Poetic Revelations: Calling in Angels
and All the Tribes
So I can take you
across, if you want. But the secret is to go
everywhere by going nowhere.
~ Mark Nepo, The Great Waters
Because Human-ing is harder than Adulting. This is a weekly publication for heart-centered warriors, swimming through this thing called Life.
Selected Readings:
Angel, Angela Jackson
Angels, Mary Oliver
The Great Waters, Mark Nepo
Dear Embodied Hearts and Dancing Souls,
Please read this extraordinary find of a poem by Angela Jackson above. The writing reminded me of my beloved Color Purple. And look at these books to celebrate: Consolations II by David Whyte (my excitement is stoked by this excerpt called Body) and Half-Life of Angels by Mark Nepo (I missed when this came out last year)
The Body distills Truth. Yesterday in one of my IP development containers, I shared that my spirit felt listless. When it was the leader’s turn to notice, she said, “You know Monisha, I heard list less.” Oh our Trish Watts is a wise one. Spot on. Instantly, I heard the truth in that statement and began to grin.
Surrender as Pathway. I am beginning to “get” the wisdom in that strange humility I wrote about last week. It’s a matter of re-arranging some inner pieces. Resistances I had erected that show up as blocks in my body making me less open and available. Breathing through the blocks. The more I open myself up, the more my dreams come in. Two weeks after the precipe of disaster where I quickly surrendered, I am now looking at the website in development like a vista on the horizon. I can’t believe this piece of digital art is for me!
Even as I find air under my wings, I am entering what has the potential to be one of the most painful periods of my life. I am reminded of the line from the poem I shared by Francess Patchett a few weeks back: I waited my whole life, but not for this.
I waited my whole life. But not for this. ~ Francess Patchett
Here is a short, incomplete glimpse into my current landscape (its a poem):
The Body distills truth.
Pain etches in stark
relief:
contours,
piercing shards,
shapes and points
in my body.
But where is the relief?
I’m still working out what I can or can’t change in the situation life is throwing at me. I kinda HATE this part of my humanity. I honestly do. I hate not having influence for the people I love the most. The only way out of this hell is to let Bigger forces than me come in and do their loving work, while I keep discerning what’s mine in the Bigger passion play. Here I call in all the Angels.
Letting Excitement Lead. Amidst the unease I wanted to find relief. Mid-week, I began feeling the rarest of energies (for me) in my body: genuine excitement. Can you believe it? Me, naturally excited? (not evaluating or second guessing?) This week it began to dawn on me that I could let my excitement lead me. I noticed my grant funds gave me an opportunity to record a promotional video. Instead of looking at the required actions as “to-dos” on a list, I could have fun with it.
The excitement built incrementally, like tiny stepping stones, as my husband and friends swooped in to support me in my most vulnerable area: my looks. Between the outfit, make-up techniques, and script, it took 11 women and 1 man to help me feel confident and secure. (Grateful!) By the night before, everything about my outfit felt both comfortable and zhuzhed up at the same time. I stepped into a studio literally called Hair Play for a simple buh effective blow-out. Then, I realized how excited I felt about speaking about my work! I love my script for this video: i loved practicing it, loved crafting it, and embodying it. (So watch out future audience!)
I had fun with shoot! The studio owner was so tuned in! Afterwards, he came up to ask, “what’s this play stuff?” Spontaneously I led him in a one hand dance and instantly he GOT what I had been saying. Here is my new professional identity emerging. I am seeing a distinct “me-ness” in it, distinct from the InterPlay. I use the forms to deep dive into somatic communications. That’s my jam.
The Light in your Lineage. Amdist the suckiness I wanted to remind you: You are the PERFECT manifestation of who you came in to be and what you came in to do. You are the exact Light your Lineage asked for.
Today I am learning to surrender even the tender loving care of my loved ones to Bigger forces. I am leaning in even more into Ancestral Lineage healing and blessings and into whatever aliveness wants to leap forward from my body to reimagine this world. In short, I am calling all my tribes.
To your compassionate flow. Stay #heartwoke.
Monisha
When we belong to ourselves, we move freely. ~ Monisha Mittal
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