We are nature and we are it all the time,

no matter how far away or how close

we perceive it to be at each moment.

~Fabiana Fondevila

allowing ourselves to feel our lives entwined….

inquiry for today~.

another way in…..

If we pause and listen deeply we can turn our attention, our hearts, and goodwill to sense the great mystery. We might ask, “Who am I?” How do I navigate birth and death, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, joy and sorrow? What about my worries for the earth and what we’re doing to it, and my own personal grief and losses? I am so often reactive, grasping at this, and afraid of that, but is that all? Is there a more noble and wise way to move through all of this changing life?

This is an entirely different meaning of love than one based in personal gratification. It’s a willingness to show up for this life fully with awareness, attention, courage, and love. You can learn to trust. In spiritual opening periodically you will die. Remember, at some unknown point in the future, your physical body is going to die anyway. We know that, we’ve all seen the statistics, and the mortuary’s waiting for you, I promise you. But as you progress down the spiritual path, you will welcome obstacles and learn to surrender and meet it all with love. Each of the “little deaths” will open you further. Until all is witnessed by timeless consciousness, the reality that you are.

~Jack Kornfield