My Fool's Gold ~

Or better yet, The Fool’s Formula. Taken from the Tarot, the Fool card (and all it represents), is seen as the alpha and the omega of the deck, arriving first with no number assigned. It stands alone in its significance, simplicity and power. Why do you suppose this is? If you’re familiar with the depiction of this symbol, hardly a more benign expression could you imagine, without a care in the world.

This fellow walks, following along a mountain path. He’s looking beatifically up to the sky, with nary a concern on his mind. You immediately get the sense his Heart is open and light, his attitude smooth and easy. Details aside, unknowingly with an up-turned gaze, he’s stepping off the curving path, over the edge, off into space. His eyes are trusting and unconcerned – if only because he is trusting, knowing all is well.

In this, there is nothing more powerful than awakened innocence, of blind and seasoned trust in the Divine. His priceless gift is in his ability and conviction to live from knowing he is always held, always embraced, only because he believes it is so. 

He not only believes, as important, his actions express his effortless ease. This may all sound like too fine a point, though in many ways, it really can’t be explained anyway. Either you get this one or you’re yet, on your way.

I find myself following this formula again in my life. It’s played out over and over, now and throughout the years. Let me say to be sure, it’s been a real bitch of a Blessing. I noticed it more boldly obvious when first living in Sedona in 1996, in a place I suddenly moved, attending The School of Energy Mastery. As many of you know, when you step onto this path, actively with conviction, the Universe rushes to your side. To accompany you, to support you and push you on past your self relentlessly, if that’s what it takes.

And in my case, it really did. Thank God, not to prison or a long hospital stay, but just about everything else funky flushed up into my mask for me to see and finally realize, I couldn’t see around or past my ego anymore. In life, the only way out is through and although the Awakening walk is a very simple one, it’s never usually an easy one.

As I was told at the conclusion of healing school: Only when you give it all, will you get it all. Stopping all time in an instant. Wham! I was absolutely stunned hearing this line. Core to my Life School curriculum, Trust has been right on top of the list. That and Forgiveness. And Gratitude too. Intuitively I knew, to Awaken and return Home in this life, this wisdom I’d have to learn. And earn.

And sure enough, life has complied. In that, for thick-heads like me (hey, it’s a guy thing) the Universe has to exert just a bit more chaos to break our grips or in my case, the control, anger, addiction and self-unworth issues that were holding onto me.

It taught me the purity of an open, trusting Heart was the highest and most powerful force I knew. Out of necessity, it became the ever ready elixir that allowed me to find my way in life. 

The Fool’s Formula being: Whenever I trust, the Universe gives me more to trust in. The more I’m grateful, the more life gives me things to be grateful for. Conversely so, the more you’re pissed off and angry, the more shit you’re gonna have coming back at you. Living here in NYC, that’s for sure. Being in this 'burg, people don't take no mess.

... to be continued ...

 

Thank You & Love To Us All ~

PS I invite you to share these posts with anyone you feel would benefit and if you feel inspired, to write your feedback insights through the ‘Comment’ key on this blog. Also, please check out my work, Heart Tantra - The Attunement Session - on my web site heartantra.com. I offer in-person sessions here in the NYC area and absentee or long-distance work if you don't. Always Blessings On Your Way, Keith 

Doin' The Do ~

Such a well-oiled phrase, though what does it really mean? If you engage deeper, it becomes doin’ your do. This is totally Zen, actually Tao – the way you live your life as an immediate expression of your Soul’s presence and purpose, enlivened and embodied. Whatever this is for you, first knowing what this takes, then actually doing it each day – Heartfully and consciously – is leading a masterful life.

But who’s do have you been doing, if not your own? Who’s been doing your life if not yourself? However you look, inside you’ll have to go to see beneath the surface of your self. What you’ll find is either what makes doin’ your do joyful or worrisome, playful or difficult. It is all a choice, lest not forget. In the eternal butterfly+snake dance of death/rebirth where, especially now, the dive into the chrysalis peel feels so ongoing, it’s become the new norm.

I know so many people who are having to dig just a bit deeper than they’d like, all to get to the next level step, ever to move forward and safely along in their lives. Myself included. As my Higher Self insights and downloads have shown me, this very present moment is the only place I need to rest gently in, to remain immune to the chaos that is NYC. To be sure, it’s fairly well ordered here and rather expensive, however, you if you carry just a semblance of higher awareness, it can be a pretty bizarre place.

In this current ‘domestic transitional’ moment in my life, this next Fool’s step off the ledge to yet another unknown location (though upstate in the Hudson Valley), a very possible living situation just fell through there, reminding me of the ever elusive nature in my quest to find my next home crib. Mind you, this is the tail-end of a 7yr ‘no home zone’ cycle where I’ve been living like a vagabond gypsy, couch surfing all the while. Whew.

However, what I’ve found in the way-deep bottoms of my personality’s pockets has been The Way to do my do way better than ever before. If only because I feel so good, so free of the fear that always met me snarling, whenever I was in this situation – the one not knowing how it’s possibly gonna work out – because experience tells me, ‘it’ never really does, it’s always working out. Eternally so...

The hard earned miles have taught me, my very best place to rest is in the ever eternal place within myself. My Self. My Sacred. My open Heartspace. Here, there is no fear, only potential. In this place, we’re here to be Gods and Goddesses at play – at least in how it was drawn up on The Beloved’s chalk board. As I’m wont to say – alive in my perfect world.

This reality is the beyond priceless benefit of having a consistent meditation practice. It creates a stable foundation that’s built on deep peace, presence and internal spaciousness. This is always a breath away, by the way. HaHaHa - it really is.

I’ve found empowerment isn’t about always acting powerfully, it’s meeting every moment from your place of power. In this I’ve learned, my ego personality doesn’t know how to do this, because my power doesn‘t come from there. It comes through me, not from me, or Keith anyway. It doesn’t take a visionary to recognize the difference between living from your Heart and a well-rehearsed version, masked in bling, sexy form or glittering charm.  


As I’ve called in to embody my Sacred Masculine consciousness, the many years of my life my shit kept being flushed up, literally seemed endless. Really. The adage: The brighter the Light, the darker the Shadow was one I wanted to kill forever. In the shamanic birth canal, you either break open or break apart, with the paradox twist being, your eventual openness usually follows being broken all the way through.

So as I navigate through my life these days, I feel minimal pressure to come up with the ‘right’ answers. This, I believe is because there aren’t so many questions ricocheting inside my head, like bats flying frantic in the belfry. There is more Grace and ease expanding between the notes of the moving moments of my day.

I’ve found my Sacred only by being as relentlessly present, grounded, aligned and connected as possible, living through my Heartspace, with each breath. It is indeed keeping it simple, acting as if everything matters, knowing none of it does --- such a pithy line, that. And yet, living to express gratitude, appreciation and praise is doin' my do and a wondrous way to give and get all those Blessings and more.

Pre- PS HAPPY SOLSTICE EVERYBODY

What a beautiful day here in the city, perfect, cool breezy weather, sunny skies, looking like summer finally came to town. YEA!

Doin’ my do today will consist of giving a massage to a very dear friend, taking another one for a first-time bike ride to a secret spot up the East River and then, yes, you bet - goin’ dancin’ in the Park with my homie crew. Here we’ll joyously celebrate this mid-heaven pivot point of potential power partying like fools under the Manhattan moon.

Thank You & Love To Us All ~

  

PS I invite you to share these posts with anyone you feel would benefit and if you feel inspired, to write your feedback insights through the ‘Comment’ key on this blog. Also, please check out my work, Heart Tantra - The Attunement Session - on my web site heartantra.com. I offer in-person sessions here in the NYC area and absentee or long-distance work if you don't. Always Blessings On Your Way, Keith 

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