Fun: De-Light

“I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow’s edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun.”    – Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

Musing…        

Summer is all about having fun in the sun, enjoying the full light of the season. No one feels like ‘working’, especially if cooped up indoors.  Creativity has its summer side as well – shining loving light on any creative spark brings de-light to form…..much to our delight! 

Kate’s Turn:

I recently spoke at a support group for breast cancer survivors. Part of my message was to take seriously the notion that ‘laughter is the best medicine’. I offered information that a smile brings about numerous chemical releases in the body that are conducive to healing whereas a worrying frown stresses the body. My qigong teacher (Master Chunyi Lin, SpringForest Qigong) has an acronym he teaches: S.M.I.L.E. – START MY INTERNAL LOVE ENGINE. Love is the healing force, the carrier wave of divine intelligence. Doing what we love, what delights us, nourishes our body and our soul. This IS our work – enjoying our days, backed by love, shining our creative spirit, in fun and delight.

“O traveler, traveler along the way,
there is not a single soul who lacks a pathway to God.
There is not a stone or a flower— 

not a single piece of straw lacking the divine essence.
In every particle of the world the sun of love
causes the heart of each atom to shine.”

- Muhammad Shirin Maghribi from Recitations, translated by Lynn Bauman

Get Fired Up:   

Time to photosynthesize! Have fun in the sun! Take de-light, and smile!

“Allow yourself to SMILE – notice the sunshine that radiates from your being when you smile… allow your smile to send the sunshine of your being throughout your body and your environment… take this being into life with you.”     - Meditation closing by Jeddah Mali, spiritual teacher

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