Searching for Wholeness
I am a big advocate of LOVE! Not so much Valentine’s Day style love, but true, constant, difficult, and pure love. Love is the thread that is woven through the fabric of our lives. There are many kinds of love: caring, compassionate, sexual, healing, fierce, and platonic. There is our love of pets, love of wisdom and knowledge, love for our planet, and then there is the kind of love that expresses deep devotion, desire, and longing.
When this longing to be connected to something beyond ourselves arises, it expresses itself from each and every cell of our being. The love that I am speaking about is not a cool, calculated, transactional, and detached kind of love that many of us have unfortunately experienced…no this Love takes shape and form with visceral intensity, driving us out of our stagnant patterns, and demanding our devotion and attention on the daily. This is not a take it or leave it kind of love. This commitment is non-negotiable and tears down the barriers within our heart and spirit to return us to wholeness.
The love contained within the human heart is vast, and expresses as blissful, open, and devoted, when held in its natural state.
While we all long to feel whole, separation, and its sisters, disconnection & forgetfulness, play a part in the human experience. When disconnected we ache. Pain, discomfort, and a sense of longing are the feelings that separation sends our way to lead us back to balance. We all feel this separation. We feel it in our bodies, in our relationships, and in aspects of our psyches. By connecting and accepting this sensation of longing, our hearts open to the essence that is our birthright…Love.
We all have the opportunity to explore our connection with the divine, that part of us that is within and beyond ourselves, yet somehow not different from us. When we access the space of infinite acceptance in our hearts, we feel united, connected, complete, satisfied, and satiated.
The Sufi poet Rumi reminds us of this, “You have within you more Love than you could ever understand.”
If You Are:
-looking to reconnect with this element of love,
-needing inspiration
-desiring to open your upper back so you can connect more fully to your heart
-wanting to learn the art of back bending
-longing to connect with wonderful women
-ready to sing & chant
-open to writing in a journal for reflection
-a fan of warm Cacao in these cold months
Then come join my upcoming Shakti Sessions: The Goddess of Love & Devotion