Love is reality. I am certain of it. I have been thinking about that, feeling and experiencing the essence of it for weeks. It’s a thought I’ve often had and sometimes, and I don’t know why or how, some switch gets flipped and I experience the truth of it. Sometimes for a few days, or a few weeks I live in the experience of it, as if I can feel the light-the electricity and magnetism- that we and all things are made of. One day I hope that switch stays flipped and I live out my days filled with the wonder and pleasure, the bright joy and peace and inspiration of it.
All humans want to love and be loved. Everything else is secondary. That’s really all there is. It is not a secret, yet allowing that to occur is the secret of life. Allowing love. It’s everywhere, truly.
If we love, and allow others to love us, and help ourselves to give and receive that which we long for most by quieting our minds and interrupting the stream of rules, shoulds, perfectionism, expectationism, score keeping, intellectualizing and judgment…we can and will experience that golden experience, not just once or with one person, but each day, in multiple ways…through many of our encounters. Contact…Giving and receiving acceptance, is love. I’m not talking about the romanticized dramatic version of love that borders on pain and lives in dread and fear of loss, or the mind shattering ten second orgasm expression of love…that’s good too…and…I’m talking about something older, deeper, longer lasting, more easily accessible anywhere, nearly anytime we choose. It is an experience of recognition. Or as it was expressed recently on the biog screen “ I see you”. Love is awakening to our Connection that is primal and foundational-and real.
My friend Dan Winter, once a researcher for the HeartMath ™ Institute calls this fundamental experience “Lo-phi” or in geek speak, “the recursive golden mean wave form structure of light and magnetism out of which all reality is generated.”
Another friend, Whitley Strieber, said it more simply in his recent newsletter when he wrote: “I think that love is the same among all creatures, that it is the hidden essence of reality itself, and that everything that does not contain it is a sort of illusion. Love is reality.”
Yes my friends. I wholeheartedly agree.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Living In Your Body in 2010
It seems that nobody is bringing body awareness to the forefront of consciousness exploration. I mean, we LIVE here, in our bodies... yet we ignore the signs of need and imbalance and somehow even end up thinking it's a good thing when we go without sleep or meke it through the day on coffee and power bars. If we ignored the leaky roof or the engine light with as much dogged resistance, we'd have our friends and loved ones telling us what idiots we are, right? And of course, if we get sick or injured, even then, we are more likely to medicate and push on, rather than rest and heal..or God forbid- take care of the problem at the Source .
Yet, we read books, take classes and pretend that we are interested in enlightenment...in self awareness...all the while, allowing our magnificent bodies to flounder and struggle against great odds as we fail to provide the three simple and most basic ingredients of health and well being. Good nutrition, daily exercise and enough R & R.
If you want to live in the moment, experience the Power of Now, or have even a fleeting glimmer of enlightenment, ignoring your body isn’t at option. Never mind enlightenment, the basic pleasures of feeling flexible and alert, living pain free, having a vibrant sex life, emotional balance, clarity of thought and ease of relating ALL depend on how well you know, love and care for your body.
To be frank, if we took care of our dogs the way we take care of our bodies, the ASPCA would be knocking at our doors- and for good reason!
The next time you hear someone say you are a “spiritual being having a human experience”…Remember that without being present in and experiencing your body, what you’re really having is more of a, " living-in-your-head-cut-off-from-reality-delusional experience".
Which isn’t , quite frankly, very human. Or especially spiritual. You might even rephrase that little ditty to read, “ I am a spiritual being having a lame half-human asleep-at-the-wheel experience.”
Also stop the lament, ‘the older I get the more I am betrayed by my body!” Sigh.
Well, for a moment, consider the years of basic neglect, including crappy nutrition, little exercise and not enpough sleep or play you subject yourself to. That you are alive and mobile at all is a testament to the wonders your bodies is capable of. Who is doing the betraying here? Certainly not your body.
I propose that in 2010, you adopt a new way of relating to yourself, your physicality...your magnificent animal nature. ..Treat yourself the way you would treat a prize horse, or a beloved dog. Exercise every day. Create a lifelong habit of healthy food choices. Sleep. Play and socialize with others. Groom yourself lovingly and with care.
Do not allow the mind you have subvert that wisdom. THIS is the beginning of enlightenment.
In the Jan 2010 AARP magazine, in the article Take Charge of Your Health, we are told that chronic diseases, most of which are caused by lifestyle habits, are the leading cause of disability and death in the US., with stress and depression as the major contributing factors.
The senior VP of The National Council on Aging says, “The present medical model has ignored the issues, pain, fatigue, anger that interfere with people’s health and lives.”
Not news to you, right? Fix the problem rather than practice prevention has been a bad health habit of the medical system for decades. If we did that with our cars, we'd end up replacing the engine because we failed to have our oil changed regularly! Problem is, with our bodies, we can't always get that new engine, and sometimes by the time we need one, there's enough damage that we're never going to return to the quality of health we might have had. We can buy a new car, but we can't just go out and get a new body. Which makes what we do (and fail to do) completely illogical, irrational, and criminally stupid.
Stanford has created a Chronic Disease Self Management program that’s now being offered as a prevention and maintenance program. The remedy? Nutrition, Physical activity and behavioral changes that release emotional baggage. Sound familiar? Indeed.
There are so many 'health' books, you may not know what to believe or where to begin. that I can help you with. Read: YOUNGER NEXT YEAR. Find a copy and give one to a couple of friends. Create a pack and make a pact to revise your habits and create the possibility for vitality, ease, health...and yes, even enlightenment.
Do you have to wait until you get sick to wake up? No, I don't believe you do. We, for the most part, do know what to do. Let’s make 2010 the year we do what we know.
Yet, we read books, take classes and pretend that we are interested in enlightenment...in self awareness...all the while, allowing our magnificent bodies to flounder and struggle against great odds as we fail to provide the three simple and most basic ingredients of health and well being. Good nutrition, daily exercise and enough R & R.
If you want to live in the moment, experience the Power of Now, or have even a fleeting glimmer of enlightenment, ignoring your body isn’t at option. Never mind enlightenment, the basic pleasures of feeling flexible and alert, living pain free, having a vibrant sex life, emotional balance, clarity of thought and ease of relating ALL depend on how well you know, love and care for your body.
To be frank, if we took care of our dogs the way we take care of our bodies, the ASPCA would be knocking at our doors- and for good reason!
The next time you hear someone say you are a “spiritual being having a human experience”…Remember that without being present in and experiencing your body, what you’re really having is more of a, " living-in-your-head-cut-off-from-reality-delusional experience".
Which isn’t , quite frankly, very human. Or especially spiritual. You might even rephrase that little ditty to read, “ I am a spiritual being having a lame half-human asleep-at-the-wheel experience.”
Also stop the lament, ‘the older I get the more I am betrayed by my body!” Sigh.
Well, for a moment, consider the years of basic neglect, including crappy nutrition, little exercise and not enpough sleep or play you subject yourself to. That you are alive and mobile at all is a testament to the wonders your bodies is capable of. Who is doing the betraying here? Certainly not your body.
I propose that in 2010, you adopt a new way of relating to yourself, your physicality...your magnificent animal nature. ..Treat yourself the way you would treat a prize horse, or a beloved dog. Exercise every day. Create a lifelong habit of healthy food choices. Sleep. Play and socialize with others. Groom yourself lovingly and with care.
Do not allow the mind you have subvert that wisdom. THIS is the beginning of enlightenment.
In the Jan 2010 AARP magazine, in the article Take Charge of Your Health, we are told that chronic diseases, most of which are caused by lifestyle habits, are the leading cause of disability and death in the US., with stress and depression as the major contributing factors.
The senior VP of The National Council on Aging says, “The present medical model has ignored the issues, pain, fatigue, anger that interfere with people’s health and lives.”
Not news to you, right? Fix the problem rather than practice prevention has been a bad health habit of the medical system for decades. If we did that with our cars, we'd end up replacing the engine because we failed to have our oil changed regularly! Problem is, with our bodies, we can't always get that new engine, and sometimes by the time we need one, there's enough damage that we're never going to return to the quality of health we might have had. We can buy a new car, but we can't just go out and get a new body. Which makes what we do (and fail to do) completely illogical, irrational, and criminally stupid.
Stanford has created a Chronic Disease Self Management program that’s now being offered as a prevention and maintenance program. The remedy? Nutrition, Physical activity and behavioral changes that release emotional baggage. Sound familiar? Indeed.
There are so many 'health' books, you may not know what to believe or where to begin. that I can help you with. Read: YOUNGER NEXT YEAR. Find a copy and give one to a couple of friends. Create a pack and make a pact to revise your habits and create the possibility for vitality, ease, health...and yes, even enlightenment.
Do you have to wait until you get sick to wake up? No, I don't believe you do. We, for the most part, do know what to do. Let’s make 2010 the year we do what we know.
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