Masters vs. Amateurs

I watched Monsters vs. Aliens tonight.

There are so many amazing messages emerging from heroic tales.

We are all GINORMOTRON (Reese Witherspoon who discovers her latent power when the world needs saving).

When we end our engagement with our Derrick, we realize our full potential.

We lift buildings.

We find out AFTER we have done something that we are capable of it.

May all beings connect with their inner ginormotron!

Our capacities are GINORMOUS!

Love,
Porter

So Many More (Jesus) Fish in the Sea

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

A friend I hold in very high esteem told me last Sunday: "the more spiritual you become, the more connected you are going to feel with people. Don't lower your vibration because you feel you need to hold on."

Basically, be grateful for the connections, but expect many many more. There is no reason to hold onto relationships that are only quasi-working. The river is constantly flowing!

I really heard her and I am so grateful she spoke up.

On Christmas we celebrate our oneness with the consciousness of Christ (our ENLIGHTENMENT).

We honor our deep connection with all living things.

We recognize the overflow and abundance that God provides:

More and more opportunities for all of us to connect with it. Ultimately, to connect with ourselves AS it.

If I feel love for a person who is fearful of love--a closed door--I know there will be an open door coming.

Another door always comes.

And I leave mine open so a bridge may form.

Warmest holiday wishes from the Northern Pole of CT,
Porter

Vairagya, Non-Attachment, Renunciation

Happy theme, yes? It gets better, I promise...

Vairagya is one of the tenets of the yogic life.

Seen from its literal meaning of "dried up passions," it doesn't seem very appealing.

I am practicing non-attachment right NOW because Delta has temporarily misplaced by belongings. An orange suitcase containing clothing, my favorite Ugg boots, two books I was reading, my video camera and external hard-drive, Christmas presents for my family, and some really delicious raw granola I made before I left!

I was thinking about all these THINGS today. My dispassion puzzled me as I thought to myself: they are just things.

I remember my first encounter with a practice of non-attachment was in Fiji. Everything there ran late, or early, or got cancelled, or just wasn't what it was supposed to be at all. I slept in a different location almost every night. Through my whole trip through the Pacific Rim I was very tense and took on a familiar stance of HIGH TENSION around traveling, constantly worrying about what am I was forgetting, how I would get where I needed to be, and where to go...

One day I remember thinking: WHAT IS THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN?

You forget your alarm-clock, you ask someone to wake you up.
You miss your flight, you talk to the airline and get on another one.
You don't know where you are staying tonight, by tonight you will.

This was a new idea for me. And like any new concept, it is like mental gymnastics.

I had to fake it till I made it.

And I made it today!

Though I trust and know that all my things will return back to me, I am deeply appreciative to get the opportunity to practice vairagya.

I am taken care of. Period.

There is never any reason to worry.

Except now I change my perspective to: What is the BEST that could happen?

And the best is always the outcome.

bestest to you and yours,
Porter

True Love is Letting Go

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they will come home, wagging their tails behind them.

I am not sure whether it is a form of channeling, or whether the author of this rhyme was even aware of the potential depth of the words...

The ultimate act of love is letting go.

When you leave your "sheep" alone...

I think of every loving parent who has watched their child move out. Letting go, and letting that child discover their own way is a powerful act of love.

That act of letting go says: "I love you so much I will put your need for independence before my need for your company."


Each time I am faced with the urge to hold onto something or someone, I will remember Little Bo Peep, who found her sheep.

Love is never lost, because it's all there is.

As we release our grip on what we know and have, we simultaneously release our fear of losing love when it is out of our current field of vision. The metaphorical sheep always find their way back to you when you let them be.

{And in the meantime,have much fun wearing your frilly dress and your bonnet.}


brightest lights and blessings,
Porter