be decisive in what you do, avoid half stepping, avoid the pitfalls of doubt, the allure of a million watt lightbulbs of ideas every ten seconds, every morning, on the way to work to get you out of the trap, to get you out of something good. you might have something good going, might be great, might be magnificent...but it time, requires focus...first make the decision to do it...to stick to that one thing...to be 100...to be 1000...commit...
i learned from the reverend at christmas service i attended sunday, that in order to make room for something new, something that responds to a Higher Source, you have to leave something that may seem important for you - decluttering.
the departure might be akin to the abandoned sheep of the biblical shepherds in bethlehem, when the prophet isa was born. the shepherds departed knowing that there would be consequences. the role of a shepherd, afterall, is to keep the flock together, to keep them from straying off, and to keep wolves and predators at bay. all these jeopardies were ensured by the shepherds taking leave. additionally, they may have been under the supervision, watch, financial dependence of a boss, a head farmer, a landowner...but they made the choice...more important than what seemed important - subsistence, was sustenance of the eternal...all praise is due...
what's possible? or what is impossible?
what do you really want? really? if you say a mansion, a rolls royce, a line up of women/men you find irresistible, a buffet of the most delectable exotic foods...i'd say your lying. lies...deception...self-deception. what's behind these things? what do you really want? what's within the chrysalis you shudder in?
be clear on what you Really want, by understanding what is Real...that which is fleeting is at once real and not. the only permanence is the Great Impermanence - the One-ness - as my humble teachers have taught...all praise is due...
lifetime is more than you and your desires and your search for acceptance from the false idols that will never accept you because they are false...regardless of the kicks and the designer coats or shape-ups...come from within...
...peace to the irish palestinian south african algerian american-indian black-american puerto-rican mayan bengali punjabi...freedom fighters...peace to those brothers and sisters who left security who were decisive who made a choice...perhaps many of them made this decision due to backs on the wall, due to no where else to turn...but there were those who left comfort of this for One...peace to fidel and che who left all privileges for the medicine of community, of the healing arts of community, of giving Love...all praise is due...
...in transitioning into entrepreneurship, in trading this healing art in the marketplace, in making it available to have exchange, to have conversation, to meet and greet and have touch, to get in touch with yourself through getting in touch with others because we can't do it alone, because no matter how much yoga, how much fresh juices and detoxes...you are not an island...ask robinson crusoe...
...what do i have to leave...how do i make room?...what am i making room for?...what is the great issue i've experienced in this lifetime that i feel i can support others to heal from, to bring forth a more meaningful human-life experience...i think the answer is in the question - more meaningful human experience...
...so many have made my life much richer...dolores o'riordan, of the cranberries, who through her deeply stirring vocal chords, has drawn me deeper into my spirit...nusrat fateh ali khan...through his devotional skats has made me blur language...abdul basit, whose recitations of the Qur'an i bow down in surya and chandra namaskars in tears to...hamza el din whose oud blends with his voice - ancient and timeless in humility...all praise is due...rumi, whose poetry reminds me to Quiet, to Surrender, to let go of the false...the prophet muhammad who has taught me so much, whose words and deeds have struck a cellular transformation in how my days are structured...all praise is due...the prophet isa who reminds me the importance of practicing unconditional Love...patanjali, who tells me that union of breath movement and focus will provide the keys to exit...all praise is due for yogi for this path...my dad who continues his activism without name or money, who does for community from a place of pure Purpose with belief in Peace...my mom who cooks, gives, loves unconditionally, even as those who make 10000 times more than her pinch their wallets and purses, my mom gathers her quarters and dimes and hosts lunches dinners, brunches...all praise is due you...all praise is due for You...
all my heroes are revolutionaries...people who lead deeply selfless community rooted lives...for this reason, gandhi, of all the yogi's, is the most appealing to me...there are those who will find a flaw in them, find a thing they did wrong, and that's enough...enough for them to hate the whole of that person, to dismiss them...prayers for those people...they are hurt...
...what is something that is missing?
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