The work of life review, leading to life resolution, releases us from our story. It is the work of self-inquiry. It engenders a liberation into the freedom of presence- into experiential attention, free from narrative. Opening the heart liberates us from the limitations of fear. It is here that we enter into awareness beyond self. It brings us to communion, directly into love. It is one of the great task and the great joys of a human experience. Opening the mind is to make space in the mind. It emancipates our attention from the distractions of assumptions and reactions. It also frees us from our beliefs, from all that we think we know. It allows entrance into the wonder of the great mystery and the wisdom clarity of direct knowing. It, also, is an essential task of awakening. ~Kathleen Dowling Singh
there is no map of awakening, only a fierce paradigm……when we pry open our hearts to allow storms to pass through, we then know our depths…….
When I realized my true being,
I left behind my human nature to look after itself,
until its destiny is exhausted.
~Nisargadatta
Let there be
an opening
into the quiet
that lies beneath
the chaos,
where you find
the peace
you did not think
possible
and see what shimmers
within the storm.
~Jan Richardson
How easy to lose sight of the calm within when the sensory world and its glamour surrounds us with its distractions – whether beauty or disharmony … Like the prospector slowly digging through the mines of life we seek the clarity of a crystal spring – the free flowing waters of life that lie beneath waiting calmly to feel our touch again …
we lose it to find it…..how can that be? coming back to the clean slate the Singh speaks of ……..no stories, only poems g.f.s…..
“When we pry open our heart to allow storms to pass through, we then know our depths.” Yes, that resonates for me along with the quote from Jan Richardson. Currently my life is in chaos and I’m caught between wanting to struggle through to that inner rock, but fear losing the ability to function while in the process. Thanks for reinforcing the call to risk it.
ode to courage Eileen….releasing our grip so that we may find our way it a bit more gently…..blessings to you…