the goop of love

Reflecting on being a reader, and as a child and young adult who had suffered from deep general and social anxiety (and I still move through it in different ways! #Trauma), I’m pretty in awe when I think about the skill and confidence it takes to just jump right into a space with a stranger, and to set the tone and energy of the space in—what I imagine—a cocoon-like way. Enclosed, small (but not uncomfortable), with the possibility of change and great emergence in the goop of love. It’s powerful, and I don’t think about that enough. I’m grateful for my energy in that way, having honed it for many years through time and experience, despite always being myself.

A part of me feels that I am at my most comfortable, completely myself, in a one-to-one reading. I’m guessing this is what some musical performers feel like: comfortable on stage, performing, but not ever in a performative way. I’m comfortable sitting across from like 99.9% of the people I meet, presenting myself as the gift, as the receiver, and being as clear of a receiver as I can. I feel the most loving, the most present when I’m in that container.

Integrating James Victore’s trademark, “Your work is a Gift” felt key. Your work is a gift - so how would you treat your work? How would you present it to the people receiving it? Your work is a gift - so how does your perception of your work change?

Also thinking about how powerful Linda Howe’s Pathway Prayer to the heart of the records is. I still wonder about all parts of the records. If the Pathway Prayer Process is the heart, then like, what’s Leah Garza’s invocation? Something to chew on!