Hi there Skye. Your post resonates with me. Like you, I have for a long time struggled to devote myself to many areas of life, in particular relationship and community. As it happens, I saw David Whyte speak live on Saturday in my home town, Melbourne Australia. One of the personal lessons that arose for me was the sense that I have for too long been skirting around the edge of a devotional practice, in particular a devotion to a period of “darkness”, where I cease pushing away my...

Hi there Skye. Your post resonates with me. Like you, I have for a long time struggled to devote myself to many areas of life, in particular relationship and community. As it happens, I saw David Whyte speak live on Saturday in my home town, Melbourne Australia. One of the personal lessons that arose for me was the sense that I have for too long been skirting around the edge of a devotional practice, in particular a devotion to a period of “darkness”, where I cease pushing away my body’s/psyche’s need for a deep, personal silence of sorts, to enter a wholehearted solitude as opposed to a groping loneliness. Indeed, a solitude that opens pathways to connection with others, rather than a loneliness whose desperation intensifies the disconnect. On Saturday I didn’t find the word wholehearted. I’m glad to have found it now, as it seems to illuminate well the approach required.

Re: your reference to giving yourself wholeheartedly without giving away your power, you may find this quote illuminating, from one of David’s poems:
To be human is to become visible
while carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.
To remember the other world in this world
is to live in your true inheritance.

The full poem is at http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=994

Best wishes for the continuing days of the course 🙂 Jordan

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