There is a fine Divine Light at the center of each one of us and it seems to me that this whole business of sobriety and yoga is about getting ourselves out of our own way that our Lights might shine more brightly all the time, revealing our true colors. Our true colors are the unique and dynamic flow of energy that we add to the tapestry of life. Our lives are our art you see….. all of us are artists, we are the revealers of our own unique gift of Love, Light, Intelligence, Creativity, Wisdom, fill in the blank_________. What is mine to bring to the world today? Not, what can I suck out of life….. this is the difference in living as a sober yogi, I ask myself every day – what can I bring to the canvas of life today? In my “being with the Dying” workshop, we were informed or reminded that it is not about what we do when we arrive to usher somebody off into the next realm of eternal life, it is about who we are. Who are we being in any moment of life? Who we are being is what we are bringing? I know that who I am being is much more clear through the practice of yoga….. I can always tell who I am being in the world by who I am on my mat. Some days I feel like taking risks and I attempt a new arm balance and like yesterday, I fell flat on my head. I had a good giggle about it because the tools I am using, and the love of my 12 step community I have learned to love myself more deeply. I don’t have to be perfect and I don’t have to take myself so seriously anymore. I don’t have to hide behind humor or pride, I can just go for it and be delighted with myself no matter what the result. When I am content with me, which I so rarely was in my days of drinking and using, I am a bridge of love for you. In the rooms and through my practice I am learning to be an intentional and beautiful bridge for others. That is, I am learning to get out of my own way and see more Truth everyday. By seeing your truth I bridge your attention and awareness from being centralized in your ego to being centered in your Spiritual Perfection, your truth. You do this for me too. I have been so filled with gratitude for those angels who knew and saw the truth of me when I had lost sight of it for myself. We need each other in community to participate profoundly in a heavenly evolution. I love being sober because I get the immense opportunity to be present and to sometimes be a bridge and to be seen and to be loved for exactly who I am. This, I think is what life is truly about….. the deep recognition of truth in one another and the celebration of the beauty of this truth as it makes it’s impression on the world as your gift and mine. Thank you sobriety for making me available to the good life.
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