Somehow, by some unfathomable grace, a new solstice has
been given. One more opportunity to know the activity of love as it emerges
into this rare world of time and space. While we may never know for sure,
perhaps this is the only star of love, where the journey is not so much about
how to get more for me, about how to complete some mythical spiritual journey,
about how to wiggle into some 'higher dimension,' or about the dream of
traveling from 'here to there.'
Perhaps the gift of the beloved, as she takes form as the
miracle solstice, is to unfold the journey from 'there to here,' to reveal how
love will make use of this body, of these words, of these senses, of these arms
to touch and hold another. About how love will weave itself into the cells of
this heart, the strands of this DNA, and into the synapses of this brain so
that it may set this world ablaze with its light.
May you take the risk on this day to see how precious it
really is here, to dare to see that your body and your senses are pure
revelation, crafted of the stars. And to do whatever you can to help others –
to speak kindness to them, to hold them close, to listen carefully, and to love
them with all of your heart. Allow the beloved to disassemble you, to dissolve
everything that is less than whole within, and to illuminate your sacred
tenderness. For this is your gift to the world.
Give yourself fully to this new day. You need no longer
postpone your wild, embodied participation in the unfolding miracle, waiting to
first feel safe, to heal your past, to get ‘enlightened,’ to be in a ‘high’
state of vibration, or to manifest all the things you want. Love is here now
and is longing for you. But only exactly as you are.
Allow yourself to be taken to the ground by the solstice
sunrise, by the holding transmission of the moon, by the lunar revelations of
the oceans and the rivers, and by the rare opportunity to know the color blue
for the first time. Enter the phenomenal world as you would your lover and fall
into the miracle that is forming around you.
But please know that this opportunity is only being
offered in this very moment. There is no tomorrow. There is no future solstice,
no future full moon to gaze at, and no future lover to play with. For we never
know when the beloved will call us home.
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