Gaia Community: Meenakshi's Blog tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/feed en-us 20 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:57:27 GMT Gaia Community: Meenakshi's Blog Parting of Ways http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-305009 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:57:27 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/parting-of-ways <p>It paused<br />it was poised at the edge<br />stuck between what was and what was to be<br />for a split second, the emerging butterfly was just that<br />emerging<br />not butterfly, not chrysalis<br /><br /> <div class="asset_container" style="float: none; "> <div class="asset_holding" style="width:400px;float:none"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/89349815_061cd05fd5.jpg" height="400" width="400" /> <div class="asset_caption">Paused~Poised. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/25/89349815_061cd05</div> </div> </div><br id="ze_clear_161657" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/><br /><div align="right">resting <br />from its intense struggle to escape its cocoon<br />the emerging butterfly dreamed<br />it was a ravenous caterpillar chomping on leaves<br />the flowers of which its newfound majesty would now grace<br />it was an egg full of possibility<br />just as the cocoon had been<br />http://static.zooomr.com/images/3385998_2df95690be.jpg<br /></div> <div class="asset_container" style="float: none; "> <div class="asset_holding" style="width:400px;float:none"> <img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/3385998_2df95690be.jpg" height="400" width="400" /> <div class="asset_caption">Cocoon http://static.zooomr.com/images/3385998_2df95690be.jpg</div> </div> </div><br id="ze_clear_161658" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/>poised at the edge, <br />the butterfly gave one last push,<br />and without a backward glace<br />at the moist darkness that had been its home<br />it emerged.<br /> <div class="asset_container" style="float: none; "> <div class="asset_holding" style="width:400px;float:none"> <img src="http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090424/GAL-09Apr24-1930/media/PHO-09Apr24-159362.jpg" height="400" width="400" /> <div class="asset_caption">Emerging butterfly http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/</div> </div> </div><br id="ze_clear_161656" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/><br />But what did it leave behind?<br />Have you seen a butterfly that emerges<br />But is not aware of its freedom?<br />The one that has metamorphosed<br />Yet is still at heart a chrysalis<br /><br />Don&#39;t push or pull or cajole a butterfly <br />to emerge before it is ready<br />Whether in a cocoon or in a slumber<br />Nothing but its own sense will help it to fly<br /><br />It paused<br /> it was poised at the edge<br /> stuck between memory and possibility<br /> for a split second, the emerging butterfly was just that<br /> emerging<br /> not flying, not sleeping<br />just poised.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="asset_container" style="float: none; "> <div class="asset_holding" style="width:400px;float:none"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2986542299_784f550380.jpg" height="400" width="400" /> <div class="asset_caption">First flight http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2986542299_784f5</div> </div> </div><br id="ze_clear_161663" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/><br />And then it flew.<br />And left its memories behind.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic">[Adding 8: 33 am] <br /><br /><em>&nbsp;</em>In the next cocoon was one that paused<br />Its wings ruffled by the breeze<br />And another, not ready for flight<br />Resisting the blinding light<em><br />For the familiar warmth of its pupa</em></span><br /><br />Unedited.&copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri<br id="ze_clear_asset_305009" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/butterfly" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'butterfly'">butterfly</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/cocoon" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'cocoon'">cocoon</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/chrysalis" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'chrysalis'">chrysalis</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/caterpillar" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'caterpillar'">caterpillar</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/timing" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'timing'">timing</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/emerge" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'emerge'">emerge</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/fly" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'fly'">fly</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/slumber" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'slumber'">slumber</a> </p> What is the light like right now? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304838 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:11:18 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/what-is-the-light-like-right-now <p>Q:<br /><div class="details indent"> <span class="tool first">Posted on <span class="bold">Feb 5th, 2010</span></span> <span class="tool">by <img class="photo buddyicon" src="http://bbg-aura.gaia.com/photos/19/189764/icon16/pieta.jpg" alt="Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator" title="Siona : Synchronicity Coordinator" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://siona.gaia.com/" class="bold">Siona</a></span> </div> <div>Look around. What is the light around you like? It is cloudy? Bright? Soft? What is the quality of the space around you?<br /><br />Anwer:<br /><br />Different as I look towads each window of the room I&#39;m in. Towards the south, it&#39;s gently bright and I&#39;m reminded of the cloudy sky this afternoon. Towards the west, I can see more sky, so it seems to be brighter, specially as it&#39;s reflected off of a neighbor&#39;s whitish roof; towards the east and north, are computer screens, and their artificial light opens virtual windows into so much more than is apparent!<br /><br /><br />And within, there is a reflection of all this.<br />Namaste.<br /></div></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/light" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'light'">light</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/space" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'space'">space</a> </p> Looking for NotGod http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304512 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:56:41 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/looking-for-notgod <p> <p>I&#39;d written this one several years ago, when I realized that we often challenge goodness and Divinity to reveal itself among the most negative circumstances of human life.</p><p>At the ego level, this is a search powered by fear, despair, anger: the &ldquo;negative&rdquo; human emotions. Looking deeper, we see the play of the hide and seek, with that wonderful message being passed to and fro:</p><p><br /><br />I am not sure if the poem brings this out without this introduction; also, if I&#39;m not sure if this is a poem in the strict sense of the term; as each verse is a different length and style?<br /><br />Please C &amp; C- then I could post the revised version on my blog/ Empowered pod, perhaps.<br /><br />&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;</p><br /><p>Looking for NotGod</p><p>by Meenakshi, 1999</p><br /><p>Fearful for my safety, I went looking for NotGod</p><p>Hunting in the darkness of alley streets</p><p>And the cages of criminals,</p><p>I looked in the face of beasts</p><p>And the lairs of animals</p><p>I went gingerly, alert and ready</p><p>To battle, perhaps to run</p><p>To find and destroy the demons</p><p>And thus be safe forever</p><br /><br /><p>Protective about my feelings I went looking for NotGod</p><p>I peered in the faces of bullies</p><p>And in the jeers of crowds </p><p>In the cabins of bosses</p><p>And wherever there was power</p><p>I crept into all these places </p><p>For here I knew I&#39;d find</p><p>The victims and the vanquished</p><p>Who had been left behind</p><br /><p>To shield myself from shame I went looking for NotGod</p><p>Seeking the mortification of those with unequal bodies</p><p>The despair of those who had failed</p><p>Hurt in the eyes of lost lovers </p><p>The poor, the naked, the outsiders</p><p>In failure I&#39;d find the disgrace of being</p><p>Out of step with the rest of the world</p><p>And then I could plead for the dignity</p><p>That each of us has sought</p><br /><br /><p>To protect myself from deception I went looking for NotGod</p><p>I frequented places where people sought</p><p>My time, my money, my attention</p><p>Attended talks by gurus and cons </p><p>And places where money changes hands</p><p>I wanted to find the people who cheat</p><p>And those who lie to steal</p><p>For I knew that if I could find them first</p><p>I&#39;d be saving myself from hurt</p><br /><br /><p>To insulate myself from pain I went looking for NotGod</p><p>Peering into surgeries and sports fields</p><p>And wherever the body is pushed</p><p>I looked in places of violence</p><p>In homes and jails and schools</p><p>I looked in the hearts of criminals</p><p>And in the eyes of the afflicted</p><p>I rushed to find the pain</p><p>So I could stop the hurt</p><br /><p>To stem the feeling of incompleteness I began to stalk NotGod</p><p>I needed to connect the separated strands</p><p>To root out the parts that were ruined</p><p>The places of worry and doubt</p><p>I tracked the places in all our hearts</p><p>Where inconsistency and chaos rule</p><p>The places where desire fights the desired</p><p>The darkest reaches of the soul</p><p>I looked in these places because I thought</p><p>That finally I&#39;d find NotGod</p><p>In the places where kinks appear in our hearts</p><p>And I could work them out</p><br /><br /><p>But however hard I looked I could not find NotGod</p><p>For God had joined the search with me</p><p>And S/he was everywhere</p><p>So, thinking God is nowhere here</p><p>I found that God is Now Here!</p><br /><p>In the unsafe places God is the courage we find</p><p>After we have known the unknown</p><p>Where feelings are hurt we learn to relate </p><p>To ourselves and to each other</p><p>Where there is Shame we discover </p><p>The self that needs to be nurtured</p><p>Where someone is cheated there is a lesson learned</p><p>That what we have gained should be nursed </p><p>Through the pain one can feel connected</p><p>To places that we never knew</p><p>And in the feeling of incompleteness is the knowledge of oneself</p><p>In which the fragrance of God can reside</p><br /><br /><br /><p>In order to dispel darkness</p><p>I went with bravado to fight</p><p>But in the dark I realized</p><p>I could think of nothing but Light!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri</p><p>================</p><p>[crossposted in <a href="http://groups.gaia.com/poetry__workshop/conversations/view/196892" target="_blank">The Poetry Workshop</a>]</p></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/notgod" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'notgod'">notgod</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/poetry" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'poetry'">poetry</a> </p> What keeps you from expanding your circle of compassion? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304454 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:02:40 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/what-keeps-you-from-expanding-your-circle-of-compassion <p>A lack of knowing who I really am and <a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/looking-for-not-i">Looking for Not-I</a> when all I&#39;ve to do is, search for I.<br /><br /><br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/compassion" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'compassion'">compassion</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/empathy" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'empathy'">empathy</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/love" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'love'">love</a> </p> Are you punctual? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304442 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:09:20 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/are-you-punctual <p>Yes! That&#39;s how my mother taught us to be: at the dot of time. Not early, not late.<br /><br />If I&#39;m going to be late [ah--so now it&#39;s coming out! Sometimes I AM not punctual]-- I&#39;ll call and say - &quot;I&#39;m going to be 7 minutes late&quot; or whatever.<br /><br />My great-grandmother taught us how to see time internally, and not need an outside watch or clock.<br /><br />My mother&#39;s gentle guidance showed me how to work backwards from the time I&#39;ve to do something, so that I can take care of all the processes that are involved. It took me three years to teach this process to a friend who was chronically late - famously, four hours late once for a party in her honor! <br /><br />No longer. So I&#39;m told :0<br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/punctuality" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'punctuality'">punctuality</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/waiting" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'waiting'">waiting</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/time" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'time'">time</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/friend" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'friend'">friend</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/late" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'late'">late</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/ma" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'ma'">ma</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/naniji" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'naniji'">naniji</a> </p> Looking for Not-I http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304346 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:32:30 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/looking-for-not-i <p>..or<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>I am a figment of your imagination</strong><br /><br /><div align="left">Needing to reclaim my personal space, I went looking for Not-I<br />Whom could I remove from my circle of loved ones in order to find peace?<br />I first saw those who were contentious<br />But if their words troubled me, I knew they were close to me<br />I carried them around with me during the day<br />They were not Not-I<br />They were closer than those I did not know<br /><br />Seeking to clear my personal space, I went looking for Not-I<br />Whom could I move away from, who had moved away from me?<br />I saw those who were silent, unclear,absent, <br />But when I gazed into their silence I found seeds of blossoming flowers<br />Their silence spoke louder than words <br />The vagueness was more true than clarity<br />And their absence spoke of lives caught in trials or triumphs<br />They were not Not-I<br />They were those whose absence was as intimate as their presence<br /><br />Wanting to clear my personal space, I went looking for Not-I<br />Where could I move away from, that I was no longer engaged?<br />I saw places that were vibrant or dormant<br />And realized that one made me smile and the other pause in concern<br />Their activity influenced my own<br />They were not Not-I<br />They filled in the gaps in the picture of my universe<br /><br />Looking around the ones I know<br />I see shadows of those I sense<br />When suddenly the watcher becomes the watched<br />A figment of your imagination.<br /><br /><br />Unedited &copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri<br /><br />Connected to <a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/2/looking-for-notgod" target="_blank" title="Looking for NotGod -Meenakshi Suri">Looking for NotGod</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div><br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/not-I" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'not-I'">not-I</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/notgod" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'notgod'">notgod</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/watcher" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'watcher'">watcher</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/journey" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'journey'">journey</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/verses" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'verses'">verses</a> </p> This and that http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-304068 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:04:16 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/this-and-that <p><span style="font-style: italic">Always be without desire</span><br /><p><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; in order to observe its wondrous subtleties;</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Always have desire</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; so that you may observe its manifestations.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both of these derive from the same source;</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They have different names but the same designation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mystery of mysteries,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The gate of all wonders !</span></p><p><span style="font-style: italic">From&nbsp; </span><a href="http://groups.gaia.com/living_metaphysics/discussions/view/179131#531140" target="_blank">Verse 1 - Ma-Wang Tui Manuscripts</a></p> <p><span style="font-style: italic">~~~~~~~~~~~~~The part below are my comments-----<br /></span>Wondrous indeed!<span style="font-style: italic"><br /></span>It follows from my perspective - <br />both this and that are true.<br />Both this and that are not true. </p><p>Related blogs:<a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2007/5/two_paths---circuitous_and_straight"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2007/5/two_paths---circuitous_and_straight">Two paths---circuitous and straight</a></p><a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/4/my_life_in_the_three-dimensional_world">my life in the three-dimensional world</a><br /><br /><a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2008/11/expect-no-consistency">Expect no consistency!</a><br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-style: italic">[Crossposted in part from the Living Metaphysics group&nbsp; </span><a href="http://groups.gaia.com/living_metaphysics/discussions/view/179131" title="Re: Verse 1 - Ma-Wang Tui Manuscripts">Re: Verse 1 - Ma-Wang Tui Manuscripts.]</a></p></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/consistency" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'consistency'">consistency</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/tao" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'tao'">tao</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/perspective" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'perspective'">perspective</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/true" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'true'">true</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/both" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'both'">both</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/neither" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'neither'">neither</a> </p> Cloud becomes rain http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-303914 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:14:29 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/cloud-becomes-rain <p>The cloud wandered over the land and through the mountains,<br />Changing shape to suit the environment<br />When it encountered parched land <br />Rain fell<br /><br />Rain continued to fall<br />The land was flooded<br />The sun came out<br /><br />The sun continued to shine<br />Water vaporized<br />Clouds formed<br /><br />When we flow into Gaia, we are cloud, rain, sun, land, water, and all the forces of nature that help one to morph into another.....<br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/cloud" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'cloud'">cloud</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/rain" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'rain'">rain</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/sun" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'sun'">sun</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/nature" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'nature'">nature</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/forces" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'forces'">forces</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a> </p> My tribe http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-303378 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:52:56 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/my-tribe <p>I just cannot believe it --Siona has asked the question using the very words that have been going through my mind. Guess Siona, that you are in my tribe, or I&#39;m in yours or we&#39;re in one.<br /><br />Who is my tribe? I just asked a question re &#39;tribe&#39; at Torch&#39;s group on Native Spirituality because it&#39;s a term used by Native Americans in a way, I think,&nbsp; similar to how I use it. I&#39;ll see.<br /><br />I found myself recently writing that those who speak &#39;my language&#39;&nbsp; - and I mean neither English or Hindi but the expressions from the heart - would understand what I am saying. There are those who just &#39;get me&#39;, and I them. We understand the words and even more, what we are conveying, never needing an explanation. Sometimes they show me that they understood them as I did, and at other times, that they understood them even better than I did. We are definitely a tribe. I think they are my innermost tribe.<br /><br />When we speak and listen to each other, whether in agreement or disagreement, there is a resonance, and that is what&nbsp; I mean! Some of them I&#39;ve met in visions, in dreams, in etheric space and magically in 3-D space! We know each other&#39;s energy signatures and will not lose each other, even if all other connections are lost. Come to think of it, there are some animals in this circle too!<br /><br />There are those with whom there is an immediate heart connection. Eyes meet, and lifetimes are bridged. Instant familiarity. We are a tribe, spread all over the world, belongingto, but not defined by, different cultures. They are like stars who may stay or move out of the circle of my innermost&nbsp; tribe.<br /><br />Then there are those who are realated through ties of blood or familial connections and even if we have never met before,&nbsp; there is an instant feeling of trust, support and comfort. That is quite marvelous, even though none of the other closeness may exist and we may never&nbsp; get that&nbsp; &#39;get me&#39;&nbsp; feeling with each other.<br /><br /><br />There are concentric circles of outer bands, that ultimately connect to the human, animal, and all beings on Earth and beyond....discovering them is something truly magical.<br /><br />As a child I had learned &quot;all are my brothers and sisters.&quot; That feeling has always stayed with me. <br />Ultimately, as I connect with my tribes, I am connecting with <strike>my</strike> Self.<br /><br /> <div class="asset_container" style="float: none; "> <div class="asset_holding" style="width:200px;float:none"> <img src="http://ronkirklandart.com/images2/New%20Circle%20Power.jpg" height="200" width="200" /> <div class="asset_caption">Tribes http://ronkirklandart.com/images2/New%20Circle%20Power.jpg</div> </div> </div><br id="ze_clear_159803" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/><br id="ze_clear_asset_303378" class="ze_clear" style="clear:both"/></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/tribe" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'tribe'">tribe</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/family" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'family'">family</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/instant" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'instant'">instant</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/heart+connection" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'heart connection'">heart connection</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/oneness" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'oneness'">oneness</a> </p> What current transitions are you experiencing? i-WE-I http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-303201 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:12:49 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/what-current-transitions-are-you-experiencing-i-we-i <p>A major shift.<br /><br />I blogged about it yesterday. [ <a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/love">LOVE!!</a> ]<br /><br />What happened before that were the stages of transition:<br /><br />Deep hooks into the gut. The sacral-solar plexus area, the energy centers or chakras where reside emotions, feelings, attachments, will power, and that magical <strike>being</strike> called ego or <em>jiva</em>.<br /><br />There was a major churning, not unlike the&nbsp; <a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/11/churning-of-primeval-oceans">Churning of Primeval Oceans</a><br /><br />This resulted in a major shift, of understanding how we reach out to each other in the 4-D world. Through emotion. I took this as a message to begin to clear my relationships and get into a healing balance with my offline and online ones. I began to reach out to family and friends whom I had not met or spoken with for many moons, no longer reaching only when they are in trouble but also in companionship, and began to spend less and less time online, trusting that the vibrancy on Gaia would flow wherever it needed to flow.&nbsp; <br /><br />Online the connection is with words,&nbsp; and they often lead us astray, as we are unable to really communicate except with those who are fully sharing space with us. Not all in the universe are meant to be in the same &#39;planetary systems&#39; or meteorite belts! But what connects us all is - yes - love. So that was the major shift here.<br /><br />I stay away from the energies of addiction but had gone into the energy of strain by &#39;working&#39; too much on Gaia community. <br /><br />&nbsp;I honor all those who have helped me to see this by raking at &#39;i&#39;, scratching, clawing, swiping, draining. I&nbsp; marvel at how real energy attacks can seem. But they helped me to shed one of&nbsp; the sheaths that had covered me and that is a blessing beyond measure.<br /><br />Hooks dissolved. &quot;I&#39; was reborn. As I wrote on a friend&#39;s blog --how<strong> i</strong> goes through <strong>WE</strong> to become <strong>I.</strong><br /><br />I honor all those who reflected their understanding of my words and actions, as that showed me the futility of relying on words till we can all operate from the intuitive heart. Many here, already know this. <br /><br />I honor all those who watch in silence, with love and peace or care and concern or even annoyance and anger in their hearts, for they are seeking to communicate through energy and are able or attempting to understand in silence what cannot be understood by written words alone.<br /><br />There is a scene in the <a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/11/theres-a-novel-in-there-somewhere" target="_blank">book</a> I&#39;m writing.<br /><br /><em>A little boy is sitting by the river. He is surrounded by pebbles, each with a message. He picks up each, considers it and then chooses.<br />Whether he chooses to keep or to let go in the river, the underlying energy is clear.</em><br /><br /><a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/love">LOVE!!</a><br /><br />Can you feel it?<br /><br />&copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/life" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'life'">life</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/transitions" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'transitions'">transitions</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/love" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'love'">love</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/book" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'book'">book</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/river" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'river'">river</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/shift" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'shift'">shift</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/chakras" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'chakras'">chakras</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/intuitive+heart" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'intuitive heart'">intuitive heart</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/ego" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'ego'">ego</a> </p> LOVE!! http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-303060 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:11:16 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/love <p>We are sitting in a circle. It is the night of the new moon.<br /><br />Suddenly, there is a burst of brilliant light. It enters into every pore of our body. It sparkles with silvery orbs and I feel the deep presence of love.<br /><br />A few days later, as I am driving, there is the feeling of immense LOVE. I am shouting within. Gaia I love you....naming people who are here, in my friends&#39; list or not,&nbsp; with whom there is conflict and those there is not. I write letters to them, a blog is written and they all go into the akashic records. <br /><br />I thought i would be able to come back and write the blog but that day, as I come home, I embrace each member of my family warmly. Does everyone feel what is happening within? Some do, some don&#39;t. <br /><br />Each cell in my body, each DNA appears to be changed for ever. Structures break down, and I am free. It is an incredible shift. [can you hear me shouting?]<br /><br />The blog cannot be written, the energy is too powerful to allow words to come in any way but chaotically through fingers! I see it written, though, as a spiral, the big bang of the universe radiating outward from the one point of intense density.<br /><br />Many years ago, on a tiny bridge in Singapore, I had experienced immense joy. Immeasurable. Unconditional.<br />&nbsp;&quot;You have seen the peak of the mountain, and now you&#39;ll need to go back to the base and climb up again. But you&#39;ll always remember what&nbsp; you are climbing towards, and that will give you strength.&quot;<br /><br /> So I did. And it has.&nbsp; <br /><br />&quot;Will I need to go back to the beginning again?&quot; asked the small self as I shopped for food for the family, swimming in the intensity of love..<br /><br />&quot;The work needs to be done, but it is not from the beginning. There is such light energy in the world today, that each who chooses, can be it.&quot;<br /><br />Structures are breaking, and&nbsp; compassion, support, help, light, LOVE is coming through. It is love, it is unconditional, it is unbroken. <br /><br />How can I express love without saying I and You? And the monkey mind began its wandering --i love u as an animated gif, perhaps<br /><br />i LOVE u ----u LOVE i<br /><br />Or perhaps, as I saw it - the big bang of a universe that started as a point of infinite love in an ocean of unimagined potentiality.<br /><br />And that is how it feels. <br /><br /><br />Can you feel it?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mathsavers.com/light_images.htm" target="_blank">Img srce</a></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/love" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'love'">love</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/burst" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'burst'">burst</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/big+bang" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'big bang'">big bang</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/unconditional" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'unconditional'">unconditional</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/new+moon" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'new moon'">new moon</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/joy" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'joy'">joy</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/vision" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'vision'">vision</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/driving" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'driving'">driving</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/mountain" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'mountain'">mountain</a> </p> Online Communication- the intuitive heart http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-302948 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:43:23 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/online-communication--the-intuitive-heart <p>It occurred to me today &ndash;and I remember someone writing this also - that there are many assumptions we make in any communication, and the correctness of these assumptions determine how meaningful the conversation is:<br />&nbsp;- we assume that the reader knows &#39;us&#39; well, <br />-that they define words in the same way that we do, <br />-that they know the &#39;thought-background&#39; that we come from - the aspects of our life that determine the words that we use- not only culture, education, traditions but books we&#39;ve read and movies we&#39;ve seen and so on&hellip;<br />- that they have spoken their &#39;ultimate truth&#39; which is not really possible to do in words.<br /><br />The way &#39;out&#39; of relying on incomplete assumptions, is to engage deeply not just with words but also with the spaces between words, to see what the other is letting in and letting out, what is going through them when they are writing or reading or responding.<br /><br /><a href="http://holessence.gaia.com/">Laurie</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; calls this listening with heart; I woke with this phrase today - the intuitive heart. It&#39;s the same, I assume [;0]<br /><br />It brings to mind Ruiz&#39;s<a href="http://groups.gaia.com/z_network/conversations/view/350123"> The Four Agreements- for authentic communication</a><strong><br />3. <span class="subTitle">Don&#39;t Make Assumptions</span></strong><br /> Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/communication" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'communication'">communication</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/authentic" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'authentic'">authentic</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/assumption" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'assumption'">assumption</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/assume" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'assume'">assume</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/intuitive+heart" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'intuitive heart'">intuitive heart</a> </p> Re-aligning to the central purpose http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-302282 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:16:18 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/re-aligning-to-the-central-purpose <p>..and now, in the inner light of new moon<br />rebalancing is complete<br />families, friends, meditation groups<br />needs of immediate ones and my own<br />all who waited in patience while I traveled through cyberspace<br />are now being seen, acknowledged<br />new ties made, old ones renewed<br />it&#39;s time now to realign my energies<br />into the central purpose of my being<br /><br />Perhaps Gaia is doing the same....<br /><br /><br />[Adding in from&nbsp; the novel that&#39;s still being written]<br />Unedited version from Jan. 16 .<br /><br />&quot;It had happened before. A soul, a planet, an asteroid, a sun would realign, a constellation disappear from the horizon of a distant world,&nbsp; suns clash, galaxies gobble ip another, or a meteroid crash into a planet. Each let loose a cycle of destruction -creation.<br /><br />But this time was different. This time there were no separate shows. <br />It was one move. Swift, sure, massive.&quot;<br /><br />&copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/realign" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'realign'">realign</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/rebalance" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'rebalance'">rebalance</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/family" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'family'">family</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/friends" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'friends'">friends</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/new+moon" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'new moon'">new moon</a> </p> Water and fire http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-301752 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:52:55 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/water-and-fire <p>Light&nbsp; in Gaia<br /><br />Sparks smoulder<br />Water springs<br /><br />Fire burns<br />Water flows<br /><br />Fire flames<br />Water dashes<br /><br />Fire meets water<br />Water becomes vapor<br />Vapor becomes cloud<br />Fire flames stronger<br />Water falls as rain<br />Fire sizzles<br /><br />Scorched earth revives<br />Water flows<br />Fire lights<br /><br />Namaste<br /><br />&copy;2010&nbsp; Meenakshi Suri</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/water" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'water'">water</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/fire" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'fire'">fire</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/flame" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'flame'">flame</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/vapor" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'vapor'">vapor</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/rain" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'rain'">rain</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/on+waking" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'on waking'">on waking</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/scorch" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'scorch'">scorch</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/earth" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'earth'">earth</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/namaste" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'namaste'">namaste</a> </p> Light calling out to light http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-301625 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:44:54 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/light-calling-out-to-light <p>Namaste<br /><br />Light within me calls to light within you<br /><br />When we see light,<br />Do we thrill, get blinded or sing?<br />We cannot find light by scratching, grasping, pushing<br />Light emerges in silent contemplation<br />It shines through many layers<br />Fills the gaps in our understanding<br /><br /><br />When we grasp and nothing comes to hand<br />It is light that is giving us space<br />When we scratch and bleed<br />It is light that is giving us solace<br />When we are blinded and shade our eyes<br />It is light that comes as love<br /><br />Light moves through into light, staying pure, staying itself.<br /><br />Namaste<br /><br />&copy;2010 Meenakshi Suri</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/namaste" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'namaste'">namaste</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/light" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'light'">light</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/layers" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'layers'">layers</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/calling+out" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'calling out'">calling out</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/solace" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'solace'">solace</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/space" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'space'">space</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/love" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'love'">love</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/on+waking" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'on waking'">on waking</a> </p> Review, renew or create resolutions. 2010 http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-301261 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:52:42 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/review-renew-or-create-resolutions-2010 <p>Feeling the resolve moving towards me and bowing to its force: I resolve to help people to see that we are all as pillars of light, coming from the light to play our roles, our life, our lifetimes, but always connected to that source of light.&nbsp; <br /><br />As I came back from dropping my daughter to school, I called a friend and as often happens, this was exactly the time she had needed to have a conversation of the sort that followed. From drowning in her emotions, she was able to turn them into a force for what she needs to do. This has helped me too, to see that this resolve is what I am being called to do, and &#39;need&#39; to do. Going back to being more active offline and not only online.<br /><br />There was an immediate shift, so I realized this does need to be my resolution for this time. We are going to do something together with a group of friends that used to meditate together and have wanted me to take a lead.&nbsp; I had wanted them to find their own inner strength, and so this break was needed as they tried that. Now, it&#39;s time once more, to get together and encourage each of them to take leadership. It&#39;s important for me to see both - that I can provide direction since they&#39;ve&nbsp; called upon me to do so, and that I can also show them that each of them needs to take a central role - we all need to support each other, not to be a crutch.<br /><br /><a href="http://meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/11/namaste">Namaste</a>&nbsp; [link to a poem I&#39;d written a couple of mths ago]<br /><br /><br />~~~<br /><br />[<a href="http://groups.gaia.com/self_acceptance/conversations/view/510761#520349" target="_blank">cross-posted</a> from <a href="http://groups.gaia.com/self_acceptance">Walking the Labyrinth </a>group on Gaia]</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/resolution" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'resolution'">resolution</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/2010" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged '2010'">2010</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/pillars+of+light" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'pillars of light'">pillars of light</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/labyrinth" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'labyrinth'">labyrinth</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/help" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'help'">help</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/meditation" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'meditation'">meditation</a> </p> What do you find to be the most beneficial attitude? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-300802 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:22:21 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/what-do-you-find-to-be-the-most-beneficial-attitude <p>One that helps me to go deeper within myself&nbsp; to better bring understanding of the other, so that we expand into the seeing of the patterns and flows of the universe.<br />So in a given moment, I endeavor to choose the thought, the action and the mindfulness that can bring this about.<br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/attitudes" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'attitudes'">attitudes</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/understanding" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'understanding'">understanding</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/expand" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'expand'">expand</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/patterns" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'patterns'">patterns</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/flows" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'flows'">flows</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/deeper" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'deeper'">deeper</a> </p> What was the last insight you had? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2010:Gaia-300648 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:10:09 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2010/1/what-was-the-last-insight-you-had <p>Whiskers pounced on a bird and stalked it to my door<br />It is a gift, he said, as he sought to keep its flapping under control, looking up for approval and love.<br />Why did he seek it in this way? Why did he not feel it in our daily encounters?<br />The bird felt the healing energy, flew off, and chirped.<br />I scooped Whiskers in my arms.<br /><br />The power of light cuts through to love.</p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/insight" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'insight'">insight</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/realization" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'realization'">realization</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/whiskers" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'whiskers'">whiskers</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/bird" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'bird'">bird</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/love" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'love'">love</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/approval" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'approval'">approval</a> </p> What is your wish for the New Year? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2009:Gaia-300162 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:21:27 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/12/what-is-your-wish-for-the-new-year <p>That each being on Gaia deeply find their own space in this vast universe, and their light connection with all else.<br /><br />For within each word in that sentence above, are universes of meaning and infinitudes of connection.<br /></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/Q%26R" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'Q&amp;R'">Q&R</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/year" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'year'">year</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/wish" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'wish'">wish</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/2010" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged '2010'">2010</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/2009" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged '2009'">2009</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/space" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'space'">space</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/universe" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'universe'">universe</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/light" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'light'">light</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/connection" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'connection'">connection</a> </p> Online communication- what is your PERSPECTIVE? http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2009:Gaia-300042 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:35:32 GMT http://Meenakshi.gaia.com/blog/2009/12/online-communication--what-is-your-perspective <p>There are two ways to read this perspective:<br /> <div style="text-align: right">Substitute &#39;I&#39; for &#39;you&#39; and read it as if you wrote it. See what resonates, and what does not; and what you choose to respond to<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right">Realize that it is only &#39;my&#39; perspective, even when it seems didactic. <br /> For I will not write if I am not certain, but I will not mistake certainty for the ultimate truth!<br /> </div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> </div> <br /> I woke this morning, with some thoughts; and those I always share in writing. That is my discipline. In the past few days, they have often been of the Gaia community. <br /> <br /> That in itself, if I think of the perspective of my life today, is amazing and shocking; because there is so much I will not be writing that is of real importance in my life; and so much that I will be writing that is not really important.&nbsp; What I will be doing, in each case, is sharing - to anyone who can connect fully to listen. In the end, only those who can sense all, will be able to know &#39;me&#39;.<br /> <br /> But that takes a leap of listening - both to what is written and what is not. What is felt and what is not.&nbsp; <br /> <br /> I have found that communication between two people is often on the surface, and uni -or two-dimensional. <span style="font-weight: bold">We stop at the surface of words. Not the ones we hear or read. The ones we listen to or understand.</span><br /> <br /> Will I remember when I am writing, that the other has limited time or talents as well? That there are those who are seeking, and those who are giving? That I can choose what is for the benefit of my life and leave aside what is not? Each requires courage, because we&#39;re answerable to that inner voice.<br /> <br /> I am often told, both online and offline, that I have a peaceful presence. That causes people to either be drawn to me or stay away. When drawn to me, some forge a heart connection and I sense easily the peace radiating from their inner self.<br /> <br /> Others feel they can &#39;take&#39;&nbsp; that peace by interacting with me. I see that there is a waiting for words, for a gesture, for a tone of voice. I usually connect to people in a way that I have learned with light-work, both offline and online. Heart to heart, and intuition to intuition. Keeping the energy clear, with breath, and removing hooks when I see them. Hooks do not help anyone - the one who needs or the one who is giving. It prevents each from being whole, healed. And this is an ongoing exercise in the human life. <span style="font-weight: bold">With detachment that comes from deep connection, with the heart-mind, we not only hear each others&#39; words, we also sense that inner essence</span>. To the extent that we can go inward within ourselves, we can go inward within the other. <br /> <br /> From this perspective, we look into the other, and keep looking till we find only what we are seeking - light, or dark.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic">Please know, inherently, there is nothing that the human mind thinks of as &#39;bad&#39; that is in either - light or dark. If we see just what is, and not what is meant to be; everything is just what it is meant to be. Or not.<br /> <br /> How high, how deep, how whole a perspective can I bring into my daily conversation; into every minute of awareness, while asleep or awake? That is what I watch.<br /> </div> <br /> But there is another step, and that is where the incredible colors of communication come in. <span style="font-weight: bold">How does the other see themselves?</span> For this to be seen, we need to connect, not attach, to each other&#39;s energy. That is the <span style="font-weight: bold">love connection</span> - not the feeling of love that is attachment, but the being of love, in which there is just - connection, so deep that the boundaries of you and I are lost. From the heady hum of that connection, the mind sees- ah! one aspect is not yet seeing the essence; and we are brought out of that connection.<br /> <br /> This is the region where conflict arises. Between the forces seeking to be filled and the force seeking to be.&nbsp; How does one interact in this situation? From the conflict to the conflict, or from peace into the conflict? <br /> <br /> I have done both. The path of the conflict- to -conflict is one of the primal forces of the universe, and it is ever in evidence. Planets disintegrate, meteorites dash into each other, there is fighting. Destruction and creation, once again neither inherently &#39;bad&#39; or &#39;good&#39;. Just what is.<br /> <br /> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> <br /> I am taking a break from this, because after all, there is only so much time I have to write on the internet; there are the parents to enjoy and serve; the office to go to; family matters, other groups and places on Gaia.<br /> <br /> Do I always remember, when seeking something that not only I - but others - have a choice?&nbsp; Do we always exercise it mindfully?&nbsp; Each moment, we can choose - do we go outward from peace or outward from conflict?&nbsp; Do we seek balance or imbalance? Do I seek to destroy what I admire, or to learn from it?&nbsp; Do I choose&nbsp; conflict so that I am seen to engage, or do I respond to the whispers of those who are silent in distress, in beauty, or in unanswered words? <br /> <br /> These are the rhetorical questions within us, where the real conflicts take place, the real courage to face them, and the real source of peace.<br /> <br /> Internally.<br /> <br /> I choose to speak from a space of peace to that peace within you.<br /> <br /> I choose to connect the light within me, to the light within you.<br /> <br /> Today, I am choosing harmony. And I see, that you are too.<br /> <br /> Internally. <br /> Namaste.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic">What is your perspective?<br /><br />[cross-posted from <a href="http://groups.gaia.com/z_network/conversations/view/515992" target="_blank">Gaia Networking</a>]<br /></span></p> <p> <b>Tags:</b> <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/perspective" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'perspective'">perspective</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/gaia" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'gaia'">gaia</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/community" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'community'">community</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/internal" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'internal'">internal</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/light" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'light'">light</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/dark" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'dark'">dark</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/choice" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'choice'">choice</a>, <a href="gaia.com/blogs/tags/namaste" rel="tag" title="See all blog entries tagged 'namaste'">namaste</a> </p>