What is left in a Leftover Universe when one comes out the other end?
Why would anyone want to walk through fire? There can only be one answer to that question and that answer is love.
It is when we lost our way, when we don’t know who we are anymore and we truly see that in such a state we won’t be able to be present and to be there for our fellow beings in a positive, elevating and loving light, that is when we know that there is only one way to go and that is through the fire. It is because of love for all that we start to direct our attention to the mirror that moves us. We take up the responsibility to deal with our trauma’s and burdens so as not to oppose them onto others.
Doing the inner work means lighting up the dark corners of our existence. We dive inwards to see near and far and we focus and refocus on what got stuck and tucked away inside ourselves. Dealing with the leftovers and giving them an honourable place in our lives we transform them for the sake of being whole again. Holy.
We face our fears and demons, burn off baggage, heal our hurts and by doing so we free up space for love to flow in and to find its way through all the inner spaces and into our hearts. This fiery love that we feel in the core of our being is greater than the flames we are faced with and it gives us enough strength, courage and determination to keep going on a journey that is by no means easy. Despite all the difficulties we find that when we surrender to this process, our blood, sweat and tears can become the gold that fuels our transformation back to who we truely are. It is what makes the phoenix rise from the flames, what keeps the prickly bush from catching fire.
When our hearts overflow with love we find that the delightful gift of giving comes naturally. Our gifts, which can be as gentle and small as a smile or a listening ear, then come from a purified centre filled with love and kindness. Only then can we feel and express true compassion and bring warmth and sympathy into the atmosphere. Only then can we cultivate and become active co-creators of a healthy, balanced and harmonious environment.
Walking Through Fire
Transforming flames
Burning off baggage
Purifying fearlessly
Living without numbness
Vulnerable and seasons uncomfortable
Exposing contamination and compromise
Working through and through
This prickly bush is moving forward
Burnt, but unburnt
Leftover Universe 