I breathe you in, you breathe me out

and new worlds are created,

the gentle touch of your sweet love,

my heart forever sated

Sri Gawn Tu Fahr

"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;

 I love you because I know no other way."

~ Pablo Neruda

When the rose opens, it's fragrance starts flowing all around.

It is not addressed to anyone in particular.

If the king passes by he will receive it;

If a beggar passes by he will receive it.

If a thief passes by he will receive it.

If a murderer passes by he will receive it.

For the rose it makes no difference who is receiving it.

Trust is the fragrance of a silent, peaceful being.

Let me remind you: Trust is the fragrance of nothingness.

Osho

     "From Death to Deathlessness"

At the deepest level, you know that there is no way you can fail at this.

You will not be stranded for all eternity in the illusion of separation

because you did not "get it".

You have seen to that.

You have simply programmed sufficient detours and side trips

into your itinerary to insure the greatest possible sense

 of gratification in discovering that you are, at last, heading home.

 Rasha

“Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world...

Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.”

Teilhard de Chardin 

I don't think our hearts break after all,

we may have it all upside down!

I think they are actually growing bigger

and filling up with more love.

Growing pains anyone?

I've  been away from home for 5 days now and have been busy doing the tourist thing with my boys here in Sydney. 

My gift from this trip has been the realisation that even though i love what i do for a living, i have not been playing. I have certainly been enjoying myself, but not in a playful, free spirited way. The child-like joy of being free to look around and experience every moment.

This break has been like an epiphany pit stop.

The heightened awareness of every sense i possess feels amazing and i think it has lots to do with being back by the harbour and the sea - it's restorative and soul comforting. I also love the city - it invigorates and inspires me - i am reminded that anything is possible - it's the same feeling i've had since i was a child - absolute wonder and excitement.

So now to return home and include this in my every day living. I think perhaps to start with more regular meditations - soul spaces - creating the room needed to be playful and free spirited whilst honouring all the commitments that make up my every day world.

I'll let you know how it goes.....

"There's nowhere you can be

that isn’t where you’re meant to be."

All You Need Is Love - The Beatles

I saw this great quote on Love Freo's page on facebook
and remembered how the lyrics to "all you need is love"
 are pretty cool and meaningful for such a relaxed little song.

"Love is all you need - it's easy!"

Once we peel back the layers of stuff
we wrap ourselves in,
that's the only truth i have been able to find.

Here's hoping love finds you again today
 and you grab it and run with it
- it's everywhere if we open our hearts.

If you are criticizing, you are not being grateful.

If you are blaming, you are not being grateful.

If you are complaining, you are not being grateful.

If you are feeling tension, you are not being grateful.

If you are rushing, you are not being grateful.

If you are in a bad mood, you are not being grateful.

Gratitude can transform your life.

Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

Here is your Zen of the Day:

"When you get there, there isn't any there, there."

Looking For Oneness In All The Right Places....

I sat on the shore on Easter Sunday and watched as my two little boys 4 and 6 years old, played in the surf. It was the very first time they had gone to the beach and not been anxious about the waves.

Something had shifted for them. It had become a joyous game. They rolled around, got gently knocked down, rode the waves on their boards and laughed and played for a few hours.

Waving back as they checked in every so often, i knew in one of those moments that this was oneness. They were one with the sea and themselves and everyone around them. I was one with myself as i celebrated my family, my birthday, my incredibly blessed and fortunate life.

We were all 100 percent plugged in to ourselves and our environment and it felt easy and joyous and luxurious.

It got me thinking about how we seek to feel the oneness in our lives. 

We all like to feel connected. That's oneness - unity. Connected to ourselves, our family, our community, our environment. Those connections bring a sense of purpose and calmness of being.

As human beings we aspire for that calmness that comes from knowing we are in a safe space. The safe space in reality comes from the surrender and acceptance of acknowledging that nothing is permanent. It's all a path on the way to somewhere else. When we learn and live this is when we become one. One with all the pieces of ourselves, each other, our world.....

In between, we try to create safe spaces in other ways by owning things, owning people, being rigid in our feelings and thoughts, self medicating to numb our feelings and our thoughts, being part of a group, seeking constant care from others for our mental, physical, spiritual or emotional wellbeing.

These behaviours all have pay offs. Some short term, some decades worth, but they can block us from the flow. It's really hard work to maintain them too. The illusion is that they can make us feel we are doing something worthy because they are consuming. A bit of a martyr syndrome sometimes develops which appears to confirm that we are doing our bit to suffer along in this life like "everyone else.

But protecting ourselves with external stuff does not prevent life from happening to us. When i was in my  20's i had a twenty four hour period filled with three things that i thought back then were the end of me. I signed divorce papers in the afternoon, my father passed away in the evening and i miscarried an unrealised pregnancy over night.   It was like the very fabric of everything i recognised was being torn to shreds. Of course it was just life flowing like it always does but my attachment to those situations made it difficult to understand at the time.

I see it happen to other people now and recognise it clearly. They might lose everything they own, maybe a relationship ends, someone passes away, someone becomes ill - you know the list - just look around you. They are all parts of life but we still act surprised when they come along.

It's like life is screaming at us to wake up. Plug back in. Turn your switch on. Reconnect. You are a part of the Oneness already - you just have to plug back in.....

Henosis (Greek ἕνωσις - unity, oneness)

My first thoughts on where this post was heading was about why we think we need other people to rescue us and reconnect us to ourselves. Having slept on it i see that each stop we make with others - healers, guru's, carers, partners - are sign posts along the way. They are our chance to remind ourselves that we are already worthwhile.

We are all one - but sometimes life clouds our outlook. So tidy up your space inside your mind and find the on switch. It's been there the whole time. Then breathe, smile and reconnect. It feels like coming home and it feels really good!

“We tend to forget that happiness

doesn't come as a result

of getting something

we don't have,

but rather of recognizing

and appreciating

what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig

"Fear is what you think might go wrong

but you have no evidence for it.

Faith is what you think might go right

 but you have no evidence for it."

Patrick Combs