Vinn's Journal
2/1/2007 |
He told me about unleashing the power of the second level with an assuredness that can only come from putting in the time and toil for a goal that is attractive.
I listened with attention and admiration to this modest warrior.
Here was my teaching for the day.
Here was my truth for all time.
Here was my fountain of enlightenment from the mouth of this unassuming mahatma of five years.
He reminded me of the latent powers that reside within.
He pointed out the grandeur of evolution as an already realized state resting dormant and awaiting my action to enliven.
Unleash the power and presence!
All the teachings and meetings of this life journey was pointed, in that movement moment, to this declaration and a lucidity of my searching for meaning and meandering suddenly settled with a nod of his head and a wink of the eye of understanding.
How often I forget the place in space within that allows for all things to be presented in their unadulterated position; without story, without history, without mind noise, and exploding with the mystery of the movement moment?
"I don’t know" has been subsumed to mean "I am bad", "I am clueless". "I am unworthy".
What happened here?
A reframing of that phrase is in order so that it can take its place in the elevated state of mystery and allowing.
The mystery of what will occur can once again become an adventure of curiosity and discovery, much like my friends in kindergarten who blossom within the ground of awaiting the discovery of what will happen.
Safety first!
This admonition does more to stifle and choke off the vein of creative and sacred solutions than it does well as a cautionary tale.
Risk first!
Prepare in the everyday dance within each movement moment a cultivated presence of the one life that is being lived by each and every one of us.
If I do the work during the ordinary moments of engagement and social relations I know that during the immediate stressors of conflict and being out of alignment in panic times; I will be served by the richness of the fertile ground I have cultivated.
No daring is fatal, says the octogenarian walking across the landscapes of America.
She ambles anxiously from township to village without luggage and without an agenda,
except to stay in motion and treat all she meets with confidence,
courage, and courtesy.
This becomes a winning formula for any and all conditions that move out to meet her.
The aligning of the everyday dance is the result of this practice as a Soul in Motion in the dance room where I can encounter other beings sifting the space and shifting the shape of personal conditions and history.
All fears and fantasies show forth to reveal hidden aspirations to be love and to be of service.
It is truly that simple and clean.
Hafiz reminds, to be the one with the full moon eyes who says to everyone they meet, "you ARE love".
Come, join together and begin to dance the everyday with full moon eyes,
unleashing the power of the second level.
Let us together embrace the unknown and the meandering mystery of a life that wishes only to present all that is needed and desired to be poised in the presence of the one dance.
Travel well, vinn