A Sense Of Belonging...
Kay and I were walking down the path, right beside the golf course... I was showing her the way to a lovely spot along the beach that lends itself to alone space, meditation by the sea space, away from any holiday makers space...
We found ourselves catching up with a wedding party... Beautiful bright colours, fabulous shoes - works of art in themselves - amazing hats; hair braided and twisted, faces painted; all the expressions and rituals that go with marking a special occasion...
We tried to dart along the inside of the meandering mass, onto the grass by the path we leapt and started to make our way swiftly, overtaking 'on the inside lane' the beautifully attired party...
Suddenly we both noticed the cameraman standing at the top of the steps making a video of the scene... We tried to get out of his line of vision but there was nowhere to go... We had to continue on our way with the wedding guests being filmed along with them...
We will be eternally recorded!
Last night we took Kay to 'my square' to eat... A pageant, an occasion was taking place. A big stage erected in the middle of the square, music, dancing... A show. Crowds had gathered and the atmosphere was lively.
A hot Spanish evening, families appearing at 11pm with their children racing about.
Both the wedding party and the pageant last night were spaces of bright colour, connection communication, people gathering together to celebrate, to share, to join in....
We all want to be together, to share, to connect, to communicate. This is the deepest orientation of us all, to feel a sense of belonging....
We are all one, but we live with the illusion of separateness and so a feeling of being part of a group, a family, a community is essential to our wellbeing...
As I have written many times, relationship is a mirror where we can see ourselves and know ourselves better - and so experience a sense of belonging to ourselves - as we deepen our self inquiry.
The more we inquire into our true nature, and recognise where we feel isolated from our family or piers, our group, we can discover where we have broken the connection to ourselves...
The more we work to re connect with who we truly are, heal the parts that we have hidden or lost or disowned the more we will discover that we can open to more and more people...
Gradually we will discover that the group we identify with and belong to is global...
We will discover that our group is limitless and that rather than searching for a group to belong to, we quite simply belong....