Opening the Heart Chakra

 (Sunrise on Beach in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica)

"We are all joined and are ultimately more "a part of" than we are "a part from" each other in this world." - Jampolsky

The past few days have been quite an adventure....my friend, Luna from Guatemala and I, traveled from Costa Rica to Panama over two days via hitch hiking. We slumbered on the beach at Manuel Antonio....was lullabied to sleep by the rolling waves...awoke refreshed...was greeted by a beautiful sunrise and embraced by the gentle warm sea at dawn....
Then we hitched to Panama...walked across the border on foot and caught another ride on the Panamanian side....stayed with Some of Luna's friends in David, Panama and then I hitched to Panama City....Today I am headed to Colon/Portobello and eventually in the next days to San Blas....

In my readings I am learning about judgment. "Judgment always sets conditions on love. It says, I will love you if I find you fit my expectations and if you pass my evaluations. A judgmental mind makes lists, often unconsciously, of passing criteria for love. In contrast, forgiveness sets no conditions. Forgiveness simply allows love to be itself." Jampolsky

I feel that I had my first true glimpse of this during a medicine journey last week with Peyote medicine. This medicine completely opens the heart chakra. I felt that Love was pouring out of me, into me and through me. We danced for 14 hours from night until afternoon the following day under a blanket of accepting sky....bathed in the river next to the main event....it is such a gift to be so connected to nature in its most pure form. I feel so grateful to have shared this moment in my life with such amazing people. It is so interesting how like-minded people always seem to magnetize to each other no matter where they are from in the world.

I am learning to embrace uncertainty in the most real way. Without resistance I have found that what flows into my life is absolutely fruitful. The rigidity of a plan only leads to frustration due to the attachment to the outcome. This is human condition. Without attachment to the outcome there is no disappointment. There is no rush to the destination...the journey awaits me...why should I skip all the beautiful things in the middle....it would be like eating a cream cheese danish without eating the cream cheese filling....Meeting such amazing people along the way....my story is unfolding everyday in the most spontaneous way....