Though unfolding outside conscious awareness, we carry the
unconscious of those who have come before us. At some point in our journey, we
will be asked to confront, integrate, and tend to the unlived lives of our
personal and collective ancestry. This confrontation is a radical act of love,
not only for yourself, but for beings everywhere.
Look carefully and see what you are holding, by way of your
parents, grandparents, their parents and grandparents, and beyond: What dreams
remained unfulfilled for them? What were their deepest longings? What secrets
were they never able to share?
What kept them awake at night? What brought them alive and
unleashed their creativity and uniqueness? What visions were not permitted to
take form?
What were they required to disown in order to fit in to a
world that had lost its sensitivity and soul? What became buried in the shadows
of their unlived lives?
As you create an inner sanctuary in which this material can
emerge – by way of feeling, image, symbol, and meaning – the seemingly solid
lines between past, present, and future will dissolve. What is left in this
process of dissolution is an invitation, a thundering call to integration, and
into a journey into the uncharted territory of the heart.
In the mandala of wholeness, past, present, and future
co-emerge and interpenetrate, each offering a unique passageway into your true
nature, and into the jeweled-like qualities of what you are.
Art credit: in the liminal, carving by an unknown artist by way of Flammarion’s L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire
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