Talk - Grief Is Love

Hello beloveds,

Grief and Love go hand-in-hand. There is no love without grief and no grief without love. Our capacity to grieve is our capacity to love. To love means we will grieve.

Can we hold this tenderly and not shame ourselves when we are on our knees wondering if we will ever be able to stand again.

In a world that tries to shut our emotions down, maybe the most loving thing we can do is revolt and FEEL it all. The full spectrum of being alive.

You cannot have branches that reach to heaven without roots that reach down to hell.

With love and reverence always beloveds.

Transcript

Hello Beloveds. Today I wanted to talk about grief and how it's intrinsically linked to love, Our capacity to love, Our capacity to feel. They kind of go hand-in-hand, Grief and love. You cannot grieve unless you have loved, And you cannot love without grieving. And I don't know about you but sometimes I feel so overwhelmed with grief. And I feel so deeply, I'm highly sensitive to the pain and suffering in this world. And it seems nowadays, Wherever you look, There are such painful things happening on this planet. And I find myself on my knees some days in such grief, And embracing it. For so many years in my life I would swallow down my grief, Swallow down my sensitivity, My love. And now I embrace it. I embrace the grief and the pain. For all it does is expand my heart even more. My capacity to grieve is my capacity to love. And I want to love more and more and more. And keep falling in love over and over and over again. Falling deeply, Deeply into love. Which means falling deeply, Deeply into grief. The willingness to feel it, To feel the pain, To feel the grief. To keep my heart open. To know that my sensitivity, My empathy, My compassion is not a weakness. It is a strength. It means that I care, That I love. And for so many of us, We were taught as children not to feel our feelings. That they were too much for the adults, The society, The family. And this isn't blaming anyone or anything. It's systemic. And now I embrace all of my messy, Messy human feelings. Because it means that I care. That I love. That I can envision a world that is better than the one that we're living in. That is kinder, More compassionate, More loving. Your grief is not too much. Your grief is beautiful. It's exquisite, Sublime. Your grief is reverence for your love. You are not too much. Your feelings are not too much. They are the proof of your divine nature, Which is love. Which is love. And I know it's a lot sometimes. I know. Sometimes I wonder if the tears will stop. If I'll be able to get up off my knees and stand on my legs again. I've always loved the phrase, And I'm not sure who said it, At this moment in time, But that you can't have branches reaching to heaven unless the roots go down to hell. And for me, I have found that to be so true. My capacity to love is intrinsically linked to my capacity to grieve. My capacity to feel joy and bliss is directly linked to my capacity to feel pain. And at this time on the planet, It feels like there is so much to grieve. Because we feel how it could be here. We see how it could be here. And the world needs that. The world needs us highly, Highly sensitive people. The world needs love. It needs kindness. It needs compassion. And yes, It feels heavy sometimes. So I just wanted you to know that I see you. I see you. I feel you. I am you. Sending you much love. Much tenderness. With reverence, My loves. Always.