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Included in that is a void, a hole... missing that which has been lost, that which is changing. Missing not in a longing way, just in a recognizing a groove that is paved and was once vibrantly filled... and now is near empty... the same rushing current no longer fills its chamber. It still pulses with the energy that filled it's strong and delicate walls. It echoes with fragrant vibes of beauty and memory... and in this moment, it feels kind of like a ghost, a lucid dream.
Labels: Heart, Integration, practice, WhoIAm
I am wondering do you feel “heard”, “seen”, and “loved”—even by the people with whom you are conversing? Do you feel you are engaging fully (using all your intelligences!) with each other and the whole in this exploration?Many inspiring responses have emerged... and here is what I wrote:
I'd like to share some personal stories. My practice keeps turning me again and again inside myself (along a pathway of service beyond myself).
I'm sitting at a coffee shop right now, gazing out the sunny window. A dog turns around and stares in my eyes. In this moment I feel heard, seen and loved by that dog. I recognize myself in him... his alert curiosity, seeming contentment in experiencing life as it is. He stays close to his human companion and sweetly offers loving connections with those who pass by (or sit on the other side of the window!).Earlier this morning I felt very alive, heard, seen and loved in my fascination with the appearance and movements of snails in the garden. So many unique angles from which to experience them, especially as their bodies morphed with each subtle movement. And each snail was so different from the other.
Lately I've been noticing where I don't feel heard, seen or loved by myself or parts of myself don't feel heard, seen or loved by other parts. I notice when I don't feel this towards myself, I seek that feeling externally from others. When I feel a longing to be heard, seen or loved by another, my practice now is to deepen my connections internally, inviting myself to be heard, seen and loved by myself. When I am connecting with myself in this way, I am more easily able to recognize and receive energy and attention from others.
A couple of days later...
This morning I deeply felt a longing for another to see and love me... in a particular way that I wanted to be seen and loved. I felt myself out of balance and needing attention.... so I set out on a walk. My intention-- to experience the beauty around me and within me. My goal -- to find a centered place within where I felt seen, heard and loved by myself. My hope -- this practice would lessen the contraction and sense of woundedness that I was feeling in my longing for another to fill that need for me. It worked! Turning towards and embracing myself opened up so much more space for me to be present with and accepting of what was before me.
Labels: emotions, Integration, Learning, Love, practice, WhoIAm
If you're in the Seattle Area, I highly recommend a trip to this year's Seattle International Children's Festival to experience contemplative juggler, Thomas Arthur May 17 - 19. For a taste, you can watch some recent television appearances here and here (for the second one, skip ahead to 31:31)
At this performance you will be swept about by breathtakingly beautiful images of nature, forms of movement, and inquiries of existence.Labels: Earth, Events, Images, Integration, Places, Thomas Arthur
On a walk through the park today I got to watch two slugs eat. I'd never seen a slug eat. So slowly does the flower bud move into it's little body, steadily disappearing into the mystery. Watching them, I found myself thinking about a recent post by Amy over at Beauty Dialogues. She speaks about the Language of the Senses. I was awed by these beings, their shape, antennas, the ways they move, the texture of their skin, their means of nourishing self. I wondered how I would ever describe with words the quality of engagement my senses were experiencing. You just read my attempt!
As my walk continued down to the Puget Sound, I stumbled upon a crew of parasurfers. I guess I've never watched parasurfers before because the first time I saw one take air and fly up, hovering above the water, I let out a screech of excitement. That must be so exhilarating to feel the force of the wind sweep you up, surrendering to its power! And the ways in which they flew/glided across the water... riding the wind and wave's currents.Illuminating truth reflects the soul’s hunger to know its true nature – to understand what is ever more deeply and to have that knowing be the ground for life and work...We relax the grip that constrains awareness and invite all the voices in, especially the inner voices that too often remain silent. We attend to clues about what is, articulating what we know and acknowledging truths hidden or at the edges of awareness.Photo Sources: Slug Parasurfer
Labels: meditation, practice, WhoIAm
Labels: Education, Learning, parenting group, Students
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