGANTIC thanks for confirming my love of true storytelling.
I love how you make the important distinction Joel between the ropes that others may try to impose on us from feeling jealous or threatened by our grandness, and those that we impose upon ourselves with the controlling and debilitating ideals and beliefs we buy into. I can relate to the feeling of having an arm free but blaming others for holding me back, when it is I that is not using my free arm to full advantage to free the rest of me. Lots to ponder here. Thank you.
Isn’t that a great choice for every day….to release the giant within?
What a great blog Joel, hear lies a ‘giant’ energetic message , yes how does someone living small respond to seeing someone in full expression -a giant !
It all seems so crazy really and yet so simple even the fact that sometimes I find my own giant a little scary as some of those ropes come off, now that is a reaction to grow tired of But hey I’m loving this giant more and more each day.
A fabulous analogy, I know I have definitely felt threatened by my own giant within, because what it reflected to me was that I had spent a lifetime holding myself back, focussing most of my energy on keeping myself small and not sticking my head out.
Thanks Joel – a great reminder of the great potential we are all carrying.
Thank you Joel a great introduction to a topic we can all expand on and relate personally, AND bring out that GIANT within. To me it is not holding back an ounce and fully committing to all of what you feel. The result either way is a learning and understanding on how your words need to be expressed, and this is ongoing as more is revealed to you as you express from those deep feelings.
The words need to be felt. It does not matter what words; it’s the energy you choose that makes you the Giant. The energy of responsibility and choosing to be more.
Beautifully expressed Rik. I love how you clearly share that it’s about ‘not holding back an ounce and fully committing to all of what you feel’ and that our words ‘need to be felt’.
This is so true and it is definitely a learning that each and everyone of us go through. It’s lovely to read that so many more people in this world are taking responsibility for their words and actions, knowing that everything we do and say affects everyone.
Such great imagery to a great conundrum of life. People often ask “why do I feel so bogged / tied down by these emotions/life etc….”. And your writings here offer much to think about. I have been re-connecting to the fact that there is a giant within me (as there is equally for all) and feels ah-mazing to be releasing some of these ropes that make be small. Thanks so much Joel. This one will be a re & re & re-read for sure!
Joel the more of your blogs that I read the more I go wow another one. Each and every one has a message with a giant picture and this one is no different. The image of removing those ropes one by one becoming more and more free but not always at first feeling that freedom. Awesome.
Me too Judy! Wow another one.
Joel paints this awesome picture through his blogs and I always have this amazing imagery going on in my head as I read and feel the messages within his writings.
A beautiful story Joel. A very simple description of what we all need to do.
Another graceful eloquent gem – thanks so much Joel. Its a wonderful way and analogy to help us stop and see what ropes we have allowed to tie us down, keep us small and use so much daily energy to contain the giant love within us all. I remember the film really well, I was a young girl when I saw it and totally got how the giant was truly caring and kind and people just saw something threatening rather than feeling the true nature of the giant. I’ve done the same thing so many times – I have been challenged by anothers great love – it hurts to feel me not being that same great love – so I make out there is a threat or problem from the other so I dont feel my hurt.
This is true Kate- it is a use and waste of so much daily energy to keep these ropes there. It is an effort to keep up the facade, remain in the restraints and not be ourselves- a lot of hard unnecessary work!
Joel I love your analogy to the grandness inside us, and what struck a chord was the recognition of “We can get frustrated, tired, bored, … but, after those reactions, you look down and the ropes are still there.” Absolutely, there is nothing to gain with that struggle – so your reminder that it is just ‘one rope at a time’ is great, in good time it’s that consistent attention that gives us the freedom.
I never seen it like this… How simply put
this is brilliant Joel, awesome metaphor especially: “We do a deal with the world that we will play ball with certain ideals about how life should be and subscribe to certain beliefs about what is true or not. At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.” At no point until we start to release the ropes one by one, first the easy and obvious ones that are not really binding us anymore anyway but as you say it is not a magical proces and it ask for dedication and love especially when you get to the more hidden ropes that are firmly securing us from not feeling how sold we have been to the small life for a long time.
Thanks Joel, so true, I love it… another one of your great fables.
Thank you Joel, as I read the first sentences I felt this is a blog from you. Such a joy and healing to read this beautiful story from you and perfect timing to remind myself :
….”there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.”
Love it!
Joel this is very clever – one by one I am choosing to let the ropes go and it is very freeing.
………..Although there are hundreds and thousands of pieces of rope, in reality they are only tiny and just maybe we give these ropes (beliefs) more power than they actually have. The strength we are, if we choose, can easily bring us to the sitting position, ready to rise ‘in the blink of an eye’. It takes but a moment, what will we choose?
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It has been inspirational to watch many ‘release the giant within’ and to see people blossom into who they really are. Your blog Joel talks of others holding down the giant and suggests we can do this to ourselves by aligning to particular beliefs and ideals. As I reflect on your blog I can feel just how much I have feared standing out as the giant and have pretended to be small. In actual fact, I convinced myself it was so. It is clear then, that often our biggest struggle is the one we put on ourselves.
Thanks Joel, your blog was timely.
What a beautiful and power freeing metaphor you’ve shared here, Joel! That what’s “holding us down” is not only the others trying to lash us down because of our power and beauty – it is as well us, who had bound us and still do. Ideals and beliefs are only some of the ropes we had chosen.
Exactly it is actually freeing when we realise that it us who binds us not the outside world!
“…everyone is realising, in their own time…” This is what stood out for me when I read this blog. I have recently been realising how I have been putting pressure on others to ‘get it’ and get back to their divinity (stat!). In the meantime, also putting the same pressure on myself. Since realising this I have relaxed somewhat and have come to a deeper acceptance that everyone has their own timing on their return to God, to divinity. Now I have more space to concentrate on my timing of my return and others are also gifted this space. It has been amazing to feel the difference this has all made to how my body feels, how my relationships have changed and how I feel about myself and others now. Thanks Joel for the work you have done in becoming more of you and bringing truth to the world in the way only you can.
I love this Joel, as I do everything you write! Somehow we think the ropes are comfortable because we are so used to them…but this makes no sense. Being tied down is no way to live, it is constricting, limiting and very uncomfortable. Give me the grandness, freedom and space of my enormous love any day… Thank you Joel.
I love your analogy here, with the ropes tying us down. We can keep them tight or we can look at the beliefs we have, and break free from the ropes. We are all Giants of Love on the inside.
I love that Gill, Giants of Love on the inside. And the bigger our love gets on the inside, the more it radiates out of our bodies, and into the outside, then all our fellow giants can feel it too! No more tightly bound hearts and bodies, just release the ropes and let go the protection, simple choice.
I Love your analogy here that each ideal and belief is a rope tying us down. We can pull them tighter with ingrained behaviours or we can look what’s going on and set ourselves free. We are all giants of love on the inside.
Thank you Joel, this is a beautiful blog. You have a gift for sharing great truths through analogies.
If we connect and feel that we are each in fact ‘Love’ first then releasing that which is not from our essence, that which we have taken on, chosen to identify ourself with etc won’t be so hard to let go of or release because the LOVE is us and so delicious. Fo me, I can share that as I have realised each ‘rope’ or thing that has restrained me, things that I have chosen that are not from the LOVE deep with in my heart- the love that is Me, then I have felt a sadness that I have chosen less than the quality of that love for myself. I have been blessed to listen to the presentations by Serge Benhayon and supported by the practitioners and student body of Universal Medicine to now make my own choices to self care, self love and reclaim the Giant within.
I did love Gulliver’s Travels as a child and I love the way you have used it here Joel.
I feel that we do all know that we have made choices to fit in, to be accepted or admired, or we have accepted the status quo, and in these choices we have kept ourselves small, tied ourselves down. It really is a matter of choice isn’t it, to begin the task of setting ourselves free from imposed beliefs and ideals, and to live with love as our foundation.
Wow Joel. Thank you. Letting go of all the ropes can be hard, and a journey of realising what you choose to ‘tie’ down, having had it untied in full in the first place. A lot of surrendering to be done.
Joel Levin I love your writings. They create such visual pictures of the deeper meaning to life that it is difficult to deny the truth so plainly evident in them. Your writings would really make a great book of short truth stories that would speak to so many people – children as well as adults.
What a beautiful analogy Joel and how true. To know when I choose to be a giant or a little person feels so different as I can feel those ropes of ideals and beliefs holding me down and conversely I feel truly free when I am the giant.
Quite a different take on a traditional children’s tale. I had certainly not thought about it this way before. What you say about truth is bang on the money. Quite often we rather throw rocks at that which seemingly threatens to expose that which we do not want to see, no matter how true it may be.
We do all have ropes to deal with and sometimes it is freeing one rope at a time and other times with the support of Universal Medicine practitioners a whole limb comes free. We might consider tying it down a little, but then we let that bit of rope go (perhaps it is painful or unfamiliar) until we learn to strengthen a limb with some self care and be able to flex it – a bit like rehab – one step at a time. Thanks Joel for another great blog!
Another masterpiece by Joel….I particulary like where you share ‘ at no point do we realise that each ideal and belief is equivelent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground’. Time for me to look deeper at my ideals and beliefs, and how they are tethering me… thanks for the reminder.
I was also struck by this a Elizabeth. The weight of each ideal and belief tying us down, a vivid analogy that rings very true.
Another masterpiece thank you Joel. I love the way you write and how you lighten this subject, making it playful and keeping it very real.
I love your insightful story telling Joel. Yes we all have our ropes to deal with, and how freeing it is when we begin to unburden ourselves releasing the loving essence we are. The effort and energy it takes resisting the natural pull to ‘giant hood’ is what causes much of life’s difficulties… and with each rope that is lifted we expand our evolutionary steps back to soulful expression.
I love what you have expressed here Victoria about the ‘effort and energy it takes resisting the natural pull to ‘giant hood’ is what causes much of life’s difficulties’. I am starting to understand that the pull towards giant hood is so very natural, and conversely then putting the ‘brakes on’ requires significant effort. Such a great point to reflect on – where would we rather invest our energy; towards the what is (natural) or the what is not (natural).
Wowhoooo Joel! What an amazing analogy and symbol for our Glory and Amazingness within, held back by ropes we created by ourselves. And by focusing on our ropes we will just tighten up them. But by accepting our gigantic-ness the ropes we did put on, get superfluous.
Right on Sandra –– focus on the main game, honour the rhythms, and allow the details to dissolve in the delicious soup of grace. As you say, give those ropes too much energy and they sure start to twang!
Love that Wowhoooo. . . and love the blog, Joel.
Thank you Joel I love how you unpick that not only are other people threatened by a ‘giant’ but that we are also challenged by releasing our essence from the ropes of ideals and beliefs that bind us.
I love the way you bring such a profound perspective to seemingly simple tales Joel. Always a joy to read what you write.
Another amazing story of truth told with your gift of making the complex simple.
A great metaphor Joel – thank you for sharing this. I certainly see how people can choose to play small or play big. But how playing big makes others scared. Living more truth and more love is challenging indeed, especially for those who are comfortable in their current lives. But as you say, there is nothing to fear – we simply create worst case outcomes which can stop us if we let them.
I am all for starting to release my gentle giant 🙂
A great analogy for life. Especially how as you start to release the ropes only then do you see the extent of the ropes that are keeping us tied down. I’d not seen the story in that way and always saw the giant as someone else outside of me. Yet considering the giant within brings a much more personal way to relate to it.
Thanks Joel, I love reading your blogs and this one makes perfect sense to me. It feels to me like I have been taking my time and holding onto the false security the ropes provide but deep down knowing that there is a giant waiting to be set free.
The Tale of Gulliver’s Travels is a political satire when it was written in the 18th century and Joel’s metaphor fits in perfectly. May I add that when Gulliver wins trust of the little people and is allowed to go around the city, he is given a condition that he does not harm the little people!
“Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.” I love this line, it is true, it has been shown throughout history with many great and wise figures such as Jesus being persecuted for bringing love and another way to live. And it still carries on to this day. I wonder why this is? What is it that people are so afraid that they feel to attack another who brings so much needed love and truth to the world?
Once again Joel your writing has blown me away! I loved the whole thing but especially the reminder in the last paragraph that we are all at different stages in our evolution but we will all get there in the end.
Bravo once again Joel I always enjoy your stories about life.
Those ropes are the bondage of not realising how amazing we are and each time we conform to what we think is the norm because everyone else is doing it we add another rope and tie ourselves up in knots.
Cutting ourselves free appears to come in many shapes and forms and we often think we have found IT, the way to set ourselves free, only to find that when you think you have severed all your ropes you have a huge rope with a dead weight behind it and that the IT was purely an illusion.
No one can set you free other than you and that comes from knowing that inside you actually are and always were The Giant.
Joel, again you have written something so accessible, simple and relevant. Thank you. The acceptance of the fact that we are only different in the stage of ‘rope release’ we are at, is brilliant. The giant (love) is the same within us all. I know too that I may release an arm, forget to use it in all the possibilities presented and therefore incrementally tie it down again. Awareness of this shows me my responsibility; the need for me to be inspired by (not jealous of) those that are further ‘released’ than I and committed to my own ‘release’ knowing then I am able to serve others.
The story of the giant within is a great symbolic story. I truly can feel how I fight sometimes this giant, seeing it as too scary. I love the description of freeing oneself of the ropes and through this coming free not allowing the thoughts to have the power of these ropes.
Love this analogy Joel about working on all of our issues one by one to release the love within! It’s not always our fear of being ‘big’ but we are not prepared to admit that we have been playing small.
Magnificent Joel. I love how you show that every little rope that is untied, helps us return our true size, gradually. It is true this process can sometimes seem as though nothing’s happening. But when we see life from the scale you do, we cannot help but appreciate and be inspired to walk tall, in all we do.
I love your writing Joel. I can clearly picture what your trying to convey. Ideals and belief are definitely like ropes- constricting you from moving freely.
At times I am afraid that if I free my Giant I will be so tall that I will be by myself up in the sky. Its like I have been waiting for others to do it first but then when they do I simply find another excuse of why I can’t … another rope as you say. I feel like I am finally sick of all the effort it takes to attempt to hold my giant down as it is a real struggler, its jumping around like a fish, stinging to escape and I feel to start helping it be free.. rather than putting more effort into restraining it. Thanks Joel, operation giant realse commences now!!
A beautiful metaphor Joel. Playing small is what we get used to over time but we don’t realise how exhausting it is. For we all are giant divine beings and as young children we know this and we know that there is no limit to who we are and what we can do.
To feel that we would tie ourselves down with rope is one of the saddest realisations we could make! Surely if we are love and we know we are, and love being the most wonderful thing we all have in common, being made from love, surely we would want to acknowledge and share this love first with ourselves and then with the world around us? If not why not? But like many others I have found loving me to be one of the hardest things to do. Why? As you say Joel we are afraid of the giant within. As we become braver and realise what we have to gain from releasing these ropes, with the support of Serge Benhayon and The Way of The Livingness, the truth shall be lived.
I love this……I think this piece of writing is genius and so easy to read and understand Joel. Thank you.
what a cool metaphor Joel…Life can have many ropes(beliefs ideals struggles) to tie us down, but we do have a choice to pick off each one of those ropes if we choose and as you said…. release the giant within….to be who we so naturally are.
What a cool metaphor Joel…Life can have many ropes(beliefs ideals struggles) to tie us down, but we do have a choice to pick off each one of those ropes if we choose and as you said…. release the giant within….to become who we so naturally are.
An awesome metaphor Joel! It can indeed be a struggle especially if we are hard on ourselves, that is until we discover that being self critical is in fact one of the ropes that bind. So rather than yanking forcefully on each rope we need to be very loving, gentle and patient as we slowly undo each intricate knot.
Pondered on your blog this morning and could equate it to a task I was doing. I realised one bit at a time or one moment of presence at a time. Thanks Joel a great metaphor.
Joel, I love this blog, it’s given me a fantastic visual picture of how we keep ourselves small and under the radar. And what I hear most is that there is work to be done, the ropes won’t disappear by themselves no matter how much we might wish them and yes then we need to exercise muscles little used over a long period which takes time and patience. Being aware of the ropes / ideals is one thing but dedication and diligence is needed to untie ourselves – thank you. I now have this clear image in my head of how I’ve been living, and how change can happen.
Joel, I love the analogy of ideals and beliefs being like ropes that hold us back from being who we really are. I must admit to having had many ropes tying me down to a smaller way of being, however since being introduced to the teachings of Universal Medicine as presented by Serge Benhayon, I have begun in the first instance to realize that I ‘do’ have these ropes or ideals which hold me back from expressing the full me. Gradually I am releasing the ropes, some thicker and stronger than others and sometimes releasing one to find another one underneath. The more I connect to my body and self-care, the more willing I am to keeping my eyes open and seeing these ropes and to work on releasing them so I can release more of the giant within.
Another amazing Blog Joel. I love the metaphor of the giant. I have felt for myself and seen in others the amazing potential and life that can be led by not playing small and not giving our power away to the fear of the giant within. Here’s to releasing each hope one piece at a time and returning to the fullness that I am.
I think the ropes become quite normal so taking them off or even recognizing that there are ropes there at all is a challenge that seems at odds with what is familiar. The freedom comes from having a moment to feel the freedom of life without a particular rope, taking time to enjoy the space it offers and make that normal. Until you have a reflection of that experience we can convince ourselves there are no ropes!
The ropes feeling “normal” is how we are comfortable. To challenge ourselves to take them off is a big step into the unknown. It’s challenging, but it’s freeing.
Beautiful Joel, I love the analogy and the way you describe everyone at different stages of freeing themselves from the bonds that bind us all. We are all enormous giants of Love and your tale once again reminds us of our true expression and glory and how to return to that by looking at and removing all the ideals and beliefs that keep us small. Thank you once again for another inspiring metaphor.
I love the story coming into this blog, It’s something very physical that you can imagine and makes so much sense. Thanks Joel 🙂
This is such an awesome metaphor Joel. You raise a great point about realising that each ideal and each belief is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground. Just like patterns and behaviours. But how often do we experience a huge effect when we loose just a tiny bit of the robes and move around a little more free in being who we really are. Imagine if we let go of all the robes…..
Joel I love your deeper reading of the Gulliver’s Travels story and the “giant within” metaphor. How you write is really wonderful! I have been realising how I was used to the ropes being there , that even though i felt constrained by the way I was, i actually had no idea that there were ropes there that could be removed or should be removed!. It has been on ongoing process of awareness to understand that the ropes are attitudes i had adopted from others or created myself that strap me in. At some point that strapping in has some security, but the range of living is limited! And I didn’t realise how limited.
It is not until i had gained some freedom ( physical changes resulting from supportive eating and sleep patterns) and insight that I realise how bound I am. Even the first bits of freedom feel liberating and lovely. Learning how to live that free feeling in everyday life is a challenge, as it comes up against the bound, restrictive and familiar old ways.. I am realizing that I am still bound by many ropes, but at least I know this now and that I can and want to set myself free.. my Giant is arising!
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Being of a physically small stature, this image and dawning truth is particularly joyful and amusing to me! Interestingly enough, all my life, I have never sensed myself as small, just others people’s comments to me that I am. That perception has never made me feel constrained!
Love it Joel, thank you.
Wow Joel, I just love your blogs. There is an enormous giant within me and I am in the middle of dealing with these ropes. It is a journey well worth it and it can be tough at times but hey, a little bit of a bumpy road gives life an adventourous taste to it.
Awesome Joel! I agree with Bern, this is such a beautiful metaphor. I could feel how much I wiggle with frustration under the ropes which only makes the ropes tighter in holding me down (back). Easy does it!
Joel that’s a great way to look at unleashing the Giant/love within. I love how you made it feel how gently it can be done, rope by rope. How there are many ropes to come off which in turn support the next rope to come free. How becoming this giant can be scary for others as well as ourselves, so tread gentle with our giant feet.
Beautiful metaphor, Joel. I love how you make it real with:
‘So how do we release the giant within? It is not a single heave or wave of the magic wand, but rather a dedicated process of lifting off each rope, one at a time.’
Joel, this blog brings me further awareness regarding my ongoing process of acknowledging and appreciating my own ‘giant’ and helps to reinvigorate my commitment to living a life that cuts the ropes that are holding it back. Thank you.
Nailed it again Joel with another brilliant analogy with the story of Gullivers Travels and how we have tied-up and restricted ourselves with ideals and beliefs and how it is possible to release them one by one to expose our true essence – love. Thank-you.
Awesome Joel, love it. One day we will all be walking (and maybe even with a skip or two) around as giants, just puts a smile on my face! And surely there is a game we can play while fiddling with those ropes now, can’t wait. 🙂
What a great read Joel, the giant within is definitely something we all can do with un-tying and releasing so that we can become more.
A gorgeous analogy Joel of Gulliver’s Travels that I also remember from childhood — with a powerful message to it, as you share here.
You have done it again Joel. As I read your article I could feel those ropes, still trying to hold me down. There are fewer now than they were, but work still to be done to be truly free to step into my giant.
So simply said Joel “getting what you have to do and doing it are different” … we can easily know what to do and tell ourselves, and others (i.e. stay just in the knowing of what need to be done) or we can take the next step and live it – do it, be it. Thank you Joel.
Hello Joel, another classic piece of writing. This bit makes sense, “Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.” In this current world we often ‘attack’ anything or anyone that is different to the so called ‘norm’. But what if there was someone who came along and lived the “great truth” they were bringing to the world? and what if others then joined this someone and also lived this same “great truth” and in that living way they made significant changes to their lives and blew the ‘norm’ out the window, enter Serge Benhayon and the Way of the Livingness. We need to look deeper into these things and not let them be sensationalised or dramatised, plain and simple these are giants that will do you no harm. Thanks Joel.
Thanks Joel,
It feels like I was born with some of my ropes, took on many of my parents ropes and then as a teenager, willingly developed more ropes in order to fit in to the world around me.
It certainly feels amazing to start breaking free and re-discovering the giant within.
The presentations offered by Universal Medicine of the fact that we are an etheric body of light ‘enhoused’ within a physical form has offered me a deep understanding that when we re-kindle the connection to our Soul we are energetically ‘seen’ to be 12feet tall.
So quite literally somewhat taller than our physical body reflects.
Joel , you have a unique way of writing and I love it.
This is Brilliant Joel on so many levels. We are born giants and along the way we forget – life happens and teaches us to focus on the “what is not” rather than stay connected to All that we Are. Thank you Joel for the reminder that we are all giants and if we have forgotten this fact there are simple steps to take to unleash the Giant within. Simple, but not always easy, but well worth the choice.
Yes there is nothing to fear and the more I untie myself, the more I know that this is absolutely true. Release the giants!
Thanks for another delicious Joel Levin parable. Increasingly I am becoming aware of the deals that I have made with the aspects of consciousnesses that have bound me to certain perceptions of life and people – and with increasing awareness the bonds are unravelled. I love this analogy of releasing the giant within!
Hi Joel,
Release Gulliver! I like it, and the symbolism of the ropes that we are tied with, until we realize that we are very capable of untying them ourselves. And the enormous power everyone has when they choose to do that. To be great can be fearful, because we are not used to it. Still, it’s worth all the aches and growing pains a thousand times!
I always enjoy reading your blogs Joel, especially so the story ones. I could really relate my last week to the part where once freed from certain ropes the realisation of moving is not all that pleasant. In come the reactions of “I’ve gotten this far can’t I take a break now” to the “There are still millions of things I am not doing in my life (which completely blanks out the fact that I have freed myself more)” and like you have written – these reactions don’t make the other ropes magically disappear, they are still there but I have simply delayed the removal process. But I sit here now and wonder if it is not the fact that there are ropes to remove I am reacting more to (because there is a part of that) but the fact that I am the one that lashed myself down in the first place that needs to be admitted and not danced around further. If I accepted those two points then what excuse do I have for wanting to remain tied down or making excuses as to why I am tied down?
Hey Joel, thanks for liberating us from ‘gigantophobia’! I just pulled off a couple more ropes on Saturday – felt a bit scary and raw, but I feel lighter and bigger today.
YES – lets get free of ‘gigantophobia’!
Time to get familiar with the Love-Giant I am and we are.
…I just realized that it is one thing to accept that I am a Love-Giant but an other to see everyone as such. If I know that we are all Love-Giants – I will see others differently.
I totally agree with you Dianne, in fact after reading this blog I pulled of a rope and I already feel freer to move as the love giant that I am.
Great blog Joel – a very inspiring analogy with Gulliver’s Travels, it makes such sense that we are so shackled by our ideals and beliefs. Even when it is obvious they are not actually changing anything, just bringing further repetition of the same old way of being going round and round in circles. Getting nowhere except more dug into them and numbed out to the love that we truly are. Serge Benhayon’s presentations continue to inspire and support me to make different choices to remain steady and slowly but surely remove these shackles to embrace the Giant Within.
Your writing is very good Joel, I love this article. It shows how we get scared from our own amazingness sometimes and feel that we haven’t been the love that we can be is sometimes very challenging. But as you say one rope at the time will release the giant that we all are within, very beautiful!
What a beautifully simple analogy. I love the one rope at a time and to keep on with it because breaking one rope won’t free me completely – though it may make the next one easier to break because there is more room to move and express and get it untied.
I love how inspiring this is as a process no matter how many ropes there are to untie.
I love how you expressed here Joel. Freeing our giant within – I can agree with you getting rid of the ropes is a great thing to do and at the beginning it might feel uncomfortable because being so used to being tied up, but when getting more used to it, I do not want to go back.
Joel, what a wonderful analogy to remind us of our true essence – love. As humans we are afraid of the unfamiliar and raised in a world that does not nurture nor understand the connection to our self. As you state, it is possible with dedication, and as I have discovered for myself, the teachings of Universal Medicine, to start to unshackle ourselves from the ropes holding us down. From connecting to our essence of love this can happen slowly and gently and no scouts course required to undo those rope knots.
I love your use of the children’s story in the blog Joel. Removing the ropes can take some time as there are often a lot more than initially thought, however “…everyone is realizing, in their own time , that there is nothing to fear and everything to gain by releasing the giant within.” Well said Joel.
Joel I love your analogy about Gulliver and the giant within. I can feel that having the ropes in place gives a type of security which we feel comfortable with- every comfort is another rope tying us down and that mostly feels good. But we don’t realise that the ropes will weather and wear -they are not designed to last -a false sense of security. Serge Benhayon is offering us the opportunity to free ourselves of the ropes in this lifetime- such a beautiful gift.
Joel – I LOVE what you have written here. Brilliant, and such a great analogy to use Gulliver’s Travels as a fun and clear way to present many truths.
As you say, we place the ropes on ourselves to stop our own giant being released. But we must not look at it as a ‘Giant’ as we use that word to mean. We are normally that size with the amount of love in our hearts, it is WE that are miniature when this is not lived.
Wow Joshua! Beautifully said.
Well said Joshua… and so we are in fact all living in a land of ‘giants’ – it’s just that we have played small for so long that anyone who is not miniature seems foreign to us… when they are in fact reminding us of our true size, and that playing small is the most foreign choice of all.
Another beautiful piece of writing Joel. You have presented a truly insightful metaphor for our true nature and why we resist living from it. I particularly like the image that the ropes that keep us bound by are our ideals and beliefs. I can relate so well to that as in recent years as I identify and release myself from ideals and beliefs that have held me back. I keep being astonished at finding how many I have but, with the cutting of each one so I feel myself expanding.
I love this Joel.
I can so relate to the feeling of being a giant, and, also playing it small. When we play small, the ropes seem so big and arduous to remove… however, the bigger we become, the smaller the ropes actually are… and can be snapped by a single look from the emerging giant.
And then we realise there is nothing bigger than the giant within us. The ropes will never tie us down, they can only slow down our giant steps if we choose to play small instead of grand.
It’s something of a ‘masterful ploy’ – the way we have (by and large) become so accustomed to tethering and diminishing ourselves, that we become identified with what tethers us, thinking that ‘it is who we are’… The thing about this great blog, is that it shows us that we can, with due awareness, realise both the true essential nature of ourselves, and also that which we may have (erroneously) identified as ‘being us’, but may not be so. Are we willing to see these things? Do we truly wish to play small, or have we just become accustomed to doing so? Are we willing to allow any and every element of this to be exposed, that the bigness that we most naturally are can live, express and live life fully committed and engaged? That we can realise, that there is actually no ‘more’, nor ‘less’, that all of us are amazing beyond measure, and we’ve been living in a way that for the better part denies this, and with some vehemence?
I for one am deeply thankful for the work of Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, that I may even contemplate such things, let alone come to ever-deepening realisations of my own greatness – and how it is equal to that of ALL others…
Thank-you Joel for your poignant blog. Love it.
Dear Joel, thank you. What a beautiful way to describe how we keep us small and how we can untie us step by step, breath by breath to be able to stand tall once again.
Being tied to a way of living that doesn’t work for us is clearly where we are at. I like the analogy Joel and how you have focussed on the normality we live in. When you consider the levels of ill health, exhaustion and suppression of feelings in the world, our way of being is certainly small. It is certainly worth considering that we might be tied down as you suggest by acting out this type of life. Change is uncomfortable at times, that is for sure, but the unfamiliar feeling of change you describe is so worth persevering with if it means letting go of living in ways that don’t support us to be healthy and grand . We can’t play it big in our expression if we are living in ways that make us less than the giants we are.
Hi Joel, I so enjoyed reading your blog – the anology relating to Gulliver’s Travels and how we keep ourselves small when there is this loving energy, giant size within is so easy to relate to. I feel to read it through again and again as I felt there is much loving wisdom to ponder on within your expression. Thank you.
“Let’s start with the possibility that we are love – that everyone has an essence that is love and that this essence remains forever equal within all. More than this, that this essence (love) is our point of connection to divinity.”
What a great place to start Joel. I love your analogy, releasing the ropes one at a time on our return to claiming the Giant within.
I like the rope releasing analogy Joel. It can be a slow return to full body movement powered by love. As you say there is some discomfort but also much to be gained and joy to live.
Joel what a beautiful illustration of the truth of us all. The giant within waiting to release the ropes – the love and greatness that we are waiting to be expressed in full.
Joel, thank you for another awesome blog. I really enjoyed being reminded of the Gulliver’s Travels fairytale and the analogy of us all having the giant within that is waiting to be unleashed. I agree, it can at times be hard work and tiring, but what I have found is that as I get more of a taste of connecting with my inner essence, there is the will to continue to work on unleashing the ropes that bind me.
What a fabulous analogy Joel. Once again you have given us a simple and yet deeply profound message in your writing. I can really relate to how you’ve described lifting the ropes, and at times I’ve felt how difficult it is to move when I’ve been strapped down for so long but it’s so worth making the effort as you’ve so beautifully described. Thank you.
Before I even read who wrote this blog, it is no surprise that is was Joel Levin. I love your blogs, very engaging and fun. While always playing with the details of the story that makes it just so interesting to read while offering a realisation to everyone.
As I totally agree, if you begin to move a limb, like an arm you haven’t moved for centuries its going to be uncomfortable, you’ll need time for it to regain its strength and allow the blood to properly circulate around the limb. However, once your arm is moving again you’ll never allow it to be restrained again!!
What a great blog Joel, here lies a ‘giant’ energetic message. Yes, how does someone living small respond to seeing someone in full expression – a giant!
It all seems so crazy really and yet so simple, even the fact that sometimes I find my own giant a little scary as some of those ropes come off, now that is a reaction to grow tired of. But hey, I’m loving this giant more and more each day.
We’re certainly diving into the deep end of philosophy right from the second paragraph in this ponder-full blog, it’s great! Love the analogy of the giant, both with-out and within oneself and I especially related to the sentence:
“We can get frustrated, tired, bored, feeling like it is a tedious thing to do but, after those reactions, you look down and the ropes are still there.”
Yep one keeps on keeping on with lifting and removing the ropes and, after a while, finds that it’s well worth it, more than one could imagine!
Great analogy Joel I can recognise those ropes that have kept me tied to the many ideals and beliefs I have carried. Quite often after the initial euphoria of releasing any of the ties that have held me down it can be painful and uncomfortable getting to know how to live with this new found freedom.
I’m all for releasing the giant within Joel, bring it on!
Thank you Joel for this magnificent symbolic reading of a fairytale, it gives it so much of a deeper meaning that the ‘story’ and much more to consider.
What a great analogy for getting ‘beyond the chains of illusion’ – to become our true and great expression – thank you Joel, I enjoy your writing very much.
Wow, thank you for this beautiful story. I love how you describe that our beliefs and ideals are ropes tying us down and making us feel small instead of living the giants we are. Its so crazy that we hold on to everything that makes as feel small instead of embracing our grandness. Life is a massive unlearning – learning who we are not and claiming who we are!!
I love your statement Rachel…. LIFE IS A MASSIVE UNLEARNING …. we need that on a T-shirt.
This is such a great analogy of life and how we live it. The scary thing is a lot of us do not even realise we have ropes (ideals and beliefs) that are tethering us to the ground. I for one was one of these people until Universal Medicine brought to my attention the possibility that I had these ideals and beliefs. I am now on my way of braking free from these ropes and I can say from first hand experience it is well worth the time, effort and work it takes to brake free. Thanks Joel for another amazing piece.
Releasing the Giant within, how many times in life have we wanted to actually do that. I love this analogy Joel, it’s so very relatable for us all as sometimes the choices we make and the experiences we have as a result of those choices can feel like our hands and feet, are tied so to speak. It’s only when we start to look at our choices and take responsibility for them, do we then untie those apparent ropes that hold us back from being all we can be. In that, others get to see another way and have that choice to choose it or not.
Hi Joel, another cracking blog! Super analogy and I love the image of getting an arm free and then using that one to slowly start removing the other ropes. I also love the message about not giving up even when those first movements after being tied down for a long time may not feel comfortable. I can relate to giving up and saying ‘what’s the point?’ or ‘its all too much,’ but your blog is uplifting because it feels definitely worth it to release the giant within and express the divine within us. One of my ropes I’m dealing with is taking things personally at work. You blog has inspired me to not give up and remember its just a rope I need to remove so I can express ‘me’ more fully.
Oh,Joel, another wonderfully written piece of inspiration. Thank you for the joy and truth that comes through and sprinkles sunshine and clarity in a such beautiful way.
Freeing the giant within, I like that Joel. You are right, sometimes when we move without the ropes it isn’t pleasent at first, but we have to persist and lovingly keep moving, so others can see that they are also giants and just have to take off their ropes as well.
Very true Harry. I know when I have seen someone being a bit bumbly with their newly freed giant, it has been an inspiration. One of the ropes I use myself is that I need to get it right before I do it and the awkwardness has put me off attempting. I’m working at getting that rope untied and your comment really hit home for me.
Beautiful analogy Joel. So true when you say – “Over the years, and some would suggest lifetimes, we end up successfully harnessing the giant within”, how true, that is certainly what it feels like to me, and I frequently ask myself the question, “why do I consistently choose to hide the giant within when, by choice, I could free myself in full”, it just doesn’t make sense. I realise now that if I can choose to hide, I can choose to free myself too, in a whisper. It really is that simple. I have met many people who have released their giant within and they FEEL amazing, and I know I am this too, and I truly appreciate those who have reflected their grandness back to me. Brilliant.
As I was reading this I felt it had the ‘flavour’ of Joel Levin and I was right. Love your writing Joel, it always warms my heart and expands my awareness of, and connection to, my own giant within and encourages in me a deeper understanding and acceptance of others.
This is such a great observation Jeanette of how, when each of us connect to our Giant within and allow love and truth to be expressed through us, as Joel has here, others are inspired to be more aware of and connect to the Giant within themselves, as well as be more accepting of everyone else. What a gorgeous domino effect.
Thank you of for sharing Joel – indeed it is time we all “release the giant within”. As you mention, “history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived”. Serge Benhayon is one of these people who no matter what has come at him, continues to live and present love. He has been and is an inspiration to so many showing that it is possible to not stay tied down by all the ropes.
I love this, Joel. What stands out for me is the message that we know in theory how to free ourselves, but it is in the day to day livingness that the true freedom is gained, because we are choosing a way, the way, that consistently confirms our divinity. The other great point is how we are all at uniquely varying stages of releasing ourselves from the ties we have constricted ourselves with, and this really blows comparison out of the water once and for all.
Yes Janet- I too felt this message.
We do know how to free ourselves . . . and this makes perfect sense because we are the only one who got ourself to this point so we have the knowing of how and what we need to do to undo those restraints, ropes and all that keeps us small away from our essence. This is quite empowering to feel.
So true Janet we are all at different stages of untying our ropes so comparison is futile.
Your stories, your writing, your ‘parables’ always have amazing imagery that is so uplifting and relateable. This is no exception Joel. We are often afraid of giants, and yet here you show us how we are actually Giants ourselves. The symbolism of being tied down and making the choice to remove those ties is a beautiful way to understand what limits and controls us, thank you for the empowering story that you present here.
I agree Paul, Joel is a great story teller, and many can benefit from his tales.
Interesting read Joel and use of a metaphorical fairy tale for a very real situation. I can certainly relate to the frustration at unpicking the ideals, beliefs and expectations I have about how I should be in life.
What a great analogy of the Giant expression of love we are each deep inside, and how being familiar with living ‘small’ we can feel threatened by witnessing the Giant in another and even from within our own self and attempt to tie it down. And how beneficial it is when we free up even one ‘rope’. And realising that it is not just a ‘Heave-Ho’ and bursting all the ropes but a consistent dedicated attention that is required to get through all the myriad of ropes we have tied throughout the years. Thank you.
…and the more we struggle with the ropes and deny they are tying us down the more ‘rope burn’ we harm ourselves with! This is an beautiful metaphor Joel. I love your writing.
I agree Bernadette, Joel uses a great metaphor here and reading his writing is always about the big picture in the most supportive of ways, guiding us to see how to free ourselves from the illusion we have allowed ourselves to live in.
Love the rope burn addition Bernadette.
Wow so beautiful Joel! I love your expression and could have kept reading this blog. I can relate to what you have written and have definitely lived in a way that has kept my own inner giant under wraps making sure it is leashed with many ropes and pretending to be small like Tom Thumb 🙂 Through the presentations of Universal Medicine I have re-connected to the love I am within and am dealing with my ropes that keep me small. I am finding love feels “home like” and to live with this connection is very beautiful and natural and I am slowly giving my giant more permission to express, knowing that if someone reacts to my giant it is not personal and they are simply having trouble embracing and expressing from their own giant of love.
Oh Joel! Love love love! So simply & powerfully expressed that absolutely everyone can get, I’m taking off another rope right now 🙂 thank you.
I love the picture you are creating here Joel !!! It makes it so clear in a playful way 🙂
The possibility of this perspective, if accepted, can change everything for a person. We are taught from young that the world is bigger than us. But it’s not. The world is just a place. We are much much bigger.
So true Jinya – if accepted, it could change everything for a person.
This is such a great blog so playfull that it takes away the scariness and replaces it with a Joyfull feeling, no fear.
You read what is needed at the right moment. A little miracle.
Thankyou Joel
Joel I appreciate your parable-like offering. We are fortunate to have such a giant in our midst who brings great truth to the world and inspires us to loosen the ideals and beliefs that bind … and constantly reflects to us that with dedication to a loving way of living we too can be giants in our expression of love.
Joel, I love this!. I’m sure there will eventually be a great story-book from you with your amazing ability to tell truthful stories in such an interesting way.
I love how you relate our gradual freeing of ourselves from all the self-imposed shackles (ropes) or beliefs we have tied ourselves up with over our lives, like happened to Gulliver. And yes, as you describe, it can at first feel quite strange as we free ourselves, bit by bit to the great freedom that we eventually can arise to. We have never before experienced such a freedom from that giant that we all hold within.
But what a journey! and very worth the effort.
Thanks Joel for another cracker of a blog. I love this analogy of ropes being the things we have subscribed to in life which we know are not true and drag us away from our essence, or even feeling our divinity, but we sign up to them anyway (because most others are!) and let them tie us down and keep us small.
I agree Andrew- Joel has a beautiful way with words, delivering great truths and storytelling through analogies.
Joel’s blog and your sharing Andrew makes me ask ‘Why?’, even though other’s seem to be – ‘Why do we sign up and let ourselves be small and get dragged away from our divinity when we know these ways are not true? ‘
Great post Joel. I love your story telling. Yes I remember Gulliver, and he always looked so awkward being so big and so different. At least that was my perception which tells me a lot about how I feel about my inner Gulliver!
Thank you again Joel for bringing the truth so simple and playful. I can agree that we are giants within and that we ourselves fear the power of this giant the most, that’s why we have tied it down. Releasing this giant is our pathway to return to a life we belong to. A life of love and truth, that leaves no room for the falsities that are being lived nowadays and will be called out as such when we start to live the giant within.
Hi Joel, loved reading your blog. ‘At no point do we realise that each ideal, each belief, is equivalent to a piece of rope tying us to the ground.’. Just love the way you have shared this – great analogy as it can be VERY hard to let go of our beliefs and ideals – it can really feel like we ARE tethered to them, or them to us! As you say, it is so worth breaking free, to release the gorgeousness that resides within us all.
Love your blog Joel, especially this sentence: Certainly history has shown that when people bring great truth to the world, they are often not met with open arms, because often what needs to be said challenges what is currently being lived.
I have often spoken up and had others react to what I am sharing… but I feel it is so important to share the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may be for some.
Great point Rosie, how often in history have the great orators been attacked and vilified because we do not want to hear or know the truth that threatens our comfortable lives. It is time we speak what needs to be said for all our sakes.
Absolutely true Rosie
Well said Rosie. When the comfort of others is rocked, it is often not well received. But I am starting to realise that whilst there may be a reaction of others to speaking the truth, it is more harmful and it actually hurts when we don’t speak up. Comfort serves no one.
I love this part “Getting what you have to do and doing it are different.” I can totally relate to this and from this blog see that doing it requires an ongoing commitment, courage and will to keep on at it no matter how ‘uncomfortable’ it may seem at times. Thanks for the inspiration to feel that it’s so worth sticking at it and that it keeps getting easier and easier to let our enormous self out!
I agree Danielle- it is well worth sticking at it, that uncomfortableness is nothing compared to feeling the grandness . . .and it does get easier and easier to let out our true self (our giant within).
yes I agree, I can see that it’s possible to feel how the uncomfortableness is actually from not living in our grandness, not the other way around.
One of my favourite writers Joel delivers yet another piece of writing that leaves you with much to think about. I always did like the book from my childhood called Gulliver’s Travels and I am going to take action to release the giant within.