I keep getting called out to play! I am reminded how playful Spirit really is. Jesus said come as a child. Children are playful! They are full of wonder. They don’t know everything and they don’t feel the need to know everything. And they are eager to discover and share their discoveries. Today I’m feeling playful. I’m saying yes to the invitation to create a new play group on Facebook. I’m enjoying playing with beginner’s mind in yoga poses. I’m open to the delight of trying something different and falling in and out of poses, even. I’m hearing the reminder to not take myself and everything so seriously. Let’s play!
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There is nothing wrong with my house or my clothes or the dishes we ate our supper from, but I clean them regularly. They pick up dirt or residue and I clean them and they are ready for a new day.
Do you see, sense or feel your heart of Gold? Look into the center of who you really are, to that strong, pure, simple valuable Soul that you are. It is always there, never changing substance. It is not rigid. It is flexible and takes different shapes. Impurities can be burned away and it can be polished over and over.
Treasure your heart of Gold, and when you see it, look out then, and see the heart of Gold in all of us, and know it for the pure Love that it is. I started this as an advert and endorsement for Lisa Natoli’s 40-day Transformation Program, and don’t worry, it still will be, but in an effort to share what her program has meant to me, this had to turn into a year in review.
The light in me acknowledges, sees and knows the light in you. We are all eternal. We are here expressing in physical form, and then we leave this physical form behind. What is not seen or is not the same as before, is no less. And without the boundaries of a physical body, our Souls expand and are everywhere. Anywhere. Any time. All time. Without the boundaries we experience here of time and space, we experience true freedom and once again return to the full embrace of the Divine that we always are.
My heart understands more than my mind can express. My Soul knows. I can stop looking, longing, demanding, forcing, pushing and arguing. I’m ready to stop. It’s time to remember, allow, accept and receive.
These are not the things of great knowledge, university degrees or high salaries. They don’t require certificates of diplomas. They are infinitely valuable, and yet available to everyone. They cannot be owned, and yet no one is ever without them. They will never be used up or outgrown.
They are tools, vehicles into present moment awareness. The past and future appear to exist only in our thoughts. What is real is now. Life is only ever happening now. I am not good or bad. I am not fat or thin. l am not abundance or lack. l have had all these experiences, but through it all I am only ever God or Love or Divine--just my eternal Self.
So, this morning, I was God, having a chocolate experience. Nothing more. Nothing less. And it was Divine. I have felt like it should be easiest to love the ones close to us, and yet I see time and again how we (me and those around me) don’t treat the ones closest to us the best!
My spiritual practice firms my foundation. Like my music practice prepares me for the pressures of performance, in spiritual practice I prepare for the inevitable challenges. I am ready for the nerves of performance and I have a firmer foundation to lean on. Nothing I do is to make the road
smooth, but rather to prepare me for the bumps and missing bridges. There will be detours and changing plans and I will feel into my foundation before responding. I have built up my knowing and understanding, and so in crisis, I can remember who I really am and feel the presence of God, because I have a foundation. The winds, rain and storms come, and I am ready. |