Love is coming!

[Guest guest]

Dear all:

 

 

 

For those of you who have not seen this photograph of a fire rainbow, I

invite you to check it out:

 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html

 

 

 

This last Tuesday as I drove to teach my early 6am class, I was touched by

the sky waking up with the early morning light. The clouds were first

feathery and light gray on the sky background. It gave me a feeling of being

in love, my heart opened up so big. These feathery gray clouds were

beautiful in a way that . . . I can only say this: my body felt it as a

gift. And as I drove some more, I saw that a line of pink light was touching

some of the feathery clouds and then I could not hold it any more I had

tears of exquisite joy. As though spirit was having a party of what's most

essential in the whole world and I was given to be a witness of it and to

experience it. . . Words don't usually fail me. I always think, if there is

an experience I can describe it. Here it was grace but not just out there in

the sky because whatever was happening out there was also touching me in

here, in me and my heart. The words that came bursting out of my mouth were:

"Love is coming! Thank you! Thank you!"

 

 

 

Dan Millman in Way of the Peaceful Warrior reminds us that there are no

ordinary moments. . . So as soon as I present to you these images of

exquisite beauty, the next thought is every moment can be as powerful in

exquisite beauty or in ugliness, whether it is in the simple flower you

planted a seed for weeks ago, or whether it is in the news we are bombarded

with about the Middle East. . . but in beauty and ugliness we meet our

infinity. . . that's all there is! Because in ugliness is the seed for the

beauty everyone is craving for. . . so look for the seed, it wants so much

to be watered, supported, loved!

 

 

 

This morning in my meditation I started to feel that what religions call God

is really something that created itself into everything and continues to

create and create and we are all a part of this dance. There is nothing that

is not God. That's why people can have a spiritual experience with anything:

a lover, nature, a piece of creative work. It does not matter! We cannot

escape it! We are in it and a part of it. As soon as we say: "this is good!"

or "this is bad!" we take our self out of it. We miss it. We welcome misery

due to the separation. Everything wants to be embraced and loved and, in

return, guess what happens. . .

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

Awtar

[Guest guest]

Dear Awtar,

 

Thanks for your beautiful message about your early morning

experience! I would have to say that in this case also, words did not

fail you!

 

Your last paragraph immediately brought to mind a signature phrase of

my first teacher. He constantly urged his students not to categorize

& thus limit themselves by thinking & saying, "I AM this" . . . "I'm

NOT that", etc. He encouraged us to de-limit by saying that there

isn't this, that or the other thing; "There is only Life. And you are

a part of Life, not apart from Life."

 

 

Blessings,

Nirvair Kaur