SEPTEMBER RADICAL EXPRESSION

The Psalmist of old sang heartfully” I will lift up mine eyes, to the hills from which comes my help.” The sentiments of this song can be as profound here in the flatlands of Florida as they are in the mountainous regions that inspired such praise. The language of the ancients was not a literal language, which is why much of the juice of our religious writings is lost. Whenever hills, mountains, or higher elevations are mentioned, they are pointing to the higher places of our own elevated consciousness. This even applies to the often mentioned “going to the rooftop to pray.” A perhaps more modern translation of the above Sacred love song might be “ I will lift up my inner vision to the spacious awareness of What is my Source, and Who I am within It. This awareness is my Life, my strength, and my fulfillment in every perceived need.”
As you know if you read the August edition of RADICAL EXPRESSION I have claimed the month of August as a time of inner reflection and outer playfulness. I used the illustration of “going fishing” as my thematic for the month. Well, if in August I had gone fishing, in September I am “heading for the hills.” I will be spending the next two weeks in the beautiful mountains of northern California and southern Oregon. I have long been led to the vibration of higher elevations, and experience quite profoundly and directly the essence of that Psalm. I will spend the next twelve days lifting my inner vision to the highest reaches of my expanding consciousness, consciously vibrating at the frequency of Source. Do I need to go to the mountains to experience this? No. In fact, I am ‘Vibing” at this rate even as I type. And I have found there is great sustenance in stepping out of our daily routines, and spending dedicated time and attention simply connecting in our Highest Being. The energy of the mountains is an energy of reverence, of stillness, of watchfulness, of peace. They seem to me to be sentinels of prayer, giving groundedness to that which is our G-awed.
As this month of September begins, I invite you to join me in consciously “Being In” this elevated consciousness. I invite you to renew your Self in the Presence of What is True. I invite you to come up higher, aligning in the strength and help that comes from a direct experience of Knowing from whence you came. In each and every moment, look up. Catch a vision of the Highest order of Truth as it makes Its Self known here in time and space reality. Head for the hills of consciousness, and sing along with the Cosmic Song of One. Know within how very much you are loved in Love, and bask in that radiant Truth. Just like those glorious mountains, we are sentinels of prayer. It is that prayerful energy that is transforming this world one heart at a time.
Look up, my friends. Look up.

I will speaking at Unity of the Palm Beaches on September 14, and resuming my TALKS WITH TAYLOR on September 23. Please see the calendar page for details.

AUGUST RADICAL EXPRESSION

As the past few months have joyfully yet busily ambled by, I have been feeling a familiar and friendly call from my Soul to claim some time from activity, and allow for some concentrated receptivity. I was reflecting recently on an intention I have held for several years to claim the month of August as “off and inner time.” I realized that though I have held the intention in my attention, I have never followed through with the actual action in terms of my calendar. Well, my friends: this is the year! I am faithfully following the prompting of my deepest heart, and devoting August 2008 to BEINGNESS. I will not be coaching, writing, lecturing, or blogging. I will be meditating, staring, floating in the pool, playing, traveling, and basking in the inactivity that renews my Soul and invigorates the creative me.
I learned a while ago that when my Source is calling me to stop, it is wise and prudent to follow that prompt. There were certainly times when I sped right through such inspiration, and always with less than beneficial results. When I am feeling pulled to listen more deeply, there is always a great gift in centering in the depths, and thus hearing what I am in need of hearing. I gave a lecture the other evening in which I described my own personal SOS: Stop, Open, Surrender. Our culture is racing ahead at break-neck speeds, and we are in need of a global SOS. I am so grateful to be at a point in my emergence when I will actually listen and heed the counsel of my Soulful Self. Not that at times it doesn’t make me a little nervous. My mind does a “mini-freak out” at the thought of a month without work. That’s okay. I can watch the freak out, and listen in below it. If I am being guided to take a break, I know that the Source of that Guidance will provide what I need to agree with that call. It can actually be great fun seeing how the ever-creative Universe orchestrates that fulfillment.
In the land of my birth, we often call unexpected breaks “ GONE FISHIN.” Well, I guess that’s what I am doing. I am going’ fishing. Not literally, of course. But I am going to sit back, drop the line of my attention into the depths of my being, and see what inspirations come to the surface. Leaning back in “no-think,” I will see what is next for this Soul-on earth. I will taste deeply of my days, and live my love out loud. If you see me on the bank, give a shout, will you? Maybe we could sit a while and just stare together.
Have a great August.