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Comment on Listening...and letting go

Nina Rey — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:30:10 GMT

Thank you for the exquisite poem of rich experience and gratitude. I have come to see that I must surrender more than I thought I could ever become accustomed to. I have come to know that I must let go of even the prior moment so I am available for the now and the what is and who I am.

Although I come with much history (and baggage), it has brought me to this point right now and that is a huge blessing, otherwise I would not have dropped by this blog and connected with what you bring and represent, Ms. Broomberg.

I look forward to the annual Attunement Guild Gathering in April at Glen Ivy Center and the rich moments that will be shared.

Blessings to you and all the lovers of life, Nina

Comment on What is attunement for me

Cheryl R Long — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:44:32 GMT

Patience seems to be the word for today. In my world I am holding both the health and emotional well being of my 83 year old mother, as well as the health of my 87 year old father in law.
He has cancer and his prognosis does not seem good.

I watch the season turn to autumn with glorious color and sunny days, and I see it through his eyes, as if for the last time. The feeling is poignant and bittersweet.
Our elders wait - navigating the last stages of their lives. Trying to apply everything they have learned - trying to be what an elder is supposed to be. We hope that our elders are wise. We hope that we can learn something from them. Very few of them actually have a deep reservoir of substance and I ask myself - how real is my own reservoir? Will I have reserves to share when I reach my mother's age, 20 short years from now? I look to those who are actually doing it, our living models and I think, how incredibly valuable they are. They exert patience with us; they extend even more patience with the world. I thank the many many elders that live now and those that have already passed. I owe a debt of gratitude and I can only hope to pass it on in my daily living in attunement with the clear tone of Life.

Comment on Transparency and Translucency.

Diana Durham — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:23:58 GMT

Light Hearted by Diana Durham

the molecules of glass
match the frequencies of light

which is why we have windows
and not dense dim rectangles
of other matter
to look through darkly

and how we can see, while still
indoors, the grass and green leaves
of gardens;

when we go outside it is the same
but unframed, larger, wider
views of plane-trailed skies.

so is our heart the framer
of all clear sight, its frequencies
know light and that something
larger lies beyond

which is why when they match
we no longer take ourselves
too seriously, seeing that
light always makes us lighter.

Comment on Transparency and Translucency.

Joyce Ellenbecker — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:23:57 GMT

Thank you, for your insightful comments. Joyce

Comment on Transparency and Translucency.

Paulette Lieska — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:24:49 GMT

Thank you, Joyce, for what you have written. I have enjoyed pondering this from different angles for some days now. Thank you also for your invitation to have fun with the word transparency and for this opportunity to consider what the clarity of transparency may mean to us.
I love the image of sparkling windows—gleaming on a sunny day after a good scrubbing! Truly very satisfying! Yet, I am always amazed at how easily these same windows can again become soiled, or streaked requiring a watchful eye. The clouding or soiling of glass windows can occur so subtly that it is almost imperceptible until one day we notice we see more streaks and spots then sun light.
I was particularly struck with your words,” As the light shines through us it can illuminate our shadows”. I am at a time in my life when I am more willing to look at my own shadows rather then focusing more attention on another’s. I am not sure when this shift began exactly to occur, but maybe it is no accident that I also have been living in a home that has more windows to clean then any other home in prior years. There are certain times of the year or the day when the angles of sun shining through the glass show no mercy—every streak is revealed, every blemish is clear. And I love it that I am able to work on and rub out some of the streaks, but have to also accept some of the pitting or blemish in order to allow the view to come through as well. So, I am wondering if perhaps that transparency is in part a willingness to be truthful to self and other, rather then intensely engaging in an ongoing vigorous and perfecting cleansing (as I so zealously initially considered). Indeed the cleaning must occur and so must a deep letting and loving and accepting that the Light will reveal—Yes, the shadow And the Love.

Comment on What is attunement for me

Cheryl R Long — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:48:51 GMT

Ahh, reading Paul's entry reminds me, reminds me. We live our complex lives and once again I recall that attunement is not something I do in a closed room with my hands over contact points. We bring a sense of the sacred into that complex life, with all these people that come to us one way or another. Lately I am teaching watercolor painting and I am aware that my job as an instructor is 1% technique and 99% spirit. Thank you Paul for your breath of life into my heart.
What am I in attunement with? Now that is a good question. I believe that emotions such as anger, restlessness, discontent - you know that twitchy feeling in your solar plexus that something is up? All those emotions are fine - they are indicators of where to look, what to notice. I am one of those people who feel what others feel, especially strong emotion. This was a difficult talent to learn to use correctly but in attunement it is invaluable as long as I am aware of it. Feeling what others feel without taking on their entanglement with those emotions is tricky. It is in a sense a handicap in navigating our culture. I shield myself from any unnecessary hits from the media. I rarely watch television news for that reason.I am aware that attunement is about who I am and what atmosphere I bring all the time. The hardest thing for me to realize lately is that Life does not alway express in a pleasant way. Attunement is not necessarily always nice. For me it takes a lot of trust to let the current of spirit work out circumstances and relationships when things do not feel wonderful. Right now a person close to me is dying of cancer. He will pass soon and as he goes, he sorts the relationships of his life - most are people related to me. It feels like I have a silent role in this outworking; providing the steady current of love.
Love and Blessings to all,
Cheryl

Comment on What is attunement for me

Nadeja Gerasimow — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:41:45 GMT

During this hour of meditation, perusing the amazing provision of this web site of the Attunement Guild, I have been drawn into this current of love that you speak of and embody Paul. The presence of you and so many friends - true friends, is so precious. It is good to connect in ths vibrational space. Good to be together in attunement with God.
Deepest love, Nadeja

Comment on What is attunement for me

Judie — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:19:44 GMT

What a great (read "useful") question: What am I in attunement with? Right now, and right now, and right now.... I'm going to tape that question onto my frig, and my computer and anywhere else where I will see it often, and do a one-person study - how am I doing at sustaining my attunement with God today?

Comment on INVITATION TO A GARDEN PARTY

Elsa Swyers — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:05:16 GMT

Paulette – Your expression of your experiences and learning from the natural world has prompted greater understanding for me. As we expand our vibrational sensitivity to include more than the usual human frequencies, we broaden and deepen our sensing of the “Life current” in which all exists. What a gift of nature!

Comment on INVITATION TO A GARDEN PARTY

Paulette Lieska — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:26:20 GMT

I am appreciating, Elsa, your focus and your relationship with the natural world as holding a significant place in your Attunement with Life. I have felt an intimacy with the natural world of creatures and plant life for as long as I hold memory. As a young girl I recall saying that God spoke to me through the trees and through the animals. Although I cannot recall at this point in my life exactly how it was I “heard” the voice of God, my sensing now is that it was a felt experience. Being in and with the natural world I seemed to feel fully accepted. I felt listened to, and I felt it easy to listen to what I heard within this experience. I felt at home.

As an adult, I can appreciate the stillness which this kind of deeper listening must have created within me. Watching tiny insects crawl through the grasses or a small snake slither and find its way back between the stones, or seeing the leaves tossed and blown with the wind—each of these experiences and more, took me to a place where I felt my self; I felt my place of rest within what was then my world.

In answering the call of Attunement, I feel I stepped into new understandings of this current of Life—this current which enables me to experience myself within the Oneness that we share with all existence. This Oneness we share with the Source of Life. As my awareness of this Life current continues to deepen, I hear the call to listen even more carefully and to know fully that I am more than this one person living in this one place and time. I am also the bees and the tree you so lovingly pruned. What I felt in your writing was that you share more than a kinship with the natural world; you share its current of Life. We share its current of Life. This, to me, is Attunement with Life. Thank you, Elsa.