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Emotional Awareness: Healing Separation

By Ellen Luksch

    Thursday, August 19th, 2010

I hold myself apart. I hold myself above. It seems as if it’s you but it’s really a part of me. It is very clear that whenever I hold myself apart or above, I create a vibration that feels low/stuck/rigid that triggers my mind to see the problem as you, to see the problem in you. I cannot deny the feeling however. I cannot deny that this feeling matches the feeling of what annoys me, angers me, contaminates me or otherwise triggers my righteousness, the part of me that is so sure it is right. Owning this feeling, making it mine/making it a part of me allows me to surround it with my awareness. Then I can feel it deeply, completely owning the feel of it, completely taking it into the field of my presence. I speak, “I love myself. I forgive myself.” I see the illusion of the separation. I feel the forgiveness. I feel the separation healing. The illusion speaks to the union/ to the possibility of love… “I desire you. I love you.” I feel the opening. I feel the lack of separation. I feel myself loving you/loving everything. The energy that creates separation released from the illusion of being apart/other becomes the energy of healing/of union/of vastness/of endless possibility. I am the love that I am, released from the illusion that blinds myself to myself. I am whole.

Welcome Home

I am standing in the doorway watching myself.
I have never looked away, not once.
I have stood here for eternity
waiting for the final reunion, waiting for you to come home.
Now I see you so clearly and
your eyes leave mine less often.

I have loved you through all the stumbling and the falling.
I have always felt the desire beneath your confusion.
I have never doubted you would find me.
I have never doubted your return.
My heart is singing your name
and I can see that you hear me.

There is no hesitancy in your stride
as I see you running down the path.
My arms are open; your arms are open.
There is no doubt anywhere, any more.
Welcome home my love.
Welcome home.

Ellen C. Luksch from A Dream of the Heart, 2010

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Trust Yourself! Trust Life!

By Rita Rivera Fox

    Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Today more than ever, as we feel the shifts that are happening in our lives, it is important to choose to align our awareness with the biggest source of energy there is, life! Life is what we are. Life is what we share with each other. Life is the easiest way to name what it is that created us. You may choose to call it God, Light, the Great Mystery or Spirit. All these descriptors convey this indescribable energy from which we are born and are always connected to.

Life inspires us to birth Love into manifestation. Without each one of us choosing a more loving response, a more trusting response to what we encounter in our daily lives, it doesn’t happen. There are many ways to bring love into manifestation and tap deeper the well of life that is within; and one is choosing to trust.

When we have trust in ourselves, even when we aren’t clear about our direction, or when faced with uncertainty, we create a channel for life energy to flow less impeded. Trusting oneself is really choosing to open our heart to what we don’t know, or to what scares us. 

Trusting is not a concept. It is a feeling within the body. It originates in the heart and when we feel it, we move beyond the idea of what trust is and instead actualize it, and live it. This feels expansive, and opens the gate of the heart to flow more freely.

Imagine that right within our heart lives the ability to meet the changes that might challenge us. Rather than collapsing into doubt or cynicism, which is just one way fear disguises itself, we rise to meet it. Notice the difference in the energy of the words: meet vs. collapse. When we meet a challenge with trust we increase our ability to respond to life, and thus open up even more energy to sustain our lives, our expressions and creations. Trusting has the ability to stabilize us when an insecure feeling bubbles up inside of us.

The energy of trust is like a magnet – the more you have, the more you attract. Imagine how it would feel to really be able to stand in trusting your heart and what it feels? Doubt would no longer have a hold over you. You could move forward with more ease. Trust that you already have what it takes to make your dreams reality. Trust that you can transform your life in the ways that your heart and soul calls.

Please take a moment and bring your attention to your heart for a few breaths? Allow yourself to feel that each breath supports the thought, “I trust this heart of mine. I trust that I am connected to Life.” Opening to trust life itself is accessible, right here, in this breath and your next. Watch what happens as you repeat this and connect to the feeling of trust inside each time you feel tense or anxious.

Choosing to trust life creates an energetic stance in the world that touches everything you touch, everything you see, and everyone you meet. Trusting life to bring you what you need changes everything. It fills you with energy to create your beloved projects, relationships, and professions. Even the often encountered conundrum of the process of transforming ourselves into more authentic beings, is fed and gently supported by choosing to trust life. Trust life and feel the difference!

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How to Respond to BIG Emotion

By Meghan McChesney Gilroy

    Saturday, April 17th, 2010

I consider myself to be fairly competent when faced with big emotion. After all, I teach others how to accept and clear their emotion – particularly disturbing, uncomfortable ones. So I have been present and centered in the midst of some epic emotional releases.

Yet when my almost three-year old, Bodhi, awoke from a nap wailing uncontrollably, I watched myself react to Bo’s big emotion in all the ways that I used to before I had awareness: with judgment, by trying to fix it, distract him from it, and run from it. But when I “awoke” from my old reactions and squarely faced Bodhi’s distress, it transformed in just a few deep breaths.
 
Bodhi and I rarely nap together, bodies snuggled close. The preciousness of naptime is usually reserved for plowing through as much work as possible. Yet on a cold, wet, March afternoon after a busy week, I couldn’t resist burrowing under the flannel sheets with Bodhi.

The sweetness of this rare resting time abruptly ended when Bodhi awoke sobbing in my ear. As I came back from my deep slumber, my first reaction was annoyance. This is not a pleasant way to wake up!

But as soon as I had my wits about me, I picked Bo up and drew him in close; A surefire way to calm him down. But his eyes remained squeezed shut and tears kept streaming down his face.

Next I started rocking him; another tactic that usually works. But no dice. After a few more minutes of this uncharacteristic upset, my mind began searching for a cause. Was he hungry? Did he have a bad dream? What he sick? I tried gently asking him questions, but he was too upset for me to understand his replies.

As one part of me was experiencing the full force of his emotion and reacting to it, another more aware aspect of me was witnessing my reactions. Oh look! You love him and truly care for him, but mostly you just want this to stop. You are trying to fix him and his emotion.

Even with this awareness, I watched myself promptly get up and carry him down to our kitchen – thinking a change of scene might soothe him and a snack would distract him. Look at you trying to use food to divert the emotion. Not a good pattern!

Meanwhile Bo wailed, “Noooo Mama!!!!!”

At a loss, I began walking around our house. I carried Bodhi into my office and sat down in the chair I usually process clients in. Through his gulping sobs, he cried out, “No! I… don’t… want… here!”

While I normally feel calm in the presence of my client’s emotion, my own child’s distress was tugging at my heartstrings. I briefly considered leaving him in the chair until he calmed down. One side of me just wanted to get away from the intensity of his emotional energy. Once again that inner voice spoke, How would you feel if someone you loved and trusted walked away from you when you were in emotional distress?

So I took a deep breath and we left the room. I tried heading back upstairs – more wailing. Sitting on the stairs – still more crying.

Finally, I sat down on our couch and wrapped him in a soft, thick, heavy blanket, hugging him to my chest. He struggled against me, but I gently covered all but a tiny window over his head so I could see his face and he could see mine. I invited myself to breathe more deeply.

As I did, I felt Bo’s body relax. He took a long, shuddering breath and for the first time in twenty minutes (that felt like an eternity), his crying subsided. I continued to sit and breathe. Every few minutes, he would inhale and exhale in deeper gulps. He began to calm down.

After a few more minutes, his head poked out of the covers. “Mama?” he asked sweetly, “Can I have some dinner, then make a car show?” I smiled at this mercurial child, grateful that the thunderstorm had passed. “Yes, of course.” I replied. With that, Bodhi hopped up and ran off to play.

I took several more deep breaths, amazed, shaken, and in awe. I witnessed all my old reactions to uncomfortable emotion and appreciated my willingness to finally stop. Sit. Be still. Breathe.

Later that night, I asked Bodhi if he knew why he had awoken from his nap so upset. He looked at me momentarily and shrugged, unconcerned – then went back to his car show. I fully let go of trying to figure it out, and finally just accepted the big e-motion for what it is: energy in motion that passed through his body.

By letting go of trying to figure out the reason, by taking the action to accept Bodhi’s emotion rather than stop or resist it, together we allowed that energy to clear and Bodhi returned to his usual happy state.

And isn’t that what all of us desire? To be happy and free from suffering?

When we have the courage to sit in the face of disturbing emotion – no matter how big or subtle, no matter where it came from or why it is here, we gift ourselves with the energy of self-acceptance. That energy is healing. And it frees us from our suffering. It allows the hurt to pass through us.

Time and time again, I have the opportunity to bear witness to the power of consciously choosing to allow emotion to move through the body – whether it’s through myself, a client, or Bodhi. And I know for certain that when we make the choice to embrace our emotion fully, we can enter a state of balance and happiness just as Bodhi did.

And that is true freedom.

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Spring Equinox: Moving Energy with the Flow of Life

By Ellen Luksch

    Thursday, April 1st, 2010

The Spring Equinox marks the time of year when the light and the darkness are in equal balance.  The light is growing in our Northern Hemisphere as the energy is rising in the earth, the plants, the four-leggeds and us humans.   As the energy rises, it brings us out of our winter hibernation and the deep places we’ve been exploring in our dreams.  It is the time when the inspirations and energies that have been gestating over the colder months get birthed into their beginning form.   The energy also pushes against the stuck places in our physical and emotional bodies.  Life is on the move and the obstacles it finds will feel the pressure.  Meeting that pressure with our awareness, acceptance and breath make the transition periods of the seasons smoother.

At Dream of the Heart, we enjoyed a Dreaming weekend together during the Equinox in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was a gorgeous weekend of sunshine and deep blue skies.  We spent the time exploring the fullness of our connection to each other and to nature; humans engaged in the process of recovering their authentic awareness and expression.  We played with our awareness of ourselves as living fields of energy and presence. 

We watched the sun rise on the first day of spring with eyes and bodies open to the experience.  We felt that sun deep in our cells and our body memories.  Later, each of us dreamed into the places where we trusted the flow of life and into those places where we still entertained doubt and dreamt the stuck feelings and experiences that reflected that doubt.  Then we experimented!  In the evening session, one person at a time would take their place in the middle of the circle, name their desire to move whatever stuck energy they had encountered and ask the group for its support.  The circle in turn, would take that particular issue and dream into how it expressed itself in their life.   The group practiced allowing each emotion or energy in the moment to be felt, breathed into and moved through the field of their heart (our center of compassionate awareness).  One person expressed how they desired to move their fear in a particular situation and so we would all notice, accept and move our own experience of fear.  The results were powerful.  Everyone experienced a deeper connection to each other, to their own dreaming mind and to their acceptance of the emotional energy flowing through them.  The felt sense of our connection to Life itself was enhanced through the power of combined intent.  Many people felt a willingness to step more fully into their heart’s desire in the moment and express with clarity all they felt.  Many discovered an awareness of feeling and connection outside the usual limitations their mind’s expectations.  We all understood with more certainty that the field we create with our thoughts and emotions has a direct and palpable effect on our experience and the experience of those around us.

Spring met a willingness to allow, express and move closer to our heart’s full expression that weekend.  At the end of our time together, we gathered outside in the sun on the warming earth and allowed our bodies to lead us in whatever way they felt led to express themselves and to move the energy we had played in all weekend once more.  It was a delightful celebration of the body leading the mind and singing its freedom.  Joyful humans feeling, expressing, releasing and moving with the flow of life!

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Love Letters, A Poem

By Ellen Luksch

    Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Love Letters

I have been sending you love letters
every moment of your life.

Some made you laugh beyond reason
so you could know the joy of abandoning yourself.
Some made you weep for months
so you were bound to seek a soft shoulder
and later become that softness.
Some made you shake-your-fist angry
so you learned how to stand for yourself
and then how to stand for others
and finally how to stand still.
Some clearly terrified you
so you could feel your boundaries
and find they were porous
and find they were gone.
Some made your heart soar
in spite of anything you could imagine.

I have been sending you love letters
every moment of your life.
You are learning how to read them
for the encouragement  that they are.

The first handcrafted editions of Ellen’s book of poetry, A Dream of the Heart, are in process.  We’ll keep you posted.

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Emotional Awareness: Alchemy

By Ellen Luksch

    Monday, January 25th, 2010

Alchemy

Place every feeling that arises
in the mortar of your awareness.
Raise the heat of your attention
as you breathe.
Trace the patterns of your sensations. 

Watch as the base metal dissolves:
Thoughts try to coagulate meaning,
Ideas insist on their validity,
Vibrations intensify,
Panic may arise,
as an option.
Breathe deeply,
and observe as illusions melt,
wisps of smoke,
chimera. 

Notice the glimmer round the edges.
Feel the energies unleashed and flowing.
Breathe deeper.
Accept, allow, release.
Continue the expansion that
concentrates pure peace. 

This is the gold worth mining.
This is the treasure that you are.

ecluksch 01/14/10

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Spiritual Transformation: Your Divine “Avatar”

By Ellen Luksch

    Sunday, January 24th, 2010

I have seen the movie Avatar twice.  Both times there was much applause in the theatre and even a young group of people voicing their approval from the back.  It seems to be quite a phenomenon and is playing to sold out theatres where I live after three weeks.  It also appears to be inspiring many points of view generally and among the young people I work with specifically.  

As often in such genres, good is confronting evil once again.  The evil is clearly drawn with healthy doses of greed, hostility and ignorance.  The good is misperceived as “less than” and subjected to a healthy dose of torment.  And in the middle of that old formula is a theme of union, the Na’vi people are capable of joining their consciousness to the natural world all around them, to their ancestors and to the planet they inhabit.  One human gets to fully explore this possibility through the use of an “avatar”, a genetically engineered Na’vi body that can be inhabited by his human consciousness. 

I wonder, can we as viewers allow ourselves to see our humanity reflected through all of the mirrors of the characters and the emotions that we experience in this film?  We cheer for the Na’vi and feel a reflection of our own communion with our mother Earth or the reflection of our desire for a greater sense of union with our planet and with each other.  We leave the theatre feeling empowered, or asking questions, or incensed or with a sense of longing.  The movie even falls flat for some whose critical thinking gets hooked into noticing the flaws of plot.  These are all aspects of ourselves.  We are the Na’vi and we are the “jarhead clan”.  We feel, we criticize, we attempt to control, we have trouble letting go, we surrender, we are jealous, we grow, we love and we are connected to each other in so many ways.  

When we allow ourselves to see all these aspects of ourselves, we can begin to move away from seeing other points of view as “weird” or “dumb” or “less than”.  Can we even move to embrace all these aspects of ourselves rather than idolizing some and demonizing others?  Can we really begin to move toward union by seeing the root cause of our separation: our rejection of aspects of ourselves? Our self- rejection then projects our disowned “self” out onto others.  “They” are the problem and they need to be fixed.  If they cannot be “fixed” then they need to be cast out or annihilated.  And so we project our internal drama out into the world over and over and over once again. 

At the root is the fear of not being enough; of needing to adopt a certain identity to count, to matter, to be worthwhile.  I am if I can prove you are not.  And that is what we say to all those “less than” parts of ourselves.  I am worthy if I can control my fears, my anger, my jealousy, my “weaknesses”.  I can feel superior and perceive my group, my nation and my planet as superior.  What is out of reach, though, is a deeper sense of worth and belonging, a sense of connection to the force of Life that flows through everything, even Colonel Quaritch.   He is a reflection of the darker side of our own fear and of our need to manage and control so we feel safe. He is the security officer.  He simply takes it to the extreme so that we can feel the tension of living on fear and observe the results of that dream of separation.  Perhaps, the more we take responsibility for our angry feelings and the need for control in our own mind through the process of acceptance, the less need there will be for the external mirror. Unity is the result of creating union within, from accepting all that we are with compassion and forgiveness.

Finally, a word about the longing many people feel for an experience of unity and communion like that of the Na’vi.  You are that which you long for.  You have a remarkable heart that emits an electromagnetic field that is experienced by everything around you: plants, animals and the earth itself.  Your heart is an intelligence waiting to be tapped.  It is your link to communion with yourself and your surroundings.  When that heart field is filled with unconditional acceptance of all that we are, that heart field is unified and all of Life feels that energy.  This website is filled with heart wisdom and a community that delves deep into the possibilities that are experienced when we surrender our notions of less than/better than and open to the flow of Life that we are.  When we surrender our opinions and drop deeply into the wisdom of our hearts and feelings, we embody the Avatar of our awareness and union is the result. “I see you” takes on a whole new meaning.

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AWAKEN The Film Premier

By Rita Rivera Fox

    Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Awaken The FilmWe live in a time where our spiritual quest is actively being supported and inspired by mainstream media like, books, magazines, TV and film. More of what inspires us to be committed to our inner discovery is easier to access, allowing us to bring into our everyday lives the mystical aspect of life. The idea of “awakening” is one that has inspired many of us. The words itself whispers that there is something more to be discovered about ourselves and our place in the world.

Awakening can elude to the image of one who suddenly opens their eyes and comes out of a dream of sleep and in this process our life takes on new meaning, insight and purpose. We can see ourselves in a new way that brings more consciousness forward that we then create our lives from. The every day and the mundane become infused with the mystery and a certain delight that leaves us wanting more. Imagine that we each desire more awakening, more awareness, more self realization and more community to share this with and this becomes what moves us into interaction with life.  What could be the results of such a desire?

It is with this desire that a group of very unique individuals, myself included  have come together to create a documentary film on how we each are inspired and moved by the sheer idea that we are magnificent beings, here to express the infinite spirit that moves through each of us and love sharing that message with others. I have the honor of being one of the five spiritual teachers featured in the new film “Awaken” which will have  a premier in Los Angeles in the spring.

“Awaken” documents the spiritual wisdom teachings of five teachers, sages and shamans from, diverse spiritual background’s about how to awaken to a higher consciousness amidst the current energetic shift on Earth. Collectively featured in the film through a series of individual teachings, each of the master healers share the significance of this present time of planetary evolution and guide the viewer to embrace the current global crisis as an impetus to awaken to becoming more responsible in their choices. Each sage communicates their unique message and energy to assist on the personal journey of self discovery and remembrance that is available to each one of us at this fortuitous time in our human evolution.

I have had a wonderful experience in the process of filming this project. Danisa Perry, a former student of mine had shared with me over 10 years ago her vision of the film she wanted to make. At that time we were both living in LA, she was studying film making and Spiritual Psychology at the University of Santa Monica. When she shared her dream of the film, I must admit I was very skeptical, especially since she was talking about an energy that would come through and beyond the visuals and the spoken words to touch and inspire the audience.

At that time, before I had any real evidence of the power of transformational energy to be transmitted through electronic media, I thought her vision was a bit of a fantasy. Then several years ago Danisa found me on the east coast and shared how the film was underway and invited me to be a part of it. Most importantly, she shared with me the means she had discovered that allowed each teacher direct, energetic contact with the audience through the filmed media. That her priority in the making of the film was to have the viewer “experience” the energy of the master teachers, beyond their personality, but more as a direct channel of wisdom that could create a transformative experience akin to being in the presence of the sage.

Danisa, in all her courage and with the power of her vision, brought her film crew to Amy’s Healing Center in CT in 2007 and I was able to experience first hand her brilliant method for creating the film of her dreams….and soon to be mine as well.

Last spring it became clear to me that the interview and teaching that I had filmed a year earlier was outdated and no longer was the energetic quality that I wanted to convey. So I asked Danisa if I could re film my piece. She gladly agreed and invited me to come to Santa Barbara to where she and Pablo Diaco, the co-director were going to be filming Barbara Marx Hubbard who had just signed on to be our “elder master.”

Knowing of Barbara and having great respect for her work, I was on my way to California with great excitement and anticipation. Meeting Barbara and discussing at length our views on spiritual awareness, community, and our work was beyond anything I had experienced in terms of the quality of vibration that was present as we spoke. I had a very clear moment of experiencing what the true collaborative spirit is about. A moment in which sharing ideas and visions that inspired us, opened up and new information, a more clear version of our former ideas, for us both, came through. She was a mirror in a new way for me and I for her. At any rate, the current film reflects this lovely energy of collaboration and clear communication. I am very grateful for the opportunity to be a part of such a diverse and lovely family and I hope our desire to share with the world our message and our love comes through for each of you as you view the film.

A west coast premier is in the planning. The film makers are actively looking at retreat, and spiritual centers as locations to premier Awaken, so please let me know if you know of such a place. The DVD will also be on sell on the website.  www.awakenthefilm.com

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Dedicated To One I Love

By Grace Sardonicus

    Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

This morning when I woke up feeling stiff in my low back, I realized how disconnected I have been feeling in my body. I got on my yoga mat and woke up the joints of my limbs and spine. My low back was so tight that the dominant sensation was PAIN. The dominant feeling was loss followed quickly by sadness. Where did I go? Why did I let myself go this far? I thought I had been feeling.

This past month my middle daughter’s dear childhood friend Jessy was murdered by her Marine husband after he returned from the Iraq war. She was a beautiful 21-year old with a heart of gold. The memories I have of this young man/boy are that he too was a sensitive kindred spirit.

The immediate response I felt to this news was deep sadness at the thought of never again seeing Jessy, whom I had watched grow up alongside my daughter. Then I was enveloped in judgments about the war, the Marines & our political leaders. How could this beautiful soul be taken so young and so horrifically? I started feeling in my heart and landed in my head in reaction. I wanted to judge, make someone wrong.

It blew me away when Jessy’s mother expressed no animosity to the boy. Instead she felt deep compassion for his troubled mind. And wanted him to get help. She knew they were in love and happy. She also knew that he returned from the war a changed man/boy. He had left as a sweet soul and returned deeply pained. Now tragedy had struck.

I found it quite a challenge to wrap my mind around this experience and find neutral ground. How can I stay present in my heart with all of my mind’s editorials? It’s so easy to lose track of our way. Heart or mind? How do I integrate both for clear expression instead of either/or, right or wrong?

I looked at a couple of ways I could express my feelings. I could say “I feel deep sadness, loss and pain in my heart for the passing of Jessy, the lousy war, insensitive Marines who didn’t even call to acknowledge her passing and offer their comrade any kind of support.” Or I could say, “I feel deep sadness, loss and pain in my heart for the passing of Jessy. I can feel the light that radiated from her smile and laughter. I can feel the sweetness of her gentle heart. I carry her sparkle with me as she is an angel buzzing around sharing her love in the heavens.”

I then I ask myself, how do I feel after each communication? Which one keeps me in my heart or takes me into my thinking/judging mind resulting in feeling negative and like a victim?

We have a choice. We can get hooked into old patterns of drama, gossip, ill-will, fear, negativity & judgment. Or simply feel what’s in your heart.

There is a presence in you that is always experiencing. It is a presence that is separate from your thoughts, from your feelings and from everything else.

This presence is the nonlocal domain from which everything originates. It is the infinite source of possibility and potential. It is you, without name, without concepts, without beliefs, without anything your mind could think of.

When you learn to live from this level of existence you are the one manifesting everything. You are the wizard – and remarkable revelations at this level become almost ordinary and normal. Tom Herold

What will inspire you to have gratitude and take responsibility for your life?. A loved one dying or witnessing a new life being born? Or you could step out into nature, breathe deep, feel the rhythms of life in the trees, rivers, oceans, the earth beneath your feet and FEEL YOUR PRESENCE connecting your mind and body.

Now I breathe and consciously feel my lungs expanding in my chest. I am waking up my muscles after long weeks disconnected slumber. Boy, does it feel great! I feel life coursing through me again. At once I feel relaxation and energy. I am whole. I am alive. My body is my earthly vehicle. How can I love it even more? When I am connected to all of myself, I feel plugged into all of life.

Ask yourself a few questions. Am I truly feeling today or do I think I’m feeling? And what concrete actions can I take to make feeling life a higher priority than mentalizing life?
Are you trying to put them into a box so your mind understands? Or are you living in presence? The discipline of asking such questions can wake us up to splendor of feeling alive today. From wherever Jessy is now, I’m sure she’d agree that it’s worth the inquiry!

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Emotional Awareness: September Dreaming Weekend

By Ellen Luksch

    Monday, August 31st, 2009

A core group of people gathers to “Dream” monthly. They are committed to exposing the lies in their belief system that keep them from full self-acceptance. They are committed to living in communion with their authentic feelings. They have spent a year or more watching how their minds interpret their reality and learning how to shift those interpretations in a direction aligned with their integrity and their heart’s desire. I love watching as the walls come down and the honest expression of self is shared in the group. There is a “feel” to it as people no longer hook each other’s attention with old stories and identities but venture into new arenas of relating and loving. You can actually see the changes over time in people’s demeanors and in the light that pours out of their eyes.

As they settle into their chairs to review their lives with new awareness, they surrender to the process of being fully present with all that arises in their reflection. It is not an intellectual process but a deeper noticing that is practiced and mastered. They find that they have a witnessing mind that lives outside their automatic responses and the reactions to old emotional memories. They learn to open to that larger point of view that provides insights and a range of experience unknown to them before. These people are Dreamers and they are committed to the practice of dreaming their life with conscious awareness and experiencing their full potential to dream from the point of view of love.

Charlottesville is offering a Dreaming weekend on September 25-27. We are Dreaming at our new house in Afton (20+ miles west of Charlottesville, Virginia). We begin Friday evening at 7:30 pm and end at noon on Sunday. The cost of the weekend is $225.00 which includes Saturday dinner and casual lodging (bring your air mattress). For more information go to www.DreamoftheHeart.com or call Ana Mariza at 434-284-1733.

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