My earliest recollection of what I wanted to be when I grew up was an archaeologist. There was something about finding hidden treasures amid the muck that really appealed to me. The adventure of not knowing and the promise of discovery, all served to elicit a seductive pull that eventually turned me into an ancient history aficionado.
How like the inquiry into the essence of ‘the self’ and how ironic to discover that after decades of learning what is called for is a system-wide undoing. All the treasured tomes of knowledge are barriers to the sacred pilgrimage to your essence.
It cannot be discovered amid the ruins of consensus. This wellspring of brilliance is easily mined with lightness, laughter and love. It is not a forced, agenda-laden experience. It is a VIP entrance, complete with red carpet affair.
Our intuition is not easily fooled — essence speaks to essence without words. Katherine Saux
Your essence blooms in the fertile ground of your imagination, in the whispers of your deepest longings and in the stronghold of your heart. Surrender your assumptions of lackluster expectations and anxiety-ridden machinations. Serve your essence-filled offerings upon the banquet table of life.
Image: Apophysis, Giovanni Rubaltelli
Tags: Assumptions, Essence, Inquiry
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Jack Bresler
775 days ago
I come to feast upon the celebration of love, wisdom, poetry and life that this blog provides.
Thank you!
Adela
775 days ago
Ah, Jack, you are serving delicious fare yourself, with the energy of your being and candid appreciation. Thank you for being with me in this amazing adventure! Thank you, my friend.
Angela
775 days ago
thank you. a confined mind is a tough place to be….the open free range you describe is inside me….time to be more free
Angela
Adela
774 days ago
Here’s to unleashing, Angela!
Karen
774 days ago
Thank you, Adela: During this session…the memory of “unfavorable smells” surrounding people. Not talking BO. This is an essence that is given off and left behind…not wanting or being able to touch or be in close proximity to the individual. Any insight would be muchly appreciated. Blessings and Thank You
Adela
763 days ago
I’d dive a little deeper with this, Karen. Don’t go for the surface appearance. Dive deeper.
Krista
774 days ago
Beautiful, Adela. Well said. All the old assumptions and machinations – just as they are pulling us this way and that, we breathe and feel the truth of being. Thank you.
Krista
Adela
763 days ago
Your welcome, Krista. Love the image of truth breathing your being.
sophia
774 days ago
I recall as a child allowing the wind to blow on my skin and in my hair. My imagination ran through my mind opening doors of tomorrow which I had no fore-thought of meeting again as I got older. I have met those dreams and thoughts and now that I am older I strive to allow again with intention this time for I have learned that this was not a passive exercise. This time with intention to unleash the essence that may be harnessed or snagged on the wall of my thoughts via meditation. I have come to realize that the treasures I seek are within and given time to look inside of me results in my delight.
Adela
763 days ago
You capture a sense of ‘freedom from’ with your reminiscing . . . Release the striving and be that child, wind blowing through you, wind being you . . . wildly and unreservedly free.