Pink Bunnies In The Surf ~

I swear, the signs just keep on coming ... Early last week on Far Rockaway, while stretching alone on the beach before going for a swim, I happened to looked down and low and behold, nearly stepped on a 4” bronze, engraved and tethered ankh medallion swirling in the surf. Like Poof, it’s at my feet. Yowsa! Having a basic understanding of ancient mythology, I know this Egyptian symbol carries some serious, heavy-duty mojo. Among other things, it signifies ‘eternal life & the marriage of the feminine and masculine within …’ Very cool.

And again two days later while walking on the same beach, I come upon a pink, squeezy plastic bunny doll doing the same thing. Being washed up in the surf, at my feet. Absurd nonsense, silly coincidence, act of nature, sign from God? Hardly and perhaps all the above, though certainly a nice little touch from the Universe telling me, hey dude, chill out - all is well. Believe me, I’ll take the encouragement – like all I can get.

In this, I firmly believe the Universe is constantly communicating with ItSelf - all the time without fail – in this case, with Itself as me, Keith. My shamanicly accented, awakening journey has largely been about recognizing these ongoing signs or promptings and acting accordingly. Consciously, in fact. Regardless if you think you live in a nonsensical, chaos theory of a cosmos, haphazardly tumbling out as your life or believe perhaps as do I – that I live in a supremely conscious, organized and all-intelligent version of ItSelf, constantly expressing Itself through and as ‘Keith,’ is largely beside the point. (Of course, this Universal scenario, applies equally to you as well.)

However, whether you live in relative harmony with your personal version of the cosmos, really is the point – wouldn’t you say? And further directly, do you? Live in harmony, I mean. Do you have a sense of yourself in your Spiritual vastness, free and clear as your eternal Soul Self or do you merely see yourself as the little ol’you looking back in your mirror each day, searching for the look of approval?

Can you safely hold all the apparent opposites of you - the good & bad – the light & dark - the positive & negative - the masculine & feminine aspects of your personality, gently, if not non-judgmentally in your Heartspace? Because if you can’t, don’t or won’t, you haven’t healed your core ‘split’ yet. You’re still separate from your Divine Self and therefore disconnected from fully living your Sacred. You’re still searching, yet to embody. And until you do, you’ll inevitably project your split upon all your relationships, creating break down, over and over again. Sound familiar? It certainly did for me.

The waves of Spiritual opportunity endlessly roll in and yet observation shows, most people are either overly preoccupied with their Iphones, too inebriated or simply dulled and disinterested to recognize them when they appear. These Divine gifts often pass us by, amidst the oncoming rush of traffic of our busy lives. And all the while we’re trying to make ‘ends meet,’ when if we ever do, the ends don’t seem to remain met for very long. Especially now, in these Turning of The Ages times where the fabric of our accepted realities are being unwoven within us and unraveling before our very eyes.

Don’t you know, these present times are light years beyond way powerful and potent – more than most people can possibly imagine. With plains regularly being blown out of the sky, constantly wacked out weather conditions and people far less sure than ever about what’s really going on, there’s also a sublime current growing in the rushing river of humanity. If you care to experience it, there’s an awakening underway but at the very least, you’ll have to look closer to see it. It’s actually happening in all our lives though most are light years behind in recognizing this phenomena.   

This living vein of super-consciousness, like my subterranean subway voyage through the bowels of Manhattan and Brooklyn to get beach-side, requires a fair amount of competence to jump into and swim buoyantly afloat. Not to mention the courage to be relentlessly present (a nonnegotiable requirement) and the significant effort it takes to actually be so. But most of all, it takes really wanting it. Awakening I mean, like100% or as close as you can possibly get. Paying close attention helps too. If I space out and miss my subway stops, forget to change trains along the way, I could end up on distant Pluto. I know this for a fact, if only because some of my fellow travelers look like they’re certainly headed there or just recently returned.

This Lifeforce flow, eternally moving in your Vertical Power Current or Soul Stream is the current line that always runs, like in this Gotham City. Although like my beach excursion via the subway, it demands I first get on the train to eventually arrive Here. Being conscious in this very moment, Now, is the same way. Being present is the beginning and the end, all at the same time. The Alpha & Omega wrapped into one. And eternally much more. In this I’ve found, the cosmic magic or mojo isn’t conditional or situation-specific. Meaning: where (ever) I am, the circumstances at hand don’t ultimately define me or identify me solely as ‘Keith.’ I Am indeed a Spirit having a human experience not the other way around.

This time now is like living in a really heightened, trippy Zen state, more often than not. As always, the ticket of admission to passing through this transcendent moment in history is no longer identifying with all my busy thoughts, flowing emotions and beliefs of less than. I simply can’t be fully present, alive, awake and aware if I’m playing in these other parts of Keith. Judgment aside - they all have their place and compelling aspects, however, these parts simply aren’t equipped to take me Home. Like passing through the eye of the needle, only my eternal and free Soul can pass effortlessly through.

Thank You & Love To Us All ~

   

PS I am seeking assistance in publishing my work here and invite any and all benefactors, editors, agents and or publishers to help bring this to fruition - any ideas? Please feel free to contact me at heartantra@yahoo.com ~ Thank You So Much ~

PPS 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   

Swimming, Waves & Subways ~

It’s about an hour subway ride (2 train changes) from the Upper East Side (86^th & Lexington) to this little jetty of heaven here on Far Rockaway Beach on the Atlantic O. Like most things in NYC, creating this experience requires a fair bit of effort to make it so. It takes engaging, traveling and navigating the many waves of big city, humanity rich, urban living. To handle these diversions competently and act consciously in response has demanded a significant upgrade in my own personal development, let me say.

Living here these past 2yrs has been an often demanding, master-in-the-making, extra study class in Humanity 909 - NYC style. It’s been a being-in-the-world, consciousness finishing school and the latest addition in my Life School curriculum. Most every day is a real life litmus test showing me how clear, calm and connected I actually Am. Or am not. And this is a good thing. Unless the higher Spiritual insights translate to time on the street, face to face, they’re really not worth so much. Or at least, not in a user-friendly kinda way and unless I can embody my awakening, express it and live it each day, what’s the point?

To be sure, returning here has been an essential and provisional challenge in every and all ways. Apparently, this has been a necessary experience for me to earn my chops to move up to a higher level of my, well … mastery. To pull this off requires I always find ways to shift proactively and move my energies more and more constructively. And consciously. At this point in my-yours-and our evolution, nothing much less will do.

A primary element in my awakening journey has been first learning, yet more importantly, putting into practice the conscious behaviors that keep creating equanimity and harmony in my life. On demand, as necessary, which here is like, all the time. These self-care practices I call my Constitutionals – the activities I do that keep me happy, healthy and sane - though not always in that order.

For instance, as an extremely physically active, body oriented guy, attending to my need for exercise is a numero uno, nonnegotiable must do. Especially living on this island of 10 million + people. If I don’t do this simple thing for myself daily (exercise), I feel frikkin’ nutz. Big time. Without a doubt, deep, rhythmic and conscious breathing is a primary tool in keeping your emotional body clear and clean. Believe it. 

To compliment this aspect, I learned a while ago, I’m a total swimaholic and an ocean water freak. (It’s a Pisces Moon thing.) In my perfect world, a couple of times a week I need to be in it - swimming -  to create my best me. Thus, the necessary (and well appreciated) effort it takes to bike ride, ride the subway and bike ride some more to get to the beach. This is a noteworthy jewel in the guide to Awakening my Sacred – it’s in personally wanting to do what I really need to do that always brings Grace into my life. Please, no internal friction is a must. 

Having practiced ‘Temple Strokes’ for many years now, I know how beneficial, along with transcendent being in the water actually is. For me, it’s total temple-time.  

Whenever I swim, I always feel better in my body, my mind and my Spirit. Always. In this and other specific ways, I’ve learned to do these simple things for myself that consistently create feel good shifts in myself.

By attending to my basic nurturence needs (physically, emotionally, mentally and Spiritually), I don’t drain the world and all my relationships needing them to do this for me. In this way, I alone am responsible to man up for myself – while doing it from my awakened Heartspace. As I successfully swim into and through the many cross-currents coursing these days, I’ve learned to get out of my own way. And this has made all the difference in the world. It sure makes for a much smoother ride all the way around.

I swim with webbed, swim gloves to give me a fuller pull in the water, adding just a bit more oomph to my strokes. In this, it’s not about creating more efficiency, it’s about greater comfort, joy and yes – MORE FUN in the water. I also swim with a mask and snorkel, having long ago gotten tired of the turning neck and breathing water thing. Swimming like this allows me to breath holotropically – in one continuous, open breath - with no pause on the in or out breath. This creates an open energy circuit that allows me to go into altered or expanded states of awareness and for us consciousness junkies, this is pure delight. If I gotta ride 1hr (one way) for this, so be it.

No, it’s not swimming blissfully naked off the coast of Ibiza, warm in the Mediterranean Sea but hey, you gotta make your own paradise in life - wherever, whenever, however and with whomever you possibly can. Especially if it’s simply being with yourself. Especially. This too is a basic to Awakening your Sacred anything – you are your very own source of Love in your life. No one else gets this job. Only you. It’s in your willingness or resistance to align in your Soul Stream to your Source Self, in your own Sacred that determines your degree of Awakness in life. Happiness too.

Thank You & Love To Us All ~

  

PS I am seeking assistance in publishing my work and invite any and all benefactors, editors, agents and or publishers to help bring this to fruition - any ideas? Please feel free to contact me at heartantra@yahoo.com ~ Thank You So Much ~

PPS 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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