Autumnal portal

I got some news today that my dear father was in an accident. He got pretty banged up and needs some surgery. He says he'll be OK.

I felt all shook up inside, the kind of shakiness that happens when you feel out of control. It was good to experience that feeling again, and to feel the invitation to lose control.

Coming into the new season there is a softening. The heart wants to explore its own tender Self. And if it wants to come in the form of shakiness, it can. As long as I feel connected, that is all that matters. Connected and Real. Returning to a place of extra-ordinariness. And every part of my experience is a way into the most alive and conscious existence that is possible, right now.

Not for me; for us.

When I look at the devastating news these days-especially regarding the Syrian children, I am overcome by a real concern. It seems a large portion of the world doesn't seem to care enough to feel affected by the crisis. People are so wrapped up in their own subjective lives, and because of this, they remain in a subject-oriented world. An unconscious trance-state of "my life."

 A deep evolution in our Being, allows the embodied consciousness to move out of the subject-oriented world. We are no longer coming from my life, what "I" want or need or even "my awakening." We no longer need those nice little spiritual "goodies"; the great meditations, the awakened experiences, or even periods of "no problems." We have lost the need for anything for "me." The center is fading, and in its place is a deep, intimate sense that we are all in this together. And unless we start living from this realization, as an awakened community, our species could wipe itself out.

Coming from a deep love, a love of the whole of existence, is what continues to take this life beyond any ideas of what it should be. There are no more ideas about success, or future, or even enlightenment. This life is moving beyond me. And "I" am not the one that is making this happen. "I" am being taken out of the equation. And by doing so, maybe life can get freed up to serve "us."

The power of this Heart

"I am continually being led back into the heart, where the deepest intimacy with the Divine lies. Every moment I can see that this heart is asking for all of my being, and so I give it. Not once, but continually throughout each day. My Beloved is there waiting, and I know of no other bliss greater than this intimacy."