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| The Mystery within... |
I am always in a state of becoming more—hopefully more loving. I’ve been reflecting on how choosing to be empathetic leads me to be more kind and loving toward all others and myself. When I stumble, I can make that part of my dance that grows me through empathy. Joanna Macy, in an On-Being interview, suggested we be present and fearless with our pain for it eventually reveals our connectedness and love for the world. Understanding empathy as accepting my own shortcomings, and those of others, does move me closer to unconditional love.
Unconditional empathy is possible when I breathe and think from my heart. A paradoxical sense of well-being comes from genuine empathy for my own shortcomings. Making my darkness visible does lead me to want to choose light. Hopefully, my empathy for another’s shortcomings could lead him or her to want to choose love. Perhaps unconditional love lies in my ability to empathize how hard life can be sometimes for all others and myself.
Hafiz invites, “Come dance with me.” Perhaps radical kinship with all others grows from unconditional empathy for each other’s missteps, and moves us from blame to understanding. Let us enjoy dancing with one another and cherishing what is right in front of us, our mutual original blessing as children.
Every child has known God,
Not the God of names,
Not the God of don'ts,
Not the God who ever does
Anything weird,
But the God who knows only 4 words
And keeps repeating them, saying:
"Come Dance with Me."
Come Dance.
-- Hafiz (1320-1389)
What if it's all in our dance with one another?
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