Here we are. May 1: Beltane! One of the four seasonal cross-quarter days, this one celebrates the fullness of Spring, nature’s and human fertility.
I don’t know if I’ve ever immersed myself so thoroughly in the astonishing new green growth of Spring as I have this year. Awed, humbled, by Mother Nature’s regenerative capacity. Her love rises up from Below and, powered by the sun Above, showers continual blessings.
Here’s one photo of a tiny percentage of our main garden, as of about ten minutes ago:
Here’s another . . .
And another!
We’ve even got broccoli heads already!
What IS Love if it is not continuous abundance, spreading extravagently everywhere?
That’s Love to me. Apparently, all my daily physical practices (daily walking, yoga, chikung/taichi), buttressed, the past nine months, by (18/6) intermittent fasting have forged my 82-year-old body into a strong, spacious vessel for Her endless outpouring. So grateful!
In fact . . .
You think I’m kidding? Actually, you’re kidding yourself, if you don’t realize that this LOVE that fills and fuels the universe is yours to channel. Endlessly.
Let the following meme stream alchemize your capacity!
Because, for each of us . . .
And if the task, at first, seems impossible . . .
Ultimately, to get going with this project of turning into a thoroughly loving human being, no matter what, you must face, embrace, and integrate your own powerful shadow. For it’s what you don’t know about yourself, it’s what lies buried in the unconscious, that brings in the gold.
I still have to pay homage to the shadow. In fact, just yesterday, I was finding myself intensely annoyed with an old male neighbor, because of his demanding, crotchety nature. Until, all of a sudden, I realized: “Oh shit! He is me!”
Shadow work never ends. I began seriously working with my own shadow in my early 40s. Half my lifetime ago!
If you’re like me, you will find that shadow work requires so much of your energy that those with whom you have merely a superficial relationship fade away. And though it may be sad, ultimately you will be glad.
Eventually, you will feel the balancing act, between expansive Love and contractive Fear, has tipped, in Love’s direction. From then on, no matter what you encounter, you will be able to alchemize it.
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Yeah baby!
