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Namah Vol. 27, Issue 1, 24th April 2019

in any way and feel you are not heard, then to establish a clear relationship with the
your lesson probably is to speak and stand surroundings in our lives here for the benefit
up for truth, not with the idea to convince or of all. It is when fences feel like something to
persuade others but to simply be the Truth? keep us in and something else out, when we
Only by being it, Truth can be anchored here don’t live in peace within ourselves nor our
in us, and around us as is true for love. Do you environment, creating more disharmonies
often feel surrounded by opinions you find in and around us, often reflected in our
hard to accept? Then maybe your lesson is relationship with our neighbours, colleagues,
to learn tolerance, patience and compassion. friends and family and above all to our self.
How many times have we all felt frustrated
A beloved person in your life turns up in the and angered with our self, blamed others or
garden, a response to the heart’s subtle call, the perceived uncultivated ego? Observe,
takes you by the hand and says, “Let’s go and how do you talk to yourself? Does your choice
find out.” How many of us have been taken of words show kindness or strictness? And
by love by surprise and not known the heart is it you talking or are you repeating what
had made that call? others (parents/siblings/friends/teachers
or any other person you had an emotional
This is not to say to wait for the love of another attachment to once) have said to you and
to swoop you off your feet! In fact, know that about you? In order to transcend violence
love is called upon by the intent to explore in every form, cultivating patience and self-
and feel the love within, for yourself, for life, for compassion is of the essence, and above all,
love itself, for all that is, creating the ground self-love. Not the narcissistic or egoistic type
for divine love.And in ploughing the fields, it but love for the light you truly are, for the
is essential to uproot all confusing concepts, vessel of light, for the task you came to do
beliefs, feelings and emotions, which may and for the realisation and expression of the
have been planted deeply and keep the light- Divine.
bringing force that is true love in a dark place.
Sexual energy and sexual activity are often We are here to experience all of I with a you
confused with love and many mechanisms and us as we. Relationships are the very feeding
that spread ideas of shame, blame and guilt. ground for us to grow and also provide us
For instance, mixing in love with sexual energy with a mirror of our inner attitudes which,
and passion has caused much confusion, keep if unreflected by ourselves, can create
us entangled and prevens us from moving uncomfortable feelings felt as a weight on
forward aligned to love. So again, observe the heart. With every dispute, inner or outer,
what reactions show as you look at what the the heart is burdened.
plough has brought up.
So take heart. If something doesn’t feel right
Cultivating the heart’s truth for you, ask your heart to help you express to
yourself and to others wholeheartedly without
Maybe the fence around the garden is needed blaming that ‘other’ or fear. Free yourself
to make sure the flowers will not be trampled from regrets, for that is the ego’s view, allow
on. Indeed some boundaries are important the rejoicing of the soul and heart for every

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