Vinay,
Thank you for your grounded description regarding the tension of
inclusion/exclusion. I appreciate one insightful facilitator, Anutosh Foo, who
sometimes says, "Not everything can be instant noodles".
We now know that the energetic knowing field, the family soul and cognitive
constructs may not always be in agreement. Perhaps what we can aim for is what
you seem to tenaciously commit to, which is keeping an open heart and
acknowledging the blood bonds.
Hunter Beaumont once gave a powerful lecture on `open heart' and `closed
heart'. It sounded similar to the physical mechanism that is the focus of
"heart math" http://www.heartmath.org What Hunter spoke of was the dissonance ;
between what the soul knows and what the mind sees. At times it is not
possible to jump from one to the other. He spoke about a conscious decision to
open the heart, sometimes only for moments in a day- and then closing the heart
to give it time to rest. And, perhaps the next day, or the next week, opening
the heart again.
I so deeply appreciate your description of your journey; it makes it clear that
the open heart is a journey, not just a casual impulse, particularly when there
are elements of pain which will not disappear with the movement of the open
heart. To hold the open heart and the pain with equal care is truly a humbling
process.
I find myself in awe of those who I have been fortunate to meet who are
teaching me about gentle commitment to that holding, I count you, and a number
of participants in this forum, among them.
Blessings and Gratitude,
Francesca
