Certainly my heartbreak over the tragedy in Japan renders my thoughts about the situation insignificant.
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Yet I have been asked to share my thoughts.
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Well, of course the mechanics of the karma comes to mind. However, we must be most humble regarding this. The mechanics of creation are subtle and complex to the point of unfathomability.
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Though the sadness in my heart dominated my experience, the interconnectedness of life has been foremost in my mind regarding this tragedy.
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Speaking openly and sincerely, I would have to say that it seems like we felt it coming here at Mount Soma. For several days prior to the earthquake, it seemed like a pressure or turbulence was building just under the surface.
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When news of the earthquake arrived, it felt like, “Oh, so now we know what that was really about.” Our lives are all so interconnected. The pulse of the planet courses through the channels of global consciousness. The more we feel our connection to all that is, the more we experience the pulse of that global state. Eras in time have characteristic pulses. I remember clearly realizing and experiencing that during the Carter presidency era.
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Imagine if we could work with that interconnection as a vehicle to heal global consciousness.
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From my years of experience in the healing arts, I concluded that if you could feel it, you could heal it. The idea being that if you can get a ‘handle’ on something, you can then begin to work with it.
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Feeling is the gateway. So much of life is just about feeling what is right in your hands – innocently, purely, unbiased – without judgment, preconceptions, or conditions.
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To look upon the world and see it as it is.
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Notions of what is preclude ones ability to see what is.
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Everything is right there before you.
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To perceive, is to feel without bias, is to heal. The potential is infinite.
Could you elaborate on “to perceive …is to heal.” How does perceiving or feeling your physical or mental pain or block translate into healing? Even if you can feel into a few layers of your being or the “cause” of the difficulty, doesn’t healing require some type of transformation. Maybe I am assuming that healing would mean a significant positive change in the situation, but perhaps that doesn’t necessarily equate with “healing.” Maybe a specific change, i.e. less pain, less confusion, is only my preconceived notion of “healing.” Are you talking about perceiving or resting into your true self and by doing that, true health for you and the planet will naturally, ultimately, be achieved? I guess, that feels right to me. Is that what you were talking about? If not, can you unravel this a little bit for me. Thanks
I feel devastated on so many levels. As long as I have been in the Program and meditating, even now after all these years my only wish is to take away and/or alleviate the pain and suffering. I am thinking I have not evolved at all. Perhaps I have devolved. It is frustrating. When I read these words I have hope.
I will be responding to these comments soon. These days have been very busy, but I do intend to get to them.