ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE EDITION No5 'ALCHEMY' | Page 57

Just as the Sun indiscriminately shines its rays, or a flower unhesitatingly
spreads itself open to Life and welcomes what arrives—what if we were to

greet each moment free from resistance to what is, completely
embracing whatever is here with full Presence and a willingness to
engage in the natural exchange that wants to occur?
To consider approaching Life from this vantage point, the question naturally
arises—how can we Be safe opening completely and welcoming of whatever
comes our way; what if what’s Present is something that’s potentially harmful
or something we really don’t want to open to?
How do I relate with and embrace the Beloved in these reflections?
This requires that we disengage from our defensive reactions and dive deeper
below the surface of what is obvious in the interaction, with a willingness to
take total responsibility for everything that arises in our experience—
acknowledging there is an exchange on some level wanting to occur.
Recognizing that no matter how extreme the conditions may Be, it can all Be
used to catalyse growth and reveal more of what we are capable of as we are
stretched beyond our edges. Our willingness to Be radically vulnerable, turning
towards and facing into the experience of intensity—whether it’s pleasure, pain
or anywhere on the spectrum in between—is what the Beloved asks of us.

“Only someone who is
ready for everything,
who doesn't exclude
any experience, even
the most
incomprehensible, will
live the relationship
with another person
as something alive,
and will himself sound
the depths of his own
being.”
˜ Rainer Maria Rilke
Essence opening to the Beloved in All of Life © Warwick Saint

It’s a willingness to die every mini death that it takes to let go of what holds
us back from opening to Life, broadening our sensorial range and capacity
to feel everything deeply, allowing it to carve out and change us in all the
ways necessary for us to continue blooming into ever greater fullness.
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