What do I do with this insatiable desire?
Dear Soul,
photo by Tetiana Grypachevska
Dear Soul,
Sometimes your desire is insatiable!
I’m still learning what to do with this part of you, this part of me.
The raw power of this energy can be intoxicating. Yet if I wield it under the influence, I will surely regret it. What I call creative spark can set the wrong thing on fire.
Ah, but you have taught me, dear soul, that caution as a default setting is no way to live. And if power is to be used for beauty, it also must be free.
So what am I to do?
The one way I have found to trust my insatiable nature is by following the way of devotion.
Could I stake my whole life on what I’m doing right here and now? Only then do I know I have your permission, dear soul, to tap into your very center.
Sadly, I know all too well the damage that can be done if I’m careless with this energy. What I call inspiration might blow up in my face if I don’t listen beyond myself.
Help me open, soften and widen my eyes, dear soul, so I can meet the gaze of the world as I offer my insides to the light of day. Open my ears and the pores of my skin so I will hear and feel whether my movement is attuned and in step.
These worldly rhythms long preceded me, birthed me and will keep time long after I’m gone. The mere taste of aphrodisiac on my tongue does not guarantee I’m headed for true north.
But there are resonant frequencies that live between the pulsing flesh of my body and the shifting shape of my environment. When I find the way to listen from that between-place my intentions and actions become one and effort disappears.
I don’t fool myself to think I can alway live here, dear soul, but tasting this flow for real has recalibrated my reality. A new normal appeared the day I discovered that miracles are possible.
Most of the time life precedes at a predictable pace, yet the more I listen, the more I can feel that potential, always bubbling just below the surface of things. This is my new compass.
I believe, dear soul, that this is our birthright. This is the resource that never runs dry. This is how attention is alchemized into love. This is what’s possible when we refuse to fall asleep.
If your own enthusiasm can be a source of imbalance and flow states are few and far between, Somatic Inquiry can clarify the resonant frequency of easeful action.
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