The Wk of 9/10/26 Grapes. Oil. Darkness & Diamonds.💠🍇 (copy 01)

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Several of you have newly signed up for this “newsletter.” I’m not a fan of that word, newsletter actually. Blech! What is this? What am sending you when I send these words out? Well, it feels closer to a little Soul Lovenote from my heart to yours. I’ve rarely found this earth journey easy. Though over the past couple of decades, a few things have helped me navigate life with just a bit more ease and clarity. Those things: painful experience, teachers in all shapes and forms along the way, and various metaphysically-rooted practices; two examples of which are yoga & 12 step programs (yes, that too has the woo roots).  And what do I mean by woo? Woo to me: Truth. & what do I mean by Truth? An unchanging idea or concept. Time doesn’t change it. Location doesn’t change it. Culture doesn’t change it. It simply is. To us all. Always. An example to me would be: All is One. Meaning that all “things,” both material and non-material are interconnected. Are from & of the same Source. Even though our human eyes and other senses see/sense a differentiation. I see all things as unique (meaning: one, or no copy) extensions of this one, unchanging thing/Original Source/Ultimate Creative Intelligence. So anywhoo, I’ve been given a lot of Love in life and I simply wanna pay it forward because that feels right in my core. A good thing, to me, is better when shared. That said, I have a dissertation I am about to begin researching & writing, so these physical Lovenotes may slip into your inboxes less often, but not the Love itself. Ok, now that I said that, here’s your Love:

A few words from me in case any of you angels out there find a word or two useful on whatever curve of this winding life path you find yourself. 

I sat down with a friend on Sunday & spilled my confused lil heart out to him, and he me. I went to “help” this friend as he’s been in a very tight spot, but Lo and behold, seeing that “all is one,”  it felt as if he wound up helping me, when I was there to “help him.”  I find, over & over, that that is the case. I told him of my confusion and he said this (& I am pulling this straight from the notes in my phone where I documented what he was saying. Ps, I am getting the same message from several sources, this just happened to be the “final nail”, so to speak). 

Here goes: 

I have to be me. 

What do I want? 

What do I not want? 

What am I doing to support what I want? 

What am I doing to sabotage what I want? I have hit a spot on my journey where I am uncertain as to where to focus/what to give the majority of my energy to. This lack of clarity/direction has felt incredibly painful. So I did what I do: I “prayed” (spiritual language)/spoke with the Responsive Universe (scientific language). And I may not always get an immediate response, but I always eventually get the response. The Response: “clear the channel. The clear communication cannot move through if the pipes are clogged.” Of course! Duh! It’s funny how easily I forgot what I already know, over and over again. Seems pretty human to me though. And what (in part) clogs the divine pipes:

Resentment/anger

Unresolved misunderstandings 

Anything that recurs in our minds that we just don’t feel neutral about. If it bugs us, over and over, it ain’t neutral. It’s asking to be released. 

True poets, in my opinion, say it best/most concisely. 

Rumi: your task is not to search for Love, but to seek out all the blocks we have built against it. 

If you’re familiar with 12 step talk: 4th & 10th (generally speaking). These are the pipe cleaners. If you’re not familiar with 12 steps (and you wanna be), consider ACAD (better known as ACA). It’s for people who come from a history of dysfunction. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t know a single person who has  not survived a history of dysfunction. Why? Because we are humans. And it’s part of our earth tool kit. Contrast serves. Dysfunction serves. Serves what? Growth. Freedom. Expansion. Joy…All the reason’s we’re here. 

There are also a kajillion other mystical and non-mystical therapeutic practices out there. (Though secretly in my heart, I know all to be mystical. You don’t have to agree, of course. It wouldn’t be much fun if you did. I can only share what I know to be true for me). I say it in nearly every class and I’ll say it to you here: please do reach out for ideas if you’re needing help finding a practice that feels like a good fit for you. I know lots of wise helpful peeps/programs/practices and it brings me great joy to help you if I can. I recently pointed someone to a talk therapist that they love and I’m so happy I could help make that connection. I also recently pointed someone toward a free constellation therapy group and she is finding great support in that. Ok, rant over. Love you. We can do this. & we can do this much more easily with gunk-free plumbing. 

Love you. 

Ek 

PS, New Moon in Virgo today (9/10) says to me: get organized in all of the ways as summer (on paper) closes and we start walking toward autumn. AND, be as kind to yourself as possible right now. You’re doing a phenomenal job inside of a highly-transitory, highly-transformational time. 

And tomorrow (9/11) is an anniversary date that can bring up a bunch of emotional energy. Take good care of you cause you is precious n special. 😉

PPS, see some of you soon: 

NEW CLASS: Tuesdays 3pm Flow

Thursdays, 3 PM FLOW, and…

also  4:30 pm Flow & Chill, all at Flow Yoga North Loop (5501N Lamar Blvd)

(**always check Flow Yoga North Loop & Westgate online class schedules for last minute schedule changes. Also, last minute sub opportunities arrive throughout the week that I cover).

The text directly below is the reading for the week. Just beneath that is a definition of transmutation.

The two readings below are from last week. xo