every outbreath, an emptying… every inbreath, a re-membering…

i awaken on this second day of the third year of  the most conscious, deepest,  and most expansive awakening  initiation in the glow of boddhicitta, the awakened heart opening ever wider and wider to the suffering of the world…

in the buddhist teaching of love, there are four elements with the first being maitri – friendship, brotherhood/sisterhood/beinghood, loving-kindness… the second is karuna – the capacity to understand the suffering and help remove and transform it – compassion… mudita is the third element – joy… the last element is upeksha – nondiscrimination which is a higher form of love… The four qualities, also call the four unlimited minds, are limitless – infinite love… the bodhisattva of love is in us, boddicitta is our heart…

so i’m feeling so softened this day on the camino simply binge totally surrendered in the present moment breathing peace and listening deeply…

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For Presence
Awaken to the mystery of being here
and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.
Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.
Receive encouragement when new frontiers beckon.
Respond to the call of your gift and the courage to
follow its path.
Let the flame of anger free you of all falsity.
May warmth of heart keep your presence aflame.
May anxiety never linger about you.
May your outer dignity mirror an inner dignity of
soul.
Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek
no attention.
Be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul…
~ John O’Donohue ~

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may we experience each day as a sacred gift woven
around our boddicitta heart of wonder…

namaste, beloveds