surrender & empathy

[Guest guest]

In the wee hours of the morning after the last full moon, I was visited in a

dream by Kannon, La Virgen, a radiant moon goddess who appeared to my left, in

the east.

 

She was showing me that when we are radiant with the glow of love, in touch with

our fullness and compassion, there is no need to join in empathic suffering with

others. Rejoice, she said, and see that the suffering a person endures is just

for them, for their liberation. There is no need to feel badly or join in their

suffering, she said. No need to get down in the muck. Each person needs her own

muck. We can simply radiate love and wellbeing, and shine like a lantern to

guide people through the difficult times, without taking on any of the darkness.

 

This is a big teaching for me, for I find myself feeling tired and worn down

after months of bearing witness to great suffering. She is teaching me to change

the way I perceive human suffering, and suffering in general. She is teaching me

to remain lovingly present yet detached, gently supportive, confident in each

person's ability to solve the puzzle and find his way, without getting down in

the muck with her or doing any heavy lifting. She is reminding me to rejoice in

the opportunities for liberation which lay at the core of each challenging

situation.

 

Compassion without pain. Support without struggle. Bearing witness to the

miracle of life unfolding. Radiant with the understanding that all is as it

needs to be.

 

But I am a small bird. I take in one crumb at a time, and my feathers grow

slowly. I try to empty my nest to make room for more lightness, yet I am too

heavy. I rise a little, then I plop back down. I absorb Her teachings as best I

can, but I take in only so much. If I can keep emptying, emptying my sorrow so I

can be filled with light, maybe someday I can sit with a person and simply be,

and let Her light shine through me.

 

For now, though, I am only an egg. She teaches me. She teaches me to peck, she

teaches me to be, and I give thanks. But I am only an egg. An egg who dreams of

being a moon.

 

Peace,

Shaz

 

 

---Tara wrote:

I would appreciate if I could share a recent understanding of myself. I am a

Empath which I was taught was bad & I was taught to hide it. I have become aware

that my body is absorbing negativity from people & my surroundings...