People

I can't quite figure out how to talk about these people I love without messing up privacy and confidentiality.  I love them!  Maybe I'll tell a bit more after they move out.  In every case, I will only speak to honor them and their story or journey.  I have no wish to tear people down or compromise them. 

This morning I got a final email from a really cool newsletter type thing that I subscribed to and it had a Rumi quote in it that I haven't seen yet on zaadz.  Lots of Rumi here.  Love it. 

"The entire world consists of Love.  Anything else is but a cry for help."

I would alter it if I could by saying that the entire world consists of love, everything that appears to the contrary is but a clever disguise.  But I basically agree.  Over the naked flesh of Love we cover ourselves with rags of violence and fear - and these are really cries for help.  I've always known this.

I'm connecting with people on some very intimate levels and learning so much about our disguises.  I'm so grateful for this chance to learn and love others.  

I don't really get the mythology and metaphysics around chakras, but I instinctively understand the different types of energy they all have, and their individual languages and powers.  They seem to correspond as well to the different layers of brain structures that we have.  There is alot of activity in the lowest three chakras at the Shelter, and no real open expression of much more.  I think more is there, but it is kept under wraps.  The higher levels are delicate, like specialized measuring devices.  If they get bumped or banged around too much, they no longer take accurate readings.  So, they have to be kept in special containers to protect them.  The lower levels are like bulls in the china shop.  They're fun and funny to watch and sometimes scary.  And they're always fascinating.  But I can only take so much of it before I need a break.  The genuine and deep laughter I was hearing last night as I lay in bed was a beautiful open expression of enjoyment of one another.  The group there now is experiencing some wonderful affection.  It seems to be bubbling just over the gut chakra, ready to splash up into the heart.  But it won't.  it does for a few people here and there, and they pair up and go off to their safe containers.  But as long as the bulls are lose, the door to the china shop needs to remain locked.