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“Please remember, it is what you are that heals, not what you know.” Carl Jung is credited with this quote – this is very difficult for me personally to remember, being the “knowledge hound” that I am. I struggle with it still daily. Even when I understand this enough to open my heart like a sponge to the day, someone I love comes along in pain and I start dumping my pockets, looking for the one thing I "know" that will help them. But time and time again, the only thing they want is for me to open my heart like a sponge to them. They only want to be held and heard.
This is so easy to see in other forms of nature. Stars hold the dark by being light. Rivers keep the Earth alive by being wet. Wind clears our heads of clouds. THESE are the teachers that open the heart, the things that wait in our nature for us to bring them alive. These are the things that heal ourselves and each other.
When my pockets are empty and I’ve dumped all I know, I often end up shrugging, admitting my ignorance of what to do. Humbly, it is then that the real work of love begins...
A meditation to consider:
• Once, during the day, think of who you are as living energy and not as a goal to be achieved or an obstacle to be overcome. Feel yourself without inventory - as the Light we all are.
This is so easy to see in other forms of nature. Stars hold the dark by being light. Rivers keep the Earth alive by being wet. Wind clears our heads of clouds. THESE are the teachers that open the heart, the things that wait in our nature for us to bring them alive. These are the things that heal ourselves and each other.
When my pockets are empty and I’ve dumped all I know, I often end up shrugging, admitting my ignorance of what to do. Humbly, it is then that the real work of love begins...
A meditation to consider:
• Once, during the day, think of who you are as living energy and not as a goal to be achieved or an obstacle to be overcome. Feel yourself without inventory - as the Light we all are.
