Dream

Gurumayi showed up in my dreams last night! Receiving a teaching this way is a most auspicious event – my heart still sings with gratitude. I can count the times that I have been blessed in this way, and it is a sweetness that I often long for. I will spare the details, some of which were purely comedic – the Guru has a sense of humor! But I do want to briefly share the essence of what I was taught by my beloved.

She walked with me through a beautiful gateway to a courtyard and we kneeled by a fountain of spring water. With her guidance I put my arm in the fountain and started to drag out old leaves. Those leaves that come down with the Fall, and become old through the Winter, the more leaves I cleared out, the more spring water burst forth. I got really into the process and she gently smiled and said – “this is also what you do inside” – and my heart was filled with joy.

We had an intimate exchange, she allowed me to hold the top of her hand against my forehead as I bowed in gratitude, and the immensity of love overcame all of my being – this is the Grace that I still feel as I write these words for me and for you.

My contemplation of this experience has only just begun, but one thing that is already clear is how organic the whole process is. The leaves are not bad, they are just a season that has passed, and they must be cleared away for us to have a pure heart.

With you, in love and gratitude,

Gibrán