shifts in the wind
Feb. 18th, 2006 03:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonDid Mercury suddenly swoop in on the north wind, strap on his winged sandals and flit about at warp speed, gifting lucidy and clear communication hither and yon with blessed bolts like Cupid's unerring arrows? Suddenly, energetic blockages and logjams have been releasing all over the place, tensions have dropped, guards have cautiously lowered, breathing is easier, a number of discussions have gone from talking at one another to listening to one another, long-standing issues among many I know and love have resolved or at least moved dramatically forward...something very interesting is going on, and I like it. It seems a cloud, a gloom has passed from the sun, and a certain background grimness has faded and passed away. A lightness of heart that often characterizes life here has returned -- not that it was entirely absent by any means, but it's a real and noticible shift for the better, and there's more lightness, more laughter, and a tremendous open-heartedness all around.
What's the cause, and what's the result? Who knows, lots of chicken-and-egg situations going on, but I am noticing for myself that I am glad for whatever the change is that has occurred over the last couple of weeks, and the free and easy free flow of life-force energy among myself and many I know is nourishing and refreshing. Physical closeness is one symptom, or one cause, depending -- I think I've spent a significant portion of the past 24 hours holding or touching someone, tickling, massaging, being physically present or playful in one way or another. That's not rare, but it's been much freer, less guarded, more spontaneous and frequent than it has been.
I'm also noticing once again the persistent human tendency to see people as angels or demons, when in reality we are neither. We are messy, complicated human beings, all trying our best to make sense of our lives, to learn the lessons we need in order to become more fully human, to be more fully our own unique selves, in community with other unique selves. I do believe the need to put people up on pedestals (followed by the need to knock them down) is one of the more pernicious human interpersonal patterns we perpetuate. It's so easy to see others in terms of what we hope to be, or fear to be, what we wish we were, or are afraid of becoming, when in reality, we are each who we are, no more and no less, and nobody, NOBODY, has The Answer that we need. We can all learn from each other, we can all be each other's signposts, allies, guardians, companions and colleagues, but in the end, nobody can do my work or find my answers but me. Nobody. But. Me.
May hearts be open, may words be true, clearly spoken, and genuinely heard. May we all have lightness in our hearts and love in our lives.
And may we all have tickle-fights and spontaneous laughter in abundance.
What's the cause, and what's the result? Who knows, lots of chicken-and-egg situations going on, but I am noticing for myself that I am glad for whatever the change is that has occurred over the last couple of weeks, and the free and easy free flow of life-force energy among myself and many I know is nourishing and refreshing. Physical closeness is one symptom, or one cause, depending -- I think I've spent a significant portion of the past 24 hours holding or touching someone, tickling, massaging, being physically present or playful in one way or another. That's not rare, but it's been much freer, less guarded, more spontaneous and frequent than it has been.
I'm also noticing once again the persistent human tendency to see people as angels or demons, when in reality we are neither. We are messy, complicated human beings, all trying our best to make sense of our lives, to learn the lessons we need in order to become more fully human, to be more fully our own unique selves, in community with other unique selves. I do believe the need to put people up on pedestals (followed by the need to knock them down) is one of the more pernicious human interpersonal patterns we perpetuate. It's so easy to see others in terms of what we hope to be, or fear to be, what we wish we were, or are afraid of becoming, when in reality, we are each who we are, no more and no less, and nobody, NOBODY, has The Answer that we need. We can all learn from each other, we can all be each other's signposts, allies, guardians, companions and colleagues, but in the end, nobody can do my work or find my answers but me. Nobody. But. Me.
May hearts be open, may words be true, clearly spoken, and genuinely heard. May we all have lightness in our hearts and love in our lives.
And may we all have tickle-fights and spontaneous laughter in abundance.
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Indeed.
Date: 2006-02-18 11:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-18 11:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-19 04:55 pm (UTC)Breathing a sigh of relief
Date: 2006-02-19 02:29 am (UTC)...so much better. Thank you.
Re: Breathing a sigh of relief
Date: 2006-02-19 11:43 am (UTC)Re: Breathing a sigh of relief
Date: 2006-02-19 05:15 pm (UTC)