The Great Mother always provides. As I sat in a tent last friday night in the most amazing Kirtan with Bhagavan Das we sang to the Devi with utmost devotion. Streams of Bhakti poured from my heart, through my eyes, and flowed gently down my cheeks....in turn always to drop back onto my heart to purify myself more and more. We sang to Kali...take from me all the is not free. Once again the Great Mother always provides.
Tantra literally means to weave. We weave our own tapestry in life. We choose whether we weave darkness or light. Most of the time the average person is weaving darkness. Whether it is obvious or not, they are confined to living in the shadows of the senses and reactions of the mind. However, with a regular asana & pranayama practice we clear and purify the pranic body, weaving more healthy, free flowing energy into our lives. With a devotional heart we weave the light of love through our being and the end threads touch those around us. Through meditation the shadows of smoke of the mind begin to clear, revealing thoughts, motives, and reactions of the mind. We are then able to gravitate toward our highest potential. We drop out of thinking and doing, and drop in to feeling and experiencing. We experience that we are a beautiful tapestry of light. It's not that we no longer "do", just that we are no longer the "doer". We drop out so that grace can drop in.
I have a little Anusara Yoga in the background of my hatha yoga practice. Anusara yoga is very much alignment based, but John Friend's slogan for this system of yoga is "open to grace". We have to surrender or make a sacred offering of any preconceptions and rigidity in the mind and heart so Shakti can pour in. The Shakti takes over and we are graciously along for the ride. The intellect is illuminated and we weave the light of pure consciousness.
We all have our own unique threads of different colors and patterns. We have different methods and paths that we as individuals take as we create our own tapestry. It starts with our own beautiful threads of light, but as we weave together, we unify the tapestries of our lives. An incredible strength comes from collective energy. The result is the most resplendent tapestry of light and love.
