I was blessed to be present at the passings of my grandparents and to have been chosen to facilitate the earth light emergence of my two children. At each event, I was overwhelmed by the gravity of the "pain" as it worked its way through my vessel, but never have I experienced love in a more sacred form.
At the transition of my grandparents I felt the energy rush into my root chakra, muladhara, up and out through my crown chakra, sahasrara. When my children were born I was filled from the top of my head down through the bottom of my feet. Though for me, one sacred experience produced extreme grief and sadness and the other resulted in profound joy each expanded my capacity to love and I am grateful.
"When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it is bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space."
~ Pema Chodron
We must "feel" our feelings. Love is a never ending healing stream. When we close our anahata, the heart chakra, love can neither be given nor received and this resistance creates a self constructed prison of pain.
Shenpa is a Tibetan word meaning attachment and triggers our habitual tendency to close down and reach for relief from what we wish not to feel. Instead, consider the opportunity for growth in each love experience no matter how lasting or temporary its nature and welcome it whether or not it suits your comfort. The less joy filled episodes of separation resulting from physical death or loss of affection provide the most intense lessons and thoughts of gratitude can help us settle into each experience.
Love never dies, it is re-purposed in the ways it is most needed and the more we allow it to pass through us, the greater our capacity to give and receive it.
Each occasion carries its own fragrance and moves with the force necessary for inner expansion. Observe your thoughts about love. Breathe in acceptance permitting the spirit of compassionate abiding to fill your temple. The energy of love is ever present and empowers each step forward in our humanity. Release attachment, bow in gratitude and be transformed into a new sense of knowing.
Never fear love and trust that love never fails.
What do you imagine you have lost and gained in your love experiences?
How do you define love and the thoughts you have attached to it?
Are you allowing each love episode to expand your capacity to accept and give love to others?
~ Lew Wallace
