Ahhh….MYSTERY. The relationship with mystery is so intoxicating and conjures up all realms of darkness and shadow, light and a sun’s brilliance. It can be found in both extremes and all the in-betweens. It is the imagination and the unimagined. Most of all it is a welcome we choose willingly or reluctantly.
This New Year’s reflection is an exploration of the relationship with the “waters-of-yes” and the Mystery. Why? Because I feel they are lovers, dance partners and magic makers for the spirit of Creation and our creativity. They are now and what is possible.
The angle of approach to Mystery is like a ladle full of broth to an awaiting bowl of intentions…potions and roots, spices and veggies. This willingness to include our essence, steeped in the waters…of our marrow, of our tears and most of all, of our hearts to the bowl enlivens the devas of Mystery. Each of these must be fully present in this bisque of who we are – our core, our calling and our loves.
Once stepped and swirled with the innocent practices of ancients…lighting a simple candle, meditating in surrender, resting in awe, breathing deeply, quietly, tenderly a certain electricity, a fusion of heavens and terra ignite and clear the airs and mind to reveal something new, a possibility, a feeling that the conversations we are having from our soul are now being heard from behind the veil…because it quivers in an unseen breeze.
A full “YES” is like that hint of smoked sesame oil, ghee or butter, oil from the olive…a lubricant and syrup, a nectar that says to everything in the bowl of our intentions that we welcome this dance, this meal, this conspiring of the Mysteries to be WITH US !
The invitation for me is to keep choosing this YES with ALL the in-betweens, the darkness and the light because now all of it is connected by this fusion, this shimmering dance and this bouillabaisse of intention, of my YES, and of Mystery thrilling into existence nothing short of Creation.
This is about what is happening now. It is also about what is possible when our willingness, our Yes, is imbibed with Mystery and we discover, as if it was always here, Creation and creativity itself at our side.
Surf’s up, time to dance and break bread with the ones we love over a bowl of new year possibilities.
Namaste y’all !
