Shine
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| Artist Unknown |
"En-light-enment is not about becoming invulnerable,
untouchable, completely protected, totally detached.
It's about discovering
It's not about becoming anything. At all.
that you are LIGHT.
however uncomfortable, however fierce,
And as LIGHT, you are courageous, willing to
shine freely on this present moment,
Enlightenment is not an escape from your vulnerable humanity,
however sad, however joyful,
however 'unspiritual' it seems.
but a courageous embrace of it!
of this 'being human'.
Those who claim to be 'beyond' human feelings,
those who boast about being 'untouchable',
are secretly terrified
It takes great courage
True strength lies in the willingness
to be soft and flexible in a hard world.
The true hero of the story
knows their own human limitations.
to embrace difficult energies:
doubt, shame, fear, heartache.
Willing to be kind to imperfections.
To see them as movements of the Beloved.
So, today, be LIGHT, and shine!
Willing to see what you don't want to see.
Willing to soften into the hard places.
Willing to hold darkness
like a newborn."
