Natalie
@haveitall
Natalie
@haveitall
To open ourselves to this grace, to this flow of truth, means that we have to step out of ourselves. We have to let go of the illusion that we are in control of our life. When we hand it over, we’ll find ourselves falling into grace, falling into this clarity and openness and love, falling right into the grace of awakening from separation, where we
... See moreWe’ve all felt moments of feeling pushed down or oppressed, but the kind of defeat that I’m talking about is a true surrender, a true opening, where we know that we don’t know where to go. In that sense, it’s a true prayer, and a true prayer is a very powerful thing. I often tell people, “When you speak a true prayer, you’d better watch out,
... See moreAt the moment of awakening, it literally feels like we’re being born again, or like something completely new and unexpected has shown up in our consciousness. It literally is a virgin birth—a birth not of duality, but a birth of nonduality, a birth of that which is far beyond all dualities.
I was contemplating my spiritual life, and I suddenly had the impulse to pray. At that time, praying wasn’t something that I did very often, but somehow, I felt this impulse. I said to the universe, “Give me whatever is necessary for me to awaken. I don’t care what it takes. I don’t care if the rest of my life is one of ease, and I don’t care if
... See moreBut as you feel lit up from within, while everything feels absolutely enough and more… that’s when you clearly see how this extraordinary yet so profoundly human feeling breaks the cute Cupid’s mold. Because what simmers in you isn’t directed at anyone. It’s not yearning for anything.
It’s just sweet, delicious life, existing.
At the heights of the Greek culture, Eros was anything but safe. He was wild and alive.
This Eros is destabilizing god of desire. He is presented as youthful or ageless, but never as a baby. He is personification of a divine compulsion, a holy wildfire. And his powers are immense. He brings love-madness both to humans and the gods, overthrowing reason, dissolving boundaries, and shaking up the foundations of order.
This eros awakens you, unravels you from the inside, transforming you and every carefully laid plan.
Carl Jung said, “Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to you.”