Hi friends,
Yesterday close to midday, I picked up my ringing phone and as I looked at the name on the screen
I erupted into tears that I had been holding back in fear!
It was the friends I had been worried about for 5 days.
This June, I went up to Asheville to visit them for the first time while I had retreat guests at The Florrest. We’ve been friends for 15 years, since I moved to Miami.
They now live up in the mountains just north of Asheville… without doubt, I was deeply concerned for them.
At the same time, I was in profound gratitude for The Florrest being sparred. I spent the morning with my housekeeping team putting everything back in place, cleaning, and checking up on the trails and bridges which survived too.
Such an intersection of feelings!!
Today we have a New Moon in Libra with annular solar eclipse.. the spectrum of emotions is wide and deep! It’s closing the eclipse portal making it a potent moment to reflect and reset.
Deep compassion and worry mixed with gratitude and a rancid joy.
Feeling my hands tied as I need to focus on all that I manage and guide,
Without extra resources to make a difference to those who need it now. (yet a little is always better than nothing! We can all pitch in!!!)
Vowing to be an available source of value so that I can make a greater difference.
Take up more space with light, resources, and guidance.
So, I put on my roller-skates and let my inner child play for a while flowing around the domes. (this was a message I received during a meditation this past retreat to skate more)
And that leads me today…
October 2nd.
It was this day on 2019.
One month after Hurricane Dorian stalled as a category 5 storm over Bahamas, just in front of Miami where we lived,
That I came to visit this land that I now steward.
It was love at first sight!
The two main domes that had been built by Bill, spoke to my name: Men - A, the balance of the masculine and feminine. (The right one is larger than the left one)
The shape of the property: a diamond!
The size: 182 acres forest… the play of infinity and duality that i always focus on.
The geodesic domes and sacred geometry that I was deeply in tune with; during a retreat to Iceland with Scoot Olsen (Author of The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret) a few years before, I had my eyes downpour as he taught us. It was an extraordinary experience of wiping my face as I sat in disbelief as to what my body was doing.
A national forest with indigenous mounds within the property! It’s an honor to hold sacred land and protect it.
Today, October 2, a reminder of new doors opening and saying YES.
We can commit to the unknown as we follow our hearts' expansion. May we continue to find the gift in each moment, no matter what obstacles show up! It’s about who we become on this journey, and the dance with all those souls that show up along the way.
Today feels like a new chapter of beginning. Can you relate?
Thank you for being on this cosmic ride with me.
With soul much love,
Mena
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