Human Environment

I've been listening to Ram Dass talks on CD recently, and have found them really inspiring.

Yesterday, in a talk called, Being Free Together, he was talking about what we as humans are for each other. He said (and i paraphrase) that what we are to each other, is an environment. Who we are creates an environment around each one of us for each other to step into.

This had me asking myself, what is my environment? What am I doing to take care of my environment? What are people stepping into when they're in my environment?

While this concept and these questions aren't completely new to me, I was very inspired by a new way of looking at this question of Who I'm Being in the world through imagining my space as an environment. How do I show up? How well do I maintain my ever-changing environment? Does pollution cloud this moment or that moment? Am I providing warmth to those who cross my path, or a cool shade?

Not only am I concerned with what I provide for others, but also the kind of space I allow for Spirit to come through. So much of the reason I, we, commit to doing work on ourselves is to clear up our environment so that Spirit can move through us more easily and allow us to be of better service. How well am I keeping my space clean for God (Spirit) to come through?

And how about the environment of others? How much do we stop and appreciate the environment others create and maintain for us? And also, how do we keep others' more undesirable weather out of our space?

I actually just had a night this past weekend where I saw a "tornado" up ahead, and I was aware of what that tornado could do to my environment, and how that would effect how I showed up for others. So, I chose to let that tornado know it was not permitted into my space and I summoned all the strength I could as it went right by me. I was not moved or scratched, and everything was intact.

So, I ask you...what does your environment look like, feel like? What do people get to step into when they are in your presence? What gifts does your environment offer - a peaceful breeze? a passionate fire? A limitless landscape? And how do others show up for you? Do you appreciate the environments they offer? Do you know how to protect yourself when their storms want to disturb your environment?

Love is being aware of your environment and tending to it for yourself, Spirit and others.

Love Ambassa-door

"The things we tend to keep hidden from others offer us potential doorways into deeply intimate experiences."

I just read this off of someone's facebook photo caption...and was instantly inspired to write.

This quote reminded me of an experience I had at Burning Man this year. A new friend I'd just met, shared that when he looked at me, the word Ambassador came to mind. An Ambassa-door he said...a door wide open to both receive and to give love. An Ambassador...a messenger of this love.

Lately I've been aware of when I'm not being this open door, and instead, I am up against a wall of fear, hiding who I am. This quote speaks directly to that part of me that naturally wants to be open and free...as we all do, and recognizes that there is this threshold to cross when fear is present. I know that who I am is just beyond that threshold...beyond that moment when i step from fear of showing who i really am to loving, embracing and being who i really am...and ALL that's possible in that moment. That is when my heart truly gets to lead me...when I step out of fear into love.

What's the result? The result is a really juicy, loving, deep moment of connection - with another, with the soul, and with the divine. YUM! Why would I ever want to hide?! In those moments of stepping through fear, something gets unleashed and comes out to play. Breakthroughs occur, inspired thoughts and actions occur, deep listening occurs, and joy occurs!

So, whenever the Fear creeps in and tries to tell me that I am a wall, what I've been practicing instead is being a door that lets Love in and gives Love out. A Love Ambassa-door. One who is leading with a message of Love, just by being that Love. Its all a practice, and it's already perfect.

Love is hitting a wall of Fear and creating an open door to Love.