The Crystal Heart

As I move through feelings with more ease, awareness grows. I become aware of how my behavior may be perceived by others. When I am caught in the middle of a feeling I lose touch with heart-core-spirit-that is the only thing that doesn’t change-the only constant. Awareness of  interactions, seen from others’ point of view, helps me to know the way to be whole. When I am peaceful I can naturally facilitate that with words and actions in relationship. An open heart sees from all sides, directions, knows how to help others feel at peace.

It is a new month, and I am in a new country. What I am sensing more than ever at this time is that much is unknown, but that it is a good thing. I sense a wide open sky, a clearing after the recent turbulence of the past months. This clearing is moving within us. I am discovering that questions I thought I needed answers to can wait, that where I am meant to be and what I am meant to do will be made clear, eventually, and that most important is not to worry about it now. I am discovering that when I engage with and share with others I find myself surrounded by at this time that somehow everything feels right. I am discovering activities and places that excite me, that spark new ideas, new dreams. I am remembering to breathe in the beauty of each moment, trusting and allowing that to shape the future.

I am going dancing tonight. I am in a small town in the Kootenay mountains. The air here is pure, and I am with old friends. My travel plans have been shifting more quickly than ever, and I know that dancing tonight is more important than anything else right now. It has been a long time since I have danced with friends. It will ground me more surely than anything else can. Dancing lets the soul express, dancing carries one to the heartbeat of creation. It sounds in my heart, and is the compass that leads me on the right path that at times appears elusive. I believe to express one’s heart with passion is the most powerful and most loving thing we can do – for ourselves, for others and for all creation.

During times like this, when I pack up by bags and leave for a new place, not knowing what I will find or how I will arrive there, I pause to savor the magic of the moment. A kaleidoscope of unborn dreams is waiting to spill, radiant, into the space of this good-bye. This is our now, our world in a shifting dance that is opening up, inviting your ever growing soul to play in.

Each day unfolds in ever increasing radiance. I am spun, over and over again in patterns new and forgotten. In joy and reverence I surrender to this breath. No longer needing to hold it, to control it, I simply pulse with the winds that blow. I am effortlessly carried in a dance so beautifully choreographed a fountain from my heart waters the ground I walk.

Never have I felt so clearly the bliss of letting go. Only when we release what we most desire, what we most yearn for, what holds us most strongly in the bonds of ego, will we know the meaning of life. I share with you what is my truth, because when you experience this knowing, this bliss, you wish to share it. This time is a jewel for you. It asks you to let go of everything: your dreams, your wishes, your possessions that no longer nourish you, your judgements, your criticisms, your angers, your blames, your fears. If you can permit yourself to unburden yourself in this way, then, now, you will fly into the most beautiful dream, place, reality that is yours to claim.

We are Earth. Our body is her body. By attuning to the seasons and honoring the experience of each through our bodies we become whole. Earth is the fullness of late summer; it is also the precious time that marks the transition from one season to the next, when we integrate fully the energies we have experienced, and prepare for what is to come. It is important now to take the time we need to return to balance and to honor this season between seasons. Wellness is living in harmony with Earth.

For me, the elements are intricately linked to the cosmic cycles of the sun and the moon. As the fall equinox approaches, and with it a new moon, I am feeling the pull to turn inward. This is feeling Earth. It is a powerful time to simply be, to honor everything that has been experienced and to allow our body, mind and soul to process and express its way through the breath, movement and rest, to stillness. From there we are born again into Metal.

It is a powerful time to be under the night sky, open to the dark moon and receive insight from deep within for the path of the unfolding heart. With the precious clarity Earth offers, we can then move into Metal with awareness and direction. We will intuitively know what needs cleansing, refining, purifying, and how to support ourselves with this process. Listen to your body, temple of your soul. Then celebrate by letting go of what is no longer needed, honoring the treasures that remain, and bringing in beautiful new visions of your self NOW. Dance your temple into the perfect reflection of the songs of your soul. Co-creating your dreams with those around you supports you in the process of transformation.

I am finding that sometimes you have to lose everything you have to find your personal power. Then you receive everything you have always dreamed of. Final surrender opens the door to so much grace.

Each day is a canvas. We can continue a painting already started, lay the groundwork for a formula we know that works, or we can try something never before attempted in this lifetime. There is a time for all things. To embody beauty and ease, to dance your part in this co-creation – why we are all here – requires discipline. It requires knowing yourself, and doing whatever it takes for you to be able to surrender to the moment, each moment, to be in it regardless of what is going on within and around you. I am traveling along British Columbia’s west coast, and like the ocean I am drawn to, and love so well, I rise and I fall. Here at home I am finding it more difficult than any place I have been in Asia or Europe to remain in my center, to remember at all times who I am. Why? Is it because it is the land where I was born, and so I relax a little more, and forget myself? Or am I being pulled deeper than ever before to explore hidden places in my heart and psyche? I think it is both. Like always, it is a time of opening the heart, of remembering. It is the height of summer and the fire burns brightest at this time. Let it clear any fears you have, let it carry you to the heights you you dream of. It is time to live as brightly as you can, with courage and infinite love, knowing you are light and sharing it.

I will fly from Istanbul tomorrow, on Summer Solstice. This has been my home base for three months, and as I prepare to leave I feel a mixture of challenge, sadness and an increasing glow of excitement that courses through me. Summer Solstice is a porthole, a time to embrace the golden light that flows stronger though all of creation. With it comes inevitable change. When we stay with our hearts and feel the shifts that are happening with our bodies we center ourselves. This centering of self allows us to spin and weave through the shifts that occur as outworn patterns and structures are released. By remaining  anchored in our hearts we can best respond to the uncertainties that present themselves, that arise from the old falling away. This allows us to create beautiful new ones that will match our true desires, that will be aligned with our soul’s purpose.  May you celebrate your own increased lightness of being.