My family calls me Pancho and many of you don't know me, but I'd like you to know that I love you all.
Last Wednesday at the Kindness Temple we have a strong doses of the Feminine Divine. Hermana Pavi hosted the sharing circle with such grace and fluidity as her poems and writings. Then sister Mia opened the circle to anchor us on the soul-force. All the sharing was coming from the soul. A feast hearts' authenticity. Hermana Gurita spoke about the natural philosophy of time and then hermana Pavi, again, had prepared a balm for the spirit when she closed with her embodiment of generosity by referring to the hosts as: my "Mother-in-Love" and "Father-in-Love". Baeutiful. :-)
These were the three points I shared:
1. The Most Important People
2. SOULlar Charger
3. Schedule
1. The Most Important People
After a long day at the Free Farm, a group of teens from the local high school showed up as we were about to close the farm. 25 young people excited to know about practicing permaculture in the city. I had an appointment and my tired body made me hesitate for split of a second, but I recovered. As long as the heart is pumping blood, there's no pretext to not be of service. I surrendered to the now, perhaps, welcoming the blessing for one who is exhausted.
And what a blessing! :-)
The kids without personally knowing me, tag me with a beautiful sign with expressions of gratitude, love and inspiration. The best present I got, by far, as later I told them, was their attentive presence.
At the farm, we have two circles of sharing, ala Wednesdays.
The first one at the beginning to introduce ourselves and to share a person, alive or dead, who inspires us and/or we admire. We invoked Gandhi, Malcolm X, Mother Theresa, moms, sisters, brothers, aunts, fathers but the last kid of the circle was about to blow our minds and hearts. With a big smile, he looked at the classmate who was sitting by his side and he said: "I admire and feel very inspired by Brandon. I'm new to this school, I didn't know anybody but he made me feel welcomed. He is a very kind person and I'd like to be like him."
The second circle of sharing, at the end and after walking in the meditation labyrinth, was to answer the greeting question: "Look at that Earth Flag during your visit here, and at the end please share with us what does it mean to you? What do you feel and think when you see it flying up and high?"
Hard to put into words the feeling and vibrations that came out from that circle. Unity, diversity, tolerance, no borders, citizenship of the World, home is in our hearts, equality, justice, sharing with no string attached, healthy food, healthy entertainment, perspectivism, family... all deep reflections from 14 year olds.
One of the big joys of the day, another blessing for one who was exhausted ;-), was to witness the faces of two teens who were eating their first strawberry in their whole life. That is, the first fresh, local organic strawberry in 14 years. What an honor to be able to introduce these city kids to healthy and delicious food.
These are the true heroes who reminded me that the most important people on the Planet, are the people you are interacting with now, in the present moment.
2. SOULlar Charger
I love to come to Wednesdays to let you all know how important you all are for me. The only holistic way to do it, is by showing up.
Now the most important people are you all.
Connecting with people in silence, creates a heart coherence, which in turn amplifies a "magnetic feel" and a love that is palpable in the air. Given that we all speak the language of the heart, what comes out from our mouth in the circle, most of the time is in resonance with this love force. It is like a collective field energy that flows through the person who holds the mic at any given moment, even if it is only to share our name. It is that hour, that hour being in receptive silence, plus the collective attentive listening when we hold the mic, plus the nourishing food cooked by mamá Harshida, plus the ripples of random acts of kindness, plus the comments in ijourney -- like sister's Brandi-- plus all that goes beyond the world of metrics that make the grand total of the SOULlar charger. One who was exhausted after 18 hours of service, is now recharged at the spiritual and physical level for another week :-)
3. Schedule
That's why I don't put Wednesdays in my schedule, I schedule my activities around Wednesdays ;-)
May all become compassionate, courageous and wise.
On Aug 3, 2011 Pancho wrote :
My family calls me Pancho and many of you don't know me, but I'd like you to know that I love you all.