love.

[Guest guest]

Hi Gang,

 

i have a metaphor for you about the earth experience. we are seeds.

seeds are ingenious devices to defend the life of a new plant from a

harsh dry environment. seeds are coatings surrounding a spark of life.

what happens when we put a seed into water? the water soaks in and the

coating expands. it expands and softens. it expands, softens and

becomes more porous. it expands, softens, becomes more porous, and water

gets into the spark in the middle and it expands until the coat pops,

freeing the spark to grow. the water of our seed is love and we are

already immersed in it. we are NOT in a dry dangerous environment, but

we believe strongly that we are. all of us. (all of us who cannot yet

say with knowingness that the seed has sprouted) the coat is the

bargain we made with fear way back in the past, who knows when... when

the water of love starts to soak in (when we loosen the fear enough to

let it), the fear expands. we draw back and fear remains in control.

if we (no, when we...) let the water in and stand the fear expansion, we

can see the softening as well and when we let go completely and abandon

ourselves to this, the water makes our heart swell and the coat bursts.

it's nice. in some it's fast and in others it's slow. it doesn't

matter. just let it go.

 

Love, Mark