Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
-Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
Today I recognized that I am a healer :) With the help of Daisy, my fellow American expat, I successfully helped her in her spiritual path, through the act of opening myself up and giving her my love, not just universal love (i.e. reiki). I gave selfelssly from myself to another being, and it's amazing that I helped to heal her cakra blockage. I channeled her spirit guides, giving her a message that she's been waiting to hear for some months. It was a healing exchange. Oftentimes I wished for some healing abilities, when really I just needed to recognize the abilities that I already have. I do have potential for more learning, but the talent has already manifested inside of me, just needed me to look at it and see myself for what I really am.
I am not tied down by labels
I am not tied down by ego
I am not tied down by obligation
expectation
reservation
I am FREE
Free to be me
Free to be no one
Free to be everyone
And Everything
Right now I sit in McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. But I am surrounded by the same conciousness that surrounds one in London, Paris, New York, LA. Even SD. We are all one, and we are all nothing. We are the same in emptiness and fullness.
Humanity is a blip in the universe, a falsity in the home of Truth. But we still ARE.
So much to learn, or remember.
I am an old soul but this is not my last visit here. Definitely not.
If anything, I'll come back for the coffee :)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
a beautiful passage
i just read this on a friend's facebook page and it brought tears to my eyes. this is about truly living, not through fear or the lower cakras, but truly living from your heart and your conciousness. enjoy.
The Invitation
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living, I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are, I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed, from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer From "The Invitation" © 1999 Oriah Mountain Dreamer published by HarperSanFrancisco
The Invitation
It doesn't interest me what you do for a living, I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are, I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon... I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed, from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself. If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty every day. And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!!"
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer From "The Invitation" © 1999 Oriah Mountain Dreamer published by HarperSanFrancisco
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
quick update
still in india for about another three weeks...
found amazing yoga practice and energetically cleansing/growing daily
vegan AGAIN, for real this time (as much as possible in India, anyway)
so immensely grateful for everyone and everything, i love you all
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