Journey of the Heart

This morning I woke up with my heart light as a feather… I thought of my first love and felt so grateful for all the wonderful experiences I was given through love. There were butterflies and tears followed by passion and heartbreak. I have enjoyed the whole spectrum of love, even if often I only understood it many years after. Love has been, is and always will be my favorite teacher. My heart will always be open…to love. “There is love in your body but you can't hold it in It pours from your eyes and spills from your skin Tenderest touch leaves the darkest of marks And the kindest of kisses break the hardest of hearts ”  Florence & The Machine Love is by Ulli Stanway We all need love We seek out the one to complete us Our perfect soul mate We crave those butterflies of love’s first kiss And the first time our bodies embrace each other Along the way we so often forget who we are We change for another’s fulfillment We leave our ow...

This poem came out of me after a meditation in which I concentrated on the topic of Love... Universal Love. Unconditional Love. Selfless Love. Connected Love. Deep Love. Real Love. I asked myself: What is love to you? What does it mean? How can you define it? What does it look like? What does it feel like? I must’ve spent an hour in a trance. I felt an insurmountable amount of Love within me. It was a massive energy that flew through me and connected with every single living thing around me. The one thing blocking me from feeling pure synchronicity was my body density.   The Search by Dolly Mahtani This heart is a cage for my love,  It does not fit.  This body with all my organs  In chambers Is like a submarine Sinking me  From my being. All of these things you can touch And feel They are not enough. If you think you’re in love, Dig deep. If you think you’re being loved, Dig deeper. If you think you love yourself, ...

 From the editor: What does it mean to really love someone? Perhaps the best way to answer that is to look at ourselves when we are feeling loved by someone. What is that experience like? For me it’s a feeling of amazement that someone loves me in spite of myself! When I am feeling really loved, the person whom I’m feeling loved by, does so in spite of all my defects, all my frailties, all my mistakes and imperfections. They love me through my darkest nights and regardless of all the emotional baggage I come with, they do not abandon me.  This kind of love leaves me in awe, for it is all embracing. It is patient. It is not intent on changing me. It is not forceful. It does not withdraw when I don’t meet its conditions, because it has none. It is something I can rely on no matter what! Real love knows that I am a package deal: with pretty parts and ugly ones too. It receives me as I am at any given moment in time, even when I’m a handful, even w...