Photo: An icy road, on a frigid day beautifully reflecting the warmth and reprieve of a persistent sun. Lincoln, Montana (2006). Copyright SJPhotographyInfinitesimal Possibilities Through Which Love Transcends
Enjoy this slightly revised version and replay of a past HeartBalm podcast.
🌟 No matter where you find yourself this holiday season – surrounded by family or friends – or enjoying the blessings of your own company – it is a time to pause, breathe, and find solace in life itself, and appreciate the abundance of experiences, challenges, and moments you’ve encountered this year; every beautiful and ugly moment that knocked gently or voraciously at your heart and every win and loss that raised and lowered your chin. It is all here for you to embrace. A merry dance of favors and forfeitures, comings and goings, lulls and chaos, and the small death at the end of each out-breath, and the joyous rebirth at every in-breath.
Looking back at all we have been through and wondering at what still lies ahead begs and pleads with us to begin accepting what is – all that is arising – no matter the relevance, or the appealing or revolting nature of what is happening. Yes, there are choices and decisions to be made in each moment, but everything is unfolding uniquely for you – a gift, an offering, a reprieve, a new choice, a different way. Rupert Spira, teacher, and poet beautifully describes our experience of the world at play:
I do not exist but am never absent
I am nowhere and everywhere
I am nothing and everything
I play
If we look again, we can see the gifts in what arises for our growth:
A moment of frustration to know patience.
A gem of overwhelm to know resolve, and this too shall pass.
A string of endless disappointments and losses to keep letting go of what is no longer meant for you.
A loss so great your heart shatters and breaks open to know the infinite wellspring of love that resides within you – as you.
All of it meant for you and your evolving journey toward loving and accepting yourself more fully, and accept the blessings and gratitude in all of it.
It allows us to smile at the wisdom of The Universe that shows us what we are not so we can come to know what we truly are.
Certainly, in many moments it is too difficult to stare into the face of hardships, different choices, or changes to life and living that need to be attended to – but in hindsight, the light of day, the persistence of breath, and a willing heart validate that every moment has been worthwhile.
There is no parade, or fireworks to expect just the knowing that this moment is uniquely yours – a gift in itself. When you are lost or weary drop all else and look deeply at every beautiful aspect of the present moment – a moment complete and sufficient, offering everything you need. Find whimsy in its creative expression and write everything you see, hear, taste, smell, and feel down onto paper, and then let it go and start again. Note every blessing and spark of gratitude felt in your heart and body, and then let it go. The Universe abundantly shares itself with you in the Here and Now – Always and Forever.
It's all a series of serendipities
with no beginnings and no ends.
Such infinitesimal possibilities
Through which love transcends.
As the year draws to a close, I want to extend my gratitude to my HeartBalm family for your unwavering support, and commitment to seeding, tending, and nurturing love within, and for sharing that expanding love with the world. Love unites us. Love is the experience that others are not others – we are shared beings joined on the path through life, and I am blessed and grateful to share this path with you.
A holiday wish, shared from “The Universe:”
If it is not yet obvious to you, the real reason for this, and all seasons, is you. A more perfect child of the Universe has never lived. Until now, only celebrations cloaked in myth and mystery could hint at your divine heritage and sacred destiny. You are life's prayer of becoming and its answer. The first light at the dawn of eternity, drawn from the ether, so that I might know my own depth, discover new heights, and revel in seas of blessed emotion
A pioneer into illusion, an adventurer into the unknown, and a lifter of veils. Courageous, heroic, and exalted by legions in the unseen.
To give beyond reason, to care beyond hope, to love without limit; to reach, stretch, and dream, in spite of your fears. These are the hallmarks of divinity—traits of the immortal—your badges of honor. May you wear them with a pride as great as what we feel for you.
Your light has illuminated darkened paths, your gaze has lifted broken spirits, and already your life has changed the course of history.
This is the time of year we celebrate you, dear one.
Bowing before Greatness,
The Universe
P.S. 2024 is the year folks will remember, as the year when they really, really, really fell in love with you.
And finally, thank you for being here. Happy Holidays! Your presence is cherished, and I send you love, and HeartBalm for a blessed holiday season!
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Infinitesimal Possibilities Through Which Love Transcends