let yourself see others as your own children
let yourself feel as if they are your own children
notice how this can open the heart
you can do this with anyone
you can let yourself feel as if your own parents are your children
or your spouse
or any family member or friend
or a difficult person in your life
or a public figure who gets ‘under your skin’
let yourself feel as if they are your own child
in a sense, they are
in a profound sense, we are all each other’s mothers, fathers, sons, daughters
i have been practicing this lately in relation to my wife, Tanja
it may sound strange — for me to practice feeling as if my wife were my own daughter
yet i can tell you there is a deep heart-opening medicine here
a medicine that is bringing profound healing to our relationship
there’s something about letting in this energy of the Caring Father (or Caring Mother)
letting oneself feel from that space in relation to anyone in one’s life
it’s like seeing the person freshly, with new eyes
the heart of the Caring Father is a heart of unconditional Love
true father energy is Christ energy
the Caring Father does not look for the flaws in his children
he sees them in their Wholeness
he sees them as the shining Suns that they are
he sees the Perfection & Poetry of their design
he sees them without judgment, just as they are
he allows them to be exactly as they are
it’s a lot like that classic Ram Dass quote about “turning people into trees”:
“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.
The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”―Ram Dass
yes : )
practice turning people into trees 🌳
and practice turning people into your own children
let yourself feel into this
it opens something up
something very deep, ancient, mystical
the Love of a Caring Parent allows one to see as God sees
or at least to move closer toward seeing as God sees
suddenly you see the person as the Living Poem that they are
the living Child of God
you see and understand them more deeply, through the eyes of empathic compassion
you understand their pain and how this pain drives some of their behavior
and you also see their gifts, their strength, their genius, their radiance
you feel proud of them for simply being who and what they are
you feel proud of them for getting out of bed each morning and walking the path for so many years
they become your own children, you see
and you are able to feel pure happiness for them
pure love for them
pure belief in them
you become a pure cheerleader for their heart and soul
you see their Divine Beauty and you know they deserve their dreams
you just want them to be themselves
you want them to live their highest joy
you want to support and encourage them
you suddenly feel it’s a gift to simply be in their presence and witness their splendor
you want to see them come alive and smile
you want to play and dance and laugh with them
they are your children
how could you want anything but the best for them?
how could you see anything but the best in them?
you see their soul
you see their luminosity
you see their Divine Essence
you see their ever innocent child heart
and you love them
you can’t help it
you just love them.
your son,
jordan