Yogis,
A quick exercise before you read on……..
Take a long conscious breath, exhaling completely. Roll your shoulders back and let the shoulder
blades melt down the back of your body.
Draw the fronts of your shoulders away from each other, spreading the
front of the chest and tip the heart upward slightly.
Bring your awareness to the area around the heart and
observe the breath as it flows through there, giving the heart more space. Now imagine you are turning on a light inside
the heart, filling the chest with its brightness. Finally open the window in front of the heart
and let the light shine out.
Radiating heart energy….the energy of gratitude and love. The energy of who we are!
The energy of the heart is expansive, high vibrating and boundless. We feel it when we love someone, love our children,
love our house and love nature. But love
is so much bigger than even all of that.
When we open the heart we move
from loving to “being love”. Here we
love everyone, everything and especially ourselves unconditionally and always. No longer a need for anyone or anything to
trigger it. The light shines brilliantly
and lights the way for everyone in its path.
Part of tapping into this power is learning the art of
surrender. Surrender. When you hear the word what images does it
bring to mind?
Surrender is often portrayed as giving up. Head down.
Shoulders rolled forward. Maybe
even cowardly and filled with fear. But
that is certainly not the surrender I speak of here.
This surrender requires amazing courage. Head high.
Shoulders back and heart lifted.
Inner strength that doesn’t waver (this is why we worked with fire
first). Complete and utter trust that the Universe
does and will support you no matter what may happen on the path. This
is the surrender of …….letting go…..letting go…..letting go.
We have uncovered our desires, formed them into visions and
planted them in the infinite space in front of us that is unwritten. We know and see what we want and are taking
steps toward it. Now in the heart it is
time to let go of the reins with faith.
Releasing control. I heard Jim Carey say this week, “Why not give
faith a chance”. Why the heck not? We let go of hurts, angers, judgments, worry,
sorrows and doubt. Taking chances, knowing
in every fiber of the body that we will be ok, no matter if we stumble or soar,
ride high or sink to incredible lows. That
we are held, supported, and..…loved. Trusting
in the benevolence of the Universe.
So how do we learn this trust in the Universe? The same way we learn to trust anyone or
anything else….we first form a deep and committed relationship. A
partnership. We will begin working on
this with the throat energy next week!
This poem appeared on my path this week. It says this all so perfectly.
She
let go.
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…
~ Rev. Safire Rose
She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…
~ Rev. Safire Rose
Sigh,
SARAH
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