Ascension Journal 3rd Mar '22

 'Equanimity is a refuge of inner ease, that space of non-judging balanced presence. Move into equanimity from reactivity. It's about sourcing ourself in that balanced presence so that our actions can arise from a wisdom that's free from grasping & aversion, from true wisdom.Pause & come home to presence. Let go of ideas of what was supposed to happen & come back to the breath & be intimate with what is in the present moment("just this"). Release any thoughts of the future & what you're 'supposed' to do.

{"There is a secret place, a radiant sanctuary. This magnificent refuge is inside you: enter, be bold, be humble. Be brave & walk through the country of your own wild heart. Be gentle & know that you know nothing. Be still. Listen. Keep walking. Slip away. Give yourself your own unconditional permission to go there. No one else controls access to this perfect place. Waste no time. Enter the centre of your soul. Close your eyes & follow your breath to the still place that leads to the invisible path that leads you home" :St Theresa of Avila}'

The invitation is to pause the outside activities & then inwardly pause. We really want to live from our love, our wisdom & this is what gives us access. It's an innate capacity, this wise heart space, which can be cultivated.The more we practice coming home, the more that pathway is available to us: it turns from a state to a trait. Not judging what comes up & not judging the judging, including the resistance. Being with the waves, letting them move through you. Beginning to sense the space that they're happening in. There is a witness, a wakeful openness that's including, like the ocean that can feel the waves but they're not the whole of you- there's space for them to arise, to fade. ' :TB