Lavendar Grace's song "Echo of an Echo or an Echo" comes to mind when i hear your words. Yes.... a quickening is upon us- i have felt its presence in my life for a long time. It is why i did the work i did for 40+ years helping people in crisis, shepherding many folks into their futures and holding and grounding those left behind when a death occurred. The interpolation of the need for a definitive, yet available, peaceful heart has been a hard-won but necessarily conscious decision. The squirrel outside my window flicking its tail at something below shows me how to be present in this moment- she climbs higher to eat her breakfast, seemigly assured that whatever is down there will not climb as high as she is now and she is safe to indulge her needs. And now she has jumped into the void- calculatedly i'm sure, knowing how much distance she is capable of and going for it. Like me. The wild child i was in my youth has matured through experienceing the beauty and horrors of Life into a woman who sees clearly the path ahead of me, as you so elegantly have articulated for your Self. The altars i have in my home testify to my heart's journey- the place where i experience a sense of agape in everything i do, with all the senses. My numerous fiesta plates of many colors start my prayers for the world as i pull them out to serve my Self and others in a day. Like Sqirrel, It is my own practice of noticing the inner and outer world with as much attention to detail as i can muster in any given moment. The energy derived therein allows me to overcome fear and hesitation about next steps, to say no to what i want, knowing what i need to do and be is something else, more important, in this time. While i will be sad to miss the energies of the Quickening class, i will be there with You and the SiStar participants- i will ride on the backs of the mossdragons in the ravine outside my window, allow Squirrel to show me how to move quiclky & gracefully away from danger, and i will continue to draw, paint, write, be an example of the future i know is available to my Self and the World through community activism. And, of course, and always, your words and modeling of Flow and Presence are deeply appreciate.
I love listening to your sharings. your voice is soothing and I love the sharing of your personal insights. thank you so very much . I can so relate with the invitation to cultivate a peaceful heart. I believe it is a mindful practice to keep coming into the peaceful heart space. after years of swimming in unconscious chaos as a result of unhealed trauma , it feels so deliciously good to do the deep work, to heal and to find myself in a peaceful place within my heart. yet it has taken some time to acclimate to this new energy as I was so accustomed to swimming in the unconscious chaos. am I fully there yet, nope and it s ok . your sharing serves as a reminder to continue to practice to cultivate this for myself. much love
Lavendar Grace's song "Echo of an Echo or an Echo" comes to mind when i hear your words. Yes.... a quickening is upon us- i have felt its presence in my life for a long time. It is why i did the work i did for 40+ years helping people in crisis, shepherding many folks into their futures and holding and grounding those left behind when a death occurred. The interpolation of the need for a definitive, yet available, peaceful heart has been a hard-won but necessarily conscious decision. The squirrel outside my window flicking its tail at something below shows me how to be present in this moment- she climbs higher to eat her breakfast, seemigly assured that whatever is down there will not climb as high as she is now and she is safe to indulge her needs. And now she has jumped into the void- calculatedly i'm sure, knowing how much distance she is capable of and going for it. Like me. The wild child i was in my youth has matured through experienceing the beauty and horrors of Life into a woman who sees clearly the path ahead of me, as you so elegantly have articulated for your Self. The altars i have in my home testify to my heart's journey- the place where i experience a sense of agape in everything i do, with all the senses. My numerous fiesta plates of many colors start my prayers for the world as i pull them out to serve my Self and others in a day. Like Sqirrel, It is my own practice of noticing the inner and outer world with as much attention to detail as i can muster in any given moment. The energy derived therein allows me to overcome fear and hesitation about next steps, to say no to what i want, knowing what i need to do and be is something else, more important, in this time. While i will be sad to miss the energies of the Quickening class, i will be there with You and the SiStar participants- i will ride on the backs of the mossdragons in the ravine outside my window, allow Squirrel to show me how to move quiclky & gracefully away from danger, and i will continue to draw, paint, write, be an example of the future i know is available to my Self and the World through community activism. And, of course, and always, your words and modeling of Flow and Presence are deeply appreciate.
I love listening to your sharings. your voice is soothing and I love the sharing of your personal insights. thank you so very much . I can so relate with the invitation to cultivate a peaceful heart. I believe it is a mindful practice to keep coming into the peaceful heart space. after years of swimming in unconscious chaos as a result of unhealed trauma , it feels so deliciously good to do the deep work, to heal and to find myself in a peaceful place within my heart. yet it has taken some time to acclimate to this new energy as I was so accustomed to swimming in the unconscious chaos. am I fully there yet, nope and it s ok . your sharing serves as a reminder to continue to practice to cultivate this for myself. much love