So, last night, I was feeling a little flat - and worried. Pressuring myself to have something pithy to say each and every day. And luckily, last night was NVC call night, so I got to talk with my dear friend and "empathy" buddy Jo. We do this once a week, rather no matter what, to check in and be with what is alive in ourselves and each other. By diving more deeply into the "flatness" - the "non-ecstacy" - I found this place of connection with the deeper, still waters of what Is, and decided to surrender. What a relief. I decided that if I had nothing to say, then I wouldn't. Until I did. And then I would.
Today has been a very peaceful day. In yoga class, when we chanted aum, there was something very resonant about it. Full and alive.
And I remember that surrender is often like that. Falling more deeply into what Is - opens it up. Unless I am using surrender as a strategy to force something to open up. But then, that's not truly surrrender, is it? It's more like faux surrender - a toxic mimic.
I learned some of this from someone I didn't thank the other day - Caroline Casey. She is an astrologer and host of the Visionary Activist Show (KPFA 94.1 FM - Thurs. 2 pm). I just love to explore the trails she blazes. Today she and her guest talked about how plants with the medicine you need will begin to grow near your home (ex. Japanese knot weed, an excellent medicine for Lyme disease, is moving along the East Coast - and preceding the appearance of the disease by six months.) There is more going on here than meets the untrained eye, but we can see it if we so desire, and learn how. What is growing in my front yard? Oddly, a liquid amber tree was just removed, and the crimson sage whacked all to heck - wonder what that might mean?
This is the kind of question I want to be asking. To pay attention like that.
Caroline also described how a visible river always has an invisible river associated with it - 500 ft below and beyond what we see on the surface. And that the health of the visible river depends on the health of the invisible river.
Today has been a very peaceful day. In yoga class, when we chanted aum, there was something very resonant about it. Full and alive.
And I remember that surrender is often like that. Falling more deeply into what Is - opens it up. Unless I am using surrender as a strategy to force something to open up. But then, that's not truly surrrender, is it? It's more like faux surrender - a toxic mimic.
I learned some of this from someone I didn't thank the other day - Caroline Casey. She is an astrologer and host of the Visionary Activist Show (KPFA 94.1 FM - Thurs. 2 pm). I just love to explore the trails she blazes. Today she and her guest talked about how plants with the medicine you need will begin to grow near your home (ex. Japanese knot weed, an excellent medicine for Lyme disease, is moving along the East Coast - and preceding the appearance of the disease by six months.) There is more going on here than meets the untrained eye, but we can see it if we so desire, and learn how. What is growing in my front yard? Oddly, a liquid amber tree was just removed, and the crimson sage whacked all to heck - wonder what that might mean?
This is the kind of question I want to be asking. To pay attention like that.
Caroline also described how a visible river always has an invisible river associated with it - 500 ft below and beyond what we see on the surface. And that the health of the visible river depends on the health of the invisible river.
That is How Things Work.There is so much unseen, that may be seen if we know how to look.
And for me, during these 27 days I'm feeling into that invisible river. And looking with the unworn sides of my eyes....
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I love hearing what's alive in you whether it's a word or two or several paragraphs. I also love being able to express the same to you once very week.
Your NVC buddy Jo
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