offerhimflowers

REVEREND WINDHORSE

Offer

Him Flowers

Be not afraid

Flowers of Kindness

a helping hand

compassion for others

take a stand

Change yourself

Let others be

Teach by Example

Learn heartily

~~Windhorse~~

A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox’s or a bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
– Meister Eckhart

Humans learn to armor...to put up protections from the crudeness and rudeness of the world. Muscles tense, and soon enough, we have the semblance of an actual armoring of the body, or semblance of dragon's hide! Here is the origin of stooped shoulders, protecting the heart...too much weight, protecting one from being blown away by angry comments. This armor shows up on the body, perhaps in lines between the eyes, showing the frowns one has become accustomed to...my massage therapy training revealed how the releasing of a person's musculature can also unleash torrents of tears. Our body tissues hold what we are unable to emotionally release....and often we breathe fire like a dragon!

So, when sadness or hurt is experienced, offer that dragon flowers...turn the experience around for yourself...when possible, express compassion for the injurious person or situation...you may heal two at once; the dragon may be tamed...and then, you will have a Protector worth turning to!!

~Windhorse~

Below the relatively superficial levels of the mind – beneath the emotions we are ordinarily aware of – lie layer on layer of the unconscious mind. This is the “cloud of unknowing,” where primordial instincts, fears, and urges cover our understanding. The deepest flaw in the mind is what Einstein called the “kind of optical delusion of consciousness” that makes us see ourselves as separate from the rest of life. Like a crack in glasses that we must wear every moment of our lives, this division is built into the mind. “I” versus “not-I” runs through everything we see.

To see life as it is, the mind must be made pure: everything that distorts must be quieted or removed. When the mind is completely still, unstirred even in its depths, we see straight through to the ground of our being, which is divine.

~From Words to Live By by Eknath Easwaran~

http://www.easwaran.org