A call is resounding for “a great turning” in response to
the current situation we are facing on our planet. In my eyes, it is as simple
as it is profound: to turn to who we really are, to each other, to nature and
what is here. Now.
When I awake in the mornings, I look outside my window and
often I see sunlight piercing through the clouds, illuminating a golden pathway
across the ocean. I hear the constant rhythm of the waves, seals barking,
children laughing and playing at the beach, the doves sit happily at my
windowsill - I can’t help, but smile and weep for the sheer beauty and gift of
this precious life. Then I turn to girls being brutally used through sex
trafficking, people who go hungry in an affluent country… Walking on the beach
where I collect trash, I meet a pelican, who cannot move anymore, because oil
is covering its feathers…
Can we allow our hearts to be as wide as the world in answer
to this? Letting truth guide and wisdom live us in the midst of the beauty and
mess of our humanness? Are you willing
to fully turn and open to the gift you have inside and actually live it- for
the sake of all?
I have had many heartbreaks in my life and each time I
turned to both the joy and the pain, allowing my heart to open, instead of
shutting down (which is tempting, when it hurts like hell) with a willingness
to drop deeper than the stories and beliefs, I only discovered an even greater
love that is present and alive in everything.
Not a love that covers a pink blanket over what we do not
wish to see, or one that is reserved for a few. Or that is unattainable, like
from another world we cannot find. You know what I mean, for you have
experienced it many a time, may be in moments when least expected. You may just have a different word for
this:
A love that is right here in the midst of it all- that
touches you, risks to reach out to another, gets into the muck of it all,
connecting us, that cares and dares to take a stand amidst adversity, that
moves us into actions which are of benefit; compassion which embraces you, even
in the deepest suffering, when all seems lost; a love that has an intelligence
far greater than our little minds can comprehend and uncovers a way we may not
yet have seen, a love which can move us to step beyond the old story- into life
itself,
This is what I trust. It is always here, even if I too
forget at times. That is what I know can help us all to turn. It is the gift in
your heart, wanting to be recognized and be expressed in a way that is unique
to you. As you do, whether in small or big ways- it makes a difference for us
all. Allowing our light to shine forth, not only being a lamp onto ourselves,
but for and with each other and the earth- this is already making a pathway
across the world. I see it everyday. It isn’t just the Buddha, Christ or a Holy
One. The great masters and beings are with us, their ancient teachings can
greatly help us along the road. Yet, in this time- it really is up to each one
of us. You are the gift. Let’s live what we got in us, like there is no
tomorrow, as if our lives depend on it (I guess at this point our survival
really does) and support each other. Even if it is a tiny glimmer we can allow
and share with another- it matters. My
invitation to you is: Light a great fire with all of us, in your heart and in
this world! Blessed
Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanza, Santa Lucia, Hanukkah and New Year to you.
Nicola
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