Back to the Garden
I'm sure there was a time back in the Garden of Eden before the biting of fruit, naming of lizard, and placing of fig leaf, when Adam turned to Eve or Eve turned to Adam and, in the delightful absence of language, greeting cards, or text messaging, found a simple way to communicate something real about their experience of being alive.
Ever since those halcyon days, we've been trying to do the same -- to express something basic, primal, and pure about what moves us and why we often linger in the gaze of another who lets us in just long enough to experience the blessing of being received, no strings attached.
It is into this space I find myself being transported upon seeing Prem Rawat -- a space that continues expanding the moment he leaves the stage. He's gone and so am I -- my body now a hologram, my heart a happy camper.
Stunned in my seat, I am completely still, infused, fulfilled, free, my blood a kind of overflowing champagne fizz.
I'm sure I could move if I wanted to, but I don't want to. The desire to go anywhere has vanished. All I want to do is sit here and soak up the feeling forever. My name, my plans, the details of my life all seem like odd relics.
I am driftwood here, washed ashore, something a curious tourist might find on a sunny day.
I breathe. I bask in the light of an interior sun now made brighter by the one I have no words for. I follow my breath like a happy drunk follows the dotted white line home after an endless night of celebration.
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September 22, 2019ONE MILLION STRONG!
Fabulous anthem from Stuart Hoffman and team. Wow! Go full screen! Turn up the volume. Feel it! There is magic afoot. And remember, as Prem Rawat once said, "The bigger the circle of darkness, the bigger the circle of light."
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September 08, 2019How Young Children See Love
A group of professionals asked a bunch of 4 - 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. Take a look...
"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."-- Rebecca, 8
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." -- Billy, 4
"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." -- Karl, 5
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." -- Chrissy, 6
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." -- Terri, 4
"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." -- Danny, 7
"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that." -- Emily, 8
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." -- Bobby, 7
"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." -- Nikka, 6
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." -- Noelle, 7
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." -- Tommy, 6
"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." -- Cindy, 8
"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." -- Clare, 6
"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." -- Elaine, 6
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." -- Chris, 7
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." -- Mary Ann, 4
"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." -- Lauren, 4
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." -- Karen, 7
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." -- Mark, 6
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." -- Jessica, 8
And the the winner was a four-year old whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
And happiness, too!
Big thanks to Carola Polakov for the heads up
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