April 2020
~In honor of the great mother, the boundless heart of compassion, devoted to relieving suffering and providing refuge for all, with the heartfelt intention to benefit all beings~
Listen for the call
the dark uncertainty of these times are calling on us
To remember our interconnection
to drink from the inner well of listening and feeling
in the innermost heart where truth and compassion arise
The veils of separation are parting
Well spring waters invite us inward
Resilience relies on wisdom to meet the unknown
How do we get there?
It is time to open ourselves up
to tap the flow of Source
beyond the minds grip of ego and identity
the root and spring source of compassion deep within
transforms fear, greed, negligence, hatred and ignorance with
medicine of compassion; generosity, reason and clarity, steadfastness and love
to stand in the light of remembering, the true Self
to be a lighthouse in the storm,
to touch the sacred place of the Knower
where emerging light, courage and the means, come forward to relieve the suffering
to radiate compassion and blessings to all beings in need
Fear, hate and anxiety are guardians of the liminal space where transformation lives
fear is a call to return to faith
innate faith of the Knower
the faith one touches in the lotus of the feeling heart
which is stronger fear or faith?
The great mystery
holds the trauma and the tragedy of these times
turn toward the suffering, the fear, the dark
– this is the challenge –
acknowledge it, accept it, embrace it
it is hear to guide you
will you sacrifice your fear upon the altar of your heart?
Lean into the obstacle
These global challenges we are faced with now hold the greatest possibility
for change, for awakening
the guide is the compass of the heart;
truth, kindness, peace, reason, respect, sincerity
healing, balm of compassion arises
that which brings order to turmoil
How can we tend what’s in front of us?
We begin with our own hearts
what does this look like?
Let go. Connection, realization and solutions come from this place
Enveloped by the ocean of the heart
I touches the One and becomes We
Fortitude of practice
revealed through the heart mandala inward
pathway of gravity to the center
awakens your true nature
unleashing the flowing nature of your love
How do we get there?
Meditation labyrinth
softening into receptivity, into innocence, a willingness to surrender
Your dear mind can now learn to discriminate reason and truth from fear
listening ear of Divine Mother emerges
nursing us with her nectar
opening us up to the great One heart of wholeness
You are a child of the Great Mother
turn toward her Oneness and feel that you too
are already rooted in loving awareness
unbound, expansive and infinite
a spaciousness great enough to guide you
and reveal to you what to do
the divining nature of the heart is not only
the guide but also the path
The world is in need
we must make a choice
choose truth over illusion
To free the river of compassion
magnanimous and kind
a fierce stream wields her sword of truth
discerns reason from fear, power to right the wrong
we see what has been hidden
Time to rise up, to stand in the light of the true Self
to shine the ray of sunlight in the darkness of separation
cross over from fear to love
opening your heart in loving compassion
embrace the ones who are sick, the ones with the disease of the heart, the ones in bondage to fear, to all who are in need
Do you feel the call?
Go to the Source within to answer
beyond the guardians of the heart
give up all resistance
fall in, be tempered in the cauldron
bathe in the stillness of the great mystery
Receive the alchemy of her love
You don’t have to do anything to be renewed
She will guide you
She will make you the balm,
She will unleash your dynamic compassion
To meet the true need, not just the suffering but the cause of the suffering
Drink from the well of silence
The temple door opens
Feel for the stirring of the heart
like sunlight upon the bud of a rose
She transmits her great art of compassion
Upon the altar of our heart
remedy meets the wound
nourished through deepening of meditation’s dance
where the divine drips her nectar
dew of the heart
spreads and begins to flow through us
come home to essence into presence
Here the Knower listens through the illusion
divining and feeling for the antidote
Essence guides us to see, to feel and respond to the need
to alleviate suffering, we become the voice of truth and wisdom
When we drink from the well of silence together
we touch the One
She infuses us with the sap of grace
transforming us into our highest potential
souls nourished in the deep realm of silence
birth luminous medicine that swells inspiration
and overflows from our hearts
and moves through us to others, permeating the collective
No sense of separation
You are waking up to the great heart of compassion
The presence of the beloved
She is you – you are her
This is our great gift to give
You were born to be the lighthouse in the storm
to become the balm for these times
to offer the hand of grace to those in need
You don’t have to do anything to answer this call
Simply drink from the well of the One great heart in the silence
surrender into renewal
We are all connected in
the great return to the source of love within
where freedom sings her song
inspiration overflows into expression and action
remedy of liberation for these times
~ May we come to know this new way of being that allows us all to come to know our True Heart, and to serve from there—the peaceful warrior Knows how to Be the example, to stand for peace, protection, safety, health, truth, freedom and love. May we create a world that is just, fair and free and equal to all. We dedicate the grace of this medicine to all beings everywhere ~
By Tarakini
With gratitude to all of the teachers who taught me transformative knowledge and practices along the path: the sacred feminine, my relationship to the great mystery, and to the alchemy of the Surah Parampara knowledge of the Amartya Tradition.
Powerful, Wonderful Words!