Bali, September 2018
If you have ever been into a Tibetan Buddhist temple your attention would of definitely of been cast to the various’ Thangkas’ that surround the room. The Mandalas, scenes or Buddhist deities, are painted on cotton cloth and bring the room to life. Beautifully-pure goddesses in radiant beauty, others demonic, and gruesome battles that are difficult to gaze at.
They are created as an artistic representation of what is hidden in the deep recesses of the Human mind. When we become conscious of what is unconscious we get a chance to ‘wake up’ out of the stuckness of the human condition.
My last two weeks have surely felt like a walk into the Tibetan temple. In a physical, emotional and mental state, I have experienced many corners of the spectrum. Incredible physical pain, surgery in a Bali hospital, loaded with copious amounts of pharmaceuticals and climbing back to eat and walk again has not been easy. The amount of beautiful care and love that surrounded me, shared by close family, students and friends as I make my way back is too heart full to accurately put into words. I received a wave of love that buoyed me like no other.
When are are forced to truly stop, we need to be with ourselves fully and compassionately. I have seen the potholes, as well as the purity.
The word Surrender came up again and again. It is my anchor. A strong, visionary leader is also a vulnerable, raw, weak, zapped being needing help … we are called to let go again and again.
God’s Grace remained throughout. I can only bow with a true deep honour.
Throughout many phases in our life we will be called to surrender. To trust in a life that is on our side.
As I step back with new eyes and a body strengthening each day, I am smiling. Time surely has a new pace. Colour has a fresh hue. Life is embraced as precious gift. My relationship with Thankyou is completely reformed.
I SINCERELY THANK ALL FOR THE PRAYERS THAT CAME FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE.
It has been the most powerful medicine I could ever be prescribed.
“What if our only job was to trust …then we could curb our need to control and give ourselves a chance to access a much deeper source”
Elena Brower
With love,
