Once as I was going through an airport, on an escalator in a chute. On the other side I could see people travelling in the opposite direction. I suddenly felt that this might be how we come into this life, travelling alongside others. Just as we are coming in, many others are leaving!
What a beautiful gift of wisdom Andrea Gibson has left for us. I love her words - Healing
was learning
no one has ever
laid a fingerprint
on the part of me
that’s infinite.
Love these. Thanks for sharing. It seems like Joanna Macy is guiding us from the other side, so many more now that she is free of the limitations of the body. It seems like she is touching us, our hearts. Thank you for being 'each one of you'.
I love these words, this way of looking - A fisherman’s net is actually a set of holes kept together by ropes;
The energy of the approaching new moon feels like a great time to embrace the inner energy grid that is unknown, surrender completely to not knowing, being in the dark, just like the moon. Hopefully this surrender allows a new mandala of infinite potential to start emerging gradually, in it's own time, within and around us.
Thank you. Feeling the truth of this. I can relate to wanting freedom, wanting ease, knowing about acceptance, yet not being able to practice it. This article is helping me receive another piece of freedom, being present with what is! This is reminding me of the poem Guesthouse by Rumi. My go to poem when I struggle to be with what is.
Very interesting contemplation and connections with how we are inside and how does it affect us in showing up in the world! Thank you.
Wow. This sounds like something I would like to do. Looking forward to making time for me, for my complaints, for aligning with flow. Thank you.
Mary Oliver touches us so deeply, our inner longings with her words. I love the ending words - 'I feel my boots
trying to leave the ground,
I feel my heart
pumping hard. I want
to think again of dangerous and noble things.
I want to be light and frolicsome.
I want to be improbable beautiful and afraid of nothing,
as though I had wings.'
Being in the world is indeed an art. Interesting to see this through the lens of simplicity, through saying no. Taking micro breaks for oneself, to centre oneself is to help restore centre for the world, the piece of the world that held within each one of us. The balance between saying yes, and saying no, I am asking life to teach me.
Love this. I feel as if I am receiving a piece that was missing till now. I am a student of instinctive meditation, based on radiance sutras. To think we give up our radiance for education is mind blowing. To think as babies we are chanting Bija mantras feels wonderful. And the power of listening, being with the heart resonates deeply. I have felt this instinctively that emotions are a gateway to a deeper space in the heart.
I love this part with emphasis on embracing not knowing with openness and curiosity - 'As I acknowledged that I didn’t know and embraced that not knowing, my attitude transformed from defensiveness into openness and curiosity. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that moment was my first genuine experience of humility.'
It feels much needed coming upto the solar eclipse, an invitation for new beginnings. To be able to wish and welcome the new with openness and curiosity feels sublime. Thank you
This morning on waking up, I was able to realise, through some grace, that my first thoughts were about doing, about what has not been done. In that moment of perhaps being able to observe my thoughts, gratitude came, gratitude for being alive, for being able to wake up, gratitude for this day. And gratitude helps me connect with the wisdom of the heart to be able to welcome the new in the present moment.
To wake up to this, and then read this article, makes me marvel at the connections in the collective consciousness. I love such synchronicities.
I struggle to talk in a way that is valued in the society. I used to judge myself for it wishing I could talk like I see others do. Hearing this is incredibly liberating for me. Thanks
And the words - There are many voices besides ours - are very expansive.
I love this song. Thanks for sharing. This is reminding me of the mantra - asato ma sadgamaye, tamaso ma jyotirgamaye, mrityorma amritamgamaye
So many gems in this post. "you cannot find the Light
until you acknowledge the darkness."
🙏
Such a beautiful story. Perfect for these times where our focus is on material things. To value emptiness as a reminder of our desires feels invaluable.
This is reminding me of the zen koan of the Enzo, the circle. Is it empty or whole!
Thanks for sharing this practice. Helps to be in the world.
This reminds me of Leonard Cohen song - anthem. The lyrics - cracks is where light comes in.
Beautifully uplifting piece, helps with acceptance of what is and trusting that it can be transmuted. Laughter is indeed light!
Love this new awareness of silence. 🙏