Feeding the Expanded Global Heart
Feeding our expanded global heart is the single best consciousness-shifting tool that I know. The Old Ones tell me, "The expanded heart connection to everything is everything. From this, everything flows. The closest you humans can get to the void is to connect yourselves as one extended heart. Within that heart, all breathe together. Those in despair can be held; those in love can radiate. Thus all of you feel the whole bigger and more expansive than your parts." I find that the energy of an expanded heart is calm and soothing. The more we enter and hold an expanded heart, the more we can shift the collective. What If I'm Confused? Our situation calls for us to keep looking for the light and move out of the darkness. It calls for us to keep using all five senses so as not to stay stuck or immobilized in fear, despair, and confusion. It's just like shamanic journeying: when one cannot "see," ones feels one's way along in the dark and into the light. Confusion is often a mask, hiding our primary feelings, our mad, sad, glad, or afraid responses. Confusion "protects" us from taking action. It can be exhausting and addictive: if we tell ourselves we are confused and don't know what to do, we can wallow and avoid doing anything. It is a huge shift of consciousness to step out of confusion by identifying our feelings directly. It releases energy and frees us from a kind of internal entrapment when we ask ourselves, "Am I mad, sad, glad, or afraid?" And when we identify our primary feeling, we can rest in it, or decide what we want to do about it, rather than exhausting ourselves with "confusion." How Do I Get Rid of the Anger or Fear? We all need to release "heavy" energy constantly, using all the tools we know. We all carry heaviness: it's part of the human condition. We're influenced by the generalized fear, anxiety, despair, and rage floating around. The more we can intend to release our heaviness and that of others, the easier we can respond to whatever arises. I know I sound like a broken record about this. It is because, in my own evolution, releasing what does not serve me has been an essential component of shifting my consciousness and energizing my work in the world. For example, I discover that I am angry about the behavior of government officials, or sad about the behavior of someone I love. I know I can't make them change. What can I do? I can release the heaviness of my anger or grief. If I do not hold those heavy feelings in my body, I am less likely to get sick; I am more likely to see things for what they are and take action accordingly; and I am more likely to be able to be light and loving rather than spewing my ire into the world. Releasing "heaviness" also lets me model a "lighter" behavior for others. The moon, our constant companion through light and dark, re-minds us that everything grows to fullness, wanes, darkens, and becomes new again. The four elements, in their wondrous interconnection, guide us in returning to fluidity, passion, full breath, and rootedness. Strengthening Our Feelings of Connection The wonderful strength, euphoria, and hope of the Egyptian democracy movement is a great example of belief in connection. People were fed up, and they believed in each other day after day. Belief fed connection; connection fed generosity: those in Tabriz Sqaure fed each other, cleaned up, created safe spaces to rest, bandaged each other, and kept showing up despite the threats. The strength of the dream and commitment to what is possible fed all the rest of us. What happened in Egypt, before the media shifted our attention to a war campaign mentality (Libya and Bahrain) and old political paradigms, mirrors our efforts to expand our hearts and our light. When we allow ourselves to believe in connections, and to trust each other, the world changes. The Old Condor, Apuchin, tells me, "You humans are going to have to relearn and reinvigorate your connections--with each other and all living beings--for your survival. You spend way too much time feeling sorry for yourselves and spinning your wheels with worry. Everyone can take one step, and another, just like a baby learning to walk. And everyone can learn to pat themselves on the back, give themselves a hug of encouragement, and play the 'I think I can' game. "When you let yourself feel connected, you weave threads of support that you can hold onto as you walk the dark tunnel. It is not easy, and there is always light at the end...Instead of asking "Why?" or "Why me?" ask "What am I supposed to learn from this (disease/loss/challenge)? What changes are needed? What is my path as the world transforms? "The forms do not matter, it is happening. Strengthen your hearts! Strengthen your connections! In this way you will feed possibility." Japan: Gratitude As the Japanese people have shown us, when everything falls apart, we have to be with what is; what we have left is our human connections. This oracular message from the Ise Shrine in Japan (translated), is a wonderful explication of how we can focus our expanded hearts. I have been using it daily to re-mind myself, and share it with you so you can share it with others: After sunset we need strong power of prayer. Please let me deliver the message to as many as possible. We can stop this earthquake with our prayers, but right now the nuclear plant is in danger. Please heal the suffering, sadness, anger, worry about nuclear plants. Please do not think that this accident will bring justice. Please care for each other. The energy toward conflict and fight is also fueling the things happening right now. Please stop the conflict and stop the fight and change the worrying voice to the power of prayer. Please pray that as many people as possible can be saved. We will be O.K. If our hearts start connecting with each other the earth will be healed. There are the sounds/vibrations that can release the karma of earth. Anyone who can make a prayer sound, anyone who can do reiki, anyone who can do long distance healing, please direct your energy to the center of Japan. The exact location is above the Hachiro-gata, Akita Prefecture. If you can sing, please sing. Humming is fine too. Let the earth listen to the sound. Please send gratitude to the earth. If mother earth wakes up, everything will stop. The word Song/Sing written in Japanese Kanji means small possibilities support a big lack. Please send your prayer to the Earth to wake up the Spirit. I will be in meditation after the sunset. I will pray for the light shining in the sky even in the darkness. May everyone be safe. Thank you for supporting my heart at this very difficult time. Gratitude for our life. -- Fuma, Ise Shrine "In the way of traditional people in Brazil, we do not work with illness. We instead focus on what is actually well and healthy. No matter who the person is, there is a part inside, maybe only a very small part, but it is there, that is well. I focus on this, nurturing and caring for this person's wellness. I focus on what is healthy in them, allowing this part to grow." -- Maria Alice Campos Freire, one of Thirteen Grandmothers "There are things you can't reach. But you can reach out to them, and all day long. The wind, the bird flying away. The idea of God. And it can keep you as busy as anything else, and happier..." -- Mary Oliver "...if you choose to take action now to create your own individual transformation by forming new, positive thoughts, you will contribute to the new paradigm that is emerging from the darkness. A new universal awareness is sprouting. Nurture and water it with care." -- Jan Engels-Smith |