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happiness is a full tank!
Posted on May 8th, 2007
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tara
tara
We humans, or perhaps more precise, spiritual beings having a human experience, are indeed a piece of work, the finest machinery ever to be created (what we know of, that is). Our maximum powerfuel, love, the only fuel to ensure this advanced ‘technology’ running at it’s highest potential, can seem hard to come by.
Fortunately it takes a bit more than pulling into the nearest gas station for a ‘fill me up’. There is more to the picture than having it & getting it. It seems to me it takes a whole lot of searching, not for the right gas station, although a lot of time is mistakenly spend on doing that, but more so, on figuring out how to unscrew the lid on the tank!
We do not come with a manual, a small bummer on behalf of the Creator or maybe not? Sometimes we may ask for help with the tight & stubborn lid on the tank, only to end up being dependant on others to do the job & finding that we are powerless on our own. Sometimes we race at maximum speed convinced the answer lies in the golden pot at the end of the rainbow, just to find the vision of the rainbow vanishing as we drive..
Maybe a flat tire or even a major crash forces us to pull the brakes & hold still in the pitstop for a while. Here is where the journey truly becomes interesting as a choice presents itself. We can choose to worry about the cost of fixing the car or be quiet here, now & listen.. listen to the whispers of the soul telling us: there is no lid!
It can be tricky when sharing this kind of revelation..The cat may run off & peers start thinking you’re crazy & deranged. It may seem like a curse, but believe me, it’s a blessing! When shredding the illusion of the lid, the heart is open in it’s natural state, knowing that nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists.. love is.
Fortunately it takes a bit more than pulling into the nearest gas station for a ‘fill me up’. There is more to the picture than having it & getting it. It seems to me it takes a whole lot of searching, not for the right gas station, although a lot of time is mistakenly spend on doing that, but more so, on figuring out how to unscrew the lid on the tank!
We do not come with a manual, a small bummer on behalf of the Creator or maybe not? Sometimes we may ask for help with the tight & stubborn lid on the tank, only to end up being dependant on others to do the job & finding that we are powerless on our own. Sometimes we race at maximum speed convinced the answer lies in the golden pot at the end of the rainbow, just to find the vision of the rainbow vanishing as we drive..
Maybe a flat tire or even a major crash forces us to pull the brakes & hold still in the pitstop for a while. Here is where the journey truly becomes interesting as a choice presents itself. We can choose to worry about the cost of fixing the car or be quiet here, now & listen.. listen to the whispers of the soul telling us: there is no lid!
It can be tricky when sharing this kind of revelation..The cat may run off & peers start thinking you’re crazy & deranged. It may seem like a curse, but believe me, it’s a blessing! When shredding the illusion of the lid, the heart is open in it’s natural state, knowing that nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists.. love is.
(..inspired by the philosophy in The Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman..)
the painting: Mind 1, by Unni Maya Sydendahl
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This is Beautiful!!!
Thanks for sharing :)
Such a beautiful piece of writing, Tara. The tank is full—infinitely so—in that there is infinity in love, of love. I know what you are getting at, and it seems true. But in another real sense, the “tank”—the love that exists in us—actually DOES have is a “lid”: the lid is the UNWILLIGNNESS, on the part of the sovereign being, to love and give freely.
However, that lid is fashioned primarily of illusory fears. One of those fears is that love is limited. Another is that love will fail. Another is that loving will hurt either the lover, or the beloved. The list goes on, as ego would have it be. What is crucial, though, is that the lid of unwillingness to freely love be removed. We must be WILLING to freely love, then do so (which is the same as allowing the infinite love to flow through us, and as us). Beautiful!
– Amadon
Hi Amadon,
Yeah, you're getting it & thank you for allobarating at my metaphors.. you are so right, the
difficulties relating to unscrewing the lid, is the unwillingness, our fears, which belong in
the world of illusions, as real as it might seem sometimes..
fear in our minds, create fear in our world,
love in our minds, create love in our world..
(-from A Course in Miracles..)
love, laughter & lightness tara <3
“fear in our minds, creates fear in our worlds, love in our minds, creates love in our worlds” -a course in miracles
“as you sew, so will you reap” - the bible?
“full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love, not nearly” -19 year old fionna apple
:)
a course in miracles is the word of jesus, hence the recemblance..
check it out on www.acim.org.
love & lightness tara
I love your piece Tara, thanks!
And - there is no fear either!
Just put you foot on the gas!
:-)