a heartmind like sky
emptiness as vast as space
witnesses wonder
the sanskrit word for emptiness is shunyata while the chinese character is sky; both representations plus the image of hang gliding convey some of the experience of our true nature of emptiness… the joyful freedom and liberation when we are empty of separation, weightiness, burdens and limitation… a state empty of suffering while grounded in boundless compassion for all relatives, a state sans borders and boundaries, as vast and expansive as the deep peace of the running wave flowing through the all that is… a state of flying into the great unknown, syncing/sinking/surrendering into emptiness which can feel disorienting especially when done wholeheartedly and it is that same whole-heartedness that saves, that orients, that aligns us with source…
welcome to soulful september where we align with the master sculpting force that chisels away the stone of illusion and expectation releasing the soul held within to take flight and dive ever deeper into the peace passing all understanding, the peace found in the center of the medicine wheel…
re-member open sky
return to her, breathe and fly
our one heart soars high
listen with me now as we surrender to boundless love to the Love Prayer the inimitable Charlie Chaplin heard singing him on his 70th birthday:
“As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”. As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody as I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”. As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it “MATURITY”. As I began to love myself I understood that at any circumstance, I am in the right place at the right time, and everything happens at the exactly right moment. So I could be calm. Today I call it “SELF-CONFIDENCE”. As I began to love myself I quit steeling my own time and I stopped designing huge projects for the future. Today, I only do what brings me joy and happiness, things I love to do and that make my heart cheer and I do them in my own way and in my own rhythm. Today I call it “SIMPLICITY”. As I began to love myself I freed myself of any thing that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”. As I began to love myself I quit trying to always be right and ever since I was wrong less of the time. Today I discovered that is “MODESTY”. As I began to love myself I refused to go on living in the past and worry about the future. Now, I only live for the moment, where EVERYTHING is happening. Today I live each day, day by day, and I call it “FULFILLMENT”. As I began to love myself I recognized that my mind can disturb me and it can make me sick. But as I connected it to my heart, my mind became a valuable ally. Today I call this connection “WISDOM OF THE HEART”.
may we all walk in a soulful way today and every day with each breath a new beginning, each moment of eternity a walk in beauty with all our relatives traveling as one along the rainbow trail deeper into great mystery’s sacred web of life everlasting…
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