Tuesday, February 16, 2010

True Support

We can really be a true support for one another when we've given up feeding each other's stories.  When we are supporting the wholeness of one another, and not the division-the division of separate me's and you's with our own life dramas. I cannot support you and at the same time try to change you.
If anything, we support each other to see our own wholeness and that of all beings.  I cannot advise you, or teach you your own wholeness but I can encourage you to discover it for yourself. In that sense we cannot help one another, because we are That which needs no help.  We are the answer before any question arises. 
So I have a very deep trust that not only is the answer within you, but that you can experience even the deepest pains, failures, and grief and remain completely unscathed.  So I will encourage you to fail, to experience your pain directly so that you can see that you are untouched by it all.
You are the indestructible Oneness of all things, what could harm you?
It is only after we have been willing to plunge into the heart of despair that we can discover the true nature of one's Self.  That is our true support to one another, the deep trust and invitation to that realization.  Forever, we expand Self into Self, all separation being seen as illusory.  True support is recognizing the wholeness of each other, not settling for the illusion.

1 comment:

melissa said...

Thank you for sharing this. Very timely. Keep writing. I think the community that's been built by what you share would benefit from your insights.
in joy! Melissa


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