When There Is No Enemy Within...
Pru is here, my beautiful goddaughter… Anadi and I drove to the airport this morning, through Corfu town, alive now with activity.
To get to the airport we drove right through the middle… It is like driving on streets only designed for walking, very narrow with shiny paving slabs, people everywhere...
As we approached we thought of Pru high up in the air, whizzing over the Mediterranean....
We were there early... And then the plane landed early too… And there she was!
As we were all chatting together happily in the car, feeling as if we'd seen one another only last week, we realised it is November since we last met up...
But, as humans we are always connected all the time, it cannot be otherwise… We are all one and we are simply on a human journey in a body, for a while! And this is evident when we meet up with one another; the heart is always open, always available...
It is important that we keep our hearts open, this doesn't mean available for abuse of being hurt or mistreated...
However at the deepest level, all hurt and pain is our own to be healed… The more we are aware of this, the more when we feel hurt, we will understand the value in taking responsibility for investigating it, and seeing where in truth, this pain is within us… Finding out where we need to go deeper into healing, seeing where we might feel we are 'not important', 'not wanted', 'not okay', 'wrong', all the things that paradoxically mean that we close our heart from another...
Our old hurts from the past can get activated simply through a tone of voice, or the way a person looks at us. We might project a story of what they are thinking or feeling which is nothing to do with them, and all to do with us...!
By taking responsibility for our own healing, we will discover gradually that we cannot be hurt...
‘When there is no enemy within, there are no enemies outside of us…’
The more that we are healed of our old pain… The more we will be present and available to others at all times, and the more we can keep our hearts open...
This way we can enjoy all our relationships fully and clearly and in the moment...
And so there she was, my beautiful goddaughter....
Pru is an awesome skier, she and Anadi are talking as I write, about being the first person on the slope, seeing no tracks and being the first person down on the virgin snow....
She is here in Corfu to get fitter in every level... We have a holistic week, mind, body and soul 'training' ahead of us…
And we had a wonderful afternoon...
Pru was up at 2.30am this morning to fly here...! Ever since landing she has been in action...
She has come for a week of transformation...
We drove to Ipsos for a 'planning session' and lunch, and then came back to Stefanos Place and began to action ‘the plan’...
We ran 6k along to Barbati Beach, which was almost deserted except for a couple of women sunbathing, a group of boys swimming and hanging out, and an all over brown naked man!
We ran around my 'off road ' circuit three times and then dived into the sea...
Or, if the truth be told, went in quite slowly with lots of oohs and Ahhs, as we immersed ourselves in the pretty chilly April Ionan sea!
It was like a healing balm, in fact we decided it WAS a healing balm, and all part of the magic of this time we have together...
A magic potion that will be an integral part of our plans for the week.
Cleansing and renewing, reminding us of what is possible...!
