The Platform

The Platform - April 23rd, 2011

For months and months now I have been guided to a vacant platform overlooking the hills of jerusalem for my morning practice. It was as if this small piece of stone slab was placed for me to go into deep meditation and ecstatic Yoga at first light everyday. There was a deep sense of belongingness to this platform that I figured was due to the fact that it was surrounded by nature, but, much to my constant yearning of realization of something greater, I happened upon a connection while walking the dog of a Potential Business Partner here in Israel.

For the last week, we have been having constructive meetings about representation in Israel and the possibility of doing an rather large festival in the near future. On this day, My partner and the potential Israeli partner decided to speak in Hebrew in order for the meeting to move along smoothly. So, after a few 30 minutes of gathering my thoughts I decided to get up, have a stretch and look around the yard.

In the distance, I saw a curious looking canine beckoning me to its 20 meter CAGE. After getting over the fact that the poor mutt was in a cage, I decided to take it upon myself to take the muscular and excited mammal for a walk …. he ended up running me! When I walked/ran outside with the poochie, I looked to my left and SAW MY MORNING PLATFORM! WOW I thought, we are so close to where I meditate in the mornings, what a great thing that would be if we ended up working together, maybe I could come for breakfast …. When I returned, I told the potential business partner about my findings and he mentioned the platform was HIS. I guess I have been attracting him in for some time now. AMAZING!

Honestly...

I am scared! Scared of what? Scared of not being scared anymore. I have been brought up in a world of fear and as that fear turns to love, I find occasional comfort in FEAR. How could I not when I was raised that Fear is the way to live your life. Fear your grades, fear your friends, fear relationships, fear success, fear excess, fear loneliness, fear not being accepted, and I could go on and on for days. I still wake up many mornings with that fear mind masking my greatest gifts in the illusion of FEAR, and, many times, I will be ignorant enough to feed it, stirring in frustration of things NOT WORKING OUT, or not being LOVED, or loving. So, what to do in these moments, I will do what I have to do, breath it out, find that space inside where there is NOTHING to DO, Nothing to Fear, just a space so small, yet Infinitely connected to deep inner bliss...I must go there now...maybe, if you are feeling the same...you could go there too...here is how...

Stand tall and straight and as still as possible...take long deep breaths for 2 to 5 minutes, as long as you can and hold the inhales at the top as long as you can...as you breath out, release any tension by yelling, laughing or crying it out...then, after this process, shake it out for another 5 minutes. After that you should be ready to go, if not, you can go further, do an hour of yoga and 30 minutes more of breathing...but, that is just me...I LOVE YOU!