Struck with Deep Tones of Sweetness
Recent travels, a new volunteer gig, and amazing meetings with exemplars in socially engaged spirituality have me struck with deep tones of sweetness. Struck with deep tones of sweetness? Yes! While the words do not necessarily make sense together, and I find myself nearly at fault for mixing metaphors, those words seem right. “Struck” meaning hit, impacted by, affected by. “Deep” meaning profound, moving. “Tones” meaning essences—a felt presence of a quality of…”sweetness.” Sweetness to me speaks to the intensity of heart connection or heart opening that has been inspired in all of these meetings. I have been deeply and wonderfully affected by the profound essences of heart expression that I have been blessed with in my latest ambulations.
Without tuning out the pain of the world (a daily intake of NPR keeps me abreast of this), learning from spiritually mature social change agents and becoming active in my own small way in social engagement lets me relish in the “what’s good/exciting/inspiring” stuff of our times. As a good friend said to me a few months back, “I’m living the better world right now.” No talk of when we get to that new place of world peace/functionality/empathy/kindness sometime far off in the future or of the post 2012/consciousness transformation worldscape. The new world is happening now—right under our fingertips and toes. People all around you are living as if true freedom existed right now, and they are giving all of us permission to do the same. For every negative conception you have of a people or group, there is another collective turning that feeble expression on its head. Unhealthy societal patterns are being rewritten by thoughtful trailblazers around the globe every minute of everyday. Love as much as you want to! Treat yourself like you treat your best friend! Pretend like that person next to you in line at the market is one of your friends! Do not fret too much—please. Even just a tiny step in this direction can change the cosmos. Yes, I really believe that!
The other week, I was gifted a free session with the Berkeley Psychic Institute. My “reader” reported to me that my heart chakra was only 37% open. I was immediately forlorn. How, after all of this “work” on myself could I still have a heart that is not ready to love completely? My sadness transformed into compassion for myself, and I gave myself credit for that 37% and became aware that I could give myself a little push to express more of my love and gratitude, open my heart with folks I might normally shy away from, and feel what I am feeling as those things arise. My spiritual teachers and spiritual community are an ever-present invitation to do just this, and I am grateful that I have such a place to feel more safe in revealing the never ending folds of my heart.
What does this “new” and “better” world look like to you? What would it be like to pretend as if this world was already real?
As the darkest most introverted day of the year approaches with the winter solstice, I am hoping life offers you some space for reflection on what waking up together means for you. And, I wish you much joy this holiday season in waking up on the “new” side of the bed where every preconceived tired notion is up for evolving and where your heart moves your feet. Many blessings on your journey friend! Let’s wrap each other in our prayers and hold our dreams close.
Thank you so much, Kat, for this beautiful and inspirational blessing. I feel privileged to be within your circle of love and friendship. Many blessings in return for your holidays and new year ahead. Lyn
thank you Lyn!! I miss you and I am so happy to have you in my family!
You can’t control all that life throws at you- BUT- You can largely control how you REACT to it!! I react to things by consciously focusing on not letting things get me too upset, no matter what!! I eat a balanced, nutritious diet, exercise, get sufficient quality sleep, so my body can restore itself, and routinely maintain a positive, upbeat, happy attitude. The choice is yours- You can consciously make yourself happy or sad by controlling HOW you react to things!!! It takes a little practice. Happy Life To You, Cheers
BTW- I’m an Atheist and don’t believe in gods, bibles, religions or astrology. I believe in Science and Nature.
Thanks Jillie for commenting. From my experience, I know that developing a practice of silence and/or mindfulness can be very helpful and that keeping up practices to maintain a good quality of health are also important. I applaud you in your journey of health. I have also found that I have needed to go through periods of “darkness”–dis-ease and lower levels of health to come into deeper levels of integration within myself. Sometimes, things have had to fall apart before they could become healthier. Btw, I love nature and am excited by science. I hope this blog does not put you off or make you feel excluded because you do not subscribe to normative religious values such as God, Christianity, etc.