CONNECTED
I was alone on Mt. Shasta for a silent retreat, camping in
the wild, swimming in pure lakes and meditating long times at the sacred well.
Some of you may have been there, or your journey may lead you one day to this
special place.
I remember the sunrise one morning- flooding a vast field of
wildflowers in golden light, giving way to an immense view across the mountains
and the valley below. It was paradise and I was filled with a profound
reverence and gratitude for the sheer existence of it all.
Sometimes we need to step out of the familiar, the story of
our lives, let the mind rest in the backseat, open our hearts and arms wide and
just walk right into the Unknown. By that we might gain a greater view and
enter through the gates into what is true. When we look from a higher place
then the usual, where we are less identified with the stuff we tend to carry
around, we see more clearly what is real, remember who we are, what truly
matters in life and we might gain vision for our next step, which can lead us
to new shores.
Immersed in silence, in the breathtaking beauty and utter
sacredness, I felt my own veils lifting and was taken into what is most
natural: oneness with all creation.
In that moment a deer walked up to me and
stood like an old friend so closely by my side, our bodies almost touching in
this peace of being together. A hummingbird landed on my head, looking for
nectar or a nest? A hawk circled me from above with a screeching sound- who is
the prey I wondered? All of nature responds, when we open into who we truly
are. For in that we are intimately connected with all of life.
In this
awakeness, in love all is embraced and met- our hardships, pains, failures,
ignorance, our longings, joys, celebrations, victories, deliciousness….Nothing
is left out, not you either- welcomed simply as you are.
Through our willingness to be present with what is and
center in love, we can truly connect with one another in most simple ways- by
sharing a meal, a word of kindness, a smile or our so human tears. How easily
this can be forgotten in a world of delusions, where a buzzing business, some
grandiose ideas or a daily treadmill can take over and put us to sleep. This
might be as good of a moment as any other, to stop for a breath or two and sense
the aliveness in the body, the longing inside the heart, the love that beholds
you. When allowed, it will take you all the way home. Trust and follow it my
friend! May we give each other a hand, for none of us can make it alone. And if
you forget- just listen, be present, for the heart speaks in the silence, the
wind, the sunset, the eyes of a child, the touch of a friends hand: The power
of love is always here -in and all around us. Are you?
Sending you warmth of the Indian summer here, Nicola
Copyright@Nicola Amadora
