Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth,
‘You owe me’.
Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights the whole sky.
— Hafiiz
It has been so slowly creeping over me . . .this growing darkness and sleepiness. I have to admit that I have never been more aware of it than I am this fall. Is it just me? And the more interesting side of this from my point of view, is that it feels okay and navigable. In the past I would drift from pretending, to ignoring, to blustering through, believing that this ‘SAD’ (seasonal affective disorder) thing had no hold on me and half convincing my self that it was true.
First, stop lying to yourself. The truth shall set you free. And the truth is that only love is real. The long, silent, sacred night is sent to wrap us in the soft arms of love, if we just stand aside and allow it. It is up to us. Will we accept or reject it?
Earth shows us how. Always. The earth is alive, awake and aware. Read that again. She responds to our love and our gratitude. The awe I feel when I am part of a sea/ sky/ mountain scape is the portal to that love — into that meditation.
It has been a wild ride on Mother Earth in this century and we have no reason to believe that it will slow down anytime soon. The coming lunar Year of the Dragon has some ‘exciting’ surprises for us I understand. At the same time the portals to love are open as never before. Simply reach out. Seek and ye shall find. Ask and it is answered. It has never been simpler.
Make no mistake, you and I are here at this time, in this place on purpose. We would not be here if it were not so. We said ‘Yes’. We are part of the solution. All we need do is open that love portal and the rest is under control. You are the perfect light for this world, as am I. Just show up. The world is waiting. You are the sunrise.
We know this works because our experience of the world reverses to a joy-filled, love fest — when we remember who we are. This is no idle promise.
How do we start? When you feel an unloving thought coming, catch it in the nucleus. Change it to sending love. Start with simply noticing. As ye give so shall ye receive. Your whole world will change. If you are still watching/listening to daily ‘news’, send the victims of abuse your love and compassion rather than reacting with hate or fear.
Here is a really easy practice to begin:
You are in bed at the beginning of the long, dark night. Having trouble dropping off to sleep?
Send blessings.
Think of someone who needs an intercession of love or help in their lives and blast them off blessings of love and beauty and joy. Keep going until you fall asleep sending blessings. I know from my own experience that it works, not just to lull me to sleep but to change circumstances in lives. Some of us call this a miracle.
Become miracle-minded. Know you are here on earth for one reason alone — to love and be loved, as am I. To be the love that is missing from the world. Everything else is decoration.
Loving solstice blessing to you, my dear, longtime friends.
Yesterday I was clever. I wanted to change the world..
Today I am wise, so I am changing my self.
— Rumi
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