The Truth Of The Heart And Our Energy Bodies

A call to the land

Years ago I experienced what I now call my informal apprenticeship with the land. As part of this apprenticeship I would at times receive a call to go to a particular place on the land.  I would have a general sense of the place, look up the location on a map to hone in further, and set out. 

On one of these occasions, when I received that call, I travelled up towards the place in the tablelands in northern New South Wales.

This place was in a wild area, unmarked by tracks, and in unfamiliar-to-me territory. All I knew was the next step and what my body and guidance was telling me. 

I started walking, not knowing where I was going, simply listening and following my instincts as I moved through the land.  As I walked, listening for the way, I slowly shifted to a different way of being as I walked further and further off-track. 

Was I besieged by doubts as I went? Absolutely! 

I kept coming back to myself though, checking in with myself, and kept going. 

It wasn’t easy. It was scary for me, wondering whether I would find the place, and whether I would find my way back again.  But I kept going. 

It was an exercise in deep listening, to my body and to the land. Of acknowledging but setting aside the doubts that besieged me as I went. 

How to find a single place amongst the immensity of that area?

It was a lesson in not just listening and feeling for which way to go but also where not to go. To hear those invisible voices of guidance and wisdom and the wisdom of my body. To feel the subtle changes in the energy of the land as I moved through, letting my body move towards the place.

I knew immediately when I'd arrived

I knew immediately when I arrived at the place. There were no landmarks to show the way, but the energy there!  A place of magic and renewal and more. 

An education of the heart and our energy bodies

It occurs to me as I see what is unfolding across the planet right now, that what is missing is an education of the heart and of our energy bodies. Of how to recognise truth, and what it feels like in our bodies and hearts.  Of learning to see and feel beyond the noise of it all. 

Of recognising our connection to the earth and the heavens through our felt sense, and to know how it feels to be aligned. 

Perhaps then we could meet these times with maturity, creativity, and courage. 

We could make choices based on who we truly are, with a truth that includes the earth, the heavens, and our belonging here.  

What would be calling to us then? 

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