This Is a Goal For Me

welcome back! Frankl's book is a classic, isn't it? I'm glad that you shared these thoughts, giving us all an opportunity to deepen our own awareness and to share. There is so much support to give and receive. Glad to be here dipping together...

Beautiful, inspiring poetry, and even more beautiful, inspiring friends! I feel so grateful and blessed to be here with all of you!!

Poems have such an ability in their simple uniqueness in style to speak to the most personal aspects of ourselves, poems contain so much potential to channel light into even the darkest most unexplored places, filling them with all kinds of emotions of inspiration.

I really like the last poem you put up by Dawna Markova, and in how I saw it, not letting your path if life controlled by fear. Growing and learning freely because there is deep understanding to replace it. The more we search within ourselves and find our purpose, the easier it will be to let go of the things that used to worry us.

I too feel grateful for this conversation and all the wise & wonderful people in it! There is such beauty and wisdom to tap into... here's another example...



I will not die an unlived life.

I will not live in fear

of falling

or catching fire.

I choose to inhabit my days,

to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid,

more accessible,

to loosen my heart until

it becomes a wing,

a torch, a promise.

I choose to risk my significance;

to live

so that which comes to me as seed

goes to the next as blossom

and that which comes to me as blossom,

goes on as fruit."



Dawna Markova

Author of Open Mind.

Woah.. I love the depth of this discussion. That poem just blew me away! I think, "No! I won't stop singing! I wont give in to the comfort of the darkness!" LOL :)

Swanfether, as always you blow me away.. my throat chakra is the one I have blocked, too (took a quiz online to tell me this and everything a few weeks back, lol!). The amazing thing is.. I found out last fall I have hypothyroidism.. a milder case (it's in control now with meds).. but 'proof' my throat chakra energy is weak.. I'll PM you about that!

Caitie.. your comments hit home for me as well, as usual..

"what is common sense will become much clearer once we have the foundation of our truth to build upon. Because we are balanced and can heed our divine voice, we are able to interpret what is sensible and what is not in sync. The voice of our inner wisdom has the power to become common wisdom!"

Yes, oh yes! We need to start with our own, personal truth and build from there! So well put. It just reaffirms what I innately 'know'. We all have a different starting point of reference, I think, and we need to find this and start to build from there.

The Fire In The Song

by David Whyte





The mouth opens

and fills the air

with its vibrant shape



until the air

and the mouth

become one shape.



And the first word,

your own word,

spoken from that fire



surprises, burns,

grieves you now

because



you made that pact

with a dark presence

in your life.



He said, "If you only

stop singing

I'll make you safe."



And he repeated the line,

knowing you would hear

"I'll make you safe"



as the comforting

sound of a door

closed on the fear at last,



but his darkness crept

under your tongue

and became the dim



cave where

you sheltered

and you grew



in that small place

too frightened to remember

the songs of the world,



its impossible notes,

and the sweet joy

that flew out the door

of your wild mouth

as you spoke.

hello flutterby & all,



I relate to this story. I lived most of my life doing exactly what you describe.



When I first heard Mary Oliver's poem it was nighttime & I just remained sitting in my car outside my home and cried.



Over the last year I've been working with opening up my throat chakra (it is often closed when there has been a history of feeling one needs to silence or hide her voice). The color for the throat chakra is BLUE. Singing or making sounds also help.



What I've found makes the most difference is journeying back to the impressions which took root deep within--the one's that made us feel unsafe to begin with, and turning them over like stones, getting the feel of them, discovering how they got lodged so heavily inside of me. And watching the transformation as their spell slowly breaks and fades away.



I have another poem to share...

Great poem to share in this discussion!

Dee could not be more right, the more you take the time to listen to the spirit, the more you will thank yourself for doing so. Go for it and see how far it takes you.

And indeed, what is common sense will become much clearer once we have the foundation of our truth to build upon. Because we are balanced and can heed our divine voice, we are able to interpret what is sensible and what is not in sync. The voice of our inner wisdom has the power to become common wisdom!

It is wonderful, isn't it?! Wonderful to have friends to share our journey along the way, to discover the wonder and secrets of the 'self'.. the greatest adventure of all!!

Thank you, Caitie, your comment:



"Then, you can see what others call "common sense" and "practicality" and know that it can never touch the truth of who you are, and it becomes a much smaller issue to deal with, because it does not change what transcends all fabricated reality."



This fits so well with what I have been struggling with lately.. the force of 'common wisdom' vs. the voice of my own, inner wisdom. I'm learning to listen to the later.. 'to thine own self be true'.

When you contain the pure intent and will to connect with what is inside of you, you will be able to reclaim it as part of who you are. You embrace it knowing that it is just as much a part of who you are as your own two eyes, and there is never anything to fear. Instead, you will find peace and harmony in deep places that you had previously never felt before, a conscious awakening of various interdimensional levels; all connected to the whole of who you are.

Then, you can see what others call "common sense" and "practicality" and know that it can never touch the truth of who you are, and it becomes a much smaller issue to deal with, because it does not change what transcends all fabricated reality.



*nods & hugs*

There's no time like the present ;) I wish you much magic and wonder on your journey.. all the best!! :) (((Hugs)))

I started following my inner voice about 2 years ago.. it has led me on some great adventures of self discovery, led me to wondrous new places and people, and allowed me to go much deeper into my inner world to start to discover the truth about myself and the world around me... I say, GO FOR IT!!! Once you learn to listen and trust your inner voice/intuition, doors will open you never realized were there. The voices of others will try to get in your way, no doubt about it.. sometimes you will pause and wonder if they are right. But remember, this is YOUR journey, not theirs. Sometimes you will make mistakes, but this is all part of your journey. A good friend, swanfether, posted a poem about this I think you'd like, called 'The Journey':
http://www.experienceproject.com/uw.php?e...